by doing so the firm aims to position itself to capitalize on the fervor around digital assets if and when the securities and exchange commission approves the trading of such products so far though the sec hasnt done so among the first funds planned under the partnership is a bitcoinholding etf that was originally proposed by galaxy last spring after the stock market closed on tuesday the etfs filing with the sec was revised to make invesco the funds sponsor its not just about getting the first bitcoin etf to the market said john hoffman head of americas etfs and indexed strategies at invesco of the partnership this is about expanding the horizon we ultimately think we can define this new market blackberry ltds stock rose nearly 10 to 1048 in extended trading following betterthanexpected secondquarter results the companys secondquarter loss surged to 144 million from 23 million a year earlier on a pershare basis the loss was 25 cents a share or 6 cents a share on an adjusted basis still the results were better than analysts expected adjusted loss of 8 cents a share and 1579 million in revenue according to factset executive chairman and chief executive john chen said all businesses had beat revenue projections in the latest period and said that the internet of things business unit had performed well despite the chip shortage blackberry expects to execute patent sale this quarter leaves door open for other options blackberry ceo john chen says negotiations to sell the portion of the patent portfolio related to mobile devices messaging and wireless networking continue and should be wrapped up this quarter chen says due diligence has been completed and the parties have settled on the price but should things not work out he says there are other options i fully expect to finish this this quarter but im tired of waiting chen says i know a lot of our investors are too chen says he is 80 confident the discussions will be completed but says that otherwise there are other interested parties blackberry hired industry veteran john giamatteo as president of its cyber security business unit succeeding president and coo tom eacobacci who had served as acting general manager of the cyber security business unit and is slated to leave the company on oct 29 giamatteo most recently at mcafee is expected to join blackberry on oct 4 the cyber security unit reported 120m in revenue in the most recent quarter all times in gmt powered by kantar media and dow jones aar corp air is expected to report 038 for 1q accenture plc acn is expected to report 219 for 4q aehr test systems aehr is expected to report for 1q applied genetic technologies corp agtc is expected to report 040 for 4q aytu biopharma inc aytu is expected to report for 4q ccur holdings inc ccur is expected to report for 3q calamp camp is expected to report 014 for 2q costco wholesale corp cost is expected to report 356 for 4q darden restaurants dri is expected to report 163 for 1q dynatronics dynt is expected to report 000 for 4q nike inc nke is expected to report 109 for 1q progress software corp prgs is expected to report 036 for 3q rite aid corp rad is expected to report for 2q scholastic corp schl is expected to report for 1q tripcom group ltd k3rdsgtcom is expected to report for 2q us global investors grow is expected to report for 4q vail resorts mtn is expected to report 373 for 4q vecima networks vcmt is expected to report for 4q ambarella raised to overweight from sector weight by keybanc axcella health cut to neutral from buy by goldman sachs cidara therapeutics raised to strong buy from buy by wbb securities coherent cut to neutral from positive by susquehanna dxc technology cut to neutral from buy by moffettnathanson fibrogen cut to sell from neutral by goldman sachs frequency therapeutics cut to neutral from buy by goldman sachs innovage holding cut to market perform from outperform by william blair peoples bancorp ohio raised to overweight from neutral by piper sandler pmv pharmaceuticals raised to buy from neutral by goldman sachs remax holdings cut to equalweight from overweight by morgan stanley simon property raised to buy from hold by argus research vir biotechnology cut to neutral from buy by goldman sachs xponential fitness raised to strong buy from market perform by raymond james this article is a text version of a wall street journal newsletter published earlier today