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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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SEC proposes to rescind 2024 climate-disclosure rule

The SEC proposed formally rescinding its 2024 climate-disclosure rule, opening a 60-day comment period and seeking to erase the standardized climate-reporting framework.

#sec, #climate, #disclosure, #regulation

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CFTC Staff Says Some Deribit Perpetuals Can Be Treated as Foreign Futures; Coinbase Subsidiary Gets Conditional No-Action Relief

CFTC staff says Deribit perpetuals may qualify as foreign futures and grants Coinbase Financial Markets conditional relief to post customer crypto as margin.

$COIN, #cftc, #coinbase, #crypto, #deribit

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Costco Reports Strong Q3 Results, Sales Up 11.6% as Digital Growth Surges

Costco posted fiscal Q3 net sales of $69.154B and net income of $2.192B; digitally enabled sales jumped 21.5% and membership fees reached $1.373B.

$COST, #costco, #earnings, #retail, #stocks