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Bondholders approved a 12-month maturity extension on Maison Pommery's €45 million bond, removing a near-term funding risk as exclusive Henkell Freixenet talks continue.
Anaergia's Victorville plant is the first to deliver RNG under California's SB 1440 program. The facility can process 104,000 tons of organic waste annually and cut emissions by 31,710 metric tons of CO2-equivalent per year.
MUFG, SMFG, and Mizuho will issue a trust-based stablecoin by March 2027, targeting ¥1 trillion in issuance by 2028 for B2B and cross-border payments.
DFS proposed rules to match federal GENIUS Act standards, letting qualified issuers stay under state oversight. The framework caps custodian concentration and adds risk management requirements.
Chevron's Q1 rally of 29% came as crude surged past $100 on Iran tensions. The London Company backs management, not oil prices. The stock hangs on the next headline from Iran.
Saudi POS transactions hit SAR 13.8B in the week ended June 6, down from SAR 14.4B, but the four-week moving average remains elevated vs prior years, signaling resilient consumer spending.
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The SEC alleges Nathan Fuller raised $12.3M from 150 investors for AI trading bots that didn't work, then spent $6.2M on himself and $5.5M on Ponzi payments.
Three Japanese megabanks form a council to develop a jointly issued stablecoin under a trust model. The token targets March 2027 launch, testing Japan's stablecoin framework.
Binance launched bStocks, tokenized 1:1 U.S. equities on BNB Smart Chain, letting users trade Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon 24/7 against USDT or BUSD pairs.
WISeKey's SEALCOIN gets $4M from Hashgraph Group and itself for space blockchain. WKEY fell 6.15% to $7.41. SPACEDROP validated 45k+ users on 19 satellites.
Trad.Fi will tokenize $650 million of private credit over four years. The move places it alongside BlackRock and Figure Technologies in the shift to on-chain lending.
WTI crude rose past $73 after Trump's warning. Analysts see a narrow path to $100 if Iranian exports are cut by 1 million bpd. The late-April deadline is the next catalyst.
Headline CPI hit 4.2% as energy surged 23.5% yoy. Core monthly inflation slowed to 0.2%, a relief for the Fed. The next data point is the PCE report.
July natural gas futures rose 2.99% to $3.234 as overnight weather models shifted warmer for mid-June. Production at 110.1 bcf/d caps rallies, but LNG feedgas demand at 17.9 bcf/d and storage builds below seasonal norms support the bull case. Follow-through Thursday decides near-term direction.
GOP lawmakers want to strip state attorneys general of the power to enforce federal crypto ethics rules, drawing sharp pushback from Democrats who say the move would 'neuter' oversight.
May CPI rose 4.2% YoY, airfares surged 26.7% as jet fuel costs climbed. The print reduces rate-cut odds and pressures airline margins. JETS ETF in focus.
Alnylam widened its Genesis Pharma partnership ahead of the vutrisiran FDA decision. The variable-cost model sets up a European launch platform for the key drug.
May CPI accelerated to 4.2% Y/Y, core stayed at 5.3%. Yields rose, dollar gained, gold fell. Markets priced out near-term rate cuts. Focus shifts to May PPI and the Fed's June 14 meeting.
The USWNT beat Brazil 1-0 in a chaotic friendly with eight red cards. The bigger story: zero crypto sponsors in women's soccer after Voyager's bankruptcy.
Thai police recovered 81,000 baht linked to a crypto exchange robbery. The case highlights offline risks of peer-to-peer crypto deals. More arrests or a total-loss estimate would clarify the case scope.
Binance launches tokenized US stocks via bStocks, allowing 24/7 trading, self-custody withdrawals, and conversion back to shares without fees. Five stocks live at launch.
The Nifty touched 23,425 before sliding to a flat close as renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities and heavy foreign selling erased nearly all of a 694-point Sensex intraday gain.
Kraken's FIFA sponsorship and blockchain ticketing on Algorand and Avalanche put crypto at the center of the 2026 World Cup. Seven teams base in California.
Vivakor's JV with Monarch R&P targets Q3 2026 for its Houston processing center. A separate crude deal through Cushing Terminal is worth $108M annualized.
The January CPI print Wednesday will test whether the chip rally is a real reversal or a dead cat bounce. A hot number pushes yields higher and hits tech hardest. A soft one triggers a short squeeze.
KB Kookmin Bank issued a $100M two-year digital bond on HSBC's Orion, the first blockchain-based dollar bond from a South Korean bank. HKMA subsidy cuts costs.
The European Commission seeks feedback on extending crypto rules to DeFi, NFTs, lending, prediction markets, and perpetual futures. Deadline 31 August.
Replit's AI chief called token leaderboards 'very dystopian' as Amazon shifts from consumption metrics to outcome-based measures of employee AI use.
Geico is using generative AI to let its gecko mascot record podcast interviews and react to live events, aiming to extend the character's reach beyond TV spots.