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Welcome to our institutional newsletter, Crypto Long & Short. This week:To win over big investors, DeFi builders must act like accountable money managers, not just software developers, writes Ben Nadareski.Bitcoin holders can survive crashes and protect their assets by earning income through reinsurance, says Stephen Stonberg.Top headlines institutions should pay attention to by Helene Braun.“Hyperliquid’s 70% Rally: What Drove HYPE from $40 to $75 in Six Weeks” in Chart of the Week.-Alexandra LevisExpert InsightsWho answers the 3am call when DeFi breaks?By Ben Nadareski, co-founder and CEO of SolsticeLast week, I shared something with CoinDesk that I want to sit with…

J.Jill (NYSE:JILL) executives said the women’s apparel retailer delivered first-quarter results in line with internal expectations while continuing a brand and product transition aimed at broadening its customer base. Chief Executive Officer and President Mary Ellen Coyne said J.Jill remains in the “early stage” of evolving its brand and business in a difficult external environment. She said the company began fiscal 2026 focused on expanding its customer file through three priorities: evolving the product assortment, enhancing the customer journey and advancing internal capabilities. → Meta Unveils Subscriptions: A New Offering With Real Growth Potential “Evolution takes time and requires patience…

Concerns about the funding commitments for OpenAI have been widely circulated this year and it appears potential creditors are worried about the company’s failure to hit ambitious internal growth targets

Dubai, UAE, June 9th, 2026, Chainwire Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched a new season of its Daily Treasure Hunt campaign, introducing football match tickets and XAUT rewards while offering eligible participants the opportunity to earn a share of 300,000 USDT in daily rewards through trading and platform engagement activities. As the latest edition of Bybit’s ongoing Daily Treasure Hunt rewards program, the campaign encourages users to earn points through everyday activities across the platform, including trading, exploring products and participating in special missions. This season features an expanded rewards pool, with football match tickets…

Mahe, Seychelles, June 10th, 2026, Chainwire Whale.io has launched native Prediction Markets for the 2026 World Cup, giving players direct access to match betting backed by a combined $90,000 prize pool – including a $40,000 USDT raffle and five weeks of $10,000 weekly sports tournaments. Whale.io is giving users the chance to turn their football knowledge into real rewards with a seamless, on-platform prediction experience. This launch brings new betting markets on World Cup 2026 matches directly into the Whale.io ecosystem. Whether you’re a casual fan or a seasoned predictor, you can now engage with the biggest football event in…

Tampa, Florida, June 9th, 2026, Chainwire Pro wrestling legend, international rock star, multi time world champion and lifelong collector Chris Jericho is officially joining Kokopi Koalas ahead of the June 11 mint on LaunchMyNFT: https://launchmynft.io/mint/kokopikoalas Kokopi Koalas, the customizable NFT ecosystem on Solana, today announced a collaboration with global wrestling icon, musician, actor and collector Chris Jericho. As part of the partnership, Jericho will work directly with the Kokopi community to create official Chris Jericho Traits that will launch in the project’s Trait Store. Unlike traditional NFT collections where assets remain static after mint, Kokopi Koalas give NFT holders the…

Tokyo, Japan, June 9th, 2026, Chainwire Joined by partners and investors including Animoca Brands, Basics Capital, TBV, Kinetic Kollective, Mario Nawfal, and Grammy-winning artist Ne-Yo, Neura is building the missing layer of AI: empathy and memory. Neura, the protocol building the world’s first Emotional AI Economy, today announced the close of a strategic funding round to accelerate development of AI agents with persistent emotional memory and user-owned identity. The round drew leading investors and partners in the Web3, AI, and culture spaces, including Animoca Brands, Basics Capital, TBV, Kinetic Kollective, Mario Nawfal, and Grammy Award-winning artist Ne-Yo. Today’s AI is…

The line between traditional finance (TradFi) and crypto is disappearing, with tokenization consistently a dominant narrative of the digital asset industry for a number of years.Edwin Mata, CEO and founder of tokenization platform Brickken, projects that Wall Street will run entirely on blockchain technology by 2030. Mata told CoinDesk that tech industry buzzwords like “Web3″ are fading as major banks adopt the technology for standard financial plumbing, such as settlements and payments.”The merge between Wall Street and technology is going to dissipate,” Mata said in an interview. “We’re not going to talk anymore about blockchain. It’s merging into fintech.”While institutional…

APIA, Samoa, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, today launched the 2026 Ultimate Championship, a global trading event featuring a total prize pool of $7 million. Inspired by the excitement surrounding the 2026 football season, the initiative combines trading, prediction markets, and community participation into a month-long competition designed to engage users across different experience levels and trading styles. From June 8 to July 20, this tournament is designed into three distinct yet integrated competitive tracks to reward mastery at every skill level. The centerpiece of the event is the $6,000,000 Trading Showdown, a flagship arena where…

MUTSAMUDU, Comoros, June 9th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has officially launched Combo, a new feature within its prediction markets ecosystem, in partnership with its collaborators. This marks the first time a centralized platform has introduced multi-event combination trading capabilities to prediction markets globally, through its partner. As prediction markets gradually evolve from single-event trading toward multi-event combination trading, user demand for combined predictions has grown rapidly. However, leading prediction market platforms today still primarily offer isolated event trading, limiting a user’s capacity to express structural views. The Combo bridges this gap, bringing advanced combination…