June 17, 2026 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, have experienced a resurgence in deals and listings. From 2022 to 2024, the SPAC market was moribund, but 2025 brought renewed activity that continues into 2026. Part of this is due to new leadership at the Securities and Exchange… Read More

June 17, 2026 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

New US Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh will be under scrutiny today as he oversees the first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting to determine benchmark interest rates. Warsh was selected by President Donald Trump to replace beleaguered former Chair Jerome Powell, who was the… Read More

June 17, 2026 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Plasma has announced the launch of a stablecoin neobank called Plasma One. As a neobank, it does not hold a regulated bank license but works with regulated entities to provide certain services. The stablecoin-native neobank app aims to compete with other established digital banks by… Read More

June 17, 2026 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

There has been significant growth in platforms that offer shares in promising private firms before they go public. Recently, SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) went public at a price per share of $135 or a valuation of around $1.78 trillion. After just a few days of trading on Nasdaq,… Read More

June 16, 2026 @ 5:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation CF, or Reg CF, is the smallest of the securities crowdfunding exemptions, as issuers may raise up to $5 million. Still, the exemption has helped build an industry in which smaller firms can access capital through a regulated securities offering open to anyone, not just Accredited Investors…. Read More

June 16, 2026 @ 4:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) , the everything exchange, revealed a series of new features and updates today during a “System Update” presentation that holds a bit of Apple showmanship. The event was opened by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, who declared the US is in the midst of a golden… Read More

June 16, 2026 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN)  has announced “true” tokenized stocks as part of a “System Update,” which includes a series of announcements. Tokenization, or digital securities, can reference various real-world assets as outlined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Some platforms “wrap” shares and describe them as tokenized…. Read More

June 16, 2026 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Perpetual futures, or Perps, have arrived in the US with the first regulated Perp issue by Kalshi, referencing Bitcoin. Expect more to follow BTCPERP was approved last month by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). While some marketplaces offered a perpetual-like product, and they have… Read More

June 16, 2026 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX)  went public last week in a historic IPO that valued the firm at $1.78 trillion. Today, just several trading days later,  SpaceX is valued at over $2.5 trillion – and in pre-market trading nearing $3 trillion. To put this in perspective, Amazon is valued… Read More

June 16, 2026 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Modern brokerage Robinhood  (NASDAQ: HOOD)will slash its workforce by 10%, according to an update from the company. In a post on X, Robinhood founder and CEO Vlad Tenev described the move as a way to maximize”talent density.” “We’ve made the difficult decision to say goodbye to… Read More

June 15, 2026 @ 4:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online investment marketplace Republic listed an offering for a digital representation of SpaceX shares via the platform’s “Mirror Tokens,” or rSPAX, which is a tokenized Contingent Payout Note. The offering had a funding cap of $8 million. The successful initial public offering (IPO) of  SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) should provide… Read More

June 15, 2026 @ 4:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitso, a Latin American crypto platform, says that stablecoin usage by business customers has increased by 81% year over year. The company provided the update during the Stablecoin Conference 2026 in Mexico City. Bitso did not share aggregate amounts to provide data on actual usage…. Read More

June 15, 2026 @ 2:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee introduced six bills targeting the digital asset sector. Ways and Means is the tax-writing committee in Congress and is thus very powerful. As the House remains under Republican control and is pro-innovation and supportive of digital asset… Read More

June 15, 2026 @ 2:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Charlie Javice, the founder of Frank, a Fintech that was purchased by JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) in 2021, only for the bank to regret the transaction, is seeking a pardon from President Trump, according to reports. Frank, a platform that helped aspiring college students tap into scholarships… Read More

June 15, 2026 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

 Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN)  CEO Brian Armstrong took to X to tout Bitcoin, the world’s most popular crypto, stating he is “bullish as ever on Bitcoin and “still long.” Bitcoin seems to have hit a floor, hovering around $60,000 at times below, but it is now nearing $67,000. Speculation is… Read More

June 15, 2026 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Anthropic‘s Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5 AI models have been suspended by the US Department of Commerce because they are deemed dangerous if accessed by foreign adversaries. These applications are apparently very capable of identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in software, web browsers, and vital… Read More

June 15, 2026 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Shares of SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) are moving higher in pre-market trading. Currently, the shares are up by almost 6% at at around $170.  SpaceX completed its initial public offering (IPO) last Friday, a historic event as it was the most highly valued firm ever to go… Read More

June 12, 2026 @ 7:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shares of SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) closed up by over 20%, topping $160 today, following its initial public offering at $135 a share.  The IPO is being interpreted as a financial success for the AI/Space/internet company and as the largest firm ever to go public, with a… Read More

June 12, 2026 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

President Donald Trump has announced that Jay Clayton, the former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the current US Attorney for the SDNY, has been nominated to serve as Director of National Intelligence (DNI). SDNY is the most influential jurisdiction for financial services, as it… Read More

June 12, 2026 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) goes public today in an initial public offering that values the firm at $1.8 trillion. The fixed-price offering at $135 a share is off the charts on the hypeometer, with every pundit in capital markets sharing opinions on the valuation, the total addressable… Read More