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Robinhood Chief Broker Steven Quirk said the company's prediction market business has reached an annualized revenue of $500 million. According to data as of June 25 in Q2, Robinhood's active contract trading volume reached approximately 12.3 billion contracts, with Q2 prediction market revenue at least $123 million. Due to a decline in institutional trading volume, Q2 crypto revenue is expected to fall below Q1's $134 million. Quirk said prediction market annualized revenue reaches $500 million,

On June 29, Colosseum announced the results of the fifth Solana Frontier Hackathon, with the overall champion being CrowdBrain AI, a vertically integrated robot DePIN platform, which won the $30,000 USDC prize provided by Phantom. The hackathon attracted over 10,000 participants who submitted 2,857 final projects. CrowdBrain AI Wins Overall Championship as a Vertically Integrated Robot DePIN Platform CrowdBrain AI is a vertically integrated robot DePIN platform that screens users through simulat

American Express last week posted new "Vice President, Stablecoin & Blockchain Partnerships & Strategy" roles on LinkedIn and Indeed, with an annual salary range of $176,750 to $282,000, under its Digital Lab division in New York; it also posted a "Vice President, On-Chain Products" position. American Express Posts VP of Stablecoin & Blockchain Strategy Role, Salary $176,750 to $282,000 This role is built around three pillars: programmable money, stablecoin payments, and blockchain infrastructur

Coinbase and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced on June 16 that the x402 token payment protocol has been integrated into AWS CloudFront and Web Application Firewall (WAF) services, enabling content publishers to directly charge USDC micropayments from AI agents accessing content. x402 Payment Flow and Integration Design on AWS CloudFront x402's settlement layer uses USDC on the Base network. The entire flow is designed as a single round trip, with a target latency in milliseconds. The full step

Ukraine struck a Russian military production facility in Volgograd with its domestically developed Flamingo cruise missile on the 27th (local time), according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's social media announcement. The FP-5 Flamingo missile successfully hit the Titan-Barikady military

Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 network, Base, suffered two outages on its mainnet within two days, causing block production to stall. On June 27, the Base development team announced on X that initial fixes had been completed, and the planned Beryl hard fork and B20 Registry activation would be urgently postponed. A new timeline will be announced after testing and verification. --- Technical Causes of the Two Outages: Sequencer Bug and Unsafe Head Stall According to Base’s incident reports, the caus

21Shares published its midyear outlook on June 24, comparing 10 crypto market predictions made in January 2026 against market data through May 31 and June 8. The review separated areas ahead of schedule, behind target, or still

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said on June 26 that Coinbase has set Zhipu AI's latest GLM 5.2 and Beijing Moonshot AI's Kimi 2.7 as the default large language models for the company's internal engineers; Coinbase's AI spending has nearly halved, while token usage continues to grow exponentially. Task Allocation and Use Cases of GLM 5.2 and Kimi 2.7 at Coinbase Armstrong explained that GLM 5.2 and Kimi 2.7 are primarily deployed in routine task scenarios, such as standard code assistance and gener

According to Waff TV reported on June 27, a retired man in Florence, Alabama, lost over $222,000 of his life savings in a "pig butchering" crypto scam. Federal court documents filed last week revealed that the scammer posed as a 23-year-old woman named "Bella" on Telegram, establishing a romantic relationship with the victim, then gradually guided him to transfer funds via Coinbase into a crypto wallet controlled by the scammers. Scammer posing as "Bella" builds romantic relationship on Telegram

According to a report by the Korea Economic Daily on June 29, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are preparing to jointly announce a combined 2,000 trillion won semiconductor investment plan for South Korea over the next ten years. Each company plans to build 4 to 5 semiconductor factories in the Gwangju area, creating a "semiconductor mega-cluster" on the western side of the Korean Peninsula. This plan is the highest investment amount record in the history of Korean corporations, and is a core pi

Arete analyst Andrew Beale has given SpaceX a "Buy" rating with a target price of $401 by the end of next year, implying a market cap of approximately $5.3 trillion; Oppenheimer analyst Tim Horan predicts SpaceX's market cap could reach $10 trillion within five years. SpaceX briefly became the fourth-largest company in the U.S. by market cap three days after its IPO. Arete analyst Beale sets SpaceX year-end target price of $401 Arete analyst Beale sets SpaceX's target price at $401 by the end of

The charm of the World Cup knockout stage has never been about a simple comparison of strength on paper, but about how the "sudden death" format magnifies every tactical detail and psychological fluctuation. At 1:00 AM Beijing time on June 30, Brazil and Japan will face off in the Round of 16 at NRG Stadium in Houston. Historically, Brazil holds an absolute advantage with 11 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss in 14 encounters against Japan. However, in a friendly match last October, Japan came back from

GCash's parent company Mynt is targeting a valuation of at least $8 billion, or roughly P470 billion, for a proposed initial public offering on the Philippine Stock Exchange, while planning to raise about $1 billion through the offering. The digital financial platform, which launched in 2004 as a

Binance co-founder CZ (Changpeng Zhao) gave an exclusive interview to CoinDesk on June 27, stating that after Bitcoin broke through its all-time high of $126,000 in October 2025, it has corrected about 50% over the past 12 months, caused by a "triple-factor overlay." In the interview, CZ said he will not serve as CEO of a crypto exchange again and prefers to participate in the operations of his portfolio companies as an informal advisor. Three Causes of the 2026 Crypto Bear Market Listed by CZ i

Apple and Microsoft raised prices on MacBook, iPad, Xbox, and Surface products last week, citing higher memory and storage costs driven by AI demand for data center components. Micron Technology reported strong fiscal third-quarter 2026 results and extended its chip shortage forecast beyond 2027,

Micron Technology, Inc.'s shares rose 0.8% in overnight trading late Sunday as analysts raised price targets following the memory giant's report earlier in the week. Susquehanna increased its price target to $2,000 from $1,750, the highest on Wall Street, citing strong results and long-term

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup enters the knockout stage, both Polymarket and Kalshi list France as the most likely team to win. On Polymarket, France's championship probability is 23% and Argentina's is 22%; on Kalshi, France is at 20% and Argentina at 16%, with both prediction markets showing France slightly ahead of Argentina. Polymarket: France 23%, Argentina 22% Polymarket's full championship probability ranking: France 23%, Argentina 22%, Spain 11%, England 10%, Brazil 6%. On Kalshi, France le

San Antonio city ordinance requires all 193 cryptocurrency ATMs in the city to post bilingual English-Spanish anti-fraud warning signs starting July 1, with the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) responsible for production, distribution, and enforcement; violators face fines of $100 to $500 per incident, with each day of continued violation counted as a separate offense. Bitcoin ATM Bilingual Warning Sign Format Specifications and Fine Standards The ordinance mandates that operators must post

The United States and Iran agreed Sunday to pause military strikes and meet Tuesday in Qatar to resume talks, according to an Axios report published Sunday. The agreement follows a weekend escalation that began Thursday when Iran targeted commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz and military bases i

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shares fell on Monday after reports emerged that the companies are expected to unveil investment plans worth more than a trillion dollars. Samsung Electronics' stock was down 4.7%, while SK Hynix was 3.1% lower. The Korea Economic Daily reported that the pair will un