Bybit launched IPO Express on June 7, letting retail investors worldwide subscribe to tokenized SpaceX shares at the official offering price — backed 1:1 by real equity in regulated custody.
Microsoft researchers caught a prompt injection flaw in Claude Code's GitHub Action — attackers could trick the AI into leaking API keys and CI/CD secrets from any workflow. Patched on May 5.
Bitcoin dropped to $59,100 on June 5 — its lowest since October 2024. The coin shed nearly 20% in a week and over 52% from its $126,000 peak. ETF outflows hit a record $4.4 billion across 13 straight days.
Travala launched a protocol letting AI agents autonomously search and book hotels — payment goes through in USDC over Base, with humans approving the final transaction.
OpenAI is preparing its biggest ChatGPT overhaul, the Financial Times reports — turning the chatbot into a superapp with agents, coding, and third-party services in one place, ahead of the company's expected listing.
The White House and Sam Altman have been discussing transferring OpenAI equity to the US government, with proceeds potentially flowing to a public fund and directly to citizens.
Arthur Hayes publicly called Worldcoin his top AI trade on June 5, then sold his entire stake within 24 hours. WLD fell 21%. ZachXBT accused Hayes of generating exit liquidity from followers.
A bipartisan bill released June 4 proposes the first comprehensive U.S. AI framework: mandatory audits for frontier labs and a three-year ban on states passing new AI development laws.
The SEC cleared Securitize's S-4 registration for its $1.25B merger with Cantor's SPAC, paving the way for a NYSE listing under SECZ with BlackRock among the key backers.
Six Anthropic engineers are deployed inside the NSA using Mythos for offensive cyber operations — on the same day the company publicly called for a global halt to advanced AI development.
Google struck a deal with SpaceX to rent 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs for $920M per month from October 2026 through June 2029, citing unexpectedly high demand for its recently launched AI products.
The House Ways and Means Committee circulated seven crypto tax drafts covering staking deferral, stablecoin purchases, and small transactions. A hearing is set for June 9.
HKMA formed a 21-institution expert group — JPMorgan, HSBC, Clifford Chance, HashKey and others — to rewrite Hong Kong's regulatory framework for tokenized bonds, targeting global leadership in debt tokenization.
JPMorgan, Citi, BofA and Wells Fargo plan a shared blockchain deposit network via The Clearing House to compete with stablecoins. Launch set for H1 2027.
A security engineer used Anthropic's AI to uncover a four-year-old bug in Zcash's Orchard pool that could have enabled unlimited undetectable counterfeit minting. ZEC fell 30% on the news.
A Michigan couple bought a home by pledging Bitcoin as collateral — no sale, no capital gains bill. Better and Coinbase launched the first U.S. mortgage with government backing tied to crypto.
Goldman Sachs, Apex Group, Archax and LRC Group launched a blockchain-native real estate fund on GS DAP — the first time the platform moves beyond pilots into a real asset class.
Coinbase opened 24/7 USDC-settled perpetual futures on SpaceX with up to 5x leverage, days before the company's scheduled Nasdaq listing on June 12.
Tether and Fasset launched the world's first gold-backed Visa card: XAUT converts to fiat at checkout, pays up to 6% cashback in tokenized gold, backed by a $1M commitment from Tether.
Treasury Secretary Bessent confirmed to the Senate that the U.S. is building a Bitcoin reserve from seized assets and called for the CLARITY Act to pass by end of summer 2026.
