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On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi’s Head of Research, Todd Rosenbluth, discussed the Thornburg Premium Income Builder ETF (THOR) with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life. The pair discussed several topics related to the ETF, in order to give investors a deeper understanding of it.    Chuck Jaffe: One fund, on point for today. The expert to talk about it. This is the ETF of the Week!  Welcome to the ETF of the Week, where we examine trending, new, newsworthy, unique and intriguing exchange-traded funds with Todd Rosenbluth. He’s head of research at VettaFi.  And if you…

Key PointsCoreWeave has greater scale and stronger contracted revenue visibility.Nebius is growing faster and has secured major AI infrastructure agreements.Heavy spending, debt, and execution risks could shape returns for both neocloud stocks.10 stocks we like better than CoreWeave ›Nebius Group (NASDAQ: NBIS) and CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) both provide specialized cloud infrastructure for training and running artificial intelligence (AI) models. CoreWeave scaled rapidly through leased infrastructure, large customer commitments, and extensive debt financing. Nebius is smaller, but it designs and develops its own cloud software, storage, networking, and workload-management tools. Image source: Getty Images.Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst…

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Key takeaway: BCB’s recovery from credit-quality issues is a work in progress, as some C&I loans called total losses emerge as a cause for concern. Supporting data: About $30 million of C&I loans at BCB have been categorized as total losses.Expert quote: “For them to have total losses, that means multiple structures need to have failed.” — Westgate Capital Ventures founder and CEO Nick PanizeCEO Tom O’Brien said Monday that he’s had “good days and bad days” since taking the helm of BCB Bancorp in June. And though the turnaround specialist added that the good days have outnumbered the bad ones…

Key TakeawaysSenators have four days before the August recess begins.The White House is reviewing a proposed digital asset ethics deal.Updated legislation combines Banking and Agriculture Committee work. Industry Pressure Builds as Senate Faces Four-Day Deadline The Senate has four scheduled session days to advance the CLARITY Act before beginning its August recess, prompting a renewed push from cryptocurrency advocates and industry organizations. Stand With Crypto, a cryptocurrency advocacy organization representing more than three million supporters, urged senators to approve the legislation before the recess. The group argued that support spans Wall Street, the cryptocurrency industry, and other organizations. The organization…

In brief UCLA researchers launched an OnlyFans account called OnlyMarms after traditional research funding became harder to secure. More than 10 OnlyMarms-inspired meme coins have appeared on Solana, though it’s unclear who created them or whether they’re connected to the research team. The project has become an unlikely example of how internet culture and crypto can converge around scientific research. Scientists behind one of the world’s longest-running wildlife studies have turned to one corner of internet culture for funding—and found another waiting for them.Researchers at UCLA launched an OnlyFans account called OnlyMarms to help support a project that has tracked…

Strategy’s latest Bitcoin sale lifted its 2026 disposals to 5,258 BTC, the largest amount it has sold in any year since adopting the asset in 2020, as the company redirects capital toward supporting its preferred securities.The company sold 1,638 BTC for $104.7 million between July 27 and Aug. 2 and issued about 3.01 million MSTR common shares for another $290.6 million, according to an Aug. 3 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.None of the nearly $395 million raised went toward new Bitcoin purchases. Instead, Strategy used the capital to fund preferred dividends, repurchase STRC shares and complete the…

A supervising U.S. FBI agent who worked in intelligence at the national headquarters has been arrested and accused in a federal court filing of stealing more than $1 million in cryptocurrency.The high-level special agent, identified as Patrick Steven Yarmoch, allegedly turned himself in to agency colleagues, reporting that he dug crypto keys from FBI systems to make as many as a dozen transfers to himself from accounts tied to foreign individuals he’d investigated, according to an August 1 account filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.Yarmoch — who held a “top secret” security clearance —…

Timothy Morano Aug 03, 2026 11:15 Conflux (CFX) is rolling out v3.1.0 testnet hardfork by Aug 7, implementing 7 CIPs, security updates, and RPC changes. Node updates required. Conflux (CFX) has announced the rollout of its v3.1.0 testnet hardfork, scheduled to go live before the network reaches epoch 259240000, estimated on August 7, 2026. The upgrade introduces modifications across seven Conflux Improvement Proposals (CIPs), a security patch withheld until post-activation, and significant RPC changes. Node operators must upgrade their software or risk incompatibility with the network. The most notable technical updates include CIP-173,…