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A New Way to Trade the Biggest US Stocks The launch covers 77 contracts in total, i.e. 55 standard-sized futures, each representing 100 shares of the underlying stock, and 22 micro-sized contracts covering 10 shares apiece. The lineup spans mega-cap technology names such as Alphabet, Meta and Tesla alongside the recently public SpaceX, plus household names including Micron, Pfizer and Walmart, according to CME Group’s own announcement. All contracts are cash-settled against the underlying stock’s closing price and follow a quarterly expiration structure, similar to CME’s existing equity index futures. Tim McCourt, CME Group’s global head of equities, FX and…

Bitcoin miner Sphere 3D has up to $10.3 million of amended at-the-market stock-sale capacity for working capital, while its standing policy also permits mined Bitcoin sales for working capital or growth. At the assumed $2.35 share price in its July 31 prospectus supplement, full use of the facility would add 4,382,978 common shares and expand the company’s basic share count by 50.9%. That sale would lift basic shares outstanding from 8,619,150 to 13,002,128. The amended facility replaced Sphere 3D’s prior ATM prospectus. It is authorization, not a completed issuance: A.G.P. and Maxim are not required to sell a minimum amount,…

Crypto markets have already priced in a steady hand at the Federal Reserve. The first FOMC meeting led by new Chair Kevin Warsh is set to begin on June 16, and prediction markets on platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi assign a 99% probability that rates will stay put, according to the Santiment update from Monday. That removes a major variable that has kept risk assets on edge for months. The immediate market focus has shifted. No longer is the question whether the central bank touches borrowing costs, but rather what Warsh signals about the months ahead. Investors are now treating…

The DeFi curated vault market has witnessed a notable expansion over the year. This denotes a key shift in the allocation of capital across diverse lending protocols. As the latest report from Sentora points out, the value of the DeFi-based assets that are organized via curated vaults shows a spike to $7.18B across fifty-five risk curators throughout the year. This is a significant surge in comparison with the earlier year’s $4.75B. The curated vault market has grown to $7.18B across 55 tracked risk curators, up from $4.75B a year earlier.Over the same period, total lending TVL declined 36%.Capital is moving…

A Polymarket trader known as DEEDDIT has pulled off one of the platform’s biggest turnarounds. The trader recovered from a $10.8 million loss and turned it into more than $8 million in all-time profit within two weeks, according to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain. The comeback was completed on July 14 after DEEDDIT placed an $11.3 million wager on Spain to advance against France in the 2026 FIFA World Cup semifinal. Spain’s 2-0 victory generated roughly $9.9 million in profit in a single day, marking the end of the recovery. Lookonchain called the performance “legendary,” saying the trader erased an eight-figure…

“Franklin Templeton supports passage of the CLARITY Act,” the asset manager wrote in a post on X. “The bill would make clear how crypto is regulated. Investors would know what protections apply. Firms would know which regulators they answer to. It’s time to provide the industry the clarity it needs.” Fidelity struck a similar tone, saying the legislation would provide the “clear rules of the road” needed to strengthen investor confidence, provide certainty for market participants and reinforce U.S. leadership in digital asset markets. BlackRock also threw its weight behind the proposal. In a statement to Politico, Samara Cohen, the…

For a year Robinhood was Kalshi’s largest distributor. Then it bought a CFTC-licensed exchange off the shelf, put Susquehanna behind the order book, and began routing its own flow to itself. The World Cup was the proving ground, the migration is under way, and the lesson is the one every platform eventually teaches its suppliers: the license was never the moat. There is a sequence that plays out in every platform business, and the companies on the wrong end of it almost never see it coming, because the early years feel like partnership. A distributor takes a supplier’s product to…

Investment firm Bernstein has indicated that Bitcoin miners and AI infrastructure companies operating in Texas with secured power capacity may see their valuations rise, as the state begins auditing grid interconnection projects for data centers. The report, which was covered by The Block, points to growing political opposition to new data centers and potential limits on new power supply under state regulations. Why Secured Power Capacity Matters The core of Bernstein’s argument is that the scarcity value of already approved megawatts will increase. As Texas reviews grid interconnection projects, the ability to secure power capacity becomes a critical asset. Bernstein…

TL:DR: An inactive Bitcoin address mobilized a total of 2,373 $BTC after a latency period of between five and seven years. The transfer of the assets was carried out at the moment when the price of Bitcoin surpassed the $66,000 mark. The financial movement represented an estimated market value of approximately $156 million. The recent rally in cryptocurrency markets caused a dormant Bitcoin whale to reactivate its financial operations after a long period of inactivity. The entity executed a massive transfer of funds coinciding with the asset’s return above a major trading threshold. Data from CryptoQuant indicates that Maartun, an…

A DeFi lending platform that once brought in $80 million in revenue has quietly dismantled its consumer-facing app, cutting off retail users entirely, as its OTC lending desk to tech giants now holds $260 million in outstanding loans. The pivot, detailed in the original report, reveals how some crypto-native companies are radically reorienting toward institutional demand after a brutal bear market erased retail exuberance. The Bear Market Reckoning During the last cycle’s peak, the platform raked in $80 million from a user base that included retail borrowers and lenders. As asset prices collapsed and on-chain activity dried up, those revenues…