Payback: Russia Uses Iran as a Proxy Against the United States

SpaceX IPO Lifts Off As Data Center Race Moves From Ashburn To Abilene To Space SpaceX surged 19% on Friday in its Nasdaq debut following the world's largest IPO, closing near $161 after opening at $150 and valuing the company north of $2 trillion. J.P. Morgan + SpaceX= Largest IPO Congratulations to the @spaceX team on this milestone, we were proud to serve as a lead bookrunner on the transaction. pic.twitter.com/axxob266QP — J.P. Morgan (@jpmorgan) June 12, 2026 A continuation of the space-based data center theme and how to profit comes from Barclays analyst...

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday ordered the destruction of a Palestinian Bedouin village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a move that he said was a response to the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeking an arrest warrant for him. Middle East Eye first reported on Monday that the office of the prosecutor at the […]

Hong Kong And The Quiet Rewiring Of The Dollar System Authored by Peter C. Earle, Ph.D, Hong Kong’s decision to move forward with its first stablecoin issuer licenses may prove to be about far more than digital payments. With HSBC and a Standard Chartered-led venture among the first approved issuers under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s new framework, the city is placing major regulated banks at the center of the next phase of monetary technology. Stablecoins remain overwhelmingly USD- and US Treasury-denominated, with more than 90 percent of the market’s roughly...