Volksbanken and Sparkassen Open Crypto Retail: Germany Banks Bitcoin
German cooperative banks open crypto trading to millions of retail customers under the MiCA framework. Banked retail crypto is scaling up.
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Robinhood Launches AI Trading Agents and Credit Card: From Retail Broker to Financial Super-App
Autonomous AI agents, credit card, in-house blockchain: Robinhood no longer wants to be just a broker. This full-stack vertical integration is redrawing the boundaries between TradFi, FinTech, and DeFi.
Jul 2, 2026 at 16:36 10 10
Aisha Bello
Robinhood Launches a Public Blockchain: The Retail Broker Enters the Crypto Infrastructure Era
Robinhood no longer just wants to provide access to crypto—it wants to become its infrastructure. A proprietary public blockchain is a category shift.
Jul 1, 2026 at 22:49 7 8
Lars Eriksson
**BITX and Leveraged Bitcoin ETFs: Why Daily Rebalancing Eats Your Capital**
**2x Leveraged Bitcoin ETFs like BITX appeal with their promise of amplified returns.** But their daily rebalancing mechanism creates invisible structural value destruction-something Bitcoin’s recent performance has temporarily masked.
Jun 23, 2026 at 04:29 7 4
Yuki Tanaka
GCAP: The Multi-Billion-Dollar Contract Passes the Point of No Return for the Future Tri-National Fighter
The UK-Japan-Italy Global Combat Air Programme has just secured a major contract described as a "major step forward." For non-American defense investors, this signals that the program is politically irreversible—and industrially open to partnerships.
22 h ago 7 9
Daniel Schmidt
Warsh: AI Has "Immense Implications" for Rates – Framework Signal or Smokescreen?
The Fed chair considers artificial intelligence decisive for the future of rates. Behind the statement: a central banker securing flexibility in an environment impossible to model.
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Aisha Bello
AI Infrastructure: $638 Billion Order Book, 18-Month Low Prices - The Cycle Discount
The AI paradox: the companies building tomorrow's data centers see their stocks decline while their order books overflow.
Jul 2, 2026 at 16:36 9 9
Arjun Mehta
The average investor is turning away from the Magnificent 7: flows confirm the rotation
2.3 trillion wiped out in June, net outflows in tech ETFs: the Mag7 is no longer the safe haven investors thought.
Jul 2, 2026 at 16:36 7 9
Eleanor Whitfield
Starwood Invests $10 Billion in Real Estate in the AI Era: PE and REITs Accelerate the Pivot
The largest independent real estate PE fund redirects $10B toward data centers and compute infrastructure. After the Digital Realty/Blackstone deal, all institutional capital is shifting.
Jul 2, 2026 at 10:19 9 11
Mei-Ling Chen
OpenAI offers 5% to Washington: when the State becomes a shareholder in AI
Sam Altman is negotiating a 5% stake for the U.S. government in OpenAI. This is not philanthropy—it's a strategic move that redefines global AI governance.
Jul 2, 2026 at 10:17 8 8
Arjun Mehta
Planet Labs +8%, Rocket Lab +5%, SpaceX +4%: the space rally self-amplifies
Space is no longer a speculative thesis—it's an outperforming asset class. Rocket Lab's acquisition of Iridium propels the entire sector.
Jul 2, 2026 at 10:17 9 9
Daniel Schmidt
Together AI Raises $800M at $8.3B Valuation: The Race for GPU Neoclouds Enters a New Phase
When compute is scarce, whoever controls it sets the rules. Together AI has just proven this with an $800 million funding round.
Jul 1, 2026 at 22:49 8 8