Illinois has enacted a 0.2% tax on digital asset transfers that will apply whether a trade ends in profit or loss, beginning Jan. 1, 2027. Industry groups have branded the measure the most punitive crypto tax in the U.S. and are already pushing for a repeal.

STRC, Strategy Inc.’s variable-rate preferred stock built to hover near $100, instead flirted with the basement Thursday, printing a fresh intraday low near $82.53 before clawing back to close at $88.59.

Pierre Lindh, co-founder of iGaming media group Next.io, says Sportradar’s data deal with Kalshi is another step toward legitimizing prediction markets – but argues the sector’s insider-trading problem may be structurally impossible to fix.

The World Cup’s official prediction partner is now embedded in DAZN’s streaming app, letting fans play along with live matches for free.

The Alliance for Secure AI Action has registered that, as of 10 June 2026, over 120k job positions have been replaced or made obsolete by AI technology in the U.S., as companies seek to streamline their processes and prepare for a more AI-centric future.

Which four tasks can a TV’s USB port handle beyond power: expanding storage for program recording, hosting peripherals like keyboards and game controllers, playing personal media, and adding app space? Many smart TVs ship with just 8 to 16 GB, and some support cloud gaming via GeForce Now when controllers are plugged in.

The High Court of Australia ruled unanimously (7-0) that fintech platform Block Earner illegally offered its cryptocurrency yield product.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured MACS0329-0211, a massive galaxy cluster whose gravity bends distant light into arcs, curves, and a bright central figure-eight shape.

Bitcoin rebounded from a steep June decline, but Glassnode data shows the asset remains below key recovery levels. Recent buyers are still carrying unrealized losses, while capital flows have yet to turn positive.

Ripple Swell 2026 is drawing executive focus as the company prepares its largest conference around institutional crypto adoption and XRP Ledger growth. The New York event will combine Swell with XRPL Apex for the first time, bringing more than 1,500 expected attendees across finance, blockchain, and digital assets.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong reiterated his long-term confidence in bitcoin, saying he remains long the asset and expects much higher prices by 2030. In comments shared alongside a video, Armstrong described bitcoin as “the new digital gold” and pointed to historical market cycles as part of his outlook.

XRP’s bullish outlook is expanding beyond speculation about a possible Blackrock XRP ETF, with growing attention on adoption, tokenization, and institutional settlement use.

HIVE Digital’s BUZZ HPC unit has signed a three-year GPU cloud contract worth about $220 million as part of a Canadian sovereign AI infrastructure partnership with Bell Canada and Cohere. The deal adds to HIVE’s broader push into AI data centers, including a newly approved acquisition of a 32-megawatt facility in Sweden.

The 26 institutions are Chinese bank branches located in Brazil, Qatar, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Macau, plus China’s branch of Standard Chartered, and will join PBOC’s Cross-border e-CNY Transfer Services (CBETS). The move seeks to increase adoption of the digital yuan’s institutional cross-border payments.

Nearly three years after Celsius unraveled, the CFTC has closed its civil enforcement case against founder Alexander Mashinsky with a federal consent order imposing permanent trading and registration bans. The decision marks another chapter in the fallout from a crypto lender that regulators alleged attracted about $20 billion in customer funds through misleading claims about safety and profitability.