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Cantor Fitzgerald published a research report on June 23, raising Robinhood Markets’ target stock price from $110 to $130 and maintaining a “Buy” rating. The rationale cited that the valuation has not yet fully accounted for factors including upcoming product launches, growth in prediction markets, a stronger IPO pipeline, and regulatory developments. Target Price and Rating Breakdown for Robinhood by Cantor Fitzgerald, Goldman Sachs, and Truist Securities Based on the latest reports from variou

Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute (Stanford HAI) released in June the largest real-world study to date of AI hiring algorithms, finding that 26% of Black job applicants and 15% of Asian job applicants applied for positions where the AI screening system discriminated against the racial groups in a way that meets the definition of discrimination under the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) “four-fifths rule.” The most favored group is typically

On June 23, SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son publicly denied Elon Musk’s idea of building data centers in space during a shareholders’ meeting of the telecom business under SoftBank Japan. Son said that electricity costs account for only a small portion of the overall operating costs of data centers; the real bulk is hardware spending such as AI chips. Comparing the saved electricity costs to the logistics and transportation costs of launching into space, the maintenance costs in orbit, and the un

The Hong Kong Hang Seng Index was at 23,482.58 points at 9:00 a.m. on June 24 (Wednesday), up 0.6% from the previous trading day, reversing the sharp sell-off seen in US stocks overnight. The overnight decline in US stocks was triggered by two forces: growing concerns in the market that valuations of AI-related stocks are rising too fast, and a chain reaction of selling pressure caused by the concentrated unwinding of leveraged positions in South Korean semiconductor-related holdings, with the N

Ripple announced on June 23 that it has obtained a CASP (crypto asset service provider) preliminary license issued by the Luxembourg financial regulator, the CSSF, presented in the form of a “green light letter,” covering all 30 member states of the European Economic Area (EEA), but still subject to meeting final conditions. After obtaining final CSSF approval, Ripple will fully comply with MiCA regulatory requirements. Form and coverage of the CASP authorization: Green light letter, 30 EEA memb

Tencent’s native AI assistant for its messaging app WeChat, “Xiaowei,” began a limited trial on June 20. Users need to update WeChat to version 8.0.75. Access it by clicking the “Xiaowei” logo at the top-left of the main interface or by swiping right on the main interface. Xiaowei supports transferring money, setting reminders, managing Moments, and placing orders by calling mini programs such as Heytea, food delivery apps, and taxi services via text or voice. Xiaowei trial launches on June 20 —

ByteDance’s AI assistant Doubao was officially launched on June 24 with its Doubao Professional paid subscription service. This is the first time Doubao has charged end users since its launch in 2023. The three-tier tiered pricing is as follows: Standard plan monthly continuous subscription 68 yuan, Enhanced plan 200 yuan (Standard plan 4x quota), Premium plan 500 yuan (Standard plan 10x quota), and the Premium annual fee capped at 6,000 yuan. Doubao Professional’s three-tier pricing plan and st

Bitcoin's decline toward the low-$62,000 area triggered more than $700 million in crypto liquidations over a 24-hour period, according to data from CoinGlass. The liquidation wave occurred as BTC fell 3.3% on the day and Ether dropped even harder, with the selling pressure driven by automatic

DoubleLine Capital founder Jeffrey Gundlach and Swiss hedge fund manager Felix Zulauf warned in a June 22 discussion published by DoubleLine Capital that the market decline could reach 30% to 50%, while the top 10 AI-related stock weights in the S&P 500 have already reached 41%. The top 10 AI stock weights in the S&P 500 have reached 41% In the interview, Gundlach said the index weight of the top 10 AI-related stocks in the S&P 500 has reached 41%, forming an extremely concentrated holdings stru

Zcash miner Fortitude Mining Holdings and HeartSciences jointly announced on June 23 that they have reached an all-stock merger agreement. After the merger, the combined company will be listed on Nasdaq under the name Fortitude, with the stock ticker TUDE (pending approval). After the news was released, HeartSciences shares (HSCS) surged as much as 91% during Tuesday’s trading session. The deal structure and Fortitude’s path to listing According to the companies’ joint statement, the transaction

韓國6/22記者會披露，16檔追蹤三星、SK海力士的槓桿ETF上市不足一月資產從約30億美元增至約91億美元，散戶佔比高達92%。高盛估計單日5%波動的再平衡資金流約47億美元。FSS、FSC與韓交所正協商四類管控：強化交易監測、嚴格信用風控、加強風險揭露、評估融資融券限制，但尚未確定實施時間表，李燦鎮亦稱若要更硬介入應阻止上市。

Michael Selig, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) (Selig), said on June 23 at the annual meeting of the American Cotton Shippers Association in the United States that the all-day trading and no-expiration structure of crypto perpetual futures does not apply to agricultural commodity markets that rely on physical delivery and have limited trading hours. The CFTC and the SEC have jointly launched a public consultation on the definition of swap agreements, with

SpaceX carried out its first bond offering after going public on June 23, raising at least $25 billion through senior unsecured bonds across five maturities; the issuance came just 11 days after its June 12 IPO. Documents reviewed by Reuters show the five maturities were 5 years, 7 years, 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years; investor subscription amounts have already approached $85 billion, more than three times the offering size. SpaceX Bond Design: Fixed Rates Across 5 to 30 Years, $85 Billion in

SanDisk (Sandisk) shares fell by about 14% on June 23, as the global memory sector came under a selloff on the same day. Korean tech stocks dropped sharply and spread to U.S.-listed equities. TipRanks has featured stock professional James Foord, a top 3% five-star investor among its stock professionals. He began turning bearish on SNDK about a month ago, but recently publicly said: “I was wrong—edge AI changes everything,” and has switched to a “Buy” rating. Sandisk Financial Performance: Non-GA

A Japanese employee of a major electrical equipment company was detained by Chinese authorities in Dalian, Liaoning Province, in May after allegedly attempting to export rare earth products, according to Japanese media reports on June 24. Chinese customs detained the employee under rare earth export

Castle Labs says the global on-chain RWA market reaches $28.2 billion, with only about 10% entering DeFi. The main reason is that public ledgers expose balances and customer data, not technical bottlenecks. The four key privacy pillars are ZK, FHE, MPC, and TEE. In the first half of 2026, institutional solutions have already been deployed, including Aztec, Arcium, Circle Arc, and StarkWare/Sui. The Zcash vulnerability has been fixed via a hard fork, and Roman Storm’s retrial is scheduled for the fall.

Micron Technology’s (Micron Technology) stock price fell 10% at the close on June 23. On the same day, Bank of America raised its target price for the company from $950 to $1,500. The rationale for the increase is that the projected global semiconductor addressable market (TAM) for 2030 was raised to $2.7 trillion, driven mainly by strong growth in the memory and data center chip markets, accelerated AI spending, and the recovery of the automotive and industrial markets. Breakdown of the target

Binance recorded XRP withdrawal activity reaching 53.8% of total transaction activity over a seven-day period beginning June 17, marking the highest withdrawal share since June 2024, according to a CryptoQuant analysis. Deposit transactions declined to 46.1% during the same period, their lowest

Telcoin Digital Asset Bank announced on June 23 that U.S. users can now open bank accounts in the Telcoin wallet that natively bind to eUSD, a stablecoin issued by the bank. Telcoin says it is “the first company to directly connect U.S. bank accounts to on-chain dollars,” enabling users to hold dollars, make payments, and trade digital assets in a single regulated account. Telcoin Digital Asset Bank’s Nebraska DADI License and Its Banking Status Telcoin Digital Asset Bank was established in Nove

TurboFlow raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Susquehanna Crypto and Digital Currency Group. The funding supports the company's development of a platform that combines prediction markets and perpetual futures trading infrastructure aimed at