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- Franklin Templeton says Wall Street fears blockchain because it threatens its profitsby Olivier Acuna on June 3, 2026 at 7:04 am
Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton’s CEO, said blockchain and crypto threaten a huge number of business models that exist today in traditional finance.
- Big tech is ‘terrified’ of AI agents wiping out ad revenue, says Billions Network CEOby Olivier Acuna on June 3, 2026 at 6:51 am
Evin McMullen’s view on AI agents disrupting Google’s and Facebook’s business model was previously shared by Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson and Cloudflare CSO Stephanie Cohen.
- Prediction market traders bet bitcoin’s selloff has further to runby Sam Reynolds on June 3, 2026 at 6:23 am
Markets now imply a 66% chance bitcoin falls below $55,000 and a coin-flip chance of sub-$50,000 prices before year-end.
- Bitcoin’s ‘fear gauge’ surges nearly 20%, its biggest jump since Feb. 5 crashby Omkar Godbole on June 3, 2026 at 5:51 am
The jump signals return of fear after two months of calm market sentiment.
- Bullish XRP signals are piling up. The price keeps falling.by Shaurya Malwa on June 3, 2026 at 5:15 am
XRP lost another major support level on heavy selling, with traders now focused on whether buyers can defend the $1.20 area after a 15-week low.
- Bullish crypto bets lose $1.6 billion as ETH, SOL, DOGE drop 9%by Shaurya Malwa on June 3, 2026 at 5:00 am
The single biggest unwind was a $59.67 million BTC-USDT long on HTX.
- Bitcoin plunges below $66,000 as global stocks, AI trades hit fresh recordsby Shaurya Malwa on June 3, 2026 at 4:28 am
BTC plunged 6.4% to a 24-hour low of $65,708 and ether broke below $1,900 in Asian trading on Wednesday, just hours after the MSCI All Country World Index set a fresh all-time high on the AI rally.
- Mastercard expands onchain settlement in bet on stablecoins and always-on financeby Helene Braun on June 3, 2026 at 4:00 am
The company plans to offer stablecoin, weekend and holiday settlement as demand grows for real-time movement of money.
- Bitcoin’s slide to $66,000 is accelerating a shift into digital dollarsby Omkar Godbole on June 3, 2026 at 2:44 am
The crypto market is seeing a capital flight into dollar-linked stablecoins even as stocks and the Dollar Index remain calm.
- Bitcoin’s compute power dwarfs top 100 supercomputers by 600k times, says Bittensor co-founderby Olivier Acuna on June 2, 2026 at 11:25 pm
Ala Shaabana explains how using Bitcoin network’s coordinate-and-reward playbook can bust open corporate monopolies on AI.
- UK House of Lords committee calls on Bank of England to reconsider proposed stablecoin restrictionsby Jamie Crawley on June 2, 2026 at 11:01 pm
The Bank of England proposed limits of 20,000 pounds per coin for individuals and 10 million pounds for businesses.
- U.S. sanctions Iranian crypto exchanges in ongoing war against the countryby Nikhilesh De on June 2, 2026 at 9:49 pm
OFAC said it was blacklisting Nobitex and three other Iranian exchanges, as well as a few executives, citing links to terror and other crimes.
- Coinbase backs Ethena ahead of savings product launch for exchange’s 100 million usersby Krisztian Sandor on June 2, 2026 at 8:09 pm
Coinbase Ventures, the exchange’s venture arm, bought Ethena tokens on the open market as the protocol is set to roll out a Coinbase integration next week.
- Galaxy enters institutional prediction markets with $10 million Arca tradeby Helene Braun on June 2, 2026 at 7:17 pm
The digital asset firm launched OTC prediction markets trading for institutions and completed a $10 million trade tied to U.S. crypto legislation with hedge fund Arca.
- Tom Lee predicts ether will hit $250,000 as corporate validators take over network controlby Olivier Acuna on June 2, 2026 at 6:42 pm
The Bitmine chairman said DeFi and AI could push the Ethereum network’s value into the multi-trillion range, making current prices “future optionality at a discount”.
- Bitcoin set for ‘choppy summer’ as capital chases high-flying AI stocks, K33 saysby Krisztian Sandor on June 2, 2026 at 6:42 pm
The firm still views bitcoin as undervalued relative to equities, but says investors are rotating into AI stocks as the opportunity cost of missing gains by holding BTC is too high.
- Bitcoin faces an ‘identity crisis’ and DeFi devs need to stop acting like tech brosby Olivier Acuna on June 2, 2026 at 4:15 pm
Solstice Labs CEO Ben Nadareski says developers must act like financial managers to win back institutional trust amid ongoing security exploits.
- Hyperliquid predicted 80% of oil move before traditional exchanges opened, says expert reportby Helene Braun on June 2, 2026 at 4:02 pm
TD Securities says “perpetual futures” are exploding beyond crypto as platforms like Hyperliquid outpace traditional Wall Street exchanges on everything from pre-IPO tech stocks to weekend oil trading.
- Here’s how one decentralized cloud provider says private citizens can make money from AIby Olivier Acuna on June 2, 2026 at 3:36 pm
Titan Network says its crowdsourced computing network has signed tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba as clients, saving them as much 75% on AI costs.
- Gary Vaynerchuk says AI is creating the biggest opportunity ever for entrepreneursby AI Boost on June 2, 2026 at 3:24 pm
AI is reshaping business faster than most leaders realize, and Gary Vaynerchuk argues the biggest winners will be creative builders willing to adapt.
- Hyperliquid is beating ethereum in trading volume on some days as big money rotates, says FalconXby Helene Braun on June 2, 2026 at 3:11 pm
Institutional investors are ditching range-bound bitcoin and ether for Hyperliquid as the decentralized platform wins over hedge funds with massive liquidity and early access to hot markets, according to Joshua Lim, head of markets at FalconX.
- How to better understand bitcoin’s perpetual identity crisisby Steve Bailey on June 2, 2026 at 2:08 pm
Here, Bailey unpacks the uncertainty surrounding the original cryptocurrency’s nature, which creates inconsistent market behavior.
- Franklin Templeton teams up with MoonPay to let big investors swap stablecoins for yields 24/7by Helene Braun on June 2, 2026 at 1:30 pm
The Wall Street giant is integrating its tech platform with MoonPay’s infrastructure, allowing eligible institutions to seamlessly swap stablecoins for yield-generating tokenized funds without ever leaving the blockchain.
- Strategy’s bitcoin sale may mark start of ether outperformance, StanChart’s Kendrick saysby Krisztian Sandor on June 2, 2026 at 1:14 pm
ETH could outperform BTC by 40% from current levels as bitcoin treasuries may sell assets to cover obligations, the bank’s digital asset research head said.
- CoinDesk 20 performance update: Stellar (XLM) falls 8.4%, leading index lowerby CoinDesk Indices on June 2, 2026 at 1:09 pm
Aave (AAVE), down 3.9% from Monday, was also an underperformer.
- Pi Network’s PI Token Plunges Toward ATL Levels Despite Gaming Progressby Jordan Lyanchev on June 3, 2026 at 8:11 am
PI is now inches away from marking a new all-time low.
- Crypto Markets Dump $140B as Bitcoin Tanked 7% Toward $65K by Martin Young on June 3, 2026 at 6:59 am
Crypto markets are a bloodbath today, with total capitalization shedding billions and falling to multi-month lows.
- Gate Partners with Alpaca for Upcoming Real Stock Trading Access for Global Usersby Chainwire on June 3, 2026 at 6:52 am
[PRESS RELEASE – Cayman Islands, British Overseas Territories, June 3rd, 2026] Gate has announced a strategic partnership with Alpaca to expand access to real stock trading for eligible users. The collaboration marks another milestone in Gate’s ongoing effort to bridge digital assets and traditional financial markets through a unified multi-asset trading experience. Through this upcoming
- Bitcoin Sees Slow Bleed as Distribution-Driven Selling Pressure Intensifies: Bitfinexby Mandy Williams on June 3, 2026 at 3:49 am
May’s performance suggested that internal market dynamics were the major driver of weakness, rather than macro conditions.
- Robinhood Officially Enters Canada After Closing WonderFi Acquisitionby Chayanika Deka on June 2, 2026 at 9:34 pm
The WonderFi acquisition gives Robinhood regulated crypto operations in Canada and expands its workforce and customer network.
- XRP’s Birthday Turns Sour as Ripple Price Plummets to 4-Month Lowby Jordan Lyanchev on June 2, 2026 at 8:02 pm
XRP was even surpassed by USDC as the fifth-largest crypto.
- Hyperliquid’s (HYPE) Social Dominance Hits 2026 High as Bulls Target Triple-Digit Pricesby Chayanika Deka on June 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
HYPE’s social dominance is at its highest level in 2026, new data suggests.
- The Surprising Disconnect Between Bitcoin’s Price and Network Activityby Chayanika Deka on June 2, 2026 at 6:16 pm
Bitcoin is far less active than in 2021, as institutional exposure grows through ETFs and funds.
- Dogecoin (DOGE) Dips Below $0.10, Yet Key Indicator Flashes a Buy Signalby Dimitar Dzhondzhorov on June 2, 2026 at 4:55 pm
“This old meme coin is about to do something insane,” one X user predicted.
- Altcoins Gain $4B Despite Bitcoin Sell-Off, Analyst Sees Bullish Shiftby Wayne Jones on June 2, 2026 at 4:05 pm
The analyst noted an unusual setup where altcoins stopped reacting to BTC weakness, calling the market exhausted and likely a turning point.
- Liquidations Surpass $1B as Bitcoin (BTC) Tanks Below $68Kby Jordan Lyanchev on June 2, 2026 at 2:48 pm
Naturally, almost all wrecked positions were longs.
- Bitcoin (BTC) Plunges Below $69K: Here’s Why It Could Get Even Worse Soonby Dimitar Dzhondzhorov on June 2, 2026 at 1:58 pm
Numerous analysts believe that BTC has not yet reached its cycle bottom.
- Strive Doubles Down on Bitcoin With $185M Buy, Holdings Near 19,000 BTCby Jordan Lyanchev on June 2, 2026 at 12:45 pm
The announcement comes in a week in which Strategy actually sold.
- Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Shows Deeper Correction Signs Against Both USD and BTCby Shayan Markets on June 2, 2026 at 12:26 pm
Ripple’s XRP remains under pressure against both the US dollar and Bitcoin, with the price action continuing to respect a broader bearish structure. The daily charts show the token trading below key moving averages while approaching important support zones that could determine the next major directional move. Ripple Price Analysis: The Daily Chart Against the
- Outpoll: A New Paradigm in Prediction Marketsby Bridgit Murphy on June 2, 2026 at 12:04 pm
Outpoll introduces a new global prediction market platform that enables users to trade on the outcomes of real-world events. Categories include, but are not limited to, politics, sports, crypto, culture, and more – with a product layer that is centered on professional trading tools, access through a public API, integrated news layer, a native mobile
- Ethereum Price Prediction: How Low Can ETH Go If $2K Support Decisively Cracks?by Shayan Markets on June 2, 2026 at 11:37 am
Ethereum remains under pressure after failing to reclaim a major resistance cluster. The price is now hovering around a key long-term support zone. The broader structure suggests sellers still dominate the market, while weakening demand from US investors adds another layer of caution. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the weekly timeframe, ETH has
- Major Ripple (XRP) Announcement Affecting Turkish Users: Detailsby Dimitar Dzhondzhorov on June 2, 2026 at 11:31 am
Turkey sits “at the crossroads of traditional financial and digital economy,” one Ripple exec said.
- Bitcoin Dominance Crashes as BTC Price Dumps Below $70K: Market Watchby Jordan Lyanchev on June 2, 2026 at 8:55 am
The total crypto market cap is below $2.5 trillion once again.
- ‘We Investigated Ourselves’: ZachXBT Slams EdgeX After Sudden Token Collapseby Wayne Jones on June 2, 2026 at 8:38 am
The crash unfolded amid rising DeFi security concerns following recent exploits across bridges and liquidity pools.
- Mt. Gox Transfers $731 Million in Bitcoin to a New Wallet: Time to Worry?by George Georgiev on June 2, 2026 at 6:43 am
Mt. Gox has transferd over $700 million worth of BTC to a new wallet. What could it mean?
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- Ripple is bringing its regulated RLUSD stablecoin to MENA’s biggest crypto marketby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 2, 2026 at 6:05 pm
Ripple is pushing its dollar-backed stablecoin into Turkey, betting that one of the world’s most active digital-asset markets is ready for a more regulated version of the digital dollars already used to navigate currency weakness and limited access to traditional dollar savings. On June 2, the Brad Garlinghouse-led company announced that its US dollar-pegged stablecoin, The post Ripple is bringing its regulated RLUSD stablecoin to MENA’s […]
- Bitcoin flash crash below $68,000 triggers around $400 million in liquidation in under an hourby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 2, 2026 at 3:10 pm
Today’s sudden Bitcoin slide under $68,000 forced a rapid unwind across crypto derivatives markets, erasing nearly $400 million in leveraged positions in one hour as traders who had bet on further gains were caught by the move. Data from CryptoSlate shows that Bitcoin fell more than 5%, dropping from $71,765 to $67,895, its lowest level since The post Bitcoin flash crash below $68,000 triggers around $400 million in liquidation in under an […]
- Why a $150M Polymarket bet could pay the side that appeared to loseby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 2, 2026 at 2:05 pm
A nearly $150 million prediction market has devolved into chaos after the platform Polymarket moved to deny payouts to traders who accurately predicted that corporate treasury firm Strategy would sell a portion of its Bitcoin holdings. The dispute centers on a fundamental disconnect between when an event occurs and when it is publicly disclosed, exposing The post Why a $150M Polymarket bet could pay the side that appeared to lose appeared first […]
- Bitcoin faces first jobs-week test as US job openings data arrives before Friday payrollsby Andjela Radmilac on June 2, 2026 at 12:35 pm
At 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for April, and a market that spent years branding Bitcoin as an escape hatch from central banks now hangs on whatever the numbers imply about the Federal Reserve’s next move. This is due to a long The post Bitcoin faces first jobs-week test as US job openings data arrives before Friday payrolls appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Bitcoin’s $300K gold pattern now depends on whether Iran’s oil shock rewrites the Fed pathby Gino Matos on June 2, 2026 at 11:12 am
From a 2011 peak near $1,900, gold spent years carving a deep base, retested resistance around $2,100 in 2020, consolidated again through 2022, then broke decisively higher to reach $3,300 by early 2025 and a record above $5,400 in January 2026. According to analyst and Real Vision affiliate James Easton, Bitcoin’s weekly chart is now The post Bitcoin’s $300K gold pattern now depends on whether Iran’s oil shock rewrites the Fed path […]
- Bitcoin starts its first gapless CME week as the market searches for a new signalby Gino Matos on June 2, 2026 at 9:45 am
CME Group’s cryptocurrency futures and options have been trading continuously since 4:00 p.m. CT on May 29, making this the first full trading week without the classic weekend CME gap. Over the inaugural 48 hours, over 7,200 contracts changed hands, representing roughly $50 million in notional value, enough to confirm that institutional demand for weekend The post Bitcoin starts its first gapless CME week as the market searches for a new signal […]
- Strategy sold 32 BTC to pay dividends – But the real risk is what happens if it has to sell more Bitcoinby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 2, 2026 at 7:57 am
Bitcoin price has hit $70,000 after Strategy, the world’s largest publicly traded corporate holder of the top crypto, sold a portion of its BTC treasury for the first time since 2022. Data from CryptoSlate showed that BTC’s price dropped 4% on the news to as low as $69,690 before recovering to $70,120 as of press The post Strategy sold 32 BTC to pay dividends – But the real risk is what happens if it has to sell more Bitcoin appeared first on […]
- XRP tests $1.31 as ETF demand clashes with spot sellingby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 1, 2026 at 7:22 pm
XRP’s latest drop has turned bullish flows into a live test of market control. ETF demand and exchange outflows still point to support, but spot sellers are setting the price near multi-month lows. The token has been trading around the low-$1.30s after hitting its weakest level in roughly 15 weeks, even as two data points The post XRP tests $1.31 as ETF demand clashes with spot selling appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Cardano 2026 Summit canceled after treasury vote misses key thresholdby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 1, 2026 at 5:12 pm
Cardano’s 2026 Summit in Singapore is off after the network’s treasury governance process failed to approve funding for it. The official event page now says the Summit will not take place on Oct. 5-6 as previously announced. The cause is governance: Cardano Foundation said treasury-funded initiatives are subject to community vote, and the community decided not to proceed with The post Cardano 2026 Summit canceled after treasury vote misses […]
- Dormant Ethereum ICO unlocks 1,003 ETH as old contract bug becomes recovery pathby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 1, 2026 at 3:52 pm
A whitehat and HongCoin’s original multisig used a preserved overflow bug to reopen refunds trapped since 2016. The post Dormant Ethereum ICO unlocks 1,003 ETH as old contract bug becomes recovery path appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- White Girls Raped By Dogs, Whisky Bottles, & 100s Of Men: Britain’s Migrant Grooming-Gang Scandal Exposedby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 7:30 am
White Girls Raped By Dogs, Whisky Bottles, & 100s Of Men: Britain’s Migrant Grooming-Gang Scandal Exposed Via Remix News, Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe used a Westminster Hall debate on Monday to confront MPs with harrowing testimony from White girls and women who were raped, tortured, trafficked, and degraded by migrant grooming gangs, and abandoned by the very authorities that should have protected them. The debate […]
- US Warns Ally Oman That It Better Pick The ‘Right’ Side In Hormuz Standoffby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 6:45 am
US Warns Ally Oman That It Better Pick The ‘Right’ Side In Hormuz Standoff The saga of rare Washington pressure on its longtime regional ally Oman continues, with on Tuesday The Wall Street Journal reporting that US officials are growing “increasingly frustrated” with Muscat’s neutral stance, which they now view as hostile to US interests. Oman has stood accused of cooperating with Iran on a proposed toll collection scheme which […]
- Russia Weighs $50 Million Plan To Influence Armenia’s Electionby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 6:00 am
Russia Weighs $50 Million Plan To Influence Armenia’s Election Via Eurasianet, Reuters reported that Russian officials discussed influence operations aimed at weakening Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ahead of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary election. One alleged proposal involved temporarily bringing Armenian passport holders living in Russia back to Armenia to vote for opposition candidates. Despite the reported […]
- Early Returns Show Surprises In California As Other States Wrap Upby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 4:29 am
Early Returns Show Surprises In California As Other States Wrap Up Update (0030ET): Voters in six states went to the polls today for key primaries. While many races followed expectations, California delivered notable early drama with slow-counting mail ballots still to come. California Governor (Top-Two Primary) The race to replace term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom remains the biggest story. In a crowded nonpartisan jungle primary, […]
- Barbarian Mindset: How Leftists And Third-World Invaders Think Alikeby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 3:25 am
Barbarian Mindset: How Leftists And Third-World Invaders Think Alike Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us The fall of the Roman Empire is often presented as symbolic of the slow but steady decline of the western world today, and it’s true, this comparison might be more accurate than many people realize. The disastrous collapse which escalated over the course of the 5th century was driven by economic crisis, a split of the […]
- How China Is Remaking Its Vast Western Frontierby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 3:00 am
How China Is Remaking Its Vast Western Frontier China is undertaking a vast effort to reshape its western frontier, transforming Xinjiang and Tibet from remote borderlands into strategic hubs for industry, energy, tourism and trade, according to a new lengthy report from Financial Times. Under President Xi Jinping, Beijing is pouring investment into highways, railways, renewable energy projects, manufacturing bases and tourism […]
- Cliffwater Private Credit Fund Gates Investors For Second Straight Quarter After Redemption Requests Soar To 17%by Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 2:44 am
Cliffwater Private Credit Fund Gates Investors For Second Straight Quarter After Redemption Requests Soar To 17% The market may be in full-blown face-ripping bubble mode, and software stocks are now gripped in by a category 5 gamma squeeze hurricane, but not even that is helping the ongoing debacle that is private credit. The flagship private credit fund of Cliffwater, a fund which has was slammed by redemption requests in the past […]
- Feds Seize Over A Ton Of Cocaine At Massive US-Mexico Drug-Smuggling Tunnelby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 2:35 am
Feds Seize Over A Ton Of Cocaine At Massive US-Mexico Drug-Smuggling Tunnel Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Authorities charged four suspects on June 1 with felony drug distribution violations after finding a hidden tunnel used by drug runners inside a retail store in San Diego County that led into Tijuana, Mexico. Investigators also seized more than a ton of cocaine worth about $45 million in connection with the […]
- Whistleblower Leaks Stanford’s Private Foreign-Funding Records, Exposing CCP-Linked Donorsby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 2:10 am
Whistleblower Leaks Stanford’s Private Foreign-Funding Records, Exposing CCP-Linked Donors Some of America’s top universities have become soft targets for foreign espionage and influence operations, creating potential gateways for adversarial powers to access sensitive research, elite policy networks, and federally funded innovation pipelines. The latest report from The Stanford Review should be viewed as yet another warning about […]
- “The Value Didn’t Arrive”: Bain Finds Cost-Savings From AI Are Falling Far Short Of Projectionsby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 1:50 am
“The Value Didn’t Arrive”: Bain Finds Cost-Savings From AI Are Falling Far Short Of Projections Now that attention within the AI revolution has one again firmly turned toward the cost-benefit equation (i..e., ROI) of tokens (see “From Singularity To Tokenomics: The AI Narrative Just Hit A Serious Snag”) in particular, and the trillions behind the AI spending rollout in general, and we say once again because every few months we get […]
- Do We Really Believe In Freedom?by Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 1:45 am
Do We Really Believe In Freedom? Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times, Do we really believe in freedom? Or do we only believe in freedom when it applies to people who agree with us? Do we trust people we fundamentally disagree with to remain free citizens? Or do we believe they must be controlled through laws, censorship, surveillance, or social pressure because they are too dangerous to be trusted with liberty? […]
- Leftists Try To “Cancel” Giants Quarterback For His Appearance At Trump Rallyby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 1:20 am
Leftists Try To “Cancel” Giants Quarterback For His Appearance At Trump Rally Leftists often claim that when someone of celebrity status appears with Donald Trump, it gives Trump “legitimacy.” This is the common rationale they use to justify their insane cult-like behavior – Their habit of using mobs of mindless activist zombies in order to frighten people with status away from openly identifying as conservative. The truth is, […]
- High-Dose Vitamin D Lowers Diabetes Risk In Some Peopleby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 12:55 am
High-Dose Vitamin D Lowers Diabetes Risk In Some People Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times, A specific variation in the vitamin D receptor gene may determine whether high-dose supplementation lowers diabetes risk in prediabetic people. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock Nearly 115 million Americans are on the road to diabetes. New research suggests an inexpensive, widely available supplement could slow that […]
- US Treasury Sanctions Iran’s Largest Crypto Exchangeby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 12:30 am
US Treasury Sanctions Iran’s Largest Crypto Exchange Peace talks appear stalled, or even halted completely – despite President Trump’s denials – and the US Department of Treasury is still swinging hard, as part of the ongoing effort to bring about economic collapse in Iran and ‘solve’ the Hormuz Strait shipping crisis. In the latest installment of Washington’s economic whac-a-mole, the US on Tuesday unveiled sanctions on Iran’s […]
- Trump Signs AI ‘Cyber Defense’ Executive Orderby Tyler Durden on June 3, 2026 at 12:05 am
Trump Signs AI ‘Cyber Defense’ Executive Order Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, AI companies would be required to submit their frontier models on a voluntary review basis before public releases. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 2 intended to address cybersecurity threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) technology and the new frontier models being released by major industry players. […]
- US, China Militaries Hold ‘Candid’ Deconfliction Talks In Hawaii As Trump Goes Quiet On Taiwanby Tyler Durden on June 2, 2026 at 11:40 pm
US, China Militaries Hold ‘Candid’ Deconfliction Talks In Hawaii As Trump Goes Quiet On Taiwan American and Chinese military officers have sat down for rare deconfliction talks in Hawaii, soon on the heels of the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing last month. According to a late Monday statement from the Chinese Navy, the two superpowers held what they described as “candid and constructive” exchanges during a two-day closed-door meeting. It […]
- US Bill Would Prevent Chinese Connected Cars In Canada From Entering United Statesby Tyler Durden on June 2, 2026 at 11:15 pm
US Bill Would Prevent Chinese Connected Cars In Canada From Entering United States Authored by Olivia Gomm via The Epoch Times, Two U.S. lawmakers are set to introduce a bill aimed at preventing Chinese-connected vehicles from entering the United States via Canada and Mexico, amid growing concerns over Chinese-made electric vehicles entering the Canadian market. BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded on a ship are stacked at the […]
- Iran Sends Missiles, Drones Targeting Airbases Across Gulf After US Nighttime Attack On Qeshm Islandby Tyler Durden on June 2, 2026 at 11:05 pm
Iran Sends Missiles, Drones Targeting Airbases Across Gulf After US Nighttime Attack On Qeshm Island Summary: Two bases come under fresh missile attack in Kuwait, Fars and Reuters report. Iran state media says retaliation for night US attack on Qeshm Island. Explosions & air raid sirens also being reported in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain. It seems that war is popping off once again. rump insists reports that Iran & US […]
- Dems Have A Voter Problem. Gerrymandering Was Never Going To Fix Itby Tyler Durden on June 2, 2026 at 10:25 pm
Dems Have A Voter Problem. Gerrymandering Was Never Going To Fix It Authored by Ryan Young via RealClearPolitics, In November 2024, 47% of Virginia voters cast ballots for Republican congressional candidates. Under the map Virginia Democrats tried to push through, those voters would have ended up with exactly one Republican district out of 11. Going from a 6-5 to a 10-1 split was what Democrats called “restoring fairness.” To […]
- Woman Fatally Stabbed “Two Dozen Times” In Brazen Daytime Attack On Atlanta’s MARTA Trainby Tyler Durden on June 2, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Woman Fatally Stabbed “Two Dozen Times” In Brazen Daytime Attack On Atlanta’s MARTA Train A woman riding a MARTA train in Atlanta was killed in a brutal daytime attack Saturday, suffering nearly 20 stab wounds in what investigators say was a seemingly random act of violence, according to the NY Post. Police allege that 25-year-old John Elijah Matthews approached 66-year-old Margaret Swan after boarding the train Saturday morning. […]
- A Mass-Graves Myth Is Media Malpracticeby Tyler Durden on June 2, 2026 at 9:40 pm
A Mass-Graves Myth Is Media Malpractice Authored by Daniel McCarthy via PJ Media, A hoax costs taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and appears to incite arson attacks against dozens of churches. No, this isn’t the latest headline out of Minnesota – look a little further north. Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 In 2021, at a time when media throughout the Western world were still in a state of agitation […]
- Permadrought: 75% Of Global Population Lives In A Country Affected By ‘The Great Drying’by Tyler Durden on June 2, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Permadrought: 75% Of Global Population Lives In A Country Affected By ‘The Great Drying’ Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Our planet is drying out at a pace that is unlike anything we have ever seen before. Once massive lakes are rapidly shrinking, once mighty rivers are steadily dwindling, and colossal underground aquifers are being pumped dry all over the world. This is an absolutely enormous problem, […]
- DOGE Alumni Launch AI Startup To Target Waste On Main Street – And Already Have Their First Targetby Tyler Durden on June 2, 2026 at 8:40 pm
DOGE Alumni Launch AI Startup To Target Waste On Main Street – And Already Have Their First Target Two alumni of the Department of Government Efficiency are bringing their cost-cutting experience from Washington to the private sector, launching Special, a startup that aims to harness artificial intelligence to wring inefficiencies out of what it describes as America’s $10 trillion Main Street services economy. Nate Cavanaugh and […]
- Bamboozled Once Again…by Tyler Durden on June 2, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Bamboozled Once Again… Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you […]
- Venezuela Oil Exports Hit 7-Year Highby Tyler Durden on June 2, 2026 at 7:40 pm
Venezuela Oil Exports Hit 7-Year High Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Venezuela’s oil exports inched up from April to hit a fresh seven-year high in May as shipments to the United States and India continued to rise. Venezuela exported an estimated 1.25 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil in May, up by 0.7% compared to April’s 1.23 million bpd exports and a massive 61% jump compared to May 2025, according to […]
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- The Anti-War Base: A warning from the trenches of a stolen peaceby Belle Carter on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) The book exposes the “Neocon-Neoliberal Axis,” a corrupt alliance between both political parties that serves the interests of war profiteers, incl…
- Bubble or Breakthrough? Anthropic’s $965 Billion Valuation Reveals the Terrifying Truth About AI’s Corporate Takeoverby Chase Codewell on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot, has raised $65 billion in a funding round that values the firm at $965 billi…
- Nvidia’s N1X and Windows: The AI-Powered Surveillance Nightmare You Should Avoidby Mike Adams on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Welcome to the Spyware Laptop EraThe tech industry is about to sell you a surveillance device disguised as a productivity machine. Iâve been warni…
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- Gold Drops Nearly 2% as Middle East Tensions Fuel Rate Hike Expectationsby Sterling Ashworth on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Gold fell nearly 2% on Monday â testing the $4,500 per ounce level â according to market data, as renewed U.S. military strikes on Iranian sites…
- Legume Consumption Linked to Lower Hypertension Risk, Study Findsby Coco Somers on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) A meta-analysis published May 7, 2026, in BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health found that higher legume intake is associated with a reduced risk of d…
- Broccoli’s secret weapon? Tulane study reveals how cabbage family compounds may mend HIV-damaged gutby Ava Grace on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) HIV damages the gut lining, causing chronic inflammation even after successful antiretroviral therapy. The gut acts as a “fortress wall” that, onc…
- Russian Intelligence exposes foreign smartphone spyware operation targeting Russian officials, and the same tactics could be aimed at youby Lance D Johnson on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) The world’s most powerful intelligence agencies are no longer just spying on enemies in foreign capitals. They are inside the pockets of their targets…
- Pirelli announces AI-powered data-collecting tires, turning vehicles into SURVEILLANCE toolsby Ramon Tomey on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Pirelli’s Cyber Tire system featuring embedded sensors that collect data on road conditions and communicate with vehicle electronics will begin pr…
- Analysis: Iran conflict could mirror Suez crisis in financial transformationby Garrison Vance on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) IntroductionU.S. military operations against Iran that began on Feb. 28, 2026, have not achieved their stated objectives, according to multiple repo…
- Ukraine’s $25 billion Patriot deal: Another globalist taxpayer heist disguised as “defense”by Patrick Lewis on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) The article confirms the globalist elite’s permanent war economy, as Zelensky’s $25 billion deal for 25 Patriot systems funnels American taxpayer …
- Former CIA official arrested after FBI seizes $40 million worth of gold bars hidden in Virginia homeby Jacob Thomas on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) A former CIA senior executive, David Rush, was arrested after 303 gold bars worth $40 million, $2 million in cash and luxury Rolex watches were fo…
- The Silver Imperative: Breaking the fiat chains and securing your wealth before the globalist collapseby Belle Carter on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) The COMEX and London Bullion Market Association operate a “silver psyop” using derivatives at 100:1 ratios to suppress the true price of physical …
- Oregon kindergartners entering school unvaccinated at record levelsby Cassie B. on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Oregonâs kindergarten nonmedical vaccine exemption rate hit a record 10.9% in the 2025-26 school year, up nearly 60% from five years ago. Onl…
- International Study Finds Natureâs Well-Being Benefits Linked to Body Appreciationby Morgan S. Verity on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) A study of over 50,000 participants across 58 countries has found that time spent in nature is associated with higher life satisfaction through an ind…
- U.S. considers expanding nuclear sharing in Europe as tensions riseby Cassie B. on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) U.S. considers expanding nuclear-sharing framework to Eastern European NATO allies, risking heightened tensions with Russia. Poland and Baltic …
- Experts say diet and natural compounds hold the key to youthful skinby Jacob Thomas on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Natural supplements and diet may be more powerful for skin rejuvenation than toxic chemical peels or invasive procedures. Collagen peptide supp…
- Social media giants agree to pay $27M to settle landmark school district lawsuit over student mental health crisisby Willow Tohi on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Meta, SnapChat, TikTok and YouTube have agreed to pay $27 million to settle a Kentucky school district lawsuit alleging their platforms were desig…
- Study Finds Diet May Trigger Migraines; Caffeine Among Common Culpritsby Coco Somers on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Migraines affect an estimated 37 million Americans, according to reports, making the condition more prevalent than diabetes, epilepsy, and asthma comb…
The Defiant Defi News. The Defiant curates, digests, and analyzes all the major developments in decentralized finance, so that you can stay informed and smart about the most cutting-edge and fastest-changing corner of crypto and finance.
- Franklin Templeton Wires BENJI Money-Market Fund Into MoonPay Trade for Onchain Stablecoin Swapsby The Defiant Team on June 2, 2026 at 9:07 pm
The $1.74 trillion asset manager is letting institutions move directly between stablecoins and shares of its tokenized US government money fund through MoonPay’s new institutional rails, marking one of the first listings of a US-registered tokenized MMF on a third-party onchain trading venue.
- Sui Blames Triple Mainnet Halt on Gas-Charging Bug and a Known-Risk Patch That Backfiredby The Defiant Team on June 2, 2026 at 8:53 pm
The Sui Foundation’s post-mortem ties two of three outages to an edge case in the v1.72 address-balances feature, and the third to a randomness-state bug exposed by an interim fix the team shipped knowing it carried halt risk.
- US Treasury Adds Nobitex and Three Other Iranian Exchanges to OFAC SDN List Under ‘Economic Fury’by The Defiant Team on June 2, 2026 at 8:49 pm
The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin and Ramzinex, along with their leadership, naming the exchanges as the digital-asset rails for Iran’s central bank and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Polymarket Books First On-Chain Institutional Block Tradeby The Defiant Team on June 2, 2026 at 8:49 pm
A six-figure trade settled against the Ornn Compute Price Index pushes the world’s largest prediction market into TradFi-style risk transfer, with FalconX signing on as a dedicated market maker for future blocks.
- Bad Sentiment, Strong Fundamentals: the Institutional Turn | Chris Perkins, Franklin Cryptoby Chris Storaker on June 2, 2026 at 5:43 pm
Crypto is entering a new phase — and institutions, not retail, are driving it. As regulatory clarity arrives, the largest institutions in the world are moving from the sidelines into the market. The thesis from our guest: sentiment is poor, but fundamentals are improving; a coiled spring.
- Coinbase Ventures Buys ENA on the Open Market as Coinbase and Ethena Strike Distribution Dealby The Defiant Team on June 2, 2026 at 5:28 pm
The exchange’s venture arm bought ENA tokens directly on the open market rather than through a private round, the first such disclosed purchase, alongside a partnership to push Ethena’s onchain dollar and savings products into Coinbase’s userbase.
- US Court Lifts Circle Freeze on Zama’s $12.5M cUSDC Contract After Three-Day Lockoutby The Defiant Team on June 2, 2026 at 4:27 pm
A federal judge in the Northern District of California reversed the temporary restraining order that had pushed Circle to blacklist the privacy protocol’s wrapper, restoring funds to depositors caught in a civil dispute they were not party to.
- Securitize Brings Hamilton Lane’s HLSCOPE Private-Credit Fund to TRON in First Issuance on the Networkby The Defiant Team on June 2, 2026 at 2:02 pm
The tokenized Senior Credit Opportunities feeder fund — already live on Polygon, Ethereum and three other chains — becomes the inaugural Securitize-issued asset on a network with 383 million accounts and roughly $90 billion in circulating stablecoins.
- OpenSea Teases Hyperliquid-Powered Perpetuals Launchby The Defiant Team on June 2, 2026 at 1:36 pm
OpenSea Product Marketing Lead Zack Brenner asked users on X who wanted early access to perpetual contracts, then confirmed the product would run on Hyperliquid’s builder-code rails — the clearest signal yet the NFT marketplace is bolting on a derivatives venue.
- Robinhood Closes $180M WonderFi Deal, Crossing 1M International Customers as It Enters Canadaby The Defiant Team on June 2, 2026 at 1:33 pm
The retail brokerage’s first Canadian footprint comes via a year-late buyout of the operator of Bitbuy and Coinsquare, adding roughly 300,000 funded crypto customers in a single transaction.















































































































