UK-based property investment and management group M Core has invested over EUR150 million so far in 2025 for the acquisition of the Focsani Shopping Center project from KBC, and the Suceava Shopping City together with seven retail parks from real estate investor MAS.
Users will eventually be able to transfer ASTR to any Superchain network, according to OP Labs’ Zain Bacchus. Japan’s Astar Network has become the first blockchain to implement the SuperchainERC20 standard for its ASTR token, in a move aimed at addressing longstanding interoperability issues between networks like Ethereum and Polkadot. SuperchainERC20 enables interoperability across Optimism’s Superchain collective, which consists of dozens of projects working to scale Ethereum. ASTR can now move between Astar’s Polkadot-based layer-1, Sony’s Soneium and eventually all OP Superchain networks, the company told Cointelegraph. Read more
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) hit an all-time high of 124,000 points on Wednesday as the proposed federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year was well-received by investors for being “neutral-to-positive”. Maintaining an aggressive stance on fiscal consolidation, as required by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government yesterday still managed to offer some notional relief to the salaried class in the budget for FY2025-26, along with incentives for the real estate and construction sectors to revive the struggling industrial sector and stimulate economic growth. While there had been uncertainties surrounding the taxation measures ahead of the budget announcement, the PSX remained bullish yesterday and gained nearly 400 points to cross the 122,000 point-mark, just before the budget was presented in the National Assembly. The benchmark KSE-100 index crossed the 124,000-point barrier at around 11am. It then witnessed a slight decline before resurging to 124,588.17 points at 3:30pm — 2,5...
Surging onchain activity, rising spot Solana ETF approval chances and derivatives metrics suggest that SOL’s bullish price momentum could continue toward $300. Key takeaways: SOL futures open interest is up 12%, signaling strong institutional interest. Spot Solana ETF approval odds jump to 91% on Polymarket. Read more