Godrej Consumer Products reported an 11.5% year-on-year rise in consolidated net profit to ₹504.52 crore for the June quarter of FY27. Revenue from operations climbed 18.31% to ₹4,225.47 crore, supported by 9% underlying volume growth. The company highlighted strong momentum in Africa and said EBITDA rose 14% with margins at 19%.

China’s central bank added 20 tons of gold to its reserves in July, extending a run of monthly increases to two years. Spot gold climbed 1.8% to $4,316 an ounce. Institutional investors also increased holdings in gold ETFs, reinforcing bullish sentiment.

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro launch could open with tighter-than-usual availability after a DRAM shortage slows production. The bottleneck is leaving TSMC with roughly $1 billion worth of A20 Pro chips that can’t be delivered because memory is needed for final packaging. As a result, Apple may have less inventory on hand in the early days of sales, potentially affecting rollout timing.

Circle said USDC is currently the only stablecoin among the world’s ten largest that complies with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. If the claim is correct, the EU’s roughly 450 million residents would no longer have regulated access to most major dollar-backed stablecoins, including Tether’s USDT. The statement comes as Europe moves to fully implement MiCA, reshaping the competitive landscape for stablecoins.

South Korea’s three major shipbuilders—HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), Hanwha Ocean and Samsung Heavy Industries—posted combined first-half 2026 revenue of more than KRW 30 trillion and new orders exceeding USD 30 billion. In preliminary second-quarter results, the group reported revenue of KRW 8.927 trillion, up 20.2% year on year, and operating profit of KRW 1.6451 trillion, up 72.5%. Both figures topped market expectations.

Cardano wallet provider SecondFi said it will shut down after a vulnerability in its transaction-signing software was exploited to steal about 16.1 million ADA, valued at roughly $2.4 million. The breach affected 374 user wallets after sensitive cryptographic information was exposed through the flaw. The company said the issue has been patched, but it will permanently discontinue normal operations. Developers said Cardano’s blockchain was not breached and the incident was confined to wallet software, according to SecondFi.

Cardano rose 5.98% in 24 hours as upgrade attention and USD 790.5M trading volume lifted ADA. Momentum is stretched near USD 0.21073 resistance.

ZEROBASE rose 10.79% with USD 239.4M in 24h volume versus a USD 45.2M market cap. No confirmed same-day project catalyst emerged, keeping ZBT volume-led.