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On June 25, Eastern Time, Apple announced global price increases on multiple product lines including Mac, iPad, Vision Pro, HomePod, with the highest increase reaching $300. Among them, the base model MacBook Air rose by $200 to $1,299, the base model MacBook Pro rose by $300 to $1,999, and the iPad Air saw a 25% increase. This price adjustment did not involve iPhone, Apple Watch, or AirPods, but the breadth of coverage is relatively rare in Apple's history. In a statement, Apple said that the r

Microsoft (MSFT) shares fell 3.5% on June 25, with a month-to-date decline of 21.6%. Microsoft is the worst-performing stock among the "Magnificent Seven" tech giants in June. Baptista Research analyst Ishan Majumdar noted that Microsoft's FY2026 capital expenditure expectations have approached $190 billion, up over 60% year-over-year. Microsoft's 21.6% June Decline Marks Worst Performance Since 2000 According to Dow Jones Market Data, Microsoft's 21.6% month-to-date decline in June is its worst

Business Insider exclusively revealed on June 22 that Worldcoin operator Tools for Humanity (TFH) is involved in a three-pronged scandal: bribery in Thailand, WLD manipulation, and financial misconduct, potentially crossing the SEC's red line on market manipulation. WLD was reported at approximately $0.61 on June 26, down about 95% from its 2024 all-time high. Origin of the Dual Secret Investigations: Thailand FCPA Concerns and Links to Mauerberger's Pig Butchering Scams According to Business In

Tesla, Inc. and SpaceX shares slipped 1% overnight late Thursday as CEO Elon Musk warned that AI demand is far outpacing production, following Apple's announcement of price increases on MacBook and iPad models to offset surging memory and storage costs. Musk responded to Apple CEO Tim Cook's

Grayscale Investments published a research note on June 24 analyzing 15 revenue-generating crypto protocols trading at low valuation multiples as the CLARITY Act awaits Senate floor action. The crypto asset manager's head of research, Zach Pandl, stated the protocols could benefit from expected

Base network's mainnet block production stalled for nearly two hours on June 25, 2026, after block 47,806,542 triggered a consensus failure that froze the sequencer at 16:03 UTC. The invalid block prevented all subsequent block building in

SoftBank Group plunged more than 12% on Friday, leading a broad selloff in Asian technology stocks amid mounting concerns over the rising cost of artificial intelligence infrastructure. The Japanese conglomerate led losses across the region after the Nasdaq Composite fell for a fourth straight

Several low-cap cryptocurrencies are attracting increased market attention as altcoin activity improves. Meme-themed tokens and utility-focused projects are showing different paths to potential growth. Market participants are closely monitoring momentum indicators ahead of a possible

Several low-cap cryptocurrencies are attracting increased market attention as altcoin activity improves. Meme-themed tokens and utility-focused projects are showing different paths to potential growth. Market participants are closely monitoring momentum indicators ahead of a possible

Elon Musk's X platform's X Money service head Dhruv Batura announced on June 25 that X Money has begun rolling out built-in banking tools within X to select US Premium+ users, offering up to $10 million in FDIC insurance through the X Cash Sweep Program. X Cash Sweep Program provides up to $10 million in FDIC insurance (Source: X Money) X Money offers users up to $10 million in FDIC insurance through the X Cash Sweep Program. According to Bloomberg, some early users tested the X Money platform e

On June 25, the Polish Central Cybercrime Bureau (CBZC), with support from FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents, arrested four individuals suspected of stealing funds from cryptocurrency exchange accounts via SIM swapping attacks and laundering the proceeds. All four have been placed in pretrial detention. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT linked one of the suspects to social engineer Wojtek Kulisz. How SIM Swapping Attacks Work: Full Process of IT Intrusion, Social Engineering, a

PLDT Inc. disclosed last Monday, June 22, that it applied with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Philippine Stock Exchange to create the Philippines' first digital infrastructure Real Estate Investment Trust called VITRO REIT Inc. The initial public offering aims to raise up to P24.2

Digital Asset journalist Park Beom-su appeared on Newstomato YouTube on the 24th to analyze U.S. Bitcoin holding strategies. According to the analysis, the United States holds approximately 2.98 million BTC across government holdings (329,693 BTC), asset management firms (1.76 million BTC), and

Strategy's preferred stock STRC fell to $73.62 on the Nasdaq on June 25. According to Protos, the Bitcoin purchased by Strategy is currently worth approximately $50.5 billion, with an unrealized loss of $13.6 billion. A law firm is soliciting interest in a potential class action lawsuit against Strategy, investigating whether the company may have released materially misleading business information to the public. Strategy bought Bitcoin for $64.1 billion, currently worth about $50.5 billion Since

Apple officially announced a comprehensive price increase for MacBooks and iPads on June 25, with hikes ranging from $100 to $300. AAPL shares closed down 5.22% at approximately $277.79, marking the largest single-day drop since February. According to CNBC, the price increase stems from global memory suppliers massively shifting production capacity to high-bandwidth memory (HBM). MacBook Pro 1TB rises from $1,699 to $1,999, AAPL closes down 5.22% After a brief outage for updates, Apple's officia

L2BEAT researcher Sergey Shemyakov posted on X on June 25, warning of a suspicious governance proposal in the Tornado Cash DAO: the target contract is unverified, and the proposer address received funds via Railgun. A security alliance researcher analyzed that the proposal aims to enable the attacker to control the governance address holding approximately $23 million worth of TROR tokens. Technical Features of the Suspicious Proposal: Unverified Target Contract, Railgun Fund Source (Source: Serg

According to a Bloomberg report on June 25, Apple is significantly revising its Apple Silicon chip roadmap: the base M6 is still on track for launch by the end of 2026, but the higher-end M6 Pro and M6 Max will be completely canceled for this generation. The next milestone for high-end Macs will directly jump to the M7 series, with the M7 Pro and M7 Max scheduled for the end of 2027. Apple Skips M6 Pro and M6 Max, M7 Pro/Max Scheduled for End of 2027 According to Bloomberg, Apple made this decis

The Wall Street Journal reported on June 26 that Wendy's (WEN) shares have surged 18% so far this week, as a large number of retail investors have gathered on the Reddit WallStreetBets forum, reviving the 2021 GameStop-style "meme stock" strategy to punish institutional investors shorting WEN. On Thursday, WEN's trading volume exceeded 100 million shares, surpassing Micron Technology, which rose 16% on the same day. Reddit WallStreetBets rallying cry and WEN trading volume exceeds 100 million sh

Bitcoin (BTC) experienced a sharp volatile crash, temporarily trading around $59,590 on June 26. The U.S. Senate is pushing to advance crypto legislation in July, but the chaotic situation surrounding the housing bill could disrupt the legislative timeline. Polymarket suffered a breach via a third-party vendor, resulting in approximately $3 million in user assets being stolen. Macro Events & Crypto Hotspots According to The Block, the U.S. Senate faces a tight timeline to advance the CLARITY Act

Coinbase's Ethereum L2 network Base suffered a service outage on June 25, caused by an invalid block entering the sequencing process, triggering consensus failure, blocking subsequent block generation, and halting all on-chain transactions. The Base team identified the root cause 50 minutes after the initial report of the issue, and announced widespread ecosystem recovery approximately two hours later; Base stated that user funds are safe and prioritized post-mortem analysis. Base Network Affect