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Boeing, GSK & EU Inc Ignite Funding Surge: Defense Wins, $2.2B Acquisitions & 48-Hour Company Registration Redefine Funding & Growth

Startups & Entrepreneurship

Boeing, GSK & EU Inc Ignite Funding Surge: Defense Wins, $2.2B Acquisitions & 48-Hour Company Registration Redefine Funding & Growth

TL;DR * Boeing Secures F-47 Contract Win and Boosts Backlog, Bernstein SocGen Raises Price Target to $277 Amid Defense Division Recovery * GlaxoSmithKline acquires Rapt Therapeutics for $2.2B to advance ozureprabart IgE antibody pipeline for severe food allergies * EU Inc Launches 48-Hour Online Company Registration to Boost Startup

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Injective Burns 3.4% of INJ Supply as Bitcoin Slumps 3.4% and XRP Migrates to Self-Custody — Can Crypto Recover Amid ETF Hopes and Oracle Crashes?

Finance

Injective Burns 3.4% of INJ Supply as Bitcoin Slumps 3.4% and XRP Migrates to Self-Custody — Can Crypto Recover Amid ETF Hopes and Oracle Crashes?

TL;DR * Injective Protocol community approves 99.89% vote to reduce token issuance and pursue deflationary model * Bitcoin Falls 3.4% Amid Geopolitical Tensions and Chinese Growth Slowdown, Leveraged Longs Liquidate $215M * XRP Exchange Reserves Drop 45% as Investors Shift to Self-Custody, Binance Holdings Hit Yearly Lows * XRP Price

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California’s $950M Billionaire Tax Sparks Tech Exodus: $200B Capital Flight Risk as Page, Ellison Sell Assets and 45 LLCs Flee

Startups & Entrepreneurship

California’s $950M Billionaire Tax Sparks Tech Exodus: $200B Capital Flight Risk as Page, Ellison Sell Assets and 45 LLCs Flee

California’s 5% billionaire wealth tax could raise $950M—but risks $200B tech capital flight. $73M in real estate sold by Page. 45 LLCs relocated. 5K–10K jobs at risk. Ballot deadline: Jun 24, 2026. #WealthTax #TechExodus #California #BillionaireTax #EconomicPolicy California’s proposed 5% wealth tax on residents with net

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MrBeast, Iran, and State Street Ignite Crypto’s Next Era: 3M New Users, Sanctions Bypasses, and Institutional Tokenized ETFs Collide

Finance

MrBeast, Iran, and State Street Ignite Crypto’s Next Era: 3M New Users, Sanctions Bypasses, and Institutional Tokenized ETFs Collide

MrBeast’s $200M crypto push could bring 3M new users to blockchain—while Iran uses stablecoins to bypass sanctions & State Street launches the first SEC-approved institutional tokenized ETF. This isn’t speculation—it’s the new financial reality. #Crypto #Bitcoin #Ethereum #DeFi #NFT #CryptoRegulations #TokenizedETFs #MrBeast #IranCrypto Bitmine’

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Crypto Momentum Builds: US Senate Advances BRCA, BlackRock Embraces RLUSD, BTC Whales Push Toward $100K

Business

Crypto Momentum Builds: US Senate Advances BRCA, BlackRock Embraces RLUSD, BTC Whales Push Toward $100K

TL;DR * US Senate advances Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) to protect crypto developers from money transmitter charges * BlackRock Uses Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin as Collateral, Signaling Institutional Adoption of Regulated Digital Assets * Kraken SPAC KrakAcquisition Files S-1 for $250M IPO Targeting Crypto Infrastructure, Backed by Tribe Capital and

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Alphabet Surpasses Apple in Market Cap as Google Cloud and Gemini AI Drive $4.1T Valuation; Estée Lauder Upgraded on Asia Growth; Torq Ltd. Raises $140M in Series C

Startups & Entrepreneurship

Alphabet Surpasses Apple in Market Cap as Google Cloud and Gemini AI Drive $4.1T Valuation; Estée Lauder Upgraded on Asia Growth; Torq Ltd. Raises $140M in Series C

TL;DR * Alphabet’s market cap surpasses $3.97 trillion as Google Cloud grows 33–34% YoY and Gemini AI drives re-rating amid rising AI infrastructure demand * Torq Ltd. raises $140M in Series C funding at $1.2B valuation, expanding AI-driven security hyperautomation platform with enterprise clients including

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