BREAKING: 🇺🇸 David Bailey’s KindlyMD acquires 5,744 #Bitcoin for $678.9 MILLION. https://t.co/Vu3SS8oudR ...

Perplexity just offered Google $34.5B in cash for Chrome, which is way more than the startup has ever raised....so if anyone can just say they’re buying Chrome, @equitypod asks the obvious question: Why not us too? https://t.co/ryAA3VsCv9 ...

Market Trend & Prediction - ETH price is expected to be greater than $8k [1] - ETH is experiencing rapid growth [1] Company Acquisition & Holdings - BMNR plans a future $20 billion ETH acquisition [1] - BMNR currently holds approximately 1.15 million ETH, valued at around $5 billion, representing 1% of the total supply [1] - BMNR would need about 6 million ETH for 5% of total supply [1]

Market Dynamics - Perplexity 向 Google 提出以 345 亿美元现金收购 Chrome 的要约 [1] - 这一报价远超该初创公司迄今为止的融资总额 [1] Financial Analysis - Equitypod 提出了一个问题：如果任何人都可以声称要收购 Chrome，为什么其他公司不能这样做 [1]

Core Insights - PPG Industries is experiencing challenges due to demand weakness, particularly in Europe, but is benefiting from cost discipline, acquisitions, and pricing actions [1][6][9] Financial Performance - PPG's second-quarter adjusted earnings were $2.22 per share, matching estimates but down from $2.35 a year earlier [1] - The company reported a roughly 1% decline in revenue, with higher sales in the Performance Coatings unit offset by declines in Global Architectural Coatings and Industrial Coatings segments [1] Cost Management and Restructuring - PPG is implementing a cost-cutting and restructuring strategy, realizing an additional $20 million in structural cost savings in Q2 2025, with expectations of around $60 million in total savings for the full year [2][9] - A comprehensive cost reduction program is expected to deliver annualized pre-tax savings of approximately $175 million once fully implemented, focusing on structural costs mainly in Europe [3] Acquisitions and Growth Strategy - The company is pursuing inorganic growth through acquisitions, including Tikkurila, Worwag, Cetelon, and Arsonsisi's powder coatings business, which are expected to contribute positively to its revenue [4][9] Shareholder Returns - PPG has a strong track record of returning cash to shareholders, having returned $1.4 billion in 2024 through dividends and share buybacks, with a quarterly dividend increase of 4% in July 2025 [5] Market Challenges - The company faces challenges from soft global industrial production, particularly affecting the Industrial Coatings segment, with lower automotive OEM build rates and weak consumer confidence in Europe [6][8] - Demand in the Global Architectural Coatings segment fell by 5% due to lower sales volumes and weaker consumer confidence in Europe [8] Future Outlook - PPG maintains its full-year 2025 adjusted earnings per share guidance of $7.75 to $8.05, supported by share gains and internal improvement initiatives despite current economic conditions [9]

Advent is working on an offer to acquire U-blox Holding AG in a deal that could value the Swiss maker of positioning chips at more than 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.2 billion), according to people familiar with the matter https://t.co/T70ubnXuZI ...

🚨UPDATE: Coinbase has completed the acquisition of Deribit, the world's largest crypto options trading platform by volume for $2.9B. https://t.co/IPyPUEyUk1 ...

Acquisition & Market Share - Coinbase 完成了对 Deribit 的 29 亿美元收购 [1] - 这次收购使 Coinbase 控制了 87% 的比特币 (BTC) 期权市场 [1] - Coinbase 控制了 94% 的以太坊 (ETH) 期权市场 [1]

Accenture is buying Australian cybersecurity firm CyberCX, its largest acquisition to date in the sector that will boost operations in the Asia-Pacific region https://t.co/szTPUnqEbU ...

Coinbase Seals Deribit Deal, Largest Crypto Acquisition IN HISTORYhttps://t.co/6i4UloOux0 ...