Global oil prices hit a two-month low on June 16, with Brent crude briefly dropping below $80 a barrel and WTI crude falling 4% to $77.43, driven by enthusiasm over a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Asset manager Bitwise scooped up another 77,097 HYPE worth about $5.18 million through prime broker FalconX, adding to a steady accumulation of Hyperliquid’s native token.

Robinhood Markets cut roughly 290 full-time positions on June 16, 2026, absorbing an estimated $28 million in restructuring charges while the company’s trading volumes sit at all-time highs.

On Tuesday, the digital asset HYPE jumped over 11% to hit a new all-time high of $76.90, bouncing back from a recent June 11 low of $53.

Spot HYPE exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have pulled in roughly $153 million in ne

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong called for an overhaul of U.S. accredited investor

A wave of April exploits drove roughly $13 billion out of decentralized finance, sharply compressing total value locked and pushing onchain leverage back to 2021 levels.

Elon Musk’s net worth climbed to roughly $1.3 trillion as SpaceX shares extended

Securitize has expanded its tokenized AAA CLO fund, STAC, to Solana, with Ethena Labs planning a $250 million allocation. The move adds one of the largest tokenized structured credit commitments yet to Solana’s growing real-world asset market.

Plume has partnered with Bybit to bring institutional fixed income products to users through Bybit Earn. The new RWA Earn offering lets eligible users deploy idle stablecoins into tokenized products tied to PIMCO and CMB International strategies.

To feed a wave of robot-training datasets, Indian workers like Nagireddy Sriramyachandra film everyday actions with head-mounted smartphones for about 250 rupees (roughly $2.40) an hour. Companies including Objectways and Bangalore-based Humyn Lab turn this egocentric footage into training labels as investors size a humanoid-robot market at about $38 billion by 2035.

The 2022 disconnection of Russian banks shattered the illusion that SWIFT was a politically neutral financial rail. It exposed a critical flaw in global financial utilities: having a democratic board matters little if a centralized legal entity is forced to comply with local laws.

The Cayman Islands-based company stated that it will start listing stocks of companies present on the Hong Kong stock market, such as Tencent Holdings, HSBC Holdings, China Mobile, Xiaomi Corporation, Meituan, and BYD Company, becoming a global stock hub for crypto users.

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest moved quickly into SpaceX after Elon Musk’s space company began trading, buying nearly 3.3 million shares for three exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The purchase added exposure to rockets, Starlink broadband, AI-linked infrastructure plans, and SpaceX’s 18,712 BTC treasury position.

Standard Chartered began Uniswap coverage with a $100 UNI forecast, projecting the token could outpace BTC and ETH through the decade. The bank’s outlook centers on DeFi growth, tokenized assets, and a potential 40x rise from $2.50.