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SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell rang the trading bell at the Nasdaq trading floor on June 12, 2026, marking the company's initial public offering. Shotwell, hired by Elon Musk in 2002 as one of SpaceX's earliest employees, now leads the company's day-to-day operations an

Elon Musk's net worth reached approximately $1.3 trillion after SpaceX stock rose roughly 20% on its second full trading day. The single-session gain added about $165 billion to his fortune. The surge followed SpaceX's Nasdaq debut under ticker SPCX at $135 per share, raising about $75 billion at a

The World Gold Council released the '2026 Global Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey' on June 16, revealing that 89% of surveyed central bank reserve managers expect global central bank gold reserves to continue increasing over the next 12 months. This confidence is mirrored in central banks' own rese

Marvell Technology's outgoing CFO Willem Meintjes filed late Monday to sell 211,329 shares worth $65.3 million at the company's Monday closing price, according to Form 144 ownership reports. The filing follows Marvell's announcement last week that Meintjes was departing and former Adobe CFO Dan

U.S. stock futures were subdued early Tuesday as traders prepared for the Federal Reserve's first policy meeting under newly appointed Chair Kevin Warsh on Wednesday, where interest rates are widely expected to hold steady. The pause follows a strong rally in the previous session driven by a

Crypto prices surge in a weekend recovery pump.  Can BTC and altcoins maintain the momentum? Expert shares latest market report, certain on a bearish year for BTC. The crypto market experienced a promising surge in prices over the last couple of days, leading traders and analysts

Crypto prices surge in a weekend recovery pump.  Can BTC and altcoins maintain the momentum? Expert shares latest market report, certain on a bearish year for BTC. The crypto market experienced a promising surge in prices over the last couple of days, leading traders and analysts

BlackRock launched its iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF on June 16, 2026, introducing a product designed to generate income while maintaining Bitcoin-related exposure rather than offering simple price exposure. The asset manager created the fund to serve investors seeking yield opportunities

Securitize expanded its tokenized AAA CLO fund to Solana, with Ethena Labs planning to allocate $250 million to the fund. The Securitize Tokenized AAA CLO Fund, known as STAC, represents one of the largest announced commitments to tokenized structured credit in the Solana ecosystem. The expansion

The US government ordered Anthropic on June 12 to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for foreign nationals, prompting the company to remove access for all customers to comply with the directive. The order stemmed from concerns that the models could be exploited by foreign

Marathon Digital Holdings acquired 1,000 BTC through crypto brokerage FalconX, spending approximately $66.7 million when Bitcoin was trading near $66,700 after a failed attempt to break above $70,000. The purchase marks a strategic reversal for the company, which sold 20,880 BTC worth around $1.5

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned that Europe risks losing payments sovereignty to US stablecoins and foreign networks. Speaking at the ECB conference 'Money In Transition: Digitalisation And Innovation In Payments,' Lagarde highlighted Europe's dependence on international pay

Situational Awareness, the hedge fund founded by 25-year-old former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, acquired 115,000 SanDisk shares at around $100 per share in Q3 2025 and expanded the holding to 1.14 million shares by the end of March. The investment capitalized on SanDisk's explosive rally, with the stock hitting $2,107.86 on Monday and climbing 788% year-to-date. The fund's thesis centers on rapid AI advances driving demand for chips, data centers, and compute infrastructure. SanDisk

Michael Saylor projected at BTC Prague 2026 that Bitcoin could eventually trade between $700,000 and $7 million per coin. The executive chairman of Strategy argued that institutional adoption would drive this growth. Saylor stated that Bitcoin currently represents just 0.1% of global wealth and that

Plume partnered with Bybit to launch RWA Earn, a platform offering tokenized fixed-income products accessible through stablecoins. The partnership enables Bybit users to deploy idle stablecoins into products linked to traditional bond markets, including strategies from PIMCO and CMB International. T

XRP surged more than 13% within 24 hours, briefly reclaiming the $1.28 level for the first time in 2 weeks before retracing toward the $1.18 zone, according to data from CoinCodex and on-chain analytics firm Santiment. The rally coincided with reports that tensions between the United States and

Microsoft faces a shareholder lawsuit filed Friday, June 12, in Seattle federal court, alleging the company defrauded investors by failing to disclose slowing growth in its Azure cloud business and the need to spend billions of dollars on AI infrastructure. The proposed class action, led by the

U.S. government entities, exchange-traded fund operators, and corporations collectively hold approximately 2,799,355 BTC, representing roughly 14% of Bitcoin's circulating supply of 20,043,278 BTC, according to data compiled by Digital Asset on the 16th from bitcointreasuries.net, CryptoQuant, and C