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BLACKROCK AND ONDO FINANCE JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW PARTNERSHIP Blackrock $BLK just announced it has built 3 investment portfolios that will trade as digital tokens The portfolios will be tokenized by Ondo Finance The new portfolios will be the first BlackRock has designed to be tokenized by another firm Ondo is launching seven tokenized model portfolios today, including the three from BlackRock: high-income, diversified growth and high-growth. The BlackRock portfolios will hold a mix of stock, bond and bitcoin ETFs depending on their profile. Ondo will issue a token tracking each of the portfolios. As investors buy them, self-executing software automatically buys shares in the underlying ETFs that make up the portfolio. The model portfolios will initially be available to non-U. S. investors, who won’t have direct shareholders rights in the underlying securities held. Investors will be able to borrow against their tokens, transfer them and trade them 24/7. (Source Bloomberg)

BlackRock has built three investment portfolios that will trade as digital tokens, marking its latest push to bring traditional assets to the alternative financial system that powers cryptocurrencies

BLACKBERRY $BB Q2’27 EARNINGS HIGHLIGHTS 🔹 Revenue: $163.3M (Est. $146M) 🟢; +26% YoY 🔹 Adj. EPS: $0.07 (Est. $0.04) 🟢; +75% YoY 🔹 GAAP EPS: $0.06 🔹 Adj. EBITDA: $47.0M (Est. $28.1M) 🟢; +81% YoY FY27 Guide: 🔹 Revenue: $616M-$636M (Est. $615M) 🟢 🔹 Adj. EBITDA: $141M-$158M (Est. $136M) 🟢 🔹 Adj. EPS: $0.19-$0.22 (Est. $0.19) 🟡 🔹 QNX Revenue: $315M-$325M 🔹 Secure Communications Revenue: $260M-$270M 🔹 Licensing Revenue: ~$41M Q3 Guide: 🔹 Revenue: $143M-$154M (Est. $150M) 🟡 🔹 Adj. EBITDA: $28M-$37M (Est. $33.6M) 🟡 🔹 Adj. EPS: $0.04-$0.05 (Est. $0.05) 🟡 🔹 QNX Revenue: $82M-$88M 🔹 Secure Communications Revenue: $55M-$60M 🔹 Licensing Revenue: ~$6M Segment Net Revenue: 🔹 QNX: $80.3M; +27% YoY 🔹 Secure Communications: $60.9M; +2% YoY 🔹 Licensing: $22.1M Other Q2 Metrics: 🔹 Adjusted Gross Margin: 78.2% 🔹 Adjusted EBITDA Margin: 29% (Est. 19.6%) 🟢 🔹 Secure Communications ARR: $221M; flat YoY 🔹 DBNRR: 91%; -2 pts YoY 🔹 Operating Cash Flow: $29.3M Comments: 🔸 “QNX delivered record performance in the quarter, driven by strength in our core automotive business.” 🔸 “The first Alloy Kore design win, the largest design win in QNX history, marks an important commercial milestone.”

BLACKSTONE-BACKED AI DATA CENTER FIRMUS PLANS $5 BILLION IPO Australian data center operator Firmus is preparing to raise ~$5B in what would be Australia’s second-largest IPO ever, behind Telstra’s 1997 listing. Firmus, whose customers include Nvidia, Meta and OpenAI, is expected to post a ~$77M loss for the first half of its financial year, according to its draft prospectus. The company could reportedly be valued at up to $60B and is separately seeking ~$10B in financing to buy Nvidia chips for an Indonesian data center. Books are expected to open Oct. 6, with ASX trading targeted for Oct. 22.