Mahathir Bayena

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed David Woodcock as director of its division of enforcement, effective May 4, as lawmakers question the exit of his predecessor.

Tehran officially closes the Strait of Hormuz following the violations of the April 8 ceasefire.

For a fleeting moment last autumn, it appeared that the long-running friction between the frantic world of cryptocurrency and the buttoned-down halls of global finance had finally reached a grand synthesis. 

With the debut of spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and Bitcoin scaling heights near $126,000, the industry’s boosters declared that "digital gold" had finally arrived as a permanent fixture of the modern portfolio.

Strata Minerals (ASX:SMX) announced an expansion of its Zelica Gold Project through the strategic acquisition of a new tenement.

Bellevue Gold (ASX:BGL) reported an underlying free cash flow of approximately $158 million for the March quarter.

Infotrust (ASX:ITS) has appointed David Clancy as the company’s CFO, effective April 20.

Flight Centre Travel Group (ASX:FLT) entered a binding agreement to divest its 47% stake in Pedal Group for $61.7 million.

CHS (NASDAQ:CHSCL), the nation’s leading agribusiness cooperative owned by farmers, ranchers, and cooperatives, reported a second-quarter fiscal 2026 net loss of $147.1 million on April 8, 2026.

SEALSQ (NASDAQ:LAES), a developer of specialized semiconductors and post-quantum technology, announced preliminary financial results for the first quarter of 2026 on April 8, featuring a triple-digit revenue surge and a substantial expansion of its cash reserves.

Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ:OMEX) and American Ocean Minerals announced on April 8, 2026, that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine their businesses, creating a premier platform for deep-sea critical minerals research and resource extraction.