Meta’s latest corporate bonds earmarked for AI data center spending are called Beignet Investor and Sopaipilla Investor, after two popular sweet treats popular in these states.

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BlackRock's IBIT led the exit as Bitcoin briefly dipped under $65,000 and stocks fell on renewed US-Iran hostilities—though the week still closed in the green.

BlackRock dividend declaration and what it means for investors BlackRock (BLK) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $5.73 per share, payable on September 22, 2026 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 8, 2026. This payout decision sits alongside a recent $450 million share repurchase tranche and follows BlackRock’s second quarter 2026 earnings report. Together, these actions provide investors with several fresh data points to assess the stock’s income profile...

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According to a Financial Times report, investors want yields above 7%, roughly 0.4 percentage points higher than Meta paid during its previous record $27 billion financing.

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In Bitcoin news today, US spot BTC ETF funds recorded nearly $1Bn in net inflows over seven consecutive sessions through July 22, 2026 – their longest positive run in 11 weeks, with BlackRock IBIT capturing $319.16M of the $499.05M added this week alone. However, that streak has already come to ...

One exec privately estimated that token spend went from $20k in December to $1 million in July. "We're not throttling back, we don't want people to stop using it."

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Bond investors are looking for significantly higher yields on the latest $12bn Meta-backed data centre deal compared with the terms secured just...

Bitcoin ETFs just snapped a brutal stretch of outflows with seven straight days of buying, but one fund is hoovering up nearly all the money while the recovery still has billions to go before it means anything.

Asset manager says elevated Treasury yields provide a stronger cushion across multiple Fed policy scenarios.

HDV quietly stacks a 3.1% income stream on top of equity gains that have left the S&P 500 in the dust this year, but the fund's concentrated sector bets carry a catch that most yield-seekers overlook.

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Scott Melker and Franklin Templeton EVP and head of digital assets & innovation, Sandy Kaul, discuss how retail investors can participate in the next phase of crypto as the financial system's underlying rails are modernized. They explore the macro trends reshaping digital assets, institutional adoption, and what these changes mean for the future of investing. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto. Make sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's new crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.

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BlackRock (NYSE: $BLK), Strategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) and Coinbase (NASDAQ: $COIN) are putting $15 million behind a Bitc...

Sky Protocol (CRYPTO: $SKY) generated more than $100 million in quarterly revenue for the second straight peri...

Nine of the biggest institutional names in Bitcoin formed a consortium to fund the developers working to keep the network secure—including from future quantum computers.

The dip in MSTR’s stock came alongside weakness in the overall cryptocurrency market, with Bitcoin’s price dropping below the $65,000 level.

Ameriprise tops Q2 earnings and revenue estimates as record AUM and AUA levels fuel growth, but rising expenses remain a key challenge.

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BlackRock's iShares helped push assets past $15T as ETFs surged. Here's what fueled the growth and which iShares ETFs remain investor favorites, per ETF Central data.

As investors prepare for Alphabet Inc.‘s earnings, Wall Street is once again focused on AI spending, cloud growth and capital expenditures. But BlackRock Inc. CEO Larry Fink believes the industry’s biggest constraint isn’t chips or models anymore—it’s electricity. Speaking this...

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The debt is secured against a portion of the group's assets held within a newly incorporated subsidiary, alongside certain other group assets.

BlackRock cements its role in the AI data center sector, financing Meta’s $12B Texas project and closing a $40B Aligned acquisition.

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A fund capturing a broad swath of investment grade U.S. corporate bonds was at a level not seen in more than a year. BlackRock's $35 billion iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF is currently at $106.74. Effective yield on the ICE BofA U.S. Corporate Index, a benchmark for investment grade bonds, has been trending higher.

The deal represents the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership’s first investment, as it joins Global Infrastructure Partners and UAE tech investment firm MGX in acquiring the data center developer.

AUM hit record $15.3 trillion as net inflows more than doubled year over year.

BlackRock (BLK) just stepped into the middle of the AI buildout, and it did so as a lender rather than a builder. The world's largest money manager is looking to raise more than $12 billion in bonds to help fund a Meta Platforms (META) data center campus in El Paso, Texas. That single move tells ...

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Brokerages like Fidelity and Charles Schwab are charging ETF firms to place their products on their platforms. individual investors will ultimately bear the costs.

Google, part of Alphabet (NasdaqGS:GOOGL), joined BlackRock, Carhartt, and Ford to launch the Alliance for America's Skilled Trades. The alliance aims to expand access to skilled trades training and scale apprenticeships and partnerships across 30 U.S. states. The initiative seeks to address workforce shortages in critical trades across the country. Alphabet, trading at around $347.15 per share, is adding a new dimension to its presence in the U.S. economy by backing this skilled trades...

Farmers & Merchants Investment Inc., a bank holding company with assets under management (AUM) worth $4.1 billion, disclosed exposure to Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, and Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD). While Bitcoin is the world's largest cryptocurrency, XRP is the sixth-largest ...

Tom Lee cites ETH's 72% relative outperformance vs the DRAM ETF as AI money rotating into Ethereum. Rotation or reset?

Eli Lilly's GLP-1 portfolio, pipeline progress and 2026 acquisitions are driving growth despite pricing pressure and rising competition.

BlackRock quietly launched a second Ethereum ETF that runs nearly identical to its blockbuster first one, with one structural difference that long-term holders of the original are forfeiting real money by ignoring.

BlackRock combines GIP and HPS to finance Meta's AI data center project through a major bond sale.

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