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Palo Alto, United States, June 25th, 2026, Chainwire Story rebrands as The DATA Foundation, launches DATA Network with flagship Kled AI integration, registering 1.5 billion user-contributed records on the platform The Foundation also introduces Trace, the first public audit layer for consent, licensing, and data provenance at scale Today, Story announces a strategic transition to become The DATA Foundation (“DATA”) and launches Trace, an onchain registry for AI training data provenance and licensing. The launch includes a flagship integration with Kled, the world’s largest opt-in human data marketplace, registering 1.5 billion user-contributed records on the Network. Andrea Muttoni becomes CEO…

Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 network Base resumed block production Thursday after a disruption of roughly two hours that halted the blockchain.In an update, the Base team said the chain has resumed working and internal nodes were syncing correctly, though it continues to investigate the root cause of the incident. The team also advised ecosystem node operators to restart their Base nodes to restore synchronization.The first public indication of problems came at 16:03 UTC, when Base reported that mainnet block production was “unhealthy.” By 16:52 UTC, the team said it had identified a problem and was pursuing multiple remediation efforts.The incident temporarily…

London, United Arab Emirates, June 25th, 2026, Chainwire Solstice to launch aiUSX, a yield-bearing asset that lets companies help finance the buildout with the capital they already hold for AI. TensorX and Solstice today announced a partnership to finance European sovereign AI infrastructure. TensorX and Solstice will work together to create a facility with up to $1 billion in capacity to finance AI hardware and data-center build-out to meet rising demand for sovereign compute across the EU. Solstice will provide the onchain financing for that buildout and will launch aiUSX, a potential yield asset that opens the same infrastructure lending…

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives, announced continued growth across its ecosystem as cumulative trading volume approached $1 billion, reaching $946.29 million alongside $20.71 million in Total Value Locked (TVL), according to on-chain data from DefiLlama. This surge is directly driven by the protocol’s native VIP Program, which aligns active traders with ecosystem success by distributing 30% to 50% of platform fee revenue back to high-volume users. With annualized protocol revenue currently tracked at $1.07 million, the VIP reward pool distributes hard USDC yield directly back to participants,…

Eightco treasury composition as of June 24, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $149M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $436 million Worldcoin token (WLD) now listed on Robinhood, expanding access to millions  OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for an initial public offering World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc.…

Wall Street, and Main Street, love their round numbers, as at least four strategists have the same 8,000 year-end target on the S&P 500.

Zug, Switzerland, June 25th, 2026, Chainwire Anyone can now execute mass payouts across EVM chains and Tron from a single platform and can choose between multiple wallet screening providers. Just three weeks after releasing major upgrades for crypto payment collection, the Request Network Foundation today announced another expansion of its stablecoin payment platform. The release introduces one-click mass payouts on both EVM and Tron, alongside built-in bridging and token swapping across EVM chains. The update also expands compliance capabilities through the integration of Merkle Science as an additional wallet screening provider. Together, these capabilities reinforce Request Network’s vision of providing…

UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:UMBF) is one of the most profitable undervalued stocks to invest in. On May 11, UMB Bank’s Institutional Custody division reached $250 billion in assets under custody as of March 31, marking a 19% year-over-year increase. Since becoming a standalone business in 2019, the division has experienced significant growth of 298%, driven by increased demand from municipal governments, insurance providers, and asset managers for specialized middle-office services. Growth is fueled by the rising complexity of institutional portfolios, which now require advanced solutions like collateral management, risk monitoring, and treasury support. UMB has responded by expanding its service…

Bitcoin BTC$60,230.74 dropped to the $60,000 area on Wednesday for the second time this month, continuing its poor price action in the face of risk market rallies elsewhere.Also continuing to lose ground on Wednesday were gold and oil, each falling below key levels — gold $4,000 per ounce and oil $70 per barrel.Read more: Gold, silver and bitcoin tumble as ‘debasement’ trade unwindsThe declines in crypto, precious metals, and oil came as tech stocks rebounded following Tuesday’s modest one-day slump, with the AI trade continuing to draw investor interest and dollars.South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix on Wednesday filed…

“One lawyer estimated that my brother and I would each walk away with a couple hundred thousand dollars.”