98% of mid-market companies have discussed whether to involve AI in boardroom decisions, according to a survey conducted by Board Intelligence. The Summer 2026 edition of the Board Value Index canvassed just over 400 board directors, CEOs and CFOs in the UK, the US, Scandinavia and the Middle East, with the corresponding companies having annual…
Key Takeaways Bitbank froze accounts tied to Polymarket on June 15, 2026, cutting off all login, trading, and withdrawal functions. Japan’s Penal Code Article 185 classifies crypto event-contract trading as gambling, with fines up to 500,000 yen. Polymarket targets Japan market authorization by 2030, but currently geoblocks Japanese IP addresses per its ToS. Bitbank Draws…
In SEC crypto ETF news, the SEC approved NYSE Arca’s proposal to list the T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF on June 12, 2026, under NYSE Arca’s Commodity-Based Trust Shares framework, the same regulatory mechanism used for commodity-backed products. The approval came after T. Rowe Price first filed an S-1 and an accompanying NYSE Arca…
A decade ago, kratom advocates fought a surprisingly successful campaign against a proposed Drug Enforcement Administration ban that claimed the obscure Southeast Asian plant posed “an imminent hazard to public safety.” They won bipartisan allies from Bernie Sanders to Rand Paul, and helped create a billion-dollar industry out of kratom, which has pain-relieving effects they…
The company’s total stash has now grown to 846,842 BTC. Two weeks after announcing its first BTC sale in roughly four years, the Michael Saylor-founded business intelligence giant has reaffirmed its support for bitcoin, acquiring another 1,587 units for approximately $100 million. The average purchase price was just over $63,000, and the company has…
For the first time, an Earth observation satellite has found what it was looking for — on its own, without human analysts on the ground. The milestone, which occurred in April, marks the first reported use of a vision-language model in orbit, and offers a glimpse of how AI could fundamentally change what space-based sensors…
Key Takeaways Strategy bought 1,587 BTC for $100M at $63,024 each, lifting its total reserve to 846,842 BTC. The company also raised its USD Reserve by $100M to $1.1B, maintaining a dual-reserve approach. At 846,842 BTC, Strategy controls roughly 4% of Bitcoin’s 21 million fixed supply as of June 15, 2026. Michael Saylor, Strategy‘s executive…
A new Solana DEX project has brought fresh attention to XRP Ledger’s early exchange design. Summary Matt Hamilton said XRP Ledger solved DEX ordering problems years before Solana’s Mato pitch. XRPL’s built-in DEX has operated since 2012, giving XRP a long-running native DeFi base. XRPL developers are also testing lending and AMM upgrades for broader…
Wall Street has quietly placed a $161 million bet on a decentralized derivatives exchange most Americans have never heard of — and the money keeps coming in. One month after 21Shares’ THYP launched on Nasdaq, the three US-traded spot HYPE ETFs have pulled in $161 million in net inflows. June 5 was the only session…
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