Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: TSM, ASML, BLK

Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — The chipmaker soared 6.6% after it posted another record quarter . The company saw a 35% increase in fourth-quarter profit, beating estimates amid demand for its artificial intelligence chips. ASML Holding —- Shares of the chip-equipment manufacturer jumped 6% after…

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Digital dominance: UPI tops global real-time payments with 49% share; govt tells Lok Sabha

India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has been recognised as the world’s largest retail real-time payment system by transaction volume, accounting for nearly half of all such transactions globally, the government told Parliament on Monday.Citing an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report titled ‘Growing Retail Digital Payments (The Value of Interoperability)’ dated June 2025, the government said…

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Circle Freezes $12.6M in Stablecoins Linked to Zama Without Prior Notice: ZachXBT

Stablecoin issuer Circle froze $12.6 million in USDC dollar-pegged tokens linked to privacy protocol Zama’s confidential USDC smart contract on Saturday, according to onchain sleuth ZachXBT. The smart contract is “publicly labeled” on block explorers and the privacy protocol’s technical documentation, ZachXBT said.  The exact reason for the freeze is “unclear,” he said, adding that…

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Govt extends quality control order deadline to October; aims to boost electrical appliance supply

The government on Monday extended the implementation timeline for the mandatory quality control order (QCO) on certain electrical appliances by six months till October, PTI reported.“It shall come into force on the 1st of October, 2026,” the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) said in a notification.The QCO is applicable to all…

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BTC’s breakout lifts crypto equities and miners in pre-market trading

Bitcoin-related equities and technology stock futures such as Invesco’s QQQ are higher in pre-market trading as bitcoin BTC$92,457.12 has broken above $92,000, briefly touching $93,000 during the Asian morning on Monday, Strategy (MSTR) is up 3.5% to $163 per share and is expected to announce another bitcoin purchase later on Monday. STRC, the perpetual preferred…

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