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Global football just crossed a financial Rubicon. FIFA’s 2025 Global Transfer Report reveals that international transfer spending on men’s football hit $13.08 billion this year, obliterating the previous record of $9.66 billion set in 2023.That’s not a gentle climb. It’s a 35% leap past the prior hi

The US Government Accountability Office is, once again, telling the FDIC it needs to get its act together on crypto oversight. In a letter dated June 8, 2026, the GAO reminded the federal deposit insurer that a recommendation it made back in July 2023 for formal interagency coordination on blockchai

Nearly every central bank on the planet thinks gold reserves are headed higher. The World Gold Council’s 2025 survey found that 95% of central bank respondents expect global gold reserves to increase over the next 12 months. That’s up from 81% in the 2024 edition of the same survey. More telling: a

ChainCatcher report: The group stage of the World Cup continues today, with several matches producing results unexpected by pre-match market forecasts. Spain drew 0-0 with Cape Verde, Belgium drew 1-1 with Egypt, Uruguay drew 1-1 with Saudi Arabia, and Iran drew 2-2 with New Zealand. Multiple teams

Cape Verde, a volcanic archipelago off the west coast of Africa with a population of roughly 529,000, just earned their first-ever World Cup point. They did it against Spain, the reigning European champions and co-favorites to win the entire tournament.The Group H opener on June 15, 2026, at Mercede

The World Gold Council (WGC) said on Tuesday that 45% of central banks surveyed expect to increase their gold holdings over the next 12 months, up two percentage points from a year ago. In the WGC’s annual survey conducted between February 5 and May 19, 54% of the 74 central banks surveyed indicated

The 52nd G7 Summit rolled into its second day in Evian-les-Bains, France, with leaders from the world’s seven largest advanced economies deep in discussions about AI safety, digital security, and protecting kids online. What they’re not discussing: anything related to crypto or digital assets.What’s

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on June 16, during the latest episode of the BG2 podcast, Fox and Brad Gerstner discussed the economics of deploying AI compute power into space, framing it as a potential long-term option embedded in SpaceX’s valuation. BG2 is a technology investment podcast hosted by

Global chip giant Qualcomm is negotiating to acquire AI chip design company Tenstorrent, with an expected transaction value of $8 to $10 billion—a significant premium over Tenstorrent’s approximately $2.6 billion valuation last year. Founded in 2016 and led by legendary chip designer Jim Keller, Ten

Professor Xiao Yanghua from Fudan University demonstrated through experiments that AI digital twins can accurately replicate an individual’s social personality. After analyzing 106,000 WeChat messages, his digital twin could respond to everyday messages so convincingly that it was indistinguishable

The AI glasses market is set to explode in 2026, becoming the most anticipated growth category in consumer electronics. In the domestic market, Qwen AI Glasses leads with a 30.4% retail revenue share, while brands such as Thunderbird V4, Baidu AI Glasses Pro, and Li Weike each offer distinct feature

XRP rose to $1.19 after ETF news and breakout above $1.14 resistance.ETF approval and exchange outflows increased optimism but no confirmed breakout yet.Traders watch $1.20 resistance, with a stronger barrier near $1.27 to $1.30.Ripple’s XRP pushed higher today as buyers returned to large-cap crypto

Japan’s central bank just did something it hasn’t done since the mid-1990s: pushed interest rates to 1%. The Bank of Japan raised its short-term policy rate from 0.75% to 1% on June 16, marking the highest level since September 1995 and continuing a slow, deliberate march away from decades of ultra-

BlockBeats news, on June 16, during the latest episode of the BG2 podcast, Fox and Brad Gerstner discussed the economics of deploying AI computing power into space, viewing it as a potential long-term option embedded in SpaceX’s valuation.BG2 is a technology investment podcast hosted by Brad Gerstne

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