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🇺🇸 JUST IN: The Trump administration announced that most green card applicants will now be required to apply from abroad unless they can prove “extraordinary circumstances.” News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 BIG: The SEC approved options trading for the Nasdaq Bitcoin Index. News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️ LATEST: Santiment’s latest GitHub activity rankings for crypto Layer 2s place Aztec, Starknet, and Optimism at the top, with Aztec climbing to the #1 spot. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 UPDATE: The SEC is delaying its tokenized stock exemption proposal over concerns around compliance and blockchain-based shares not tied to the underlying companies. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 BREAKING: Kevin Warsh has been officially sworn in as Federal Reserve Chair. News | Markets | YouTube

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🔥 UPDATE: NYSE parent ICE and OKX are partnering to launch Brent and WTI oil perpetual futures. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 BIG: President Trump will swear in Kevin Warsh as the new Federal Reserve Chair at the White House at 11AM on Friday, succeeding Jerome Powell for a four-year term. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 NEW: Risk of recession could rival the global financial crisis if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed through summer, warns Rapidan Energy Group, per Bloomberg. News | Markets | YouTube

🇯🇵 JUST IN: Polymarket is seeking government approval to operate prediction markets in Japan by 2030, appointing a local representative to lobby for authorization, BBG reports. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 NOW: House Republicans scrapped a vote to direct Trump to withdraw US forces from Iran, after it became clear they lacked the votes to defeat the measure, per NYT. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 BULLISH: XRP added 4,300 new wallets in 24 hours, marking the 4th largest network growth spike of 2026, a leading indicator for potential price reversals, per Santiment. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 NEW: Billionaire Mark Cuban says he sold most of his Bitcoins. "Bitcoin has lost the plot… I always thought it was a better version of gold than gold.” News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 TODAY: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce expects the agency's innovation exemption for tokenized stocks to apply narrowly to onchain equity products only. Synthetic tokens that mimic stocks without full shareholder rig…

🔥 LATEST: Coinbase is launching perpetual-style equity index futures in the U.S. on June 8, allowing traders to go long or short on sectors like AI, Defense, China, and Tech. News | Markets | YouTube