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Dubai, UAE, July 1st, 2026, Chainwire Utorg, a crypto wallet and card platform built on institutional-grade infrastructure, today announced it has received full authorization under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, effective July 1, 2026 – the date on which the industry’s transitional period ends and unauthorized providers can no longer legally serve European users.  The company, which also provides regulated crypto rails, wallets and stablecoin infrastructure to businesses across 130+ countries, is among a small number of platforms to have completed the full authorization process and is now cleared to operate across all 29 EEA member states, a…

Executive Summary Kevin Warsh’s arrival as Fed chair is reinforcing a more hawkish tone and a deliberate shift toward letting markets take the lead in pricing interest rates. Bond investors appear to be accepting that invitation. Real Treasury yields have climbed to multi-year highs, the yield curve has flattened sharply, overnight index swaps have repriced toward a higher policy path, and mortgage spreads remain historically wide. Warsh’s ‘Market-Led’ Policy and Real Yields Warsh, in his first press conference, highlighted that inflation has persistently run above the Fed’s 2% goal for over five years, describing high prices as a burden on…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.10%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.50%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.09%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) are up +0.59%. Stock indexes are stronger today, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 posting 1-week highs as they extend Monday’s sharp rally on the last trading day of Q2.  Demand for technology stocks is leading the overall market higher as investors anticipate another strong earnings season beginning next month, driven by the investment boom in artificial intelligence.  Join 200K+…

Sheridan, USA / Wyoming, June 30th, 2026, Chainwire Five years in the making, Autheo is launching its decentralized operating system on Mainnet — after public testnet adoption surpassed 1.8 million wallets, nearly 1 million smart contracts, and 8.8 million transactions. Autheo today formally introduced its decentralized operating system to the public: a coordination layer designed to let the traditional Web, blockchain networks, and AI agents interoperate natively as a single system. The company is now launching its Mainnet — the production environment for the network — after more than a year of public testnet activity. THE COORDINATION LAYER THE INTERNET…

Victoria, Seychelles, June 30th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, today announced the listing of Ondo’s tokenized Strategy’s preferred stock on its spot market, further expanding its tokenized U.S. stock offerings. STRCON tracks Strategy Pref (STRC), Strategy’s preferred stock. The company formerly known as MicroStrategy, Inc., is the world’s largest corporate holder of bitcoin, with holdings of 847,363 BTC as of June 21, 2026, according to company filings. The STRCON/USDT spot trading pair will be listed at 14:00 (UTC) on June 30, 2026. Deposits opened earlier the same day at 08:00 (UTC). Full listing details are…

DJIA38904.04 307.06S&P 5005204.34 57.13NASDAQ16248.52 199.44Russell 20002060.10 8.70German DAX18163.94 -238.49FTSE 1007911.16 -64.73CAC 408061.31 -90.24EuroStoxx 505013.35 -57.20Nikkei 22538992.08 -781.06Hang Seng16723.92 -1.18Shanghai Comp3069.30 -5.66KOSPI2714.21 -27.79Bloomberg Comm IDX102.90 0.64WTI Crude-fut91.17 0.01Brent Crude-fut86.57 1.15Natural Gas1.79 0.00Gasoline-fut2.79 -0.01Gold-fut2345.40 33.50Silver-fut27.50 0.46Platinum-fut940.60 -5.50Palladium-fut1007.40 -23.60Copper-fut423.60 1.85Aluminum-spot1815.00 0.00Coffee-fut212.50 5.75Soybeans-fut1185.00 5.00Wheat-fut567.25 11.00Bitcoin67976.00 304.00Ethereum USD3328.10 56.27Litecoin98.71 0.69Dogecoin0.18 0.00EUR/USD1.0862 0.0007USD/JPY151.72 -0.02GBP/USD1.2678 0.0016USD/CHF0.9044 -0.0014USD IDX104.28 0.08US 10-Yr TR4.4 0.091GER 10-Yr TR2.406 0.007UK 10-Yr TR4.064 -0.005JAP 10-Yr TR0.771 -0.004Fed Funds5.5 0SOFR5.32 0

Shareholders of Tronox Holdings PLC (Symbol: TROX) looking to boost their income beyond the stock’s 3.1% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2028 covered call at the $10 strike and collect the premium based on the $1.80 bid, which annualizes to an additional 18.1% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 21.3% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away. Any upside above $10 would be lost if the stock rises there and is called away, but TROX shares would have…

Bitmine owns 4.7% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 94% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 11 months Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026 Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP Bitmine has 4,879,157 staked ETH, representing $7.7 billion at $1,569 per ETH. MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network) is a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR and institutional investors Bitmine owns $74 million of Eightco, now one of the only publicly listed equities in the world…

The wheat complex posted losses across most contracts on Friday. Chicago SRW contracts were down 9 to 12 3/4 cents in the front months, with July 27 ½ cents lower on the week. KC HRW futures were 9 to 11 ¾ cents in the red on Friday, with the weekly loss for July at 33 cents. MPLS spring wheat was 8 ½ to 11 ¾ cents lower on the day, with the weekly mode of 47 ½ cents lower. CFTC data showed managed money adding 1,675 contracts to their net short position in the week ending on June 23, taking it…

Adriano Duarte has been tapped as EVP and CFO of Provident Bank and Provident Financial Services. Duarte will lead the Finance division, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury, investor relations, corporate strategy, financial reporting, tax, facilities, and financial risk management. He will also serve as an advisor to the executive leadership team and board of directors. Duarte will report directly to Anthony Labozzetta, CEO and president of Provident Bank, and will assume his position on July 1. Duarte succeeds Thomas Lyons, who retired after two decades with Provident.  Luke Blackwell has been named president of NexEnergy, a newly formed group within Dallas-based NexPoint, an energy-focused alternative investment firm. Blackwell will be…