Why Kante is still crucial for France - Giroud
France's World Cup winner Olivier Giroud explains why N'Golo Kante is still an important part of Didier Deschamps' squad, eight years after planning to retire from international football.
I Could've Rickrolled the FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID
A security researcher discovered critical vulnerabilities in FIFA's World Cup 2026 streaming infrastructure after…
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA) is Ready to Launch
Leading asset manager, BlackRock, is set to launch its iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA).
Crypto
Tokenization could propel DeFi to $2.7 trillion by 2030 according to Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered predicts that the total value locked in DeFi will reach $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030, a 37-fold…
Route announced for 2026 Tour of Britain
The men's cycling race starts in Lincolnshire, with further stages in Yorkshire and Scotland.
The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation
A Windows x86-32 emulator team discovered a program that used an extremely inefficient "optimization" to initialize 64KB…
US government watchdog urges FDIC to coordinate on crypto oversight
The US Government Accountability Office says that regulators, including the FDIC, lack an “ongoing coordination…
Anthropic shutdown makes a strong case for decentralized AI: Grayscale
Grayscale says decentralized AI tokens gained after the US government ordered Anthropic to cut access to its latest AI…
Iran v Iran in the stands as politics and football intertwine
The Iranian team may want to unite people but what the game with New Zealand revealed is just how divided many Iranians…
Albert Dadon Says SWIFT’s Russia Ban Exposed Why Neutral Financial Rails Can Fail
The 2022 disconnection of Russian banks shattered the illusion that SWIFT was a politically neutral financial rail.
Gold Prepares Short Squeeze as Bitcoin 3-Month Setup Targets Q1 Highs
Gold (Au) is setting up for a short squeeze as gold funds posted -$2.3 billion outflows last week, marking the fourth…
Iranian-Americans protest against Iran team at World Cup
The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil was outside the Iran v New Zealand opening round match as protesters called for an end to…
Show HN: Garden of Flowers – an archive of pictorial typography before ASCII art
Hey all, I made this.
Global Online Trading Industry Set to Converge for iFX EXPO International 2026
LIMASSOL, CYPRUS – 16 June 2026 Limassol is set to welcome the global online trading industry this week as iFX EXPO…
Crypto
Is Crypto Still an Independent Asset? New Research Sheds Light
A new academic study published on SSRN explores whether cryptocurrencies are still independent alternative assets or…
Trust in news hits a new low, research suggests
The Reuters Institute records its lowest trust figures since the annual research began in 2015.
Just scores double but New Zealand held by Iran in entertaining game
Iran twice come from behind to draw 2-2 with New Zealand at the Los Angeles Stadium in their Group G encounter.
Anthropic shutdown makes a strong case for decentralized AI: Grayscale
Grayscale says decentralized AI tokens gained after the US government ordered Anthropic to cut access to its latest AI…
Are billions flooding into Saudi Pro League helping national team?
As Saudi Arabia earn creditable point against Uruguay, is the money flooding into the Saudi Pro League helping the…
From Tencent to BYD: Gate Adds Massive Hong Kong Equity Portfolio for Crypto Investors
The Cayman Islands-based company stated that it will start listing stocks of companies present on the Hong Kong stock…
Japan raises interest rate to highest since 1995
The Bank of Japan has been raising rates from near-zero since 2024.
Microsoft turns to AWS as GitHub faces AI capacity crunch
Microsoft is supplementing GitHub's infrastructure with Amazon Web Services capacity to handle a surge in AI-driven…
Cathie Wood’s ARK Grabs 3.3M SpaceX Shares as Starlink Fuels Bull Case
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest moved quickly into SpaceX after Elon Musk’s space company began trading, buying nearly 3.3…