Financial Markets

Bank of England and FCA set out handoff for oversight of systemic UK stablecoins

Bank of England and FCA explain how oversight of UK stablecoin issuers would shift if one is deemed systemic, clarifying who regulates issuers as they scale.

#stablecoin, #uk, #regulation, #bankofengland, #fca

UK launches first real-time consolidated tape for bonds

The UK launched its first real-time consolidated tape for bonds on June 22, aggregating post-trade prices across venues to boost market transparency.

#uk, #bonds, #consolidated-tape, #fca

CFTC Consent Order Permanently Bans Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky From Trading, Closes Civil Case

A federal court entered a CFTC consent order barring Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky from trading and anti-fraud violations, ending the agency’s civil case.

#celsius, #mashinsky, #cftc, #crypto

Honeywell Board Approves June 29 Spin-Off of Honeywell Aerospace; HONA to Trade on Nasdaq

Honeywell’s board approved a June 29 distribution to create Honeywell Aerospace (HONA) and rename the remainder Honeywell Technologies (HON).

$HON, $HONA, $HONAV, #honeywell, #spinoff, #aerospace, #stocks

Q2 2026 Is Already the Most-Hacked Crypto Quarter by Incident Count, Tracker Shows

DefiLlama data show roughly 70 exploits and about $746 million lost in Q2 so far, with April's two mega-attacks and infrastructure failures driving the tally.

#crypto, #defi, #cybersecurity, #hacks

SpaceX Raises About $75 Billion in Biggest IPO Ever, Shares Jump Nearly 20% in Nasdaq Debut

SpaceX raised roughly $75 billion in the largest IPO on record, listing as SPCX on Nasdaq and closing about 20% above its $135 offering price.

$SPCX, #space, #spacex, #ipo, #nasdaq

SEC Proposes Rescinding Order-Protection Rule (Rule 611) and Locked/Crossed-Quote Ban

SEC proposes rescinding Rule 611 and Rule 610(e) of Regulation NMS, opening a 60-day comment period as it reviews equity market-structure rules.

#sec, #regulationnms, #marketstructure, #rulemaking

Strategy’s May Bitcoin Buys and SpaceX Disclosure Explain Spike in Public Corporate Holdings

May’s rise in disclosed corporate bitcoin holdings was driven mainly by Strategy’s roughly 25,400 BTC purchases and SpaceX’s disclosure of 18,712 BTC.

$MSTR, #bitcoin, #corporate-treasury, #microstrategy, #spacex

500 Million USDT Transferred From Binance Wallet to Tether Treasury on June 2

Public blockchain records show a 500 million USDT transfer from a Binance-labeled wallet to Tether Treasury on June 2, part of a recurring pattern.

#crypto, #tether, #binance, #stablecoin, #ethereum

1.35 Million SOL (~$84M) Transferred to Address Labeled 'Coinbase Institutional'

On June 6, Whale Alert recorded 1,349,999 SOL (about $84M) moved to an address it labels 'Coinbase Institutional', a transaction traders watch.

#crypto, #solana, #coinbase, #whalealert

Pension funds retreat from bonds, BIS paper finds

A BIS study finds pensions globally have reduced bond holdings and increased mutual funds and alternatives, a shift linked to falling local bond yields.

#pensions, #bonds, #mutualfunds, #financialstability

Citron Founder Andrew Left Convicted on Criminal Securities-Fraud Charges in Los Angeles

Andrew Left, founder of Citron Research, was convicted by a federal jury in Los Angeles of securities-fraud charges for trading ahead of market-moving posts.

$NVDA, #citron, #andrewleft, #securitiesfraud, #shortselling, #nvda

FedEx Completes Spin-Off of Freight Unit; FedEx Freight Begins Trading as FDXF

FedEx completed the spin-off of its less-than-truckload freight unit, distributing shares to investors and launching FedEx Freight Holding Co. (FDXF) on the NYSE.

$FDXF, $FDX, #fedex, #spinoff, #freight, #stocks

Pseudonymous Wallet Deposits $128.8 Million USDC Into Aave V3 on May 31

On May 31 a pseudonymous Ethereum address supplied about $128.8M in USDC to Aave V3, following a similar $128.6M transfer four days earlier.

#aave, #defi, #usdc, #ethereum

CFTC Approves First Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Contract for U.S. Exchange; KalshiEX to List BTCPERP

The CFTC approved KalshiEX's cash-settled bitcoin perpetual futures contract, the first formal approval for a perp on a CFTC-regulated U.S. exchange.

#crypto, #bitcoin, #cftc, #derivatives, #kalshiex