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BitMine's $200M stake in Beast Industries aims to funnel MrBeast's 500M YouTube subscribers into Ethereum via Step's neobank. Tom Lee calls it a moonshot.
SpaceX closed its $75B IPO with 18,712 Bitcoin on its balance sheet. Every shareholder is now an indirect BTC holder. The next test: earnings call treasury questions.
Fifth Circuit upholds conviction of ex-police chief who arranged car arson for insurance payout. The evidence, the court said, showed the burning was the opening act of a fraud scheme.
Copper tops $4.40 as Codelco cuts output and Las Bambas strike looms. LME stocks at February lows. The $4.50 level is the next test.
Binance lists SPCXB, a tokenized security tied to SpaceX. It's not equity. The Bybit refund precedent and redemption terms define the real risk for traders.
Newmont holds 13.32% of LunR Royalties after a dividend-in-kind from Lundin Gold. The stake gives passive silver exposure via the Fruta del Norte mine.
Build-A-Bear appoints Chris Hurt as CEO after Q1 revenue slipped 2.4% and guidance was cut. Two other executives shift roles.
India rescued 40,000 child labourers in 2024-25, but 10 million remain in work. At current pace, clearing the backlog would take centuries.
Schools are integrating life readiness into existing instruction rather than buying new standalone programs. The shift rewards flexible curriculum providers like Growing Leaders and pressures traditional assessment models.
Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire as SpaceX opened on the Nasdaq at $150 a share, adding $180 billion to his fortune.
Citi launches tokenized depositary receipts for private company shares, starting with foreign investors. The bank says the structure offers a clearer alternative to SPVs.
SpaceX's $2.3 trillion IPO prices at 25x projected 2027 sales. The dual-class structure and Starship development timeline are the key risks. Lock-up expirations start in three months.
Bartlett Manor near Charlotte offers an integrated design-build process for a 7,000-sq-ft custom estate on five acres. Buyers control floor plans and finishes before foundation pours, saving months on the typical timeline.
Bybit's IPO Express service for tokenized SpaceX shares delivered no allocations to subscribers. The exchange refunded locked USDC in full after institutional demand absorbed the entire offering.
TRM Labs flagged four wallet addresses in crypto scams tied to the 2026 World Cup, with two fake ticketing sites already online. Scammers are building infrastructure over a year early.
Kalshi's regulated crypto perps hit $1B in seven days. CME CEO Terry Duffy calls them a 'disaster waiting to happen.' Behind the futures-versus-swaps debate and what it means for U.S. traders.
Naga groups vow to prevent energy extraction from the disputed Assam-Nagaland border, calling exploration illegal without a final political settlement.
Gene therapy companies face a manufacturing bottleneck that turns approvals into margin drag. The setup: high batch-failure rates and no standardized equipment. What would confirm a fix.
Kalshi's CFTC-regulated crypto perpetuals force a binary classification question. If they are swaps, retail access shrinks. If futures, the product scales. The CFTC has not answered.
AM Green and VOC Port Authority signed an MoU to develop up to 200 KTPA of green ammonia bunkering capacity at Thoothukudi by 2029–30, with a ₹2,000-crore investment.
Bitcoin climbed 5.3% from yearly lows near $60K as the largest IPO in history and diplomatic signals from Iran sparked risk-on sentiment across crypto.
SPCX perps trade at a 27-35% premium to SpaceX's $135 IPO price as cumulative volume tops $2 billion across Hyperliquid, Binance, and Kraken.
An exorcist was fired after saying most UFOs are demons. The Vatican has long been open to aliens. What the debate says about faith and the unexplainable.
Lucy Slinger, deputy CFO at Ingka Group, will join Primark as CFO as the retailer prepares to spin off from AB Foods by end of 2027.
Sable Offshore's deep discount to net asset value prices in a high probability that California permits remain stalled. The next catalyst is the quarterly cash burn update.
Nine Italian banks began testing the digital euro's Eur.Bank architecture on June 3. The ECB wants PSP feedback by June 30. A full pilot is due in H2 2027.
Brent crude fell more than 4% and the dollar weakened after Iran's foreign minister said a nuclear deal 'has never been closer.' The FX and oil outlook hinges on confirmation from Washington.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against the DOJ's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' and gave officials one week to submit sworn declarations the fund is dead.
Tokenized money-market funds from Fidelity, BlackRock, and J.P. Morgan are converging with stablecoins and deposits. Sygnum's multi-rail thesis shows how treasurers can blend all three without operational chaos.
Google searches for Bitcoin, XRP, Solana surged in June. But $581B in outflows since May mean the 48-hour inflow of $60B covers only 10% of losses. Altcoin index at 46.