Isaac Francis

Drilling at Massan deposit continues to deliver broad gold intercepts at Asara Resources' Kada Project.

New Frontier Minerals (ASX:NFM) announced that its mining lease application for the Big One Copper deposit, has progressed into the technical assessment phase.

Families across Australia will gain access to at least three days of subsidised childcare from Jan. 5 under new reforms introduced by the Albanese government.

Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) posted a $960 million net inflow to Binance in December, marking a clear reversal after five months of sustained outflows.

A series of highly targeted bets on Polymarket generated more than $630,000 in profits shortly before reports emerged about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Coinbase is setting its priorities for 2026 around stablecoins, its Ethereum layer-2 network Base, and an expanded “everything exchange” model as competition intensifies across the crypto sector.

Iran has begun accepting cryptocurrency payments for advanced weapons systems as part of efforts to work around international sanctions.

EagleNXT (NYSE:UAVS) announced on January 2, 2026, a successful sale of six eBee TAC tactical mapping drones to the U.S. Army.

The transaction was facilitated through the company's European strategic partner, Dronivo GmbH, and represents a key win for the firm following its comprehensive 2025 rebrand from AgEagle Aerial Systems.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Investar Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:ISTR) said Friday that it completed its acquisition of Wichita Falls Bancshares, the holding company for First National Bank of Wichita Falls, Texas, effective Jan. 1.

The transaction consideration consisted of $7.2 million in cash plus 3,955,334 shares of Investar common stock, for an aggregate value of approximately $112.9 million based on Investar's Dec. 31 closing price of $26.72 per share.

GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL), the fourth-largest diversified environmental services company in North America, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.0154 per outstanding subordinate voting share and multiple voting share for the fourth quarter of 2025.