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Elliott Investment Management has taken a roughly A$1 billion position in Northern Star Resources, snapping up approximately 4% of the gold miner’s outstanding shares. It’s the activist hedge fund’s most significant investment in an Australian-listed company since its high-profile campaign against BHP back in 2017. What went wrong at Northern Star Northern Star has shed an estimated A$17 billion in market capitalization, driven by a combination of operational stumbles and leadership turmoil. The trouble started becoming impossible to ignore in May 2025, when Northern Star slashed its FY2026 production guidance. Adding to the chaos, CEO Stuart Tonkin announced his resignation…

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$TAO gained over 13% following a new export control directive from the US government restricting access to Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models. The decision reignited debates about reliance on centralized AI infrastructure. The chart shows today’s rise in the $TAO price. According to Anthropic, the US government has issued an export control directive suspending access to the Fable 5 and Mythos 5 games for all foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. This restriction applies to all foreign users, regardless of their location within or outside the US, as well as Anthropic employees. Related News The Altcoin That Has…

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Robinhood chain has seen a massive growth curve ever since its mainnet launch on July 1. From flipping Base to lead all Ethereum Layer 2s in daily transactions to an average of around 26,000 new tokens launching on the chain daily, the network is compounding rapidly. Data from Dune now shows that Robinhood chain sits second among EVM spot DEXs for daily active wallets. On July 20 it saw 191,855 active wallets out of 864,665 across all EVM chains, putting the chain ahead of Polygon and Base and behind only BNB. Source: Dune A chain around three weeks old has…

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Bitcoin is attempting to build a short-term recovery after weeks of sustained selling pressure. Although buyers have defended a key support zone, the broader trend remains fragile as price continues to trade beneath major technical resistance levels that must be cleared first to expect a genuine recovery. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart The daily chart continues to reflect a bearish market structure, with $BTC trading around $62.1K. The price remains well below both the 100-day and 200-day moving averages, which are now acting as dynamic resistance around the $71K to $75K region. As long as $BTC remains beneath these…

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Sky Ecosystem’s latest tweet underscores a pivotal shift in the stablecoin landscape, asserting that the next phase of adoption will favor those building robust infrastructure rather than those simply launching products. The emphasis is on creating systems that support scale, liquidity, and trust across various issuers and markets, as detailed in their tweet source. Breaking It Down The broader crypto market is exhibiting mixed signals, with varying momentum across major assets. Amid this uncertainty, Sky Ecosystem’s focus on the infrastructure required for stablecoin adoption highlights a significant trend. The call for a supportive framework suggests a shift away from competitive…

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SpaceX is targeting a Nasdaq listing on June 12, 2026, under the ticker SPCX. The company is aiming for a valuation of approximately $1.75 trillion and a raise of roughly $75 billion, which would make it the largest IPO in history by a wide margin. For context, the current record holder is Saudi Aramco, which raised $29.4 billion when it went public in 2019. SpaceX’s planned offering would surpass that by more than 2.5 times. The road to listing SpaceX filed a confidential draft S-1 with the SEC on April 1, 2026. Roadshow activities are planned for early June, setting…

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According to on-chain data, the SIREN token experienced a sharp decline in the last few hours. The data suggests that addresses allegedly controlling SIREN sold approximately 17 million SIREN tokens across multiple wallets in about two hours. The total value of these sales is estimated to be around $6.75 million. Following selling pressure, the SIREN price dropped from $0.47 to $0.13, losing over 70% of its value. Allegedly, market makers or controllers in the SIREN market hold approximately 680 million tokens, representing at least 94% of the total supply. This has raised concerns that the token is controlled by a…

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United Stables has adopted Chainlink as the official oracle and cross-chain infrastructure for its U stablecoin after the asset surpassed $1 billion in circulating supply and more than $2.5 billion in daily trading volume. According to an announcement from United Stables, the company has integrated Chainlink’s data and interoperability products to strengthen pricing, reserve verification, and future cross-chain transfers for U, its dollar-pegged stablecoin launched on $BNB Chain and Ethereum in December 2025. The rollout includes Chainlink Data Feeds and Proof of Reserve, both of which are now live. United Stables said it also plans to integrate Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability…

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As Bitcoin ($BTC) price rebounded above $61,900 on July 3, Jay Jacobs, a Managing Director at BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), believes that the flagship coin may be propelled further by adoption from institutional investors. Jacobs, also the U.S. Head of Equity ETFs (exchange-traded funds) at BlackRock, said in mid June, 2026 that the flagship coin is ‘too big to ignore’. He added that Bitcoin’s utility is fueled by the ‘great convergence’ between TradFi (Traditional Finance) and DeFi (Decentralized Finance). Furthermore, Jacobs noted that nearly 75% of investors seeking to buy the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) have never owned an…

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Function, a Bitcoin-centered DeFi infrastructure entity, has unveiled the FBTC Agent software development kit. With this toolkit, which is set to turn Bitcoin into programmable capital, Function is transforming beyond cross-chain liquidity and wrapped assets. As Function disclosed in its official press release, the initiative lets AI agents read positions, prepare transfers, and evaluate market context. As a result, the SDK enables the $BTC liquidity flow into different lending markets, along with maintaining user control over the final execution. Bitcoin is becoming programmable capital.Introducing the Function FBTC Agent SDK—agent-native tools for bringing FBTC into DeFi across Ethereum and @Mantle_Official.Built for…

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