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Charles Schwab launches S&P 500 prediction markets with Cboe
Charles Schwab is partnering with Cboe Global Markets to launch S&P 500 prediction contracts with binary options and fixed payouts, marking the brokerage's entry into the growing prediction market sector.
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Charles Schwab Launches S&P 500 Prediction Markets via Cboe
Charles Schwab is planning to roll out prediction market contracts on the S&P 500 index through Cboe Global Markets in the coming months, marking the brokerage's latest expansion into alternative asset classes and competing platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket.
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Rep. Steil Introduces Bill to Ban Lawmakers' Prediction Market Bets
Rep. Bryan Steil introduced legislation Thursday barring members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from wagering on prediction markets tied to government actions or elections, with penalties up to $2,000 or 10% of the wager's value.
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Russia sells Yuzhuralzoloto stake for $1.3B after three failed auctions
Russia sold a 67.2% controlling stake in Yuzhuralzoloto to Moscow-based BTS-Most Holding for 93 billion rubles ($1.3 billion) on June 19, after three prior auctions in May and June drew no qualified bidders. The final price was 43% below the initial asking price of $2.2 billion.
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FBI Director Vows Expanded Crackdown on Cryptocurrency Fraud After Record Losses
Americans lost $20.9 billion to cybercrime last year, with cryptocurrency fraud accounting for more than half. FBI Director Kash Patel pledged expanded asset-recovery operations to target scammers exploiting blockchain's pseudonymous nature.
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Bitcoin network activity rebounds to 2024 highs as price slides below $65K
Bitcoin's blockchain is showing its strongest activity since late 2024, driven mainly by a surge in small transactions and data-writing services, even as the price has fallen 30% this year.
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Schwab launches S&P 500 binary options with Cboe, enters prediction markets
Charles Schwab is partnering with Cboe Global Markets to offer binary options tied to S&P 500 performance, marking the brokerage's entry into prediction markets as Coinbase and Robinhood expand in the sector.
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Iran mandates insurance for Strait of Hormuz shipping
Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority has required vessels to carry approved insurance policies, initially free but with potential future fees. The move could reshape maritime compliance and energy pricing through one of the world's most critical shipping lanes.
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Jio Platforms files India's largest IPO at $3.8B with Meta, Alphabet backing
Jio Platforms, the digital subsidiary of Reliance Industries, filed draft IPO papers on June 19 targeting $3.8 billion, surpassing Hyundai Motor India's previous record. The company counts Meta and Alphabet among its major shareholders from a 2020 funding round that valued it at $57–65 billion.
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Base Beryl upgrade launches June 25 with native B20 token standard
Base will launch its Beryl upgrade on June 25, introducing B20, a native token standard embedded in node software, alongside faster Ethereum withdrawals and Reth V2 performance gains.
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Barcelona targets Tottenham's Micky van de Ven for 2026 summer transfer
Barcelona has reportedly identified Tottenham centre-back Micky van de Ven as a defensive target for summer 2026, though no formal bid has been made and Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi has stated the club has no intention of selling.
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Axelar discloses $4.7M theft in Secret Network bridge incident
Axelar reported a security incident on Friday affecting assets bridged to Secret Network over IBC, resulting in the loss of approximately $4.7 million in tokens. The issue was isolated to the Secret-side ICS-20 smart contract, and Axelar's core protocol was not affected.
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Amazon Shelves 'Artificial' Film After $50B OpenAI Investment
Amazon has pulled the nearly completed film "Artificial," which chronicles Sam Altman's 2023 ouster from OpenAI, from its release calendar and is shopping it to rival studios instead—a reversal that comes months after the company invested $50 billion in OpenAI.
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Franklin Templeton Files Bitcoin DRIP ETFs With September 2026 Launch
Franklin Templeton filed registration statements with the SEC on June 19 for two Bitcoin DRIP ETFs that automatically reinvest dividend income into Bitcoin alongside 95% US equities, targeting a September 1, 2026 launch.
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ASML Denies US Claims of EUV Machine Presence in China
ASML, the sole manufacturer of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, flatly denies US allegations that one of its systems reached China. The Dutch company says it's shipped zero EUV machines to Chinese clients since 2019, when the Netherlands banned such exports under US pressure.
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MiCA rules allow ECB informal role in Binance licensing, lawyers say
Binance's Greek MiCA application has raised questions about ECB influence, but legal experts say the regulation doesn't bar the central bank from communicating with national regulators during the review process.
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Ethereum Foundation faces core development funding crisis
Former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trenton Van Epps has warned that Ethereum's core development ecosystem requires approximately $30 million annually and faces a funding crisis without new sources within three to nine months, as the Foundation reduces spending and experiences leadership departures.
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Binance returns to Philippines via BlockShoals SEC sandbox arrangement
BlockShoals Technologies says Binance can serve Philippine traders through a Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory sandbox arrangement that permits crypto trading without a local virtual asset service provider license.
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Shiba Inu Burns 12.76M SHIB in 24 Hours, Burn Rate Surges 677%
Shiba Inu recorded its strongest burn activity in weeks, removing 12.76 million SHIB tokens from circulation in a single day as the burn rate jumped 677%. The surge signals strengthening network activity, though price movement hasn't yet followed.
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Michael Gayed Dismisses Shiba Inu $1 Target as Mathematically Impossible
Macro strategist Michael Gayed responded to a post about Shiba Inu reaching $1 with crude humor, dismissing the target as mathematically impossible given the coin would need a market cap exceeding the global dollar money supply.
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Bitcoin Falls Fourth Straight Day as Smart-Contract Coins Weaken
Bitcoin dropped 2.5% in 24 hours to below $62,400 and has declined for a fourth consecutive day, while smart-contract and DeFi tokens fell harder. Concerns about Microstrategy's STRC preferred stock collapsing below par are weighing on broader market sentiment.
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Oil falls 25% as US-Iran deal opens Strait of Hormuz
Brent crude dropped to $75.55 per barrel on June 19 after a US-Iran memorandum of understanding granted toll-free passage through the Strait of Hormuz, allowing Saudi supertankers to resume transit and effectively ending Iran's brief cryptocurrency payment scheme.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs see $102M net outflows on June 18
US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs experienced combined net outflows of $102 million on June 18, with Bitcoin products accounting for $90.7 million of the losses and ending a brief inflow period.
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Digital Credit Market Hit by Sharp Selloff; Strive CEO Blames Leverage Liquidations
Strive Asset Management CEO Matt Cole attributed a sharp selloff in digital credit products to forced selling by leveraged investors, not weakening fundamentals, as STRC and SATA rebounded from intraday lows.