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In Q2, there were thirteen $1B US venture-backed startup exits, either through acquisition or IPO, the most exits since the 2021 market peak (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/public/data-billion-dollar-startup-exits-ma-ipo…

Crunchbase Data: Q2 Brought The Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021
Startup exits valued at $1 billion or more are now more numerous than at any point since the 2021 market peak, Crunchbase data shows. The trend we’re seeing for the second quarter of 2026 includes both the largest venture-backed exit of all time and a bevy of other comparatively tinier but still sizable startup exits through acquisition or IPO.

"Markdown: Das Comeback durch KI" https://www.perun.net/2026/06/29/markdown-comeback-ki/
"Der Vorteil einer langen Berufserfahrung, speziell im Web-Bereich, ist, dass du viele Comebacks erlebst. Manche sind erwartbar und andere wiederum passen gut in die Serie…

The bond market prepares for a hike in interest rates while stocks drift lower
The bond market swung Friday as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control.
U.S. stocks, meanwhile, dipped
but not by much after economists said a speech by Chairman Kevin Warsh helped strengthen faith that the Fed will do what’s needed to bring inflation down,
even if it causes pain for the economy in the sh…

Bond market prepares for interest rate hike while stocks drift lower
The bond market swung as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control.

Eventual, a new media company that uses prediction market data and trader insights for forecasting and analysis, launches in partnership with Polymarket (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/28/prediction-markets-media-startup-eventual
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Exclusive: Prediction markets get their own media company
Just as FiveThirtyEight turned polling into a new way to understand politics, Eventual believes prediction market data can be used to analyze everything from elections to the economy.

Neue Befugnisse: Bundesnetzagentur übernimmt KI-Aufsicht in Deutschland
Ein neues KI-Gesetz tritt in Kraft: Die Regulierungsbehörde ist damit für Marktüberwachung, Beschwerden und Innovationsförderung im Sinne des AI Acts zuständig.

Neue Befugnisse: Bundesnetzagentur übernimmt KI-Aufsicht in Deutschland
Ein neues KI-Gesetz tritt in Kraft: Die Regulierungsbehörde ist damit für Marktüberwachung, Beschwerden und Innovationsförderung im Sinne des AI Acts zuständig.

Doctors and researchers worry that FDA-related wagers on Kalshi and Polymarket could compromise drug development tests and erode public trust in the process (Rebecca Robbins/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2…

Prediction Market Betting on Drug Trials and Approvals Sparks Concern About Undermining Research
Prediction markets on Kalshi and Polymarket now let people wager money on drug approvals. Kalshi also plans to allow bets on clinical trial results.

Brexit is costing the UK £11.7bn a year in lost exports, stark new figures show,
piling further pressure on Andy Burnham to rejoin the EU’s single market and customs union.
The damning findings by Logistics UK, which represents freight companies and is one of the largest trade associations in the UK,
show that the loss in revenue compared with 2019 is worth £400 per household in the UK per year.
The organisation has called on the prime minister to push for greater alig…

True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow
Exclusive: The damning findings comes as a major new survey shows that 98.2 per cent of businesses want access to the EU single market restored

Neue N64-Retrokonsole gestartet: „M64“ bietet FPGA, 4K und Overclocking
ModRetro bringt mit der M64 eine FPGA-basierte Nintendo-64-Konsole für Originalmodule auf den Markt. Das Unternehmen liefert auch nach Deutschland.

Neue N64-Retrokonsole gestartet: „M64“ bietet FPGA, 4K und Overclocking
ModRetro bringt mit der M64 eine FPGA-basierte Nintendo-64-Konsole für Originalmodule auf den Markt. Das Unternehmen liefert auch nach Deutschland.

Robinhood reports Q2 revenue up 32% YoY to $1.31B, vs. $1.29B est., event contracts revenue up over 10x to $156M, and crypto revenue down 38% to $100M (Bill Peters/MarketWatch)
https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwat

BlackBerry's stock is up more than 160% over the past three months, as the company's QNX division positions its automotive software as an OS for robots (Luke Kawa/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/markets/blackberry-is-on-one-of-its-hottest-r…

BlackBerry is on one of its hottest rallies of all time
Think robot operating systems, not smartphones.