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Growth can be measured in revenue, customers and market share. But behind those numbers is a more difficult question: how does a business expand without weakening the experience that attracted customers in the first place? It is a challenge facing many of the founders named as national finalists in the 2027 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program. Now in its 26th year in Australia, the prestigious business awards recognise entrepreneurs for their innovation, leadership and resilience. This year’s Consumer and Services finalists include: Consumer category Lou Tandy, APT Travel Group Lina Calabria, Bellroy Katherine McConnell, Brighte Capital Rob Cowie, HenCo…

Small businesses are suing the Trump administration over newly enacted tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act. These challenges target duties of 10 percent or 12.5 percent on goods from more than 60 countries, reports Axios. The tariffs took effect after temporary Section 122 measures lapsed last week and aim to address concerns over forced labor in supply chains. One complaint, brought by the Liberty Justice Center on behalf of spice importer Burlap & Barrel and watch retailer Collective Horology, claims officials set rates in advance and later crafted justifications for specific economies. Another suit involves toymaker Learning Resources,…

I want (a substantial amount of) the strength in numbers of a self-custody 24 word Bitcoin wallet, but I don’t want to memorise all 24 words; laziness prevails. My idea: create a note (probably digital) containing n of the 24 words, in order (not scrambled), and to only memorise the n number of blanks. The n blanks will not be in digital form and will be fully committed to memory. E.g. 8 of the 24 words are left blank in the note: grab merit ___ can ___ ___ floor car exit mother ___ festival october ___ camp ___ trial nephew…

Amex Adds LHW Leaders Club as 4:1 Transfer Partner American Express Membership Rewards has added Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club as its newest transfer partner, giving cardholders a new way to redeem points at more than 400 independent luxury hotels around the world. Membership Rewards points transfer to Leaders Club at a 4:1 ratio, meaning 1,000 Amex points become 250 Leaders Club points. Transfers must be made in increments of 1,000 points, and Amex currently estimates that transfers can take up to 72 hours. But most likely you will get your points instantly. This is Amex’s fourth hotel…

Bitcoin traders have spent the past month reducing protection against a price decline while the Fed has made its next decision harder to predict.The Bitcoin options put-to-call open-interest ratio has fallen to approximately 0.52 from 0.76 in late June, meaning about 52 put contracts remain open for every 100 calls. Meanwhile, Fed Funds futures assigned around a 35% probability to a quarter-point rate increase after the implied probability briefly reached 40% on Monday.Chart showing the target rate probabilities for the Fed’s July 29 meeting as of July 28, 2026 (Source: CME FedWatch)So the two markets are now sending opposing signals.…

We’re thrilled to announce that SN62 is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading SN62 trading is live as of July 21, 2026. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’.  Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost. Here’s some more information about this asset: Ridges (SN62) Ridges (SN62) is a Bittensor subnet that operates as a platform for evolving AI agents to solve software engineering problems end-to-end. Where traditional AI coding assistants operate as closed…

Poolin Technology has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, setting up an orderly wind-down and asset sale process tied to its West Texas mining operations. The filing was made on July 22, 2026, in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey under Case No. 26-18325. Poolin Technology PTE. Ltd. and its US affiliates, Lonestar Dream Inc. and Lonestar Taproot LLC, are listed in the case. The filing details a $52 million stalking-horse bid from Thor CALAP LLC for the company’s Pyote and Tarbush mining sites in West Texas. Poolin’s prepetition liabilities stand at $173.1 million, including $163.7…

Icon Solutions, the UK payments infrastructure company, has received a King’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category. Co-founders Tom Kelleher and Darren Capehorn attended a reception at Buckingham Palace to collect the award from His Majesty The King, joining business leaders from across the UK recognised under the programme. The award specifically recognised the Icon Payments Framework (IPF) and its contribution to the evolution of banking payments infrastructure. The company was founded in 2009 and counts Citi, NatWest, UBS and BNP Paribas among the Tier 1 banks that have deployed the framework. What…

The Support and Resistance Breakout Indicator MT4 helps traders recognize when price is attempting a genuine breakout instead of another failed test. Missing these moves can mean giving up dozens of pips, while chasing false breakouts often leads to unnecessary losses and frustration. After several losing trades, many traders begin doubting their strategy rather than their entry timing.This indicator focuses on identifying important price levels and highlighting potential breakout opportunities as they develop. Instead of guessing where the market might move next, traders receive a clearer picture of where buying or selling pressure is increasing. The sections below explain how…

Most “communities” launched by startups are dead within a year. Not because community-led growth doesn’t work, but because of how they were launched: as a marketing channel, bolted onto a growth plan, staffed by whoever had spare time, and measured by a metric nobody could connect to revenue. A Slack workspace with 400 members and three messages a week is not a growth strategy. It’s a ghost town with a nice logo.  The companies that make community genuinely drive growth do something different, and it’s visible in how they treat it. They build community as a product, with its own…