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Overview The centre of gravity in Russia's new crypto law is not retail trading. It is cross-border settlement. TASS reported that Putin signed the law on digital currencies and digital rights, which retains the domestic payment ban while explicitly permitting digital currency settlement under foreign trade contracts between residents and non-residents. That carve-out sits alongside the 300,000 ruble retail cap in the statute, but the two carry very different policy weight. The international int

Overview For years the honest answer to whether crypto was legal in Russia was "partly, and it depends." Holding was not illegal. Mining had conditional legal status. Trading lacked a market framework. Payments were prohibited outright. As of August 4, 2026, most of that ambiguity is gone. Russian state news agency TASS reported that Putin signed the law on digital currencies and digital rights, giving the country its first unified statute governing digital currency circulation, with core provis

Overview Russia spent most of the past year legislating its crypto market in pieces. On August 4 it finished the job. According to Russian state news agency TASS, which reported that Putin signed the law on digital currencies and digital rights, the statute establishes, for the first time, a single operating framework for crypto exchanges, digital depositories, brokers, management companies, trade organizers and clearing houses, while setting the conditions under which investors may buy cryptocu

Overview With Unitree opening subscriptions on 10 August and a STAR Market debut expected in the second half of the month, humanoid robotics finally gets two directly comparable listed companies. On one side is Hong Kong-listed UBTech, public since late 2023 and long branded the first humanoid robotics stock, which posted 2025 revenue of 2.001 billion yuan, up 53.3%, against a net loss of 790 million yuan and cumulative losses exceeding 3 billion yuan over three years. On the other is Unitree, a

Overview Two very different benchmarks are taking shape in humanoid robotics. On one side is Unitree Robotics, about to become the first humanoid robotics stock on China's A-share market, having shipped more than 5,500 humanoids in 2025 for a world-leading 32.4% share, selling its G1 from around $13,500, and running profitably for years. On the other is Tesla's Optimus, which Elon Musk says will represent 80% of Tesla's future value, with plans for a million units a year at $20,000 to $25,000 pe

Overview Unitree Robotics has set the base valuation for its STAR Market IPO at roughly 42 billion yuan, about $6.2 billion, with price inquiries on August 5, subscriptions on August 10 and an expected listing around August 19. The debate over that number has turned white hot. Bulls point to 2025 revenue of 1.708 billion yuan, up 335%, a 60.27% gross margin and adjusted net profit of 600 million yuan, making Unitree essentially the only humanoid robotics company profitable every year since 2020,

Overview For anyone tracking the first humanoid robotics stock, the practical question has narrowed to one thing, when Unitree shares can actually be bought. The officially confirmed timetable runs as follows: preliminary price inquiries on August 5, the offer price set on August 6, online and offline subscriptions on August 10, and final results published on August 14. The formal trading date has not yet been announced by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, though industry expectations cited by local

Overview Unitree's offer price lands on August 6, and it may be the most closely watched pricing moment on China's A-share market in 2026. Based on the disclosed offering plan, the company intends to sell 40.4464 million new shares to raise roughly 4.2 billion yuan, implying a reference price near 104 yuan per share and a post-IPO base valuation around 42 billion yuan (about $6.2 billion). Almost nobody expects the stock to stay there. ChangXin Memory's 466% first-day surge on the STAR Market on

Overview The countdown on when Unitree Robotics will go public has entered its final stretch. The Hangzhou-based robot maker formally launched its STAR Market issuance process late on July 30, with preliminary price inquiries set for August 5, online and offline subscriptions opening simultaneously on August 10, and final results published on August 14. Per industry expectations cited by local outlets including 21st Century Business Herald, the actual listing may take place around August 19, tho

Overview The Reserve Bank of India announces its monetary policy decision on Wednesday, 5 August at 10 am IST, with Governor Sanjay Malhotra holding a post-policy press conference at 12 pm. The reason markets are watching is not the rate itself, since most economists expect the repo rate to stay at 5.25% for a fourth consecutive meeting, but how the central bank explains a deteriorating inflation picture. India's CPI accelerated to 4.38% year over year in June, the highest since December 2024 an