Over the weekend, Google CEO Sundar Pichai faced a small revolt when he delivered his commencement speech at Stanford University, where he earned his graduate degree in materials science and engineering. About 200 students from the graduating class reportedly walked out, while others loudly booed the tech executive. The focus of the protest was Google’s defense ties — including Project Nimbus, the controversial $1.2 billion contract, shared with Amazon, to provide cloud and AI services to the Israeli military, as well as its relationship with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Student signs included phrases like “ICE SPIES WITH…
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Jun 15, 2026 13:03 Standard Chartered forecasts $2.7T DeFi TVL by 2030, driven by tokenized assets. Key growth hinges on adoption, security, and institutional interest. Standard Chartered projects decentralized finance (DeFi) could grow its total value locked (TVL) to $2.7 trillion by 2030, a staggering 37-fold increase from current levels. According to Geoff Kendrick, head of digital assets research at the bank, the growth will be propelled by tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and crypto-native assets moving on-chain. “The next opportunity for generational wealth in digital assets is going to come via DeFi protocols,” Kendrick stated in a research note released…
Norwich, United Kingdom, June 15th, 2026, PlayNewswire NyesteCasino.com, a leading iGaming analysis resource, released its latest industry overview, highlighting a week defined by intensifying regulatory scrutiny alongside continued global market expansion. From U.S. Senate hearings and a widening circuit split to the localisation of crypto casinos and a surge in World Cup betting activity, iGaming operators have been balancing risk management with aggressive growth strategies. Over the past week, the global iGaming sector has faced two powerful and often conflicting forces. Regulators across the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, and South America have tightened rules around prediction markets, sweepstakes casinos,…
Road Town, British Virgin Islands, June 15th, 2026, Chainwire Wallet V, a self-custody Web3 wallet, launched a public performance benchmark for the AI trading agents that its users have configured on the third-party decentralized derivatives platforms Hyperliquid and Aster. The benchmark publishes aggregate cohort performance and is hosted on the Wallet V website. The benchmark covers 688 agents created by Wallet V users over the prior two months. Each agent was configured by the user, used a large language model selected by the user to generate trading decisions, and executed on Hyperliquid or Aster. Wallet V aggregates the on-platform performance…
Bitmine owns 4.66% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 93% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 11 months Bitmine named to Fortune Crypto 100 list for 2026, a definitive ranking of the most influential companies in blockchain Bitmine closed on its sale of 3,500,000 shares of 9.50% Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock on June 10, 2026 Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock will trade on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP beginning on June 16, 2026 Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and…
Picking a wallet is the first real decision anyone makes when they start using Monero, and it is more important than it looks. The wallet you choose shapes how private, how convenient, and how secure your experience will be. With several types available, each suited to different needs, it helps to understand the landscape before you commit. This guide breaks down the main kinds of Monero wallets, the trade-offs between them, the features worth checking, and how to match a wallet to the way you actually use XMR. Why the wallet choice matters for Monero Monero is built around privacy,…
Dogecoin started a new rally from the $0.0850 zone against the US dollar. DOGE currently faces a hurdle near $0.090 and could be headed for even bigger gains. DOGE price started a decent rise above $0.0850 and $0.0880. The price is trading above the $0.0870 level and the 100 hourly simple moving average. On the hourly chart of the DOGE/USD pair, a bullish trend line has formed with support at $0.0870 (data source: Kraken). If the price remains above $0.0850, the price may continue to rise. Dogecoin price faces hurdles Dogecoin price remained supported above the $0.0850 zone and started…
SpaceX went public this week in the largest IPO ever, making CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. Despite its name, SpaceX has been emphasizing the potential of its costly AI business, and competitors OpenAI and Anthropic may soon follow with their own public market debuts. So on the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed what’s looking like a hot IPO summer. “We have SpaceX not only sucking up just a huge chunk of the money that’s available on public markets, but also really stress testing the limits of what a public company…
Joerg Hiller Jun 14, 2026 09:14 On mid-June, US and Iran proximity to a framework for ending the Middle East war circulated draft terms, even as Tehran warned timing remains unsettled and negotiators adjust details. No Meeting by June 30 remains dominant despite talks on the edge Developments The CNA report on June 14, 2026 described US-Iran talks moving closer to a framework deal, with Tehran signaling ongoing reviews and timing still unclear. Meanwhile, traders on Polymarket are actively revising pricing around whether a diplomatic meeting will occur by June 30, pushing the contract’s odds higher and then pulling back…