Hidroelectrica (H2O.RO), Romania's largest company by market capitalization, valued by investors at around RON68 billion, posted RON3.3 billion net profit in 2025, down 20% from 2024, amid a year of severe drought and the lowest hydroelectric power production in Romania's history. Revenue stood at RON9.61 billion, up 5%.
Romanian-owned drug producer Antibiotice Iasi (stock symbol: ATB) ended 2025 with a preliminary gross profit of RON60.1 million, down 42% year-over-year, the company said in its financial report.
The industry-supported Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act could be a solution by Congress to push back against criminalizing writing code. A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives has introduced legislation aimed at halting prosecution of software developers who do not have custody or control of others’ crypto assets. In a Thursday notice, Representatives Scott Fitzgerald, Ben Cline and Zoe Lofgren said that they would be sponsoring the Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act in an effort to change how to handle criminal cases potentially involving blockchain developers. The bill would clarify that Section 1960 under US federal law, on the “prohibition of illegal money transmitting businesses,” would apply only to actors with control of others’ digital assets. Read more