Blackrock has filed another amendment for its Ishares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, revealing a 0.65% sponsor fee. The proposed fund would use covered call strategies on IBIT shares and related ETP indexes to generate income for investors. Blackrock Plans Bitcoin Income ETF as Launch Race With Goldman Sachs Heats Up Blackrock has taken another step […]
Read More‘We Will Be Taking Kharg Island’ Trump Warning Puts Oil, Stocks and Bitcoin on Alert
Trump’s Iran warning and 6.5% PPI put oil, bitcoin, and equities on alert as traders weigh inflation. Trump’s new warning on Iran and a hotter 6.5% producer inflation print gave bitcoin traders a fresh macro test Thursday, with oil, stocks, and crypto all caught between geopolitical risk and rate-cut anxiety. Inflation Reprices the Trade The […]
Read MoreWall Street’s Next Onchain Test Gives Citi Clients Tokenized Access to Private Shares
Citi has opened a regulated blockchain route into private-company shares, giving Wall Street another live test of tokenization beyond crypto-native trading. The Wall Street Journal reported June 11 that Citigroup is rolling out tokenized shares of private companies for wealthy and institutional clients, initially limited to foreign investors, with the bank hoping other financial institutions […]
Read MoreInstitutional Giants Back $355M Canton Network Round as DTCC Treasury Deal Nears
Digital Asset, the company behind the Canton Network, raised $355 million in a new equity round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s A16z Crypto fund, which contributed $100 million, bringing together one of the most concentrated groups of institutional capital ever assembled behind a blockchain infrastructure play. Who Wrote the Check The round drew participation from Abu […]
Read MoreBitcoin Traders Eye $64K Resistance as RSI Hangs at the Lowest Level Since November 2018
Bitcoin rebounded 2.3% on June 11, 2026, climbing from a session low of $60,914 to a high of $63,200, but technical indicators present a divided picture that traders are watching closely. Intraday Recovery Holds Above $62K The 24-hour gain brought bitcoin’s price to approximately $62,780 at the time of analysis, with a market capitalization near […]
Read MoreSouth African Reserve Bank Backs Payshap Over Digital Rand as Cassim Targets Real-Time Payments
The South African Reserve Bank has decided to pause the immediate implementation of a digital rand despite successfully testing its technical feasibility. Digital Rand Trials Reveal Privacy and Speed Tradeoffs The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has no compelling need to immediately launch a digital version of its currency, a top official said, citing significant […]
Read MoreLuno CEO James Lanigan Warns $33T Stablecoin Boom Could Bypass South Africa
Luno CEO James Lanigan warned that South Africa’s proposed Capital Flow Management Regulations could severely harm the country’s economic competitiveness by restricting stablecoin use. Lanigan Warns of Competitiveness Risk South Africa risks severely undermining its global economic competitiveness if upcoming financial regulations block the use of stablecoins, according to James Lanigan, chief executive officer of […]
Read MoreNasdaq-Listed Fold Sells $45M in Bitcoin, Clears $20M Debt and Frees Cash for Expansion
Fold Holdings recently sold $45 million in bitcoin and used the proceeds to pay off $20 million in bitcoin-collateralized loans. Debt Elimination and Liquidity Boost The Nasdaq-listed bitcoin financial services company, Fold, disclosed that it monetized approximately $45 million of bitcoin at an average price of about $71,000 per bitcoin. From the proceeds, Fold repaid […]
Read MoreDragonfly’s Rob Hadick Says Stablecoins Could Grow 10x as Payments Adoption Expands
Stablecoins may have begun as a reserve-yield business. Still, Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick argues the next phase of value creation will come from distribution, compliance, payments, and the collapse of legacy financial infrastructure. Stablecoins and the Fall of Legacy Payments For years, the stablecoin market has been viewed through the lens of issuance. The most visible […]
Read More200,000 Human Neurons Learned to Play Doom, Pointing to Low-Power Biological Computing
Cortical Labs connected 200,000 human neurons grown from blood-derived stem cells to its CL1 silicon interface, teaching the culture to navigate and shoot in Doom. By translating the game’s state into electrical patterns and reading neural spikes as commands, the system improved with training, pointing to low-power biological computing even as current neuron-chip setups last […]
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