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Foley Douglas (SVP, HR & Administration) sold 7,300 shares of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) at $148.88 ($1.09M total) on 2026-08-05.

Circle named a founding validator group for its Arc blockchain, including BlackRock, DTCC, Galaxy, ICE, Mastercard, MoneyGram, SBI Group, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo, and Visa. Circle said Arc is on private mainnet with 100+ builders ahead of a planned public launch on Sept. 16. BlackRock plans BUIDL fund deployment with native USDC support; DTCC integration begins H2 2027.

Intercontinental Exchange agreed to acquire MarketAxess for $5.7 billion, expanding ICE’s role in electronic fixed-income trading, data and analytics. BlackRock launched 12 tokenised share classes for European money-market funds with $311 billion AUM using JPMorgan’s Kinexys. Other items include India’s NSE closing auction for derivative-linked stocks and Boerse Stuttgart Digital’s Tradias merger.

Circle said it has formed the founding validator cohort for its Arc blockchain, including BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, DTCC, and others. Arc is in private mainnet with 100+ builders and targets public mainnet on Sept. 16, 2026. Circle plans USDC integration and, with DTCC, tokenization/custody on Arc in 2H 2027.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) said DWS launched three Xtrackers fixed income UCITS ETFs benchmarked to ICE indices. The funds track global corporate, high yield corporate, and Eurozone government bonds, using ICE BofA Global Corporate, ICE BofA Global High Yield, and ICE BofA 1-10 Euro Government indices, respectively.

Circle named initial Arc network partners, including BlackRock, ICE, Visa, Mastercard, DTCC, Galaxy, Global Payments, MoneyGram, SBI, Standard Chartered and Sumitomo. Arc launches publicly Sept. 16 with 10-12 operators initially. Circle, which issues USDC, plans validator and staking governance and integrations for tokenized settlement. Circle reports quarterly earnings Wednesday.

Bloomberg reported Polymarket is seeking a new funding round at a $20 billion valuation, after closing a round at $15 billion in April that included a $600 million investment from Intercontinental Exchange. Polymarket said annualized revenue exceeded $1 billion in June. Coinbase and Robinhood are expanding prediction markets, while Kalshi targets a $40 billion valuation.

Bloomberg reports Polymarket is in preliminary talks to raise about $1 billion at a valuation above $20 billion, more than double its October valuation. Polymarket secured exclusive streaming rights to ATP Tour and Challenger matches, about 20,000 per season, for a watch-and-trade product. Bloomberg says a prior April round valued it at $15 billion, including about $600 million from NYSE-listed ICE. Polymarket annualized revenue is reported above $1.2 billion.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) raised its quarterly dividend 8.3% to $0.52 per share (annualized $2.08). The company reported Q2 2026 results including record recurring revenue of $1.35B and record first-half adjusted free cash flow of $2.6B, with adjusted EPS of $1.90. ICE also agreed to buy MarketAxess (MKTX) for $5.7B in cash at $167/share.

The NYSE pre-market update says Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) agreed to acquire MarketAxess in a $6 billion deal. It also notes Middle East developments tied to Iran talks, with OCE Brent crude around $83 a barrel at 8 AM ET, and mentions recent IPO and stock moves for IMC Rare Earths.