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59MARKETS

Amazon Echo Dot Max Hits $64.99 in Early Prime Day Sale, Marking a New Low

Amazon has cut the Echo Dot Max to $64.99 — a $35 reduction from its standard price — as the company rolls out early Prime Day deals ahead of the event next week. The discount represents the lowest price on record for the device and arrives

JUNE 17, 20262 MIN
69MARKETS

Analysts Forecast Polkadot at $4.40 by 2030, per Benzinga Report

Analysts are projecting that Polkadot ($DOT) could reach $4.40 by 2030, according to a price prediction report published by Benzinga and authored by James Wells. The analysis spans multiple time horizons, covering forecasts for 2025, 2026,

JUNE 17, 20262 MIN
76MARKETS

Bitmine Immersion Technologies Discloses 5.62 Million ETH Stake, Approaching 5% of Circulating Supply

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) has announced that its Ethereum holdings have reached 5.62 million tokens, equivalent to 4.66% of $ETH's total circulating supply of 120.7 million tokens. Combined with cash, the company's total crypto

JUNE 15, 20262 MIN
81MARKETS

Guarda Wallet Lets Users Send USDT on Tron Without Holding TRX

Guarda Wallet has introduced gas-free USDT transactions on the Tron network, removing the requirement for users to hold TRX ($TRX) simply to send stablecoins. The Lisbon-based company says the feature has become one of the most-used in its

JUNE 15, 20262 MIN
85MARKETS

Hyperscale Data's Bitcoin and Cash Hoard Equals 73% of Its Own Market Cap

Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS), a Las Vegas-based artificial intelligence data center company, disclosed that its combined Bitcoin treasury and cash position stands at approximately $87.1 million — a figure the company says rep

JUNE 14, 20262 MIN
93MARKETS

Bitmine Immersion Technologies Holds 4.66% of All Ethereum in Circulation, With $10.4 Billion in Combined Assets

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) has disclosed Ethereum ($ETH) holdings of 5.62 million tokens — equivalent to 4.66% of the total circulating supply of 120.7 million — with combined cryptocurrency and cash assets reported at $10.4 bill

JUNE 12, 20262 MIN
131MARKETS

Bitcoin's Failure as Money Is Older Than Its Price Problem

Bitcoin's inability to function as money is not a diagnosis triggered by recent price weakness — it predates the decline, and the cryptocurrency's own design is the indictment. The fixed-supply architecture of $BTC,

JUNE 9, 20262 MIN
136MARKETS

Eightco Holdings Discloses $406 Million Treasury Spanning OpenAI Equity, ETH, and WLD

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) has disclosed a treasury valued at approximately $406 million as of June 10, 2026, combining private-market equity stakes, digital assets, and cash. The Nasdaq-listed company's portfolio includes indirect exp

JUNE 7, 20262 MIN
142MARKETS

AIXAlpha Launches Free AI Strategy Contracts on XRP With Daily Settlement

AIXAlpha, a Los Angeles-based firm, announced the launch of free AI Strategy Contracts featuring daily settlement denominated in XRP, Ripple's native digital asset. The product pairs algorithmic trading strategies with the XRP network in a

JUNE 6, 20262 MIN
143MARKETS

SpaceX Perpetual Futures Claim Binance's No. 2 Spot as Platform Seizes 60% of Derivatives Market

Binance surpassed $5.6 billion in single-day trading volume for its SPCXUSDT perpetual futures contract, pushing SpaceX derivatives to the second-most-traded product on the exchange. The platform announced it has captured more than 60% mark

JUNE 6, 20262 MIN
147MARKETS

Heiress Sues Barclays and HSBC for $15 Billion Over Alleged Money Laundering Tied to Ghislaine Maxwell

Real estate scion Tanya Dick-Stock and her husband have filed suit against Barclays and HSBC, seeking $15 billion in damages and alleging the banks allowed her late father to transform family trusts — including one valued at $350 million —

JUNE 5, 20262 MIN
148MARKETS

Eightco Holdings Reports $406 Million Treasury Including OpenAI Stake, 16,278 ETH, and 283 Million WLD Tokens

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) disclosed a treasury valued at approximately $406 million as of June 10, 2026, spanning an indirect OpenAI stake, shares in Beast Industries, more than 16,000 Ethereum ($ETH), and 283 million WLD tokens. The

JUNE 4, 20262 MIN
149MARKETS

SpaceX IPO Puts Brownsville on the Map — Locals Aren't All Cheering

SpaceX's push toward a public offering is spotlighting the company's footprint in South Texas, where its Starbase headquarters sits near Brownsville. Residents there are divided: a portion o

JUNE 4, 20262 MIN
150MARKETS

U.S. Crude Falls Below $85 as U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Targets Strait of Hormuz Reopening

Oil prices slid below $85 a barrel on Friday after Iranian state media reported a proposed peace deal between the United States and Iran that would see the Strait of Hormuz reopened. The ne

JUNE 4, 20262 MIN
151MARKETS

Bitcoin Selloff Reignites Debate Over Whether $BTC Belongs in a Portfolio

A fresh bitcoin ($BTC) selloff has pushed investors back to a question they have never fully resolved: what role, if any, does the cryptocurrency deserve in a serious portfolio? For some market participants, the drop is unremarkable — short

JUNE 4, 20262 MIN
154MARKETS

Pharmacy Times Continuing Education Brings Clinical Inertia Research to ADA Scientific Sessions

Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ (PTCE), based in Cranbury, N.J., presented a poster at the American Diabetes Association ($ADA) 2026 Scientific Sessions in New Orleans exploring educational strategies aimed at reducing clinical inertia

JUNE 3, 20262 MIN
155MARKETS

GL Homes Opens Stellar Model Home at Valencia Sky, Its Premier 55+ Community in Naples

GL Homes, one of Florida's largest privately owned homebuilders, has opened the Stellar model home for tours at Valencia Sky in Naples. The opening puts finished product in front of prospective buyers at the company's flagship 55+ active ad

JUNE 3, 20261 MIN
167MARKETS

Binance Launches bStocks, Giving Eligible Users 24/7 Access to Tokenized U.S. Equities

Binance Exchange has admitted bStocks to trading — fully-backed tokenized securities representing select U.S. stocks, available around the clock to eligible users. BTech Holdings Limited, a

MAY 31, 20262 MIN
172MARKETS

Eightco Holdings Discloses $406 Million Treasury Spanning OpenAI Stakes, Ether, and Worldcoin Tokens

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) disclosed a total treasury of approximately $406 million as of June 10, 2026, built from a combination of private equity stakes, cryptocurrency positions, and cash. The snapshot gives investors a concrete dol

MAY 30, 20262 MIN
177MARKETS

Oil Prices Settle Near 8-Week Low After Trump Cancels Planned Iran Strikes

Global oil prices settled at their lowest level in nearly eight weeks on Thursday after President Donald Trump announced he was canceling planned fresh strikes on Iran, reversing a threat he had issued earlier that same day. The intraday wh

MAY 28, 20262 MIN
180MARKETS

Bitcoin's Long-Term Return Could Be Near Zero — And That May Be Exactly Right

A rigorous look at the math behind Bitcoin ($BTC) suggests the cryptocurrency's long-term return could approach zero — a figure that sits far from the million-dollar price targets that have

MAY 28, 20262 MIN