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Iran has yet to make a final decision on whether to sign a peace agreement, local media reported. Fars News Agency and other Iranian state-affiliated outlets reported on June 14, citing sources, that Tehran has not reached a final decision on a draft
<Major economic events next week> ▶ June 15 (Mon.): U.S. May industrial production (10:15 p.m. Korea Standard Time) ▶ June 16 (Tue.): Bank of Japan rate decision (noon Korea Standard Time); U.S. ADP weekly employment change report (9:15 p.m. Korea St
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the launch of a crypto exchange-traded fund that can hold as many as 15 digital assets. Cointelegraph reported on June 13 that the SEC gave final approval on June 12 for the listing and trading
The US and Iran plan to sign a peace agreement later today, Al Arabiya reported. Delegations from the two countries are scheduled to hold a video meeting and sign the accord in the form of a memorandum of understanding, or MoU, according to the repor
Humanity Protocol said a North Korea-linked hacking group was responsible for a recent major security breach that led to a collapse in its token price. The attackers used a sophisticated phishing campaign to seize critical access rights and then dump
Citigroup expects volatility in U.S. and European bond markets to ease sharply this summer. Bloomberg reported on June 13 that the bank published a note recommending investors position for lower yield-curve volatility ahead of the World Cup. Citi arg
Trump Presses for Cuts as Inflation Surges Calls Grow Inside the Fed for Higher Rates Decision Could Also Shape Bitcoin’s Next Move Kevin Warsh, the new chair of the Federal Reserve, will preside over his first regular Federal Open Market Committee m
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has taken steps to ease regulatory burdens on exchanges listing cryptocurrency perpetual futures contracts. On June 12, the CFTC issued a no-action letter allowing designated contract markets, or DCMs, to c
FIFA said on June 13 it named global cryptocurrency exchange Kraken the official crypto exchange sponsor of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The 2026 tournament will be the largest in World Cup history, with 48 teams playing 104 matches across 16 host cities
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country’s elite military force, rejected the possibility of signing an agreement with the US this weekend and sharply criticized President Donald Trump. CNN reported on June 13 that the IRGC formally deni
Prediction-market platforms including Kalshi and Polymarket have joined forces to challenge Kentucky's new tax on the industry. ABC reported on June 13 that the Coalition for Fairer Markets, whose members include Kalshi, Crypto.com and Polymarket, fi
The White House said it is sticking to its goal of enacting the CLARITY Act, a US digital-asset market structure bill, before July 4. Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House Digital Assets Advisory Council secretariat, made the comment in
Pudgy Party, a mobile game based on the global non-fungible token project Pudgy Penguins, will be shut down as development on the title comes to an end. The company said it will instead focus on Pudgy World, another metaverse gaming project. Pudgy Pe
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds posted net inflows for a second straight trading day. Data from Trader T showed the 12 US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in a combined $30.27 million on June 11. BlackRock's IBIT accounted for all of the inflows, drawing
US spot Ether exchange-traded funds posted net outflows of $4.93 million. Data from Trader T for June 12 showed the withdrawals were driven by BlackRock and Fidelity. BlackRock's spot Ether ETF, ETHA, recorded the largest outflow at $4.53 million, wh
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox on June 12 announced the results of a security audit conducted with an Anthropic AI model, saying the review found no other major vulnerabilities in the protocol. In a post on X, Wilcox wrote that the audit was carried out
Elon Musk's space company SpaceX made a successful debut on the Nasdaq, pushing its market capitalization easily above $2 trillion. Record first-day trading also vaulted it to sixth place in the global ranking of listed companies by market value. Spa
SpaceX made a successful Nasdaq debut, pushing its market capitalization above $2 trillion. But across the crypto industry, campaigns to sell tokenized SpaceX shares were canceled en masse. On June 12, global crypto platforms including Bybit, Binance
President Donald Trump said the leader of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang was killed in a military operation. Reuters reported on June 12 that Trump said the US had successfully carried out a lethal strike against Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores,
The US government has ordered export controls on Anthropic’s latest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns. Anthropic immediately suspended the services for customers worldwide. Anthropic announced on June 12 that the gove
The US military shot down several Iranian one-way attack drones headed toward the Strait of Hormuz as Washington and Tehran reported progress in peace talks. Reuters, citing a source familiar with the matter, reported on June 12 that US forces downed
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering whether to block CME Group’s planned rollout of 24-hour crude oil futures trading, Bloomberg reported. A senior CFTC official, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are pri
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a memorandum of understanding with the US is on the verge of being signed. Iran’s top leadership, including the supreme leader, has approved the accord, and remote digital signatures could come within days
An Iranian hard-line official has dismissed President Donald Trump’s declaration that he had reached a “great agreement” to end the war with Iran, calling it a deception and urging Tehran to escalate attacks on the US. CNN reported on June 11 that Eb
Finance Ministry Says Tokenized Stocks Are Securities, Not Virtual Assets Taxation Could Begin Once FSC Issues Formal Interpretation South Korea’s tax authorities said tokenized stocks could be taxed as early as this year if financial regulators issu
Bitcoin has entered a valuation zone that has historically coincided with structural bottoms in past bear markets, but an unprecedented slump in demand means it is still too early to call a true bottom. CryptoQuant, an on-chain data analytics firm, m
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is moving to sharply loosen Regulation NMS, the core framework that has governed the U.S. stock market for the past two decades. The plan is designed to simplify market structure and reduce costs for partic
US spot Ether exchange-traded funds posted net outflows for a third consecutive trading day. Data from SoSoValue showed US-listed spot Ether ETFs recorded combined net outflows of $15.89 million on June 11. The streak began with $40.85 million in net
A prolonged war involving Iran could pull global economic growth this year down to its weakest level since the Covid-19 pandemic, CNN reported on June 11, citing a World Bank forecast. An escalation in the fighting and deeper supply-chain disruptions
U.S.-listed spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded about $30.27 million in net inflows over one day. Data from Trader T on June 11 showed the 13 U.S. spot-Bitcoin ETFs posted combined net inflows of $30.27 million. It was the first net inflow in