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Mastercard prepares for a future where AI agents make payments
The company is working with Coinbase, Stripe and other companies to build trusted payment systems for AI-driven commerce.

Live updates: bitcoin holding below $62,000 as nervous Nasdaq falls further ahead of SpaceX IPO
Core inflation rose less than feared in May, but markets have turned lower in afternoon trade.

Live updates: Bitcoin narrows early losses, returns to $62,000 as Nasdaq bounces to close down 1%
Crypto prices rose on Monday following last week's crash, but the bears still appear to be in control.

Influential research firm that caused AI stock meltdown lays out Hyperliquid as 'compelling' idea
Unlike most crypto, Hyperliquid actually generates cash flow and has a token buyback mechanism, says Citrini Research

Live updates: Bitcoin tops $63,000 as Strategy adds $100 million BTC in latest purchase
Meanwhile, Strive bought 32 bitcoin, the same number Strategy dumped last week.

Sam Bankman-Fried officially asks Trump for a presidential pardon
The fallen crypto mogul serving a 25-year sentence filed a clemency petition, betting on Donald Trump's history of crypto pardons even though the president had told him not to count on one.

America’s largest banks are building a new digital currency network to stop a massive deposit drain
America’s biggest banks are launching tokenized deposits to compete with stablecoins, opening a new front in the race to become the dominant form of cash on blockchain networks.

Live updates: bitcoin tumbles to $60,000 as blowout jobs data, Zcash bug keeps pressure on crypto
Zcash plummeted 40% after Shielded Labs revealed a major bug that went undetected for 4 years.

Bitcoin bounces, HYPE falls, NEAR gets demolished as crypto deals with a wipe out
Amid the crypto price crash, a handful of tokens have been performing well, but they're tumbling now as Arthur Hayes exits.

SpaceX targets record $75 billion IPO as bitcoin treasury and liquidity risks draw focus
SpaceX's proposed $75 billion IPO would rank among the largest ever, while its $1.29 billion bitcoin holding and the broader wave of megacap listings could reshape capital flows across crypto and technology markets.

