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Nvidia raised its quarterly dividend from $0.01 to $0.25, signaling a maturation of its business and a shift to returning cash to shareholders. The move aims to attract income-oriented and institutional investors while continuing to fund its AI-focused growth, broadening its investor base beyond retail and momentum buyers.
Congressional leaders in both chambers voted to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, a bipartisan move aimed at curbing Wall Street’s footprint in the housing market. While proponents say it signals who’s in charge and could slightly improve inventory in some markets, experts note the effect on affordability is likely limited since institutional owners account for a small share nationwide and much of their stock is leased or in need of repairs. The measure is part of a broader housing package to boost supply, though Senate language requiring seven-year rentals to be sold to individuals faces House opposition and concerns it could hamper new construction. Publicsupport for limits is high, but real-world effects may be modest.
The House passed the White House–backed 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act by 396-13 to expand housing supply and curb large investors’ purchase of single-family homes; the measure now goes to the Senate, where negotiators will reconcile differences, with investor provisions and divestiture language at issue.
The House approved a bipartisan housing affordability package (an amended ROAD to Housing Act) aimed at expanding supply through streamlined environmental reviews, local planning grants, and easier access to manufactured housing, while adopting a softer restriction on institutional investors than the Senate by not requiring sell-offs of build-to-rent/renovate-to-rent properties and instead creating a tenant hotline; the bills must be reconciled with the Senate version and sent to the president, potentially making it one of the broadest federal housing efforts in decades.
Senior House lawmakers reached a bipartisan deal to amend the Senate housing bill, preserving limits on Wall Street’s single-family home purchases while broadening who counts as a single-family home; the plan would pass next week under suspension of rules and go back to the Senate for final approval, before possible White House action. The amended text also keeps a five-year ban on a digital dollar, includes 12 community banking provisions, and drops a controversial seven-year divestiture for investor-built rentals, among other changes.
Kalshi raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation led by Coatue, signaling strong investor interest in prediction markets as the platform expands beyond retail users toward institutional traders, with about 2 million monthly users, roughly $178 billion in annualized trading volume and over $1.5 billion in annualized revenue; the company plans more data integrations and block trades for corporates and hedge funds, while regulators and competitors pose ongoing challenges.
New data show large investors are net sellers of for-sale homes across major markets as they pivot from buying to renting via build-for-rent. FirstKey Homes is discounting heavily and selling more listings, Invitation Homes has shifted toward newly built stock, and investor activity has cooled since 2022, even as Congress weighs restrictions on large buyers of single-family rentals. The shift underscores a broader move away from resale into long-term rental strategies in a volatile market.
Senators Hawley and Merkley unveiled the Homes for American Families Act to bar investment funds with more than $150 million in assets from buying single-family homes, condos, or townhouses, with DOJ antitrust enforcement; the bill aims to ease the housing affordability crunch, excludes homebuilders, and comes as Trump and other lawmakers push to curb big investors in the housing market.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren told POLITICO that President Trump could turn a GOP push to curb Wall Street’s single-family home purchases into law if he rallies Republicans, as Senate and House housing bills seek to boost supply and lower costs. The White House wants restrictions on institutional investors not currently in the bills, while Warren remains open to adding private-equity provisions and backs a separate tax-break removal measure, signaling alternative approaches. Whether the bills will be reconciled remains uncertain.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies reported a total crypto and cash treasury of about $9.6 billion as of Feb. 22, 2026, with 4,422,659 ETH (≈3.66% of the ETH supply, about $8.66B at $1,958/ETH), 193 BTC, a $200 million Beast Industries stake, a $17 million Eightco stake, and $691 million in cash. Of the ETH, 3,040,483 are staked (roughly $6.0B), and the MAVAN staking network is slated to launch in Q1 2026. The company highlights BMNR’s liquidity (≈$0.7B daily traded) and backing by major institutional investors, reaffirming ETH as its primary treasury asset with an aim for 5% ETH ownership.
President Trump pivots to blaming 'institutional investors' for high housing costs and pushes a ban; Catherine Rampell explains that these investors own only a small share of single-family rentals, have been net sellers while shifting to build-to-rent, and banning them would likely have little effect on affordability and could raise costs in some markets. Real fixes require zoning reform, streamlined permitting, and broader policy changes, while demagoguery about Wall Street misses the bigger picture.
President Trump urges Congress to include limits on large institutional investors buying single-family homes as part of a bipartisan housing package, but Republican lawmakers resist a broad ban, while House and Senate versions diverge on other issues, making a final deal and White House approval uncertain.
Major funds and Elon Musk are quietly boosting Tesla stock as the company pushes into robotaxi services and turns full self-driving (FSD) into a monthly subscription, signaling recurring revenue growth and higher margins; Tesla has begun unsupervised robotaxi rides in Austin, with earnings-per-share expectations doubling over the next two years.
A Vox explainer argues that Trump’s bid to bar large institutional buyers from single-family homes is unlikely to fix the housing crunch. Institutional investors own a tiny share of US single-family homes and, by expanding the rental stock and improving operating efficiency, may actually help lower rents and reduce segregation. The broader housing crisis is driven more by scarcity, zoning, and underinvestment than by Wall Street speculation. Still, in some markets where ownership is concentrated, rents could rise, so the ban could have mixed or even adverse effects in practice. The piece suggests focusing on supply expansion and policy reforms to truly improve affordability.
President Trump signed an executive order to limit large institutional buyers from purchasing single-family homes, directing the Treasury to define what counts as a 'large institutional investor' and what qualifies as a 'single-family home' within 30 days and giving federal agencies 60 days to consider prohibitions; the plan includes an exception for build-to-rent communities and possible narrow carve-outs, and comes as critics say supply, not ownership by institutions, drives prices—Blackstone and other firms saw stock declines following the announcement.