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INTEL: Iran says latest US strikes have made the ceasefire “practically meaningless,” warning it is determined to neutralize the origin of attacks Twitter

INTEL: Seoul police book Bithumb CEO Lee Jae-won as bribery suspect over alleged hiring favor tied to a lawmaker’s son, with investigators probing whether Bithumb received political support in return Twitter

INTEL: Japan moves to treat crypto more like stocks, pairing a planned 20% tax rate by 2028 with tougher market rules to draw more institutions into digital assets Twitter

INTEL: US launches strikes on Iran, explosions reported in Tehran and in the port city of Sirik Twitter

INTEL: Sam Altman says he expects OpenAI to go public within the next year Twitter

INTEL: US government-linked FTX/Alameda seized funds wallet deposits 98,590 $LINK ($768K) to Coinbase Prime Twitter

INTEL: Mastercard launches protocol for AI agents to pay each other automatically Twitter

INTEL: U.S. core inflation cooled to 0.2% in May, below the 0.3% forecast Twitter

INTEL: Trump says US is close to ordering strikes on Iranian power plants and bridges, accusing Tehran of “tapping the United States along” in negotiations after overnight strikes hit roughly 20 Iranian-linked targets, according to Israeli reporters Twitter

INTEL: Trump says “Iran’s Military is a complete and total mess,” claiming its navy and air force “doesn’t even exist anymore” and warning Tehran “will have to pay the price” after taking too long to negotiate Twitter

INTEL: New York moves to align stablecoin rules with the GENIUS Act, bringing state oversight closer to the federal crypto framework Twitter

INTEL: IRAN WILL RESPOND DECISIVELY TO THE AMERICAN AGGRESSION, AS IT WARNED A FEW HOURS AGO: TASNIM REPORTED Twitter

INTEL: U.S. launches fresh airstrikes against Iran hours after Trump vowed retaliation for the downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter, as six explosions are reported on Qeshm Island. Twitter

INTEL: Oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz will resume in Q3, but traffic is not expected to return to pre-war levels until early 2027, IEA says Twitter

INTEL: Anthropic will release Claude Fable later today, a safeguarded Mythos-class model priced about 2x Claude Opus, after initial Mythos pricing was 5x Opus, The Information says Twitter

INTEL: Talks to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon are achieving “positive results,” citing a White House official Twitter

INTEL: Von der Leyen says EU will double down with 21st Russia sanctions package, including powers for full third-country bans on crypto-asset services Twitter

INTEL: Taiwan weighs AI chip export curbs on China to align with US rules, targeting advanced chips and AI servers routed through third-country supply chains Twitter

INTEL: Japanese bank SBI Shinsei to launch crypto rewards for depositors this fall, letting customers convert 20% of fiat interest into BTC, ETH or XRP vouchers Twitter

INTEL: China considers $295B nationwide plan to build AI data centers Twitter