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Bitcoin reclaimed the $63,000 level on June 11 after U.S. President Donald Trump announced at 1:28 p.m. EDT the cancellation of scheduled strikes against Iran. The cryptocurrency had earlier reached $62,500, shaking off a hotter-than-expected May producer price index and rising Middle East

Former xAI engineer Devin Kim filed a lawsuit against xAI and SpaceX this week, alleging he was fired after repeatedly warning company leaders about safety risks associated with Grok, the artificial intelligence firm's flagship chatbot. According to a complaint filed in California's Santa Clara

Audiera's utility token BEAT surged over 60% on June 11 to an all-time high of $9.34 following an artificial intelligence-powered SocialFi platform partnership announcement. The rally triggered a short squeeze that forced $8.2 million in short liquidations according to Coinglass data. Critics

Blackrock filed a fourth amendment with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its proposed Ishares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, advancing plans to launch a bitcoin-linked income product. The filing disclosed a 0.65% sponsor fee and confirmed the fund's covered-call strategy, which

CryptoQuant analyst Julio Moreno predicts Bitcoin could bottom around $53,000 based on the cryptocurrency's current Realized Price metric. Following Bitcoin's drop below $60,000 last week, Moreno cited the Realized Price of $53,600 as a historical reference point where major bear market lows have

Investment giant BlackRock Inc. has placed an order to purchase at least $5 billion worth of SpaceX stock ahead of the aerospace company's market debut, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter. Other major asset management firms have submitted orders o

Elon Musk addressed employees of ASML, Europe's most valuable company, on Thursday as SpaceX advances plans for its Terafab chip manufacturing plant in Texas. Musk called in virtually to ASML's annual technology conference for a fireside chat with CEO Christophe Fouquet, with the event confirmed

Jack Mallers, Strike founder and Twenty One Capital CEO, stated that Bitcoin trading below $63,000 reflects a global liquidity crisis rather than sentiment issues, speaking at BTC Prague this week. Mallers attributed the decline from above $100,000 a year ago to simultaneous pressures: nations

Alphabet's Google is in talks with Samsung Electronics to manufacture a component for its next-generation artificial intelligence processor, according to a report by The Information. The chip, codenamed Icefish and planned as Google's 10th-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), would use a split m

OpenAI announced Thursday it will acquire Ona, a startup that provides secure, pre-configured cloud environments where artificial intelligence agents can access tools, systems and context. The acquisition will allow OpenAI's coding assistant, Codex, to take on longer-running tasks and help more

Bitcoin retraced toward $62,800 after recovering to approximately $63,150, following the release of U.S. May Producer Price Index data showing headline inflation at 6.5%. The May PPI report exceeded the 6.4% forecast and marked the highest level since November 2022, prompting traders to reassess

US stocks gained on Thursday as investors returned to semiconductor stocks following several days of heavy selling pressure. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, the Nasdaq Composite added 0.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced roughly 250 points, or 0.5%. The recovery was driven by renewed

Avalanche Treasury Co., led by former Susquehanna and AllianceBernstein executive Bart Smith, is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday under the ticker AVAT. The company was created to accelerate adoption and growth of the Avalanche ecosystem by allocating capital across the network's

Sucden Financial reported higher revenue and stronger net assets for 2025 as volatility across commodities, foreign exchange, and fixed income markets continued driving institutional trading activity. The London-based execution, clearing, and liquidity provider generated £88.1 million in net revenue

The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 25 basis points, increasing the deposit facility rate to 2.25%, the main refinancing operations rate to 2.40%, and the marginal lending facility rate to 2.65%. The rate hike follows upward revisions to inflation forecasts, driven by higher energy

Oracle shares tumbled 11% on Thursday, heading for their worst day since January 2025, after the software maker announced plans for an additional $20 billion capital raise and reported negative free cash flow of $23.7 billion for the fiscal year. The stock drop followed the company's fiscal fourth

XRP's positioning as institutional payment infrastructure gained renewed attention after crypto researcher SMQKE highlighted a resurfaced document describing the asset as 'a Bitcoin for banks,' with Flare founder Hugo Philion revisiting its 'banker coin' reputation. The discussion centers on XRP's d

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded nearly $500 million in total outflows starting last Friday, with BlackRock's IBIT experiencing $650 million in withdrawals. On Monday, June 8, capital shifted to Ark Invest's ARKB, which received $63 million in inflows compared to its typical $2 million daily a

The Bank Policy Institute and The Clearing House submitted joint comment letters on Wednesday arguing that stablecoin anti-money laundering rules should cover activity after tokens leave issuers. The trade groups said current requirements fail to impose sufficient obligations on decentralized

Chainlink secured the fourth position in Fortune Magazine's 2026 Crypto 100 ranking within the Blockchains and Protocols category, placing behind Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. The ranking, published around June 11, was developed using data analysis conducted by Inca Digital alongside insights