2 Top Dividend Stocks Yielding 5% or More to Buy Right Now for Passive Income

These two real estate investment trusts will let you sleep well at night. Over time, dividends have become a smaller and smaller part of the stock market’s total return, with the S&P 500 boasting an average yield of just 1.22% today, compared to 7.44% in 1950. That said, some companies still offer fat, consistently growing […]

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Brunswick (BC) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Image source: The Motley Fool. DATE Thursday, July 24, 2025, at 11 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer — David Foulkes Chief Financial Officer — Ryan M. Gwillim Need a quote from one of our analysts? Email [email protected] RISKS Management stated that tariffs continue to directly impact earnings, with total tariff costs for Chinese […]

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South Plains (SPFI) Q2 2025 Earnings Transcript

Image source: The Motley Fool. DATE Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at 5 p.m. EDT CALL PARTICIPANTS Chairman & CEO — Curtis Griffith President & CEO — Cory T. Newsom Chief Financial Officer — Steven Crockett Chief Banking Officer — Brent Bates Need a quote from one of our analysts? Email [email protected] TAKEAWAYS Loan Portfolio: Loans […]

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Tether fuels crypto ecosystem with new $2 billion USDT mint

Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, minted an additional $2 billion USDT on July 16 on the Ethereum blockchain. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino confirmed the mint via a post on X, clarifying that the new mints were an “inventory replenish” on Ethereum. This means the funds serve as inventory for future issuance and blockchain swaps, […]

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Why infrastructure, not hype, will define the next wave of the industry

The following article is a guest post and opinion of Mike Romanenko, CVO & Co-founder of Kyrrex. The environment of crypto payments is shifting from speculative hysteria to underlying development. As the industry matures, a strong foundation in the form of business-to-business (B2B) payment infrastructure, user experience (UX), and regulation is materializing as crucial for […]

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Survey finds gaps in mainstream Bitcoin coverage, leaving institutional investors exposed

A second-quarter survey of 18 mainstream news outlets logged 1,116 Bitcoin (BTC) stories and measured sentiment at 31% positive, 41% neutral, and 28% negative, according to Bitcoin analysis firm Perception. The data reveal a significant gap between finance-focused media that cover the market extensively and legacy publications that rarely address it. Sparse coverage Perception counted […]

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TON introduces UAE Golden Visa program through crypto staking, Toncoin soars 13%

Key Takeaways The TON Foundation’s new program allows applicants to obtain UAE Golden Visas by staking $100,000 in TON tokens for three years. The crypto-based residency program offers lower capital requirements and faster processing compared to traditional visa paths. Share this article The Open Network (TON), the blockchain ecosystem originally incubated by Telegram, has launched […]

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Talk Your Book: What Even Is Infrastructure?

Posted June 30, 2025 by Ben Carlson Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by CION Investments: See here for more information on the CION Grosvenor Infrastructure Fund (CGIQX) On today’s show, we discuss: Accessing infrastructure investments Investing in airports Who should be interested in infrastructure? The risk/return profile for infrastructure investments Thinking about […]

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DEXs capture almost 30% of CEX spot activity in June, setting new record

Decentralized exchanges (DEX) processed roughly $385 billion of spot trades in June, equal to almost 30% of the turnover recorded by centralized venues, according to DefiLlama and The Block data. The 30-day DEX figure represents a 12% decline from May, but centralized exchange (CEX) spot volume contracted nearly 30% in the same period. Notably, this […]

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