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EU scales back data center tender as Europe's AI infrastructure gap widens
The European Union has reduced the scope of its latest data center procurement, a move that highlights the growing mismatch between the bloc’s stated AI ambitions and its ability to deliver on them. On June 3, the European Commission unveiled its Technological Sovereignty Package. The package is a legislative bundle targeting cloud computing, semiconductors, and...
Thu, Jun 18
Capital B shareholders approve €5 billion equity and €100 billion credit framework for Bitcoin buying spree
Yesterday, June 17, shareholders of the French Bitcoin treasury company Capital B approved a massive fundraising plan, authorizing the issuance of up to €5 billion in new equity and €100 billion in credit instruments. This decision grants the firm one of the largest capital-raising mandates ever seen among European cryptocurrency firms. What is Capital B...
Thu, Jun 18
Andrew Tate loses about $95,478 on a leveraged Bitcoin long
Andrew Tate lost about $95,478 on a leveraged Bitcoin trade and was liquidated eight times on Hyperliquid within 24 hours, Arkham Intelligence reported. The kickboxer closed a losing long position on June 17, then quickly returned with another large bet. His new trade was a 40x Bitcoin short worth roughly $934,000. The loss drew attention...
Thu, Jun 18
Oman launches national bitcoin mining pool called OmanHash
The Oman Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has launched a state-backed bitcoin mining pool OmanHash.om, that every licensed miner in the country must now use in their mining operations. According to Oman’s newly set up regulatory framework, OmanHash.om is now the only mining pool for licensed operators in the Sultanate. Mining pool operation...
Thu, Jun 18
Europe’s EV market smashes records as China tightens its grip
Fully electric cars grabbed their biggest-ever slice of the European market in May, as government support, cheaper-running costs and steeper petrol prices pushed more buyers toward battery power. Across 17 European markets, battery electric vehicle (BEV) registrations climbed 34.4% compared with a year earlier, hitting 212,387 cars. That gave fully electric models a 23.6% share...
Thu, Jun 18
Kraken integrates Solana on-chain trading into mobile app
Top crypto exchange, Kraken, has launched on-chain trading via its mobile app for almost 2,500 Solana-based tokens, giving users in the United States and over 100 other countries access to trading digital assets on the Solana DEX without requiring a new wallet. The exchange is using embedded wallet infrastructure from Privy and will route the...
Thu, Jun 18
French police arrest four men mid-robbery in crypto extortion spree near Marseille
Police in Marseille, France said they arrested four suspects over the weekend after they interrupted what appears to be a crypto robbery that was escalated into a kidnapping attempt as the accused reportedly held two women hostage. News of the arrests, which first appeared in the local French newspaper La Provence, marks the first instance...
Thu, Jun 18
Bybit says it is engaging Singapore's MAS after Investor Alert List addition
Bybit has put out a measured statement saying it is engaging the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) directly to understand the basis for its listing on the financial regulator’s Investor Alert List. Being placed on the Investor Alert List means that Bybit is not licensed to serve local users, despite the company already blocking Singapore...
Thu, Jun 18
Ethereum posts strong H1 2026 activity metrics to date, defying slower trading
Ethereum had a strong Q1, and retained some of the momentum in Q2 to date, driven by active lending activity and growing RWA tokenization.
Thu, Jun 18
Trapped oil barrels expected to flood markets once Strait of Hormuz reopens on Friday
The Strait of Hormuz could reopen on Friday and release crude trapped across the Persian Gulf. Traders expect the extra supply to push Middle Eastern oil prices lower. Gulf producers already increased exports this month through ship-to-ship transfers near the United Arab Emirates and Oman, pushing regional grades below benchmark prices on Tuesday. The reopening...
Thu, Jun 18
Crypto Card Spending Nears $10 Billion, Quadrupling in a Year
Crypto cards and its usage has gained significant traction over the past year and the total volume in this sector is about to reach a massive milestone. As of June 17, cumulative crypto card volumes are on the verge of breaking the $10 billion mark, currently sitting at $9.898 billion according to data from paymentscan.xyz....
Thu, Jun 18
Can yield beat Bitcoin? BlackRock’s BITA sparks debate
iShares BITA (Bitcoin Premium Income ETF), by BlackRock, made its debut on Nasdaq on June 16, 2026. BITA provides investors with access to monthly cash payouts in the form of premium income from Bitcoin using covered call options. This investment vehicle will provide an annual yield of 15%-25%, which sparked debate in the crypto space...
Thu, Jun 18
President Trump sparks pre-market Intel surge with Apple deal announcement
Intel shares jumped as much as 9% in premarket trading after President Trump said on Truth Social that Apple has agreed to work with Intel inside the US.
Thu, Jun 18
Hackers drain $2M from second Aztec contract in four days, spotlighting abandoned protocol risk
Attackers have taken around $2 million from a deprecated Aztec payments product on June 17, coming just a few days after $2.19 million was lost in a separate exploit that targeted the project’s retired Aztec Connect bridge. The back-to-back incidents add to a growing pattern of hackers attacking abandoned smart contracts that hold user funds...
Thu, Jun 18
Wall Street wants to rewrite the rules set after 2008 crisis
Eight major US banks have reportedly stated that the new Basel capital requirements could increase capital requirements for their trading desks by 30% to 89%. This attempt to weaken the regulations follows the efforts by the US government to change the regulatory regime that was established after the financial crisis of 2008. This shift could...
Thu, Jun 18
Legal battle brews as CME targets CFTC’s perpetual futures ruling
CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy says the exchange will sue the CFTC on Thursday, arguing that bitcoin perpetual futures approved for Kalshi and Coinbase should not be considered futures.
Thu, Jun 18
Tether pulls the plug on its Gold-backed aUSDT
Tether revealed that it will deactivate its Alloy by Tether platform and discontinue the production of aUSDT tokens, removing one of the few gold-linked stablecoin experiments from the market. The deadline for aUSDT coin holders to liquidate their positions is 17 September 2026. This comes following Tether’s focus on high-liquidity assets. aUSDT was created in...
Thu, Jun 18
India’s crypto OTC crackdown signals tightening global grip on shadow trades
India’s Financial Intelligence Unit has asked three major cryptocurrency exchanges to provide information on over-the-counter crypto transactions worth more than $10,000, according to the Economic Times. The directive places large OTC crypto deals under closer government scrutiny and signals that India wants more visibility into off-exchange transactions, especially where the real owners of the assets...
Thu, Jun 18
Strategy’s STRC preferred stock slides 11% below par as Bitcoin treasury model faces market skepticism
STRC, Strategy’s variable-rate perpetual preferred stock, ended at $89.15 per share on June 17, more than 11% below its $100 par value. The drop has raised fresh questions about investor appetite for Bitcoin-backed yield instruments. STRC was designed to offer a variable dividend while helping Strategy raise capital for its Bitcoin treasury strategy, but its...
Thu, Jun 18
Kentucky sues Kalshi and Polymarket over unlicensed sports betting, deepening US prediction market war
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman sued Kalshi, Polymarket, and VGW on June 17, accusing the companies of running illegal gambling platforms without a Kentucky licence. The lawsuits, filed in Franklin Circuit Court, add to a growing fight over whether online prediction markets should be regulated as federally supervised derivatives markets or as gambling products subject...
Thu, Jun 18
