Liezl Gambe

Ansell (ASX:ANN) reported full-year sales of US$2.14 billion for the period ended June 30, marking a 5% increase.

An unidentified wallet sold 7,700 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) worth about $576.6 million between 19 and 22 August.

Term Labs confirmed a governance exploit affected its vaults, with security firms estimating losses of about $8.5 million.

Reece (ASX:REH) increased its FY26 sales revenue by 4.5% to $9.38 billion.

• Ethereum is evaluating 66 proposals for its upcoming Hegotá upgrade, with FOCIL already chosen as the consensus-layer headliner and other ideas targeting privacy, account abstraction and censorship resistance.
• Ethereum still dominates DeFi with about US$41.35 billion in TVL, well ahead of Solana ~US$4.82b, BNB Chain ~US$4.87b, Avalanche ~US$0.43b and Cardano ~US$0.06b.
• Each rival chain is also upgrading—Solana on speed and client diversity, BNB Chain via the Pasteur hard fork, Avalanche with Helicon execution/validator changes, and Cardano through on-chain governed hard forks - creating different trade-offs in speed, security, governance and scalability.

• Reliance Worldwide received a $4.1 billion cash takeover proposal from Brookfield Capital Partners, alongside a drop in its full-year net profit to US$6.3 million.
• Building and plumbing product suppliers face compressed net margins due to US import tariffs, manufacturing rationalisation costs, and softer residential housing construction.
• Industry leaders are withholding dividends, exiting low-margin product lines, and evaluating private equity proposals to preserve operational liquidity.

Vivakor (NASDAQ:VIVK) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $32.1 million, up 10% year over year, as expanded crude oil Supply & Trading activities supported growth.

Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) submitted an expression of interest to explore four offshore blocks in Ghana’s Keta Basin as part of efforts to expand its oil and gas reserves.

Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) surged above US$2,400 on Friday, breaking that level for the first time in over three months and recording a gain of more than 28% over the preceding four days, reaching an intraday high of US$2,446.

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) appointed Steve Bratspies, former Chief Executive Officer of HanesBrands, to its Board of Directors effective August 26, 2026.