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VerifyMe Is Now OpenWorld. Here Is Everything in the Closing 8-K.

The merger closed at 11:00 a.m. ET on September 30. VRME becomes OPNW on October 1, OpenWorld holders own about 85% of the company, a $1.50 special dividend pays Friday, and about three quarters of the shares are locked up on a 180 day schedule.

Everything Is Moving in Lockstep Now, and That's the Story

Oil and bonds are trading like conjoined twins. Markets can't decide if AI is an asset or a reckoning. And Michael Burry is feeling confident again.

Nasdaq Hit an All-Time High While Oil Quietly Cracked

The Nasdaq closed at a record Monday as Treasury yields fell for the fifth straight session and Brent crude slipped below $100 on Iran diplomacy rumors.

15,000NO VACANCY

Cities Are Putting Rats on Birth Control. The Company Making the Pill Just Had Its Best Quarter.

The Atlantic says the rat pill has gone mainstream in American cities. SenesTech, the Nasdaq micro cap behind it, just posted record revenue and a 73.6% gross margin, and most of its sales now come from online orders.

FGNX → FGC AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIVOT

FG Nexus Bought Back 46% of Itself. Now It Is Becoming an Affordable Housing Company.

A $10 million stake in FG Communities, a plan to buy land lease communities outright, a new name and a new ticker. After shrinking its share count nearly in half, FG Nexus (Nasdaq: FGNX) picks a lane.

The Adults Want to Slow Down AI

Tech CEOs are suddenly talking like responsible citizens. Meanwhile, oil's doing oil things and someone's retired state pension just cleared 0K.

Oil Hits $100, Yields Hit 4.9%, and the Fed Is About to Hike Again

Crude topped triple digits, the 10-year kissed 5%, and traders are pricing in a September rate increase nobody wanted.

4.90MRIDERS · 30 CITIES

Marti Hit Its September Numbers in August

4.90 million riders, 584 thousand drivers, 30 cities. Türkiye's mobility super app cleared its September 30 ride-hailing targets with four weeks to spare, then raised them.

Bonds Are the Main Character Now

The 10-year yield just hit a two-year high and suddenly everyone remembers fixed income exists. Stocks are taking it personally.

Everyone's Watching Bessent, No One's Trading

Markets opened in wait-and-see mode as the Treasury Secretary prepares to unveil what everyone's calling the 'toughest' Iran sanctions yet. Meanwhile, chips are down and oil's playing limbo.

Yields Up, Robots Flexing

Treasury yields ground higher and the Nasdaq led the tape lower. Unitree unveiled its Superman humanoid ahead of Shanghai. The AI trade wobbled without falling over.

The Week the AI Trade Blinked

Micron down 13% in a day. Intel down 21% in seven. Samsung prints an 1,800% profit increase and falls 7%. When good news stops working, pay attention.

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Citadel Prints a Record $12 Billion and You Are Still Fighting the Spread

The house posted its best trading haul ever. The degens funded a measurable percentage of it. We checked. It was us.

$5T

Nvidia Is Worth $5 Trillion and Your Portfolio Is Secretly an Nvidia ETF

Check your index funds. Check your target date fund. Check your dating app. It is all Nvidia.