Binance, Bybit, Bitget, and MEXC refunded hundreds of millions in customer funds after their SpaceX tokenized stock campaigns collapsed on IPO day, exposing the limits of blockchain equity access.
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Oil rebounds toward $80 as Iran-US talks in Geneva collapse without a signing
Brent crude settled near $80 on June 19 after Washington pulled Vice President Vance from planned Iran talks in Switzerland, reviving uncertainty over whether the 14-point ceasefire deal will hold.
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Intel stock leaps 10.6% as Trump announces Apple chip manufacturing deal
Intel shares jumped 10.6% on June 18 after President Trump announced Apple and Intel would work together on US chip design and manufacturing.
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SpaceX buys AI coding startup Cursor for $60bn five days after its IPO
SpaceX announced a $60 billion all-stock acquisition of Cursor, an AI coding tool with $2.6bn in annualised revenue, just five days after its record-breaking Nasdaq debut.
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Ethereum surges 10% on June 16 as Iran deal calm and G7 optimism lift crypto
Ethereum jumped 10% to $1,841 on June 16 as Iran deal calm and G7 optimism sparked a broad risk-on session in crypto and equities, with the Nasdaq rising 3%.
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Coinbase lays out the next phase of its Everything Exchange vision
Coinbase detailed plans on June 16 for a unified account spanning crypto, stocks, ETFs, perpetual futures, lending and AI trading agents, as COIN shares gained 2.6%.
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Japan’s lower house cuts crypto gains tax from 55% to a flat 20%
Japan’s National Diet approved legislation on June 11 reclassifying digital assets as financial instruments under the FIEA, slashing the top crypto tax rate from 55% to a flat 20% effective 2028.
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Gold falls to a four-month low as Iran deal progress drains the war premium
Spot gold slid to around $4,072 this week, extending an 11% one-month decline, as Iran deal progress deflated safe-haven demand while oil-driven inflation kept the Fed hawkish.
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Brent crude falls to an eight-week low as Iran deal text reaches final agreement
Brent crude fell more than 4% on Friday to below $84 per barrel, an eight-week low, after Pakistan confirmed the United States and Iran had agreed a final deal text including Strait of Hormuz reopening.
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SpaceX begins trading on Nasdaq at $135, completing the world’s largest ever IPO
SpaceX’s SPCX shares opened on the Nasdaq on June 12 at $135 per share, completing a $75 billion raise — the largest IPO in history — and valuing the merged SpaceX-xAI entity at $1.77 trillion.