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Tuesday 4 August 2026
Gaming companies including Tabcorp and Sportsbet accused of offering drugs and escorts to gamblers.
The sale of electric and hybrid vehicles reaches just under 50 per cent
A private equity consortium set to buy insurance broker Steadfast in a $7 billion deal
Australia’s two biggest fleet management companies to merge
A new study says being poor can do long-term damage to your brain

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Crypto has come a long way from its early days. Regulation is tightening, institutions are becoming more involved, and the technology behind digital assets is increasingly finding real-world applications.

In the first of a new monthly series, Sean Aylmer speaks with John O'Loghlen, Managing Director APAC at Coinbase, about how Australia's crypto industry has matured. They discuss why regulation is strengthening investor confidence, where Bitcoin fits in today's financial system, and why tokenisation and stablecoins could be the next major step in modern finance.

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This is the Fear & Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.
ASX up 0.5pc

One Nation ahead in polls

Bird flu mass deaths

Transurban caps weekly tolls

Oil falls after Trump cancels strikes

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Monday 3 August 2026
Earnings season kicks off with dividends set to dominate as a result of CGT changes.
The housing downturn in Sydney and Melbourne has spread to the rest of the country
Investors warm again, for now, to the Magnificent 7 tech stocks on Wall Street
Telstra switches on satellite access to users in the bush
Local wine exports fall to their lowest level in more than 20 years

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This week:
Is a rate hike now off the cards after last week's inflation figures?
Household spending data
International trade, and why it's the sleeper story of the economy
Michael Thompson is joined by economist Stephen Koukoulas to look at what to expect.

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