Mahathir Bayena

Olympio Metals (ASX:OLY) has completed due diligence to acquire two critical mineral projects in Montana and Idaho.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has warned that increasing use of stablecoins could reduce deposits held by commercial banks.

Entropy Neurodynamics (ASX:ENP) secured a South African patent for psilocybin-based fibromyalgia treatments.

Medical device developer PainChek (ASX:PCK) has appointed Karen Holzberger as CEO, effective Aug. 17.

Visa and Mastercard are expanding their blockchain payment services.

FTX will distribute more than US$900 million to creditors in its next repayment round while former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's clemency campaign continues to lose political support.

Fletcher Building (ASX:FBU) has secured a government agreement providing up to NZ$60 million to support its Golden Bay Cement operations.

• Around 200 workers at the Port Hedland export facility have voted to conduct an eight-hour strike following stalled enterprise agreement negotiations over pay parity and career progression.
• The Port Hedland hub handles approximately $150 million in daily iron ore shipments, with the shift disruption potentially risking up to $50 million in company revenue.
• Broadened Australian collective bargaining regulations are increasing labour cost pressures across iron ore producers struggling with softening global demand.

• Chainlink (CRYPTO:LINK) is providing onchain net asset value (NAV) data for Fidelity International's tokenised liquidity fund.
• The collaboration supports a tokenised fund backed by a US$6.9 billion Institutional Liquidity Fund and enables trusted NAV data to be published onchain.
• Regulatory compliance, reliable pricing data and institutional adoption remain key challenges for tokenised real-world assets. 

• US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded US$197 million in net inflows, ending eight consecutive weeks of net outflows.
• Institutional demand, exchange-traded fund flows and network activity continue to shape liquidity across leading blockchain assets.
• Geopolitical tensions, higher oil prices and resistance near Bitcoin's US$65,000 level remain key risks for the broader crypto market.