Heidi Cuthbert

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) warned that some event contracts offered by prediction market platforms, including Polymarket and Kalshi, could qualify as financial instruments under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II).

Iltani Resources (ASX:ILT) has returned high-grade silver-indium mineralisation from its drilling programme at the Orient Project.

IFM Investors has secured a stake of well above 60% in Atlas Arteria (ASX:ALX) following a $5.10 per share.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reduced the proposed capital requirement for stablecoin issuers from 2% to 1% as part of its final cryptoasset regulatory framework, with the new regime scheduled to begin in October 2027.

Fluence (ASX:FLC) has secured two contracts valued at approximately US$3.7 million to design and supply seawater desalination plants in Vietnam.

Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin said no researcher or artificial intelligence system has successfully identified documents he claims to have published under another name after 13 days of public analysis.

Spacetalk (ASX:SPA) executed a wholesale network agreement with TPG Telecom (ASX:TPG) covering 99% of the Australian population.

Strategy Chief Executive Officer Phong Le described Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) as the "United States of money" while reaffirming his long-term confidence in the cryptocurrency and his company's Bitcoin treasury strategy.

Eminence Minerals (ASX:EMA) has executed a binding agreement to sell its Mata da Corda Project for US$2 million.

France leads the 2026 FIFA World Cup winner market on Polymarket with a 35.4% implied probability after the platform's outright winner market generated approximately US$3.9 billion in trading volume.