The Bank of Russia published draft rules allowing retail and professional investors to trade Bitcoin, Ether and Tether starting September 1, following legislation that formally legalized crypto trading in the country.
Retail investors, who make up about 98% of Russia's crypto market participants, must pass a test before trading and face an annual purchase limit of 300,000 rubles ($3,690) per regulated intermediary; accredited investors face no such limits.
The central bank said the three cryptocurrencies were chosen for having at least five years of price history, high liquidity and large market capitalization; digital assets could be used for cross-border settlements but not as domestic payment.
Defense drone maker Neros saw its valuation triple to $2.5 billion amid surging defense drone demand, according to a Bloomberg report via Investing.com.
Intercontinental Exchange began a bond sale to help fund its previously announced acquisition of MarketAxess, according to a Bloomberg report via Investing.com.
AdaptHealth is selling its roughly $600 million diabetes business to Cardinal Health and exiting certain e-commerce and drop-ship operations to focus on sleep, respiratory and home medical equipment.
The company reported 16% second-quarter revenue growth, though its new West Coast capitated contract faced higher-than-expected service costs from utilization and hospital-ordering issues.
Jefferies downgraded Apple to underperform from hold, with analyst Edison Lee citing supply-chain checks suggesting Apple canceled its planned all-glass iPhone due to low production yield, according to CNBC.
Lee cut his price target to $263.66 from $285.56, implying about 16% downside, and lowered his fiscal-2028 EPS forecast by 2.1%; Apple shares closed down 1.5% on Monday.
Lee pointed to Apple's forthcoming foldable iPhone, expected in September 2026, as the main remaining lever to lift average selling prices, though rising memory costs could push its price above $2,000.
Rocket Lab reported record second-quarter revenue of $234 million, up 62% year-over-year, but posted a net loss of $49.3 million (8 cents per share) that missed the consensus estimate of a 6-cent loss, sending shares down 1.6% to $78.80.
The company closed the quarter with a $2.36 billion backlog, up 137% year-over-year, and guided for third-quarter revenue of $250-265 million.
During the quarter Rocket Lab closed its acquisitions of Mynaric and Motiv and announced an approximately $8 billion cash-and-stock deal to acquire Iridium Communications, expected to close in mid-2027.
Teledyne Technologies entered a definitive agreement to acquire Varex Imaging in a cash deal valued at nearly $1.1 billion, paying $18.90 per share.
Varex, which supplies X-ray sources and imaging software used in medical diagnostic imaging, employs about 2,400 people; the deal was unanimously approved by both companies' boards and is targeted to close in early 2027.
TSMC and Sony formally agreed to form a $4.69 billion joint venture, Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, to develop and make next-generation image sensors in Kumamoto, Japan, with volume production targeted for 2029, according to a Reuters report.
Sony will be the controlling shareholder, investing 465 billion yen ($2.92 billion) including its Kumamoto chip factory, while TSMC will invest 282 billion yen; the companies first announced plans for the venture in May.
New gas turbine orders hit a record high in the second quarter at 38 GW, up 29% from the first quarter and 71% year-over-year, according to JPMorgan data cited by Bloomberg.
Siemens Energy led with 12.5 GW of new orders, followed by General Electric at 11.3 GW and Mitsubishi Power at 5.3 GW; the US accounted for half of the new orders amid surging data-center electricity demand.
Lead times for new combined-cycle gas power plants rose to five years in 2025 from three and a half years in 2023, with costs up 49%, according to BloombergNEF.