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Key Takeaways  Bitcoin has fallen 28% as CLARITY Act approval odds dropped from 74% to 40%. Senate vote uncertainty is emerging as a potential headwind for Bitcoin sentiment. August could determine whether regulatory clarity or macro forces drive Bitcoin’s next move. Bitcoin has lost 28% since May 14. That was the day the Senate Banking Committee advanced the CLARITY Act on a 15 to 9 vote, digital asset funds absorbed $857.9 million in weekly inflows, and the price touched $81,000.  Seven weeks on, the token trades near $60,000 and the bill’s odds of becoming law this year have halved to…

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Moving money across borders should be as instant and frictionless as sending a text message. For businesses operating between established financial hubs like the UK or EU and rapidly growing emerging markets, the reality is much more complicated. Building the infrastructure to connect these distinct ecosystems requires solving a complex puzzle of mismatched technology, differing regulatory speeds, and intricate payment networks. To bridge these worlds, we have to look closely at the mechanics of modern cross-border systems and what it actually takes to stitch them together. The plumbing At the heart of international trade is the ability to hold, receive,…

Silver price (XAG/USD) jumps to the weekly high near $62.15 during the early European trading hours on Friday. The precious metal extends the rally as a weaker-than-expected US Nonfarm Payrolls ‌(NFP) report has reduced expectations of Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate hikes this year.According to the CME FedWatch tool, traders are now pricing in nearly a 52% chance of a US rate hike by September, down from 66% before the jobs data.Traders will closely monitor the developments surrounding peace in the Middle East between the US and Iran. Renewed tensions between Wahington and Tehran could raise inflation worries, weighing the…

Multi-Asset Trading Terminals The integration of traditional equities into crypto venues represents a fundamental paradigm shift in global trading infrastructure. Rather than managing fragmented positions across siloed traditional brokerages and crypto exchanges, modern cross-asset market participants increasingly demand a singular, frictionless point of access.  This structural convergence between crypto and traditional capital markets is punctuated by the exponential growth of equity derivatives on CEXs. Weekly trading volumes surged to a record high of $11.6 billion during the second week of June 2026, a milestone driven by Binance’s sweeping expansion into stock trading against the backdrop of SpaceX’s Nasdaq listing, the…

Melania Trump made 28 times as much income from NFTs in 2025 as she did the year before, according to a 2026 annual federal disclosure report. Of her roughly $17 million in total earnings, she raked in $6 million from the digital collectibles.  The page of the report listing her assets and income states Melania Trump earned over $10.7 million from the Melania film; over $6 million from the sale of NFTs and other collectibles; and over half a million from her Melania memoir.  The new report arrives in a wave of federally required financial disclosures that reveal a stunningly…

One of seven plots on the Octagon Park site in Little Plumstead is to be auctioned off after plans to add up to 10 luxury homes to the site were refused by Broadland District Council. The half acre ‘plot one’ on the field has planning for a four bedroom home. Brown and Co, the agents marketing the site, say they are available “to help bring each homeowner’s vision to life”. The patch has a guide price of £225,000. Brown and Co describes the site as: “An exceptional plot within a prestigious gated community, set amidst approximately 20 acres of beautiful…

Jing Li, an assistant professor of applied economics, engages with her students during the Electricity Strategy Game debrief. Credit: Kelley Travers Jing Li, an assistant professor of applied economics in the MIT Sloan School of Management, stands at the front of the classroom and encourages her undergraduate students to dig deeper. “Why was this a good idea?” she prompts. “How did people come up with these numbers?” It’s the second-to-last day of class, and the students in Economics of Energy, Innovation, and Sustainability are discussing their teams’ results and the logic behind the decisions they made in the Electricity Strategy…

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Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund has launched the New Fund Offer (NFO) for the “Motilal Oswal BSE Midcap 150 Momentum 30 Index Fund”, an open-ended index scheme designed to replicate the performance of the BSE Midcap 150 Momentum 30 Index.The NFO opens on July 3 and will close on July 17. The scheme will track a portfolio of 30 midcap stocks selected from the BSE Midcap 150 Index using a momentum-based methodology.According to the fund house, the index selects stocks based on their 12-month price performance adjusted for volatility. The portfolio is rebalanced quarterly in an attempt to capture changing market…