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The European Commission has officially unveiled its 21st sanctions package against Russia, heavily targeting cryptocurrency platforms and networks.

The measures aim to choke off digital asset channels that Moscow uses to bypass existing Western financial blockades and fund its military operations.

For the first time, the draft establishes a legal mechanism allowing a complete, blanket ban on crypto-asset service providers in any third country aiding Moscow

This preventative framework serves as a direct warning to outside countries to stop providing financial loopholes for Russian capital.

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The Trump administration is actively planning to redirect Iranian assets to help U.S. Gulf allies rebuild and repair infrastructure damaged by Tehran during the ongoing war.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has instructed a dedicated team to compile comprehensive cost estimates for destruction already sustained by partners in the Persian Gulf.

The move signals a aggressive pivot in U.S. financial strategy and introduces a steep hurdle to ongoing regional peace negotiations.

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SpaceX has blocked investors from mainland China and Hong Kong from participating in its planned initial public offering (IPO).

Lead underwriters, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, have been explicitly instructed to reject all orders from these jurisdictions, including private banking and wealth management clients.

Citigroup circulated a memo instructing banks to review the institutional order books and filter out citizens from these restricted nations.

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Bitcoin $BTC has officially dropped below the $60,000 threshold.

The world's largest cryptocurrency plunged by more than 4.5% in a single day, breaking a crucial psychological support level to trade around $57,000 to $60,204 across major exchanges.

This drop marks Bitcoin's lowest valuation since September 2024, extending its year-to-date losses to roughly 31.2%.

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Strategy Inc. is facing its largest unrealized Bitcoin loss in history, sitting at a staggering $10.8 billion deficit.

This massive drawdown comes after roughly six years of aggressive corporate accumulation that began in August 2020, leaving its total position down approximately 17%.

Strategy holds 843,706 BTC, which represents over 4% of the maximum 21 million Bitcoin supply.

The company's average entry price sits at roughly $75,702 per coin with Bitcoin dipping to the $62,000–$63,000 range amid macroeconomic pressures, the treasury's market valuation has plunged deeply below its aggregate purchase cost.

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Peter Schiff has renewed his warning that Bitcoin could crash below $20,000. The prominent gold bug and chief economist at Euro Pacific Asset Management claims that excessive market complacency means a true bottom is far off.

He argues that once Bitcoin breaks through its critical $50,000 support level, it will trigger a rapid capitulation down to $20,000, wiping out long-term holders' resolve.

The warning coincides with Bitcoin experiencing a sharp correction, dropping over 10% in a week to trade near $66,700. This pullback is driven by localized factors, including large wallet transfers by Mt. Gox, a minor symbolic sale by corporate treasury holder Strategy, and capital migrating away from crypto into booming AI stocks.

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President Donald Trump to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu during a leaked phone call over military escalations in Lebanon.

Trump reportedly shouted, "What the f*ck are you doing?", "You're fcking crazy. You'd be in prison if not for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now."

He expressed immense frustration over civilian casualties. He criticized Israel's strategy of destroying entire apartment buildings in Beirut to target single Hezbollah commanders.

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Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that the Fed would lose its vital economic credibility and fail to survive if any presidential administration were permitted to fire central bank officials over policy disagreements.

He delivered these remarks, while accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in Boston. Powell emphasized that allowing political interference to dictate monetary policy would fundamentally damage the country's long-term economic stability.

Powell cautioned that if one administration finds a loophole to remove Fed officials over policy differences, future administrations will inevitably do the same.

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President Donald Trump was fined a standard $200 late fee by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics for missing the legal deadline to report tens of millions of dollars in stock transactions

Under the federal STOCK Act, senior government officials are required to publicly report any securities transactions exceeding $1,000 within 45 days. Financial disclosure forms revealed that Trump repeatedly missed this window.

The statutory penalty for a late-filing violation is a flat rate rather than a percentage of the trade volume, he was assessed the standard $200 fine. Ethics records indicate this was the third time he faced a fine for late reporting.

The late reports were part of a larger first-quarter flurry featuring over 3,700 trades totaling between $220 million and $750 million.

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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sparked a major Wall Street-versus-crypto feud after publicly stating he is unhappy with the proposed CLARITY Act and declaring that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is "full of shit."

Dimon made these blunt remarks during an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business and at the Reagan National Economic Forum. The outburst highlights a massive, multi-trillion-dollar lobbying war taking place in Washington.

Dimon accused Brian Armstrong and Coinbase of using the current draft of the CLARITY Act to engage in "regulatory arbitrage" to directly compete against traditional, full-charter U.S. banks.

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JUST IN: President Donald Trump announced, that the U.S. naval blockade will be lifted.

In a statement posted on Truth Social, President Trump noted that commercial ships trapped in the region can begin heading home.

He indicated that he is meeting in the White House Situation Room to make a final determination on a potential peace accord with Iran.

Under the framework of the negotiations, Iran must agree to never possess a nuclear weapon and allow the U.S. to extract its enriched nuclear material.

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The Trump administration and its political appointees are actively pushing the U.S. Treasury Department to create a $250 bill featuring Donald Trump’s portrait to commemorate the United States' upcoming 250th anniversary.

However, under current federal law established in 1866, living individuals are legally barred from appearing on U.S. paper currency. For the bill to be officially printed and circulated, Congress must pass special legislation to override this restriction.

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Goldman Sachs has raised its year-end 2026 price target for the S&P 500 to 8,000 from 7,600, representing a 6.4% upside from its recent close of 7,519.12 and an implied total return of roughly 17% for the year.

The strategy team, led by chief U.S. equity strategist Ben Snider, adjusted the forecast on May 26, 2026, aligning Goldman Sachs with other major Wall Street institutions like Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, which also hold an 8,000 baseline target.

Companies building out artificial intelligence infrastructure and semiconductors are expected to fuel roughly half of the entire index's earnings growth in 2026.

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President Donald Trump consistently criticized the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), calling it "the worst deal ever negotiated."

He argued that the Obama-era agreement failed to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, ignored its ballistic missile program, and provided the country with billions of dollars in sanctions relief.

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Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow fired the fintech company’s entire traditional Human Resources (HR) department.

Speaking at Fortune's Workforce Innovation Summit, Breslow openly defended the decision, stating that the HR team was “creating problems that didn't exist” and adding that those same problems “disappeared when I let them go”.

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Kevin Warsh was officially sworn in as the 17th Chair of the Federal Reserve on Friday, May 22, 2026, officially replacing Jerome Powell.

The high-profile ceremony took place in the East Room of the White House, with the oath administered by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

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President Donald Trump says that he could run for Prime Minister of Israel during a press briefing with reporters.

He stated: "I’m right now at 99% in Israel, I could run for Prime Minister. So maybe after I do this, I’ll go to Israel, run for Prime Minister. Had a poll this morning, I’m 99%, so that’s good."

Trump made the comment while discussing his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

He praised Netanyahu as a "wartime prime minister" and voiced his opinion that Netanyahu is not treated fairly within Israel.

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Two American nationals were arrested by Japanese authorities, after conducting a social media stunt inside the monkey enclosure at the Ichikawa City Zoo, located just outside of Tokyo.

The incident has caused immense public backlash in Japan, largely because the exhibit is home to "Punch", a 9-month-old baby Japanese macaque who became a global internet sensation earlier this year after photos and videos of him seeking comfort from an IKEA plush orangutan went viral following rejection by his mother.

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust officially liquidated its entire remaining stake in Microsoft ($MSFT) during the first quarter of 2026, selling its final 7.7 million shares worth approximately $3.2 billion.

A regulatory 13F filing submitted to the SEC on May 15, 2026, confirmed that the charity no longer holds a single share of the company Bill Gates co-founded in 1975.

This concludes a gradual, multi-year wind-down from the 28.5 million shares the trust held just a couple of years ago.

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U.S. President Donald Trump issued a severe warning to Iran via Truth Social on May 17, 2026, stating, "For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won't be anything left of them".

He added that "TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!" as diplomatic negotiations to resolve the ongoing 80-day war remain heavily deadlocked.

The warning was posted shortly after President Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and met with his own national security team to discuss the path forward.