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President Donald Trump pulled back threatened military strikes against Iran, a reversal that came after he vowed to hit the Islamic Republic "VERY HARD" and threatened to seize its oil infrastructure. Bloomberg's Jill Disis has the latest.
Figure has agreed to acquire AI-powered real estate lender Kiavi for $717 million, a move expected to add more than $7 billion in annual loan volume and accelerate the tokenisation of residential real estate assets.
Polish President Karon Nawrocki has vetoed a cryptocurrency bill for the third time, delaying the country's efforts to align its digital asset regulations with the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework.
Advanced artificial intelligence models have created a “vulnerability apocalypse” for the cryptocurrency industry by making it easier for attackers to identify and exploit weaknesses in decentralised finance protocols, according to Immunefi chief executive Mitchell Amador.
Crypto prediction markets have surpassed $2 billion in bets on the winner of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, making it the largest single prediction market event in the industry's history.
Franklin Templeton and BNP Paribas executives say tokenised assets and stablecoins could improve capital efficiency and liquidity across Europe's financial markets as institutional adoption of blockchain technology accelerates.
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has introduced legislation that would create a federal task force to coordinate investigations into cryptocurrency theft, fraud and hacking incidents.
SpaceX has priced its initial public offering at $135 per share, raising $75 billion in the largest IPO on record and valuing the company at approximately $1.8 trillion.
DBS Bank will offer tokenised gold trading to retail customers from the second half of 2026, broadening access to physical gold investments through blockchain technology.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup could become a major catalyst for prediction markets, with Coinbase and Robinhood positioned to benefit from billions of dollars in new trading activity, according to Bernstein.
On this week's "The Debrief with Mario Parker," Mario breaks down how the relationship between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk has evolved. Earlier this month Trump said Musk is "a friend of mine again." Mario also talks about how some members of the Trump administration stand to gain financially from the SpaceX IPO. He reports on "Balance of Power."
Digital Asset has raised $355 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz's crypto arm, strengthening its position as a key provider of blockchain infrastructure for traditional financial institutions.
