UPDATED AUGUST 17, 2026 · 1123 STORIES ON THE WIRE

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01WORLD

Champagne's earliest harvest on record puts the famous taste under pressure

The earliest harvest on record for France's Champagne region is now underway, driven by extreme heat. Taste profile, the specific balance of acidity, effervescence, and fruit character that makes the wine recognizable from vintage to…

AUGUST 17, 20261 MIN

02CRYPTO

Gemini logged a $108M loss in Q2 even as revenue grew 37%

A net loss, which is the amount by which a company's total expenses exceeded its total revenue in a given period, hit $108 million at crypto exchange Gemini in the second quarter. Revenue grew 37% over the year-earlier period. The growth…

AUGUST 16, 20262 MIN

03WORLD

Ferrexpo fundraising effort caught in oligarch standoff with Kyiv

A political dispute over ownership is complicating a miner's effort to raise money. Sanctions, government-imposed restrictions that freeze a target's assets and cut off access to international financial markets, are central to what makes…

AUGUST 16, 20261 MIN

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04WORLD

US weighs sanctions on Brazilian judge as Lula launches re-election bid

Relations between the United States and Brazil are facing a new test, as Washington weighs imposing a sanction against a sitting judge in the country. A sanction, in this context, is a targeted restriction placed on a named individual…

AUGUST 16, 20262 MIN

05REGULATORY

reAlpha trims its loss and cuts staff as second-quarter revenue slips

Cutting a loss is different from turning a profit. A narrowing loss means the company still burns cash, just less of it than before. That is where reAlpha Tech Corp. (Nasdaq: AIRE) stood at the end of the second quarter of 2026: a net loss…

AUGUST 16, 20262 MIN

06CRYPTO

Bitcoin and ethereum slide as inflation relief fails to lift crypto prices

Crypto prices are slipping again, and the inflation report that moved gold and silver higher this week is not doing the same for digital assets. ETF outflows

AUGUST 16, 20262 MIN

07ENERGY

America's emergency oil reserve nears a level where experts say the underground caverns holding it could be damaged

America's emergency oil stockpile is being drawn down so fast that it is approaching a point where the underground caverns holding the crude could sustain physical damage. That stockpile is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the federal…

AUGUST 16, 20261 MIN

08CRYPTO

Ethereum developers to trim 66 Hegotá proposals before the upgrade begins

Sixty-six improvement proposals are under review ahead of Ethereum's next upgrade, and the developer community plans to narrow that field before work gets underway. An improvement proposal is a formal technical specification any developer…

AUGUST 16, 20261 MIN

09DEALS

Caterpillar logs first $20 billion quarter as order backlog reaches record $72 billion

A record order backlog, the stack of customer orders placed but not yet shipped, reached $72 billion at Caterpillar (CAT) at the end of the second quarter of 2026. That is up 92% from the same quarter in 2025 and $9 billion above the prior…

AUGUST 16, 20262 MIN

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