Mahathir Bayena

E79 Gold Mines (ASX:E79) has commenced a high-resolution gravity survey at its newly acquired Cue Gold Project in the Murchison region of Western Australia

Javelin Minerals (ASX:JAV) has taken a major step toward first production and cash flow from its Eureka Gold Project near Kalgoorlie

Australian Wealth Advisors Group (ASX:WAG) has s expanded its national footprint through strategic investments in Avalon Financial Services and Beattie Financial Services

Sierra Nevada Gold (ASX:SNX) has been awarded the As Safra Copper–Gold Project in Saudi Arabia

Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) receives major distribution from Pillarstone estate following bankruptcy settlement, with additional payments expected in 2026.

Chinese EV maker XPENG (XPEV) has secured a strategic partnership with Malaysia's EP Manufacturing Berhad (EPMB) to launch localized production in Malacca, establishing its third global manufacturing base to serve the booming ASEAN market.

YouTube has begun allowing eligible US-based creators to receive earnings in PayPal’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD), marking a notable step towards mainstream adoption of regulated digital currencies in creator monetisation.

The new payout option was reported by Fortune on 11 December and reflects growing interest among major technology firms in using stablecoins as practical payment tools rather than speculative assets.

Memecoins are not dead despite the collapse in prices and fading hype, according to MoonPay president Keith A. Grossman, who believes the sector is undergoing a structural reset rather than a permanent decline.

Grossman argued that memecoins were never solely about jokes or financial nihilism, but about the technological ability to tokenise attention cheaply and at scale using blockchain infrastructure.

A senior executive at Itaú Asset Management has recommended that investors allocate between 1% and 3% of their portfolios to Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) as part of a diversified strategy.

Itaú Unibanco is the largest private bank in Latin America and a key player in Brazil's traditional financial system.

Bitcoin's (CRYPTO:BTC) long-discussed four-year market cycle remains intact but is now shaped by political events and liquidity conditions rather than the asset’s halving mechanism, according to new analysis from 10x Research.

Markus Thielen, head of research at 10x Research, said the belief that the cycle has broken down misunderstands how Bitcoin's market dynamics have evolved in recent years.