> 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
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> SOUTH KOREAN POLICE BOOK CEO OF SECOND-LARGEST CRYPTO EXCHANGE BITHUMB AS BRIBERY SUSPECT
ACCORDING TO YONHAP, SEOUL POLICE HAVE BOOKED BITHUMB CEO LEE JAE-WON AS A BRIBERY SUSPECT OVER ALLEGATIONS THAT HE HELPED SECURE A JOB AT BITHUMB FOR THE SON OF INDEPENDENT LAWMAKER KIM BYUNG-KEE. INVESTIGATORS ARE ALSO EXAMINING WHETHER KIM ENGAGED IN PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES BENEFITING BITHUMB IN RETURN. THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. — LINK
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ACCORDING TO YONHAP, SEOUL POLICE HAVE BOOKED BITHUMB CEO LEE JAE-WON AS A BRIBERY SUSPECT OVER ALLEGATIONS THAT HE HELPED SECURE A JOB AT BITHUMB FOR THE SON OF INDEPENDENT LAWMAKER KIM BYUNG-KEE. INVESTIGATORS ARE ALSO EXAMINING WHETHER KIM ENGAGED IN PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES BENEFITING BITHUMB IN RETURN. THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. — LINK
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> 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
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> IRAN SAYS LATEST US STRIKES HAVE MADE THE CEASEFIRE “PRACTICALLY MEANINGLESS,” WARNING IT IS DETERMINED TO NEUTRALIZE THE ORIGIN OF ATTACKS
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> JUST IN: 🇯🇵 JAPAN ADVANCES BILL TO RECLASSIFY CRYPTOCURRENCIES AS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS AND CUT TAXES FROM 55% TO 20%.
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> SOUTH KOREAN POLICE BOOK BITHUMB CEO AS BRIBERY SUSPECT IN LAWMAKER HIRING PROBE: REPORT — LINK
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> $SPCX - SPACEX IPO VALUATION BUILT ON HYPE, SAYS CHANOS
SHORT SELLER JIM CHANOS ARGUES SPACEX’S PLANNED $1.75 TRILLION IPO VALUATION IS DISCONNECTED FROM FUNDAMENTALS AND DRIVEN BY OVERLY OPTIMISTIC FUTURE EXPECTATIONS. SPEAKING AHEAD OF THE RECORD‑BREAKING $75 BILLION LISTING, HE SAID INVESTORS ARE PRICING IN AMBITIOUS NARRATIVES RATHER THAN REALISTIC EARNINGS PROSPECTS, ADDING THAT SPACEX’S VALUATION MULTIPLE FAR EXCEEDS THAT OF TESLA.
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SHORT SELLER JIM CHANOS ARGUES SPACEX’S PLANNED $1.75 TRILLION IPO VALUATION IS DISCONNECTED FROM FUNDAMENTALS AND DRIVEN BY OVERLY OPTIMISTIC FUTURE EXPECTATIONS. SPEAKING AHEAD OF THE RECORD‑BREAKING $75 BILLION LISTING, HE SAID INVESTORS ARE PRICING IN AMBITIOUS NARRATIVES RATHER THAN REALISTIC EARNINGS PROSPECTS, ADDING THAT SPACEX’S VALUATION MULTIPLE FAR EXCEEDS THAT OF TESLA.
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> IRAN DECLARES HORMUZ STRAIT CLOSED
IRAN’S NEWLY FORMED STRAIT AUTHORITY SAID THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS CLOSED “UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE” FOLLOWING ESCALATING MILITARY EXCHANGES WITH THE UNITED STATES. THE IRGC ALSO CLAIMED THE WATERWAY IS SHUT TO ALL VESSELS, THOUGH US OFFICIALS SAY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC CONTINUES. ONCE A KEY GLOBAL OIL ROUTE, TRAFFIC THROUGH THE STRAIT HAS ALREADY FALLEN TO ABOUT 15% OF PRE‑WAR LEVELS, ACCORDING TO JPMORGAN.
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IRAN’S NEWLY FORMED STRAIT AUTHORITY SAID THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS CLOSED “UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE” FOLLOWING ESCALATING MILITARY EXCHANGES WITH THE UNITED STATES. THE IRGC ALSO CLAIMED THE WATERWAY IS SHUT TO ALL VESSELS, THOUGH US OFFICIALS SAY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC CONTINUES. ONCE A KEY GLOBAL OIL ROUTE, TRAFFIC THROUGH THE STRAIT HAS ALREADY FALLEN TO ABOUT 15% OF PRE‑WAR LEVELS, ACCORDING TO JPMORGAN.
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> US DISABLES THIRD SHIP THIS WEEK IN IRAN BLOCKADE
U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND SAID AMERICAN FORCES DISABLED THE OIL TANKER JALVEER IN THE GULF OF OMAN AFTER IT ALLEGEDLY VIOLATED THE BLOCKADE ON IRAN BY TRANSPORTING IRANIAN OIL. TWO HELLFIRE MISSILES STRUCK THE VESSEL’S ENGINE ROOM AFTER THE CREW IGNORED ORDERS. IT WAS THE THIRD COMMERCIAL SHIP DISABLED THIS WEEK. SINCE APRIL 13, CENTCOM SAYS IT HAS DISABLED NINE VESSELS AND REDIRECTED 135 OTHERS UNDER THE BLOCKADE.
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U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND SAID AMERICAN FORCES DISABLED THE OIL TANKER JALVEER IN THE GULF OF OMAN AFTER IT ALLEGEDLY VIOLATED THE BLOCKADE ON IRAN BY TRANSPORTING IRANIAN OIL. TWO HELLFIRE MISSILES STRUCK THE VESSEL’S ENGINE ROOM AFTER THE CREW IGNORED ORDERS. IT WAS THE THIRD COMMERCIAL SHIP DISABLED THIS WEEK. SINCE APRIL 13, CENTCOM SAYS IT HAS DISABLED NINE VESSELS AND REDIRECTED 135 OTHERS UNDER THE BLOCKADE.
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> IRAN VOWS NO RETREAT UNDER PRESSURE
IRAN’S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAID THE COUNTRY WILL NOT BACK DOWN IN THE FACE OF THREATS OR PRESSURE, INSISTING ANY RESOLUTION TO REGIONAL TENSIONS REQUIRES A CEASEFIRE AND AN END TO HOSTILITIES. TEHRAN SAID IT DOES NOT INITIATE WARS BUT WILL FIRMLY DEFEND ITS SECURITY AND TERRITORY. OFFICIALS ADDED THAT IRAN’S ARMED FORCES REMAIN ON HIGH ALERT AND WARNED OF A SEVERE RESPONSE TO ANY ATTACK.
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IRAN’S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAID THE COUNTRY WILL NOT BACK DOWN IN THE FACE OF THREATS OR PRESSURE, INSISTING ANY RESOLUTION TO REGIONAL TENSIONS REQUIRES A CEASEFIRE AND AN END TO HOSTILITIES. TEHRAN SAID IT DOES NOT INITIATE WARS BUT WILL FIRMLY DEFEND ITS SECURITY AND TERRITORY. OFFICIALS ADDED THAT IRAN’S ARMED FORCES REMAIN ON HIGH ALERT AND WARNED OF A SEVERE RESPONSE TO ANY ATTACK.
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> RETAIL TRADERS SELL TECH TO FUND SPACEX IPO
RETAIL INVESTORS ARE REDUCING EXPOSURE TO SEMICONDUCTOR AND AI-LINKED STOCKS AS ENTHUSIASM BUILDS FOR SPACEX’S UPCOMING IPO. DATA FROM VANDA RESEARCH SHOWS THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF NET SELLING, WITH FLOWS CONCENTRATED IN RECENT TECH WINNERS, SUGGESTING TRADERS ARE RAISING CASH OR “DRY POWDER” FOR THE LISTING. ANALYSTS SAY THE SHIFT COULD INCREASE VOLATILITY IN EQUITIES AS INVESTORS REBALANCE PORTFOLIOS AHEAD OF MULTIPLE LARGE IPOS.
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RETAIL INVESTORS ARE REDUCING EXPOSURE TO SEMICONDUCTOR AND AI-LINKED STOCKS AS ENTHUSIASM BUILDS FOR SPACEX’S UPCOMING IPO. DATA FROM VANDA RESEARCH SHOWS THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF NET SELLING, WITH FLOWS CONCENTRATED IN RECENT TECH WINNERS, SUGGESTING TRADERS ARE RAISING CASH OR “DRY POWDER” FOR THE LISTING. ANALYSTS SAY THE SHIFT COULD INCREASE VOLATILITY IN EQUITIES AS INVESTORS REBALANCE PORTFOLIOS AHEAD OF MULTIPLE LARGE IPOS.
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> OIL EXECUTIVES WARN WHITE HOUSE THAT GAS PRICES WILL GET WORSE
OIL AND GAS EXECUTIVES HAVE WARNED THE WHITE HOUSE THAT GASOLINE PRICES COULD RISE SHARPLY IN COMING MONTHS AS FUEL INVENTORIES FALL TO CRITICALLY LOW LEVELS. THE WARNING COMPLICATES EFFORTS TO CURB INFLATION, WHICH IS ALREADY WEIGHING ON US CONSUMERS, ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST.
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OIL AND GAS EXECUTIVES HAVE WARNED THE WHITE HOUSE THAT GASOLINE PRICES COULD RISE SHARPLY IN COMING MONTHS AS FUEL INVENTORIES FALL TO CRITICALLY LOW LEVELS. THE WARNING COMPLICATES EFFORTS TO CURB INFLATION, WHICH IS ALREADY WEIGHING ON US CONSUMERS, ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST.
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> EXPERTS SAY MILITARY PRESSURE WON’T FORCE IRAN DEAL
EXPERTS SAY RENEWED US STRIKES ON IRAN ARE UNLIKELY TO FORCE TEHRAN INTO CONCESSIONS, WARNING THAT INCREASED PRESSURE MAY REDUCE FLEXIBILITY RATHER THAN IMPROVE IT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID ATTACKS WOULD INTENSIFY AFTER STALLED NEGOTIATIONS, PROMPTING IRANIAN RETALIATION. ANALYSTS ARGUE IRAN’S LEADERSHIP SEES SURVIVAL UNDER PRESSURE AS STRATEGIC LEVERAGE AND IS MORE LIKELY TO ESCALATE RESISTANCE, NOT SUBMIT, EVEN AS REGIONAL TENSIONS AND RISKS TO SHIPPING LANES RISE.
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EXPERTS SAY RENEWED US STRIKES ON IRAN ARE UNLIKELY TO FORCE TEHRAN INTO CONCESSIONS, WARNING THAT INCREASED PRESSURE MAY REDUCE FLEXIBILITY RATHER THAN IMPROVE IT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID ATTACKS WOULD INTENSIFY AFTER STALLED NEGOTIATIONS, PROMPTING IRANIAN RETALIATION. ANALYSTS ARGUE IRAN’S LEADERSHIP SEES SURVIVAL UNDER PRESSURE AS STRATEGIC LEVERAGE AND IS MORE LIKELY TO ESCALATE RESISTANCE, NOT SUBMIT, EVEN AS REGIONAL TENSIONS AND RISKS TO SHIPPING LANES RISE.
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> $C - CITIGROUP TO LAUNCH TOKENIZED SECURITIES OF PRIVATE COMPANIES, BANK SAYS
NEW VENTURE WORKS THROUGH DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS THAT ARE TOKENIZED, CITI SAYS
INFRASTRUCTURE TO PAVE WAY FOR OTHER BANKS TO GET INVOLVED, CITI SAYS
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NEW VENTURE WORKS THROUGH DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS THAT ARE TOKENIZED, CITI SAYS
INFRASTRUCTURE TO PAVE WAY FOR OTHER BANKS TO GET INVOLVED, CITI SAYS
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