REGULATORYSTORY 549· AUGUST 4, 2026

Columbus Acquisition Corp issues $50,000 in extension notes as SPAC merger deadline approaches

A blank-check company extended its window to close a merger by depositing $50,000 into a protected escrow account, then issued two zero-interest promissory notes to acknowledge each party's share of that cost. The escrow account, called a…

NDNewsDialy Desk2 MIN READCOLA

SOURCE

sec.gov

← PREVIOUS STORY 548DNC officers asked to sign NDAs before closed-door meeting on party finances NEXT STORY 550 →Seven months after launch, Aurora Therapeutics scraps its lead gene-editing program and cuts staff

Keep reading

More from the desk.

02REGULATORY

U.S. appeals courts split on prediction market contracts, Supreme Court fight likely

Two federal appeals courts have now reached opposite conclusions on whether sports-related event contracts are swaps, a class of regulated financial instrument under federal law. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that those…

regulatory2 MIN

03REGULATORY

NFL's top preseason pick opens 2026 with a loss as full-season projections favor the Bengals

A preseason favorite, in football terms the team most analysts expect to win the championship before a single game is played, rarely keeps that label undisturbed. The Los Angeles Rams held it going into 2026. They lost the opener to the…

regulatory2 MIN

04REGULATORY

Oportun names Bill Franklin chief financial officer

Consumer lending, meaning loans made directly to individual borrowers rather than to businesses, has a new finance chief at Oportun. The San Mateo company (Nasdaq: OPRT) disclosed the hire

regulatory2 MIN

Tomorrow · 06:00

Start tomorrow already ahead.

Five stories, a two-minute read, zero noise — the world before your first coffee.

Get the 6AM brief Back to the desk