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Modrić's record fifth World Cup selection coincides with a CoinW ambassador role and a flurry of Solana meme tokens. One token had a market cap near $114,000.
Eighty percent of tokenized equity trades on Binance come from emerging markets, with a median trade size under $19. The growth path to $661B carries platform and regulatory risk.
PayPal is exploring a shutdown of its venture arm. The fund added 10 cents to Q4 2025 EPS, reversing a 4-cent cost a year earlier, as the CEO pursues a broad corporate overhaul.
Advanced Drainage Systems benefits as customers shift from individual drainage products to complete water-management systems, lifting revenue per project and margins.
The global crypto market cap fell nearly 2% to $2.21 trillion as the US and Iran near a deal. Trump said the agreement could be signed tomorrow.
The FT90 cocktail from JINYA Ramen Bar pairs Jim Beam with soccer season to drive traffic and check size at full-bar locations. Limited time, 80-plus stores.
QuEra and AWS target 2028 for a 256-logical-qubit quantum computer. The milestone could eventually break Bitcoin and Ethereum's elliptic curve keys, putting crypto on notice.
Senate Armed Services approved an NDAA provision barring buybacks without Pentagon waiver. Lockheed (LMT), Boeing (BA), and Northrop face capital return limits if the House agrees.
Trace Finance's $32M Series A, led by CoinFund, shows VC conviction in regulated stablecoin payments. Brazil's FX classification of digital assets is the catalyst.
Clario, the first platform built to eliminate enterprise data ROT, raised $6M in seed funding led by Preface Ventures. The company aims to automate data cleanup across file systems and cloud storage.
Nine of 19 Fed officials see a rate hike this year. Warsh wants to scrap forward guidance. TSX down 264, Dow off 507. Oil steadies on Iran deal hopes.
A simple valuation approach for Telstra and Mineral Resources: dividend yield vs interest rates for TLS; lithium price-driven forward earnings for MIN. Key catalysts ahead.
The Fed held rates at 3.5%-3.75% but dropped the easing bias and raised the 2026 dot. The S&P 500 fell 1.8% as growth stocks sold off. Next marker: May CPI on June 12.
Former Spanish PM Zapatero denied influence-peddling in a €56M airline bailout. The court is now tracing his cryptocurrency holdings as part of the probe.
The Fed held rates at 3.5%-3.75% and dropped its easing bias in Warsh's first meeting. The 10-year yield rose, the dollar gained, and rate-cut odds fell sharply.
Deep Fission starts trading June 18 under FISN. The 2.5 million share IPO brings nuclear tech to public markets, with regulatory and lock-up risks ahead.
The FBI warned June 15 that fraudsters are dispatching in-person cash collectors after banks flagged suspicious transfers. Seniors are the main targets and cash is gone once handed over.
Shopify's spring 2026 Editions add in-store pickup and returns via the Shop app, plus AI autopilot and agentic commerce integration with ChatGPT and Gemini.
Binance's MiCA license in Greece stalled after ECB President Lagarde reportedly ordered rejection. The exchange now eyes France before the July 1 EU cutoff.
Keyera takes full control of the KAPS natural gas pipeline after buying Stonepak's 50% stake for C$1.215B. The deal consolidates ownership of a key Alberta infrastructure link.
Fed holds rates steady at 3.5%-3.75%. Warsh's hawkish tone and task force announcements spark equity sell-off. Analysts say the policy outlook is less clear.
Elliptic's ground-truth approach combines analyst-led investigations with automated tools to label billions of addresses across 66 blockchains without sacrificing reliability.
New Zealand Q1 GDP is expected at 0.9% quarterly growth. Seasonal adjustments may flatter the headline. The Iran conflict threatens a Q2 contraction. The RBNZ July 8 meeting is the next catalyst.
Third touch of falling channel's upper boundary at $3.30 confirms bearish structure. Support zone at $3.02–$3.05 holds the key; failure opens path to $2.91.
Transaction revenue dropped 23% year-over-year to 44% of total net revenue. Subscription and services revenue climbed 13.5% to $727.4 million. The pivot to stablecoins, custody, and subscriptions faces execution risk.
Satori Finance shuts down after $134B in perp volume but only $3M annual revenue. Users must withdraw by July 16. The closure signals a shift in how DeFi projects are judged.
Anthropic cut global access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 12 after a US export directive. Crypto AI agents built on those models stopped. The sector now carries geopolitical tail risk.
Disney's AI ad tool beta launches in July, an exec said. The tool generates scripts and selects music, then compiles video ads. Advertisers will test if AI cuts costs.
Warsh called the 2020 inflation framework "unsatisfactory" and launched a formal review. The committee held rates steady, but the market implications lie in how the Fed communicates policy from here.
Amazon's DeSantis says quantum computers arrive by 2031. $2B in federal incentives and corporate hubs signal a long-term infrastructure build. Alpha Score 61 for IBM.