UniCredit Bank, one of the main financial institutions in Romania, has become a Participant in Bucharest Stock Exchange’s trading system since August 15, 2025.
Romania’s residential market saw a sharp acceleration in July 2025, recording record apartment sales both in capital city Bucharest and in other major cities, against the backdrop of the government announcing the increase in the standard VAT rate to 21% from 19%, effective August 1, 2025, according to data from real estate consulting company Colliers..
A US judge ruled EminiFX and its founder, Eddy Alexandre, must repay $228 million after running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors. A federal judge in New York ordered Eddy Alexandre, founder of the collapsed crypto platform EminiFX, to pay more than $228 million in restitution after ruling the company was a Ponzi scheme that defrauded tens of thousands of investors. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) secured a summary judgment against Alexandre and EminiFX, with US District Judge Valerie Caproni holding them jointly liable for more than $228 million in restitution and an additional $15 million in disgorgement, according to a Tuesday court filing. “Defendants Alexandre and EminiFX are jointly and severally liable to pay restitution in the total amount of $228,576,962,” the court ruled. “Defendant Alexandre is liable to pay disgorgement in the amount of $15,049,500.” Read more
Pump.fun regained its market dominance in the Solana memecoin launchpad space, gaining over 73% in market share in the last seven days. Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun recorded one of its strongest revenue weeks of 2025 in mid-August as the sector recovered from a dip earlier this month. Decentralized finance (DeFi) data tracker DefiLlama showed that Pump.fun generated $13.48 million between Aug. 11 and Sunday, the platform’s strongest weekly revenue performance since February. The increase came after a sharp revenue drop from July 28 to Aug. 3. During that time, Pump.fun brought in only $1.72 million in weekly revenue, its lowest since March 2024. This contributed to the platform’s revenue drop in July, its lowest monthly revenue this year. Read more
Spot Bitcoin ETF outflows jumped over 300% to $533 million on Tuesday, while Ether ETFs doubled their losses to $422 million, adding to a three-day streak of withdrawals. Cryptocurrency investment products expanded their losses on Tuesday, with Bitcoin fund outflows surging more than 300% and Ether losses doubling, both ranking as the second-largest outflows this month. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $523 million in outflows on Tuesday, rising more than fourfold from Monday, according to Farside Investors data. Ether (ETH) ETFs also recorded major losses, with outflows doubling from $200 million on Monday to $422 million. Read more