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Crypto PAC has $12M stake in Senate primary runoff as Alabama voters head to polls
16.6.2026
Defend American Jobs reported spending $7.4 million on media to support Republican Barry Moore ahead of his May 20 Alabama primary, and an additional $4.7 million before Tuesday’s runoffs
State Street launches GENIUS Act-aligned money market fund for stablecoin reserves
16.6.2026
The launch comes as financial institutions increasingly compete to manage assets backing dollar-pegged stablecoins
Kraken rolls out perpetual futures for US traders through CFTC-regulated venue
15.6.2026
The offering follows Kraken's acquisition of Bitnomial and comes amid a broader push to bring crypto derivatives trading onshore
Oil Prices Crash 4% And Bitcoin Approaches $66,000 as Trump Declares US-Iran Peace Deal ‘Complete’
15.6.2026
Crude oil prices fell roughly 4% after U.S. President Donald Trump declared that a peace deal with Iran is “officially complete” and that the Strait of Hormuz is now open. The selloff rippled into risk assets as bitcoin reclaimed $65,000. Crude Slides as Trump Declares Iran Deal Done Brent crude...
Trump Declares Iran Deal Done, Reopens Strait of Hormuz — Bitcoin Climbs Past $65K
15.6.2026
President Donald Trump declared a deal with Iran complete on Sunday, immediately authorizing the toll-free reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the removal of the U.S. naval blockade. Trump posted the announcement on Truth Social on June 14, 2026. The full statement read: “The Deal with...
Semafor: China-Linked Group Suspected of Accessing Anthropic’s Top-Secret AI
14.6.2026
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to restrict its most advanced cybersecurity artificial intelligence (AI) model on June 13, 2026, prompting the company to suspend access worldwide. Semafor reports that a China-linked group was suspected of gaining unauthorized entry to the system. What...
Trump says Iran peace deal to be signed Sunday, contradicting Tehran
14.6.2026
Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe said a peace deal, which would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, would likely send liquidity back to risk-on assets such as cryptocurrencies
Iran Denies Sunday Signing as Trump Declares Strait of Hormuz ‘Open to All’ Tomorrow
13.6.2026
U.S. President Donald Trump declared Saturday that a landmark agreement with Iran will be signed on Sunday, June 14, with the Strait of Hormuz reopening to all shipping immediately afterward, but Iranian officials quickly disputed that timeline. What Trump Said Trump posted Saturday on Truth Social...
Anthropic Disables Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Worldwide After US National Security Order
13.6.2026
Anthropic said it abruptly disabled its two most capable artificial intelligence (AI) models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all customers worldwide after the U.S. government ordered it to cut off access for any foreign national, citing national security. An Order Of Potential Major Repercussions...
CFTC Says Sports Contracts Involve Gaming but Proposes to Allow Almost All of Them
12.6.2026
The CFTC has proposed its first written framework for sports event contracts, formally defining sports markets as “gaming” – then writing definitions under which virtually everything currently traded on Kalshi and its rivals stays legal. Five banned categories, one legalized industry The Commodity...
The Zero-Sum Game: Scott Bessent Threatens Unprecedented Economic Payback Against Iran
11.6.2026
On social media, Bessent stated that any damages and expenses caused by Iranian attacks on the U.S.’s Gulf allies would be offset with funds extracted from Iranian accounts. Iranian officials claim there are over $100 billion in assets blocked due to U.S sanctions. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent...
‘We Will Be Taking Kharg Island’ Trump Warning Puts Oil, Stocks and Bitcoin on Alert
11.6.2026
Trump’s Iran warning and 6.5% PPI put oil, bitcoin, and equities on alert as traders weigh inflation. Trump’s new warning on Iran and a hotter 6.5% producer inflation print gave bitcoin traders a fresh macro test Thursday, with oil, stocks, and crypto all caught between geopolitical risk...
Trump Warns Iran Will ‘Pay the Price’ as Gas Prices Jump 40% and Inflation Hits 3-Year High
10.6.2026
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday that May 2026 headline consumer price inflation climbed to 4.2% year-over-year, the hottest reading since April 2023, driven almost entirely by a war-linked energy spike as President Donald Trump escalated rhetoric against Iran on the same...
Wall Street Slides Hard and Bitcoin Tanks After Iran Shoots Down US Military Helicopter
9.6.2026
Wall Street collapsed and bitcoin tumbled Tuesday after Iran shot down a U.S. military helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, torching an earlier ceasefire rally and sending markets into a sharp risk-off spiral. Markets Get Crushed The Nasdaq Composite shed 844 points, falling to 25,085,...
Kalshi Taps Sportradar for Official League Data and Integrity Tools in Prediction Markets
9.6.2026
Kalshi has signed a multi-year global deal making sports-data company Sportradar its official data and integrity provider, giving the prediction market official league feeds and surveillance tools as it fights state efforts to brand its contracts illegal betting. Official data, and an integrity...
‘Too Many Coincidences’: Polymarket Accuses Kalshi of Corporate Espionage
6.6.2026
Polymarket has accused its archrival Kalshi of corporate espionage, alleging in a New York Post report that the federally regulated exchange serially copied its product launches and may be watching its SoHo offices. The crypto-native platform says it opened an internal probe and kept a dossier...
Polymarket CMO Used Personal PayPal to Pay Influencers, POLITICO Reports
6.6.2026
Polymarket’s chief marketing officer sent more than $2.5 million through a personal PayPal account to over 800 people in 14 months, including at least $350,000 to influencers who promoted the crypto prediction market on X without disclosing they were paid, POLITICO reports. $2.5 Million Through...
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: US-China Competition Is ‘the Best Thing to Happen to America Since the Cold War’
5.6.2026
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong believes competition with China “might be the best thing to happen to America since the cold war,” arguing the rivalry will jolt a complacent U.S. back into excellence. A Bullish Take on Great-Power Rivalry Brian Armstrong, chief executive of the largest U.S. crypto...
US Targets Brazil’s Pix: Trade Report Claims Instant Payment System Restricts American Commerce
5.6.2026
The Trump Administration has proposed imposing 25% tariffs on Brazilian goods under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The investigation alleges that Brazil “has unfairly disadvantaged U.S. companies engaged in competing electronic payment services” by promoting Pix. Brazil Faces 25% Tariffs...
George Santos Hyped His State of the Union Seat, Then Bet He Wouldn’t Show
4.6.2026
Former U.S. congressman George Santos publicly promised he would attend President Trump’s State of the Union address in February, then quietly bet on Kalshi that he would not, according to people familiar with his trades. The prediction market froze his account and referred the case to two federal...