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Soybeans posted Friday gains of 6 to 10 cents in the nearby contracts, as May was up 17 ½ cents on the week. November was up 13 ¼ cents on the week. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 9 1/4 cents at $10.94.  Soymeal futures were steady to $2.10 lower in the front months, as May was $6.70 higher on the week. Soy Oil futures were firm to 9 points higher in the nearbys, with May rallying 255 points this week. The average close for November soybean futures was $11.09 in February, up 55 cents from last year’s spring soybean…

The monthly losses from crypto hacks and scams in February hit the lowest level since March 2025, with $26.5 million stolen last month, says blockchain security company PeckShield. Out of 15 instances in February, only two accounted for most of the month’s losses, with the largest being the $10 million theft from YieldBlox’s DAO-managed lending pool via a price manipulation attack on Feb. 21, PeckShield reported in an X post on Sunday. The second-largest exploit targeted the decentralized identity protocol IoTeX, which lost about $8.9 million to a private key exploit on Feb. 21. Overall, February’s total represents a 69.2% month-on-month decrease…

China encourages dollar buying to slow surging yuan

When the market hears bombs, it buys bonds.Or at least that’s usually the case. This time, the market is weighing whether the war in Iran is inflationary due to the 4.5% rise in oil prices so far. Notably, the gains in the oil market have been halved since the open but yields are at the highs of the day.US 10-year yields are up 1.3 bps to 3.975% after falling below the big figure late last week. You could argue there is some profit taking ongoing on a “sell the fact” trade but it’s still surprising to see yields higher.Looking at…

Politicians tend to hate being boring but Rachel Reeves will be delighted if Tuesday’s spring forecast is judged by voters and financial markets to be reassuringly dull.After Labour’s catastrophic Gorton and Denton byelection result, the chancellor’s future, along with that of the prime minister, is on the line, as backbench MPs fret about the party’s electoral prospects.As Mujtaba Rahman of the consultancy Eurasia Group put it on Friday: “Like [Keir] Starmer, the chancellor is also fighting for her political life” – whether because the prime minister himself falls, or chooses to move his chancellor in a reset reshuffle.Against that backdrop,…

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM – Free Report) had its price objective cut by Stifel Nicolaus from $300.00 to $250.00 in a research report report published on Thursday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a buy rating on the CRM provider’s stock. Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. KeyCorp lowered their price target on shares of Salesforce from $400.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Guggenheim reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Salesforce in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating…

Leading bitcoin BTC$66,916.90 treasury company Strategy has again raised the dividend on its STRC (“Stretch”) preferred series.Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the firm lifted the annualized payout by 25 basis points to 11.5%.While STRC to this point has performed as hoped by the company — continuing to trade in a tight range close to $100 — Strategy’s common stock, MSTR, has floundered alongside the price of bitcoin.MSTR closed February with its eighth consecutive monthly decline, falling 14% as bitcoin tumbled nearly 20%.Stretch is meant for steady incomeStrategy describes STRC as a short-duration, high-yield savings account. This latest dividend increase…

Unlike many of its Big Tech counterparts, Apple has refrained from spending massive amounts of money on artificial intelligence. Although that strategy has shareholders sweating, analysts in general aren’t worried. In fiscal 2025, Apple allocated $12.72 billion on capital expenditures likely tied to AI. That’s far less than what Alphabet , Meta , Microsoft and Amazon are spending. Capex for these companies ranged from around $30 billion and $125 billion during roughly the same period as technology names tried to secure computing capacity to feed their AI ambitions. However, analysts think Apple doesn’t need to spend so much on AI.…

Free NewsletterGet the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your InboxSingapore has emerged as a prominent fintech hub in Southeast Asia, capitalizing on its effective regulatory framework, robust infrastructure, and its large pool of highly skilled and experienced finance professionals.In 2025, Singapore maintained its position as the region’s top recipient of fintech funding, securing over US$725 million in the first nine months of the year, and accounting for 87% of ASEAN’s total funding. The country also represented more than half of all deals, primarily driven by activity in blockchain for financial services and investment technology.As this landscape continues…

Japan’s factory activity hits near 4-year high in February, PMI shows