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Asian and European stocks rose on Middle East peace talk optimism while tech and rate jitters hit Wall Street. The pound fell after Starmer resigned. Greenspan's death had no market impact.
Apple's first foldable phone faces a hinge delay that could push launch from September to October. Samsung Display wins exclusive panel deal.
Sterling held near $1.33 after Starmer's exit. Pantheon Macroeconomics said political noise still offsets oil tailwinds. Next data point: March CPI on Apr 17.
Ric Edelman says investor sentiment and fundamentals are diverging, with Wall Street deepening involvement and RWA perpetual futures hitting a new all-time high in May.
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart steps down after seven years. CRED founder Kunal Shah takes over as Meta's messaging app faces regulatory pressure in Europe and India.
The Bank of England removed individual holding limits for systemic sterling stablecoins, replacing them with a £40bn issuance cap. Reserve rules now allow 70% short-term gilts. Consultation runs until September.
Alex Eala lost to Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-3 in the Bad Homburg Open first round. She now teams with Venus Williams in doubles on Wednesday.
Fairshake affiliates spent $8M+ on primaries in Maryland, New York, and Utah. The crypto PAC's biggest outlay: $5.5M backing Maryland state delegate Adrian Boafo.
Amazon advertises on ChatGPT to reach shoppers while blocking OpenAI from using its shopping data. The move sets a template for big tech's AI engagement.
Small caps and the Dow gained while big tech lagged, a rotation pattern traders said reflects positioning shifts rather than panic. SPY and QQQ slipped.
Taysha closed pivotal TSHA-102 dosing for Rett syndrome. The Part A durability data shifts the probability of success for the filing package.
Giga Metals starts geophysics at Turnagain's Attic Zone, targeting copper, platinum and palladium adjacent to its nickel-cobalt resource. Results due fall 2026.
American Airlines is offering domestic award seats from 9,000 miles and transatlantic flights from 21,000 miles through July 7. The sale targets soft late-summer demand but risks cannibalizing cash bookings for AAL stock.
Trump showed off a Qatari-funded 747-8i that could serve as a second Air Force One. The plane's arrival offers Boeing a positive contrast as the delayed Air Force One program faces more losses.
Meta pauses an AI training program that tracked employee keystrokes after a configuration error exposed sensitive data companywide. Internal backlash grows as the security review unfolds.
MoonPay buys Entendre to automate crypto accounting. The platform handles 25,000 transactions per month per client and cuts manual work by more than half.
OKX and ICE appointed Andrew Cuomo co-chair for a tokenization venture offering NYSE tokenized equities and ICE futures. Citi sees $5.5 trillion market by 2030.
South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit said in a June 2026 notice that it pushed for broader virtual-asset Travel Rule coverage during FATF discussions. The proposal puts smaller crypto transfers i
Securitize preemptively sues tZERO over tokenization patents in Delaware. The outcome could set a precedent for IP disputes in the real-world asset tokenization market.
Crypto-backed PACs disclosed spending over $8 million on media for primaries in three states. Maryland Democrats push back against 'outside spending from crypto billionaires.'
The $1.78T asset manager launches Franklin Crypto after acquiring 250 Digital. The division runs active strategies on XRP, Stellar, Polygon, and Aptos. Its XRP ETF saw $6.7M inflows last week.
fomo raised $75M in Series B led by Index Ventures with Union Square Ventures and Benchmark. The on-chain trading platform plans to expand access to crypto markets.
The Bank of England published draft stablecoin rules with a £40 billion issuance guardrail. Coinbase's chief legal officer called the update clear and workable.
Questerre's Preferred Shares, tracking its Quebec Utica gas discovery, list on Euronext Growth Oslo with two payout paths: development or compensation.
A wallet linked to the $577M HashFlare crypto Ponzi scheme transferred 10,600 ETH. Prosecutors are appealing the founders' sentence as too lenient.
Nura Bio Completes $73.8M Series B Back to Home SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nura Bio, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing neuroprotective small ...
Applied Digital raised $1.59 billion in 7% notes to fund 150 MW of AI data center load at its Polaris Forge 1 campus, replacing a Goldman Sachs bridge loan.
An explosion at Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG plant killed 13 workers and injured dozens. The energy minister said exports will not be affected as the plant was restarting after a war-related shutdown.
Anchorage Digital launches tokenized deposits for regulated banks, enabling 24/7 settlement without tech stack upgrades. The blockchain-based service goes live in weeks, but banks face a trade-off between float revenue and instant access.
Independent Film Company rereleases Boyhood July 31 with a recorded Q&A, testing a low-cost strategy for generating revenue from its 12-year catalog library of films.