No. 1511Independent rewrite deskUpdated August 31, 2026
MACROTrump puts a number on pharma concentration: 26 companies, 90% of the marketAug 31MACROTrump weighs strikes on Iranian military sites near the Strait of HormuzAug 31MACROEU commandos board sixth Russia shadow fleet tanker as Putin warns of potential reprisalsAug 31DEALSSolstice Advanced Materials exits $14.5 billion Element Solutions deal, launches $500 million buybackAug 31$ETHBitmine Immersion Technologies Ramps Weekly Ethereum Order to $131.3 Million, Now 4.9% of Circulating SupplyAug 31$ETHBitmine adds 53,501 ETH in one week, corporate treasury reaches 5.9 million tokensAug 31EARNINGSOpenAI's ChatGPT ad business hits $1 billion annualized revenue run rateAug 31$BTCBitcoin Hard Fork on September 1 Follows OCEAN Hashrate Collapse and Dashjr's ExitAug 31PYPLPayPal shares drop 12.71% after Stripe and Advent abandon $53 billion takeover bidAug 31REGULATORYFSU's narrow win, UNLV's home loss, and USC's empty seats define college football's week zeroAug 31MACROTrump puts a number on pharma concentration: 26 companies, 90% of the marketAug 31MACROTrump weighs strikes on Iranian military sites near the Strait of HormuzAug 31MACROEU commandos board sixth Russia shadow fleet tanker as Putin warns of potential reprisalsAug 31DEALSSolstice Advanced Materials exits $14.5 billion Element Solutions deal, launches $500 million buybackAug 31$ETHBitmine Immersion Technologies Ramps Weekly Ethereum Order to $131.3 Million, Now 4.9% of Circulating SupplyAug 31$ETHBitmine adds 53,501 ETH in one week, corporate treasury reaches 5.9 million tokensAug 31EARNINGSOpenAI's ChatGPT ad business hits $1 billion annualized revenue run rateAug 31$BTCBitcoin Hard Fork on September 1 Follows OCEAN Hashrate Collapse and Dashjr's ExitAug 31PYPLPayPal shares drop 12.71% after Stripe and Advent abandon $53 billion takeover bidAug 31REGULATORYFSU's narrow win, UNLV's home loss, and USC's empty seats define college football's week zeroAug 31