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On 24 June 2026, SK Hynix lodged SEC paperwork to sell 17.79 million American Depositary Receipts and raise up to ₩45.45 trn (≈$29.4 bn), targeting a 10 July Nasdaq debut that would eclipse Alibaba’s 2014 ADR as the largest ever.
On 24 June 2026 SpaceX sold $25 billion of investment-grade bonds, refinancing higher-coupon junk loans from Musk’s 2022–25 X and xAI deals and cutting expected annual interest outlay by roughly $300 million.
On 24 June 2026 Bitcoin sank roughly 5% to about $59,000—its first dip below $60K since 2024—after a two-day semiconductor and AI-stock sell-off triggered broad risk aversion and accelerated institutional withdrawals.
On 23 June 2026 the European Parliament’s ECON committee voted 43-14 to endorse a legal framework for an ECB-issued digital euro and ordered trilogue talks with the Council, moving the project from concept to law-drafting after three years of stalemate.
On 22 June 2026 Beijing added ten U.S. firms to its export-control list—halting Chinese dual-use exports to MP Materials, USA Rare Earth and others—in direct retaliation for Washington’s latest military-entity sanctions.
On 23 June 2026 Meta both bought a 20 % stake in Bengaluru-based fintech Cred for $900 million and named Cred’s founder Kunal Shah to succeed Will Cathcart as head of WhatsApp.
At the close of 22 June 2026 talks in Burgenstock, Switzerland, U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance said Iran had accepted the return of UN nuclear inspectors, a claim that Tehran’s Foreign Ministry rejected within hours.
Washington abruptly issued a general license letting Iran freely produce, sell, and even ship oil to the U.S. until 21 Aug 2026, reversing the two-month blockade as part of fledgling peace talks in Switzerland.
On 22 June 2026 Beijing halted all Chinese dual-use exports to 10 American defense and rare-earth companies and simultaneously forbade Chinese state entities from buying products from 46 U.S. contractors, retaliating against Washington’s latest military-entity blacklist of Chinese tech giants.
On 22 June 2026, China struck back at Washington’s 1260H military-link additions by instantly blocking all Chinese dual-use exports to 10 U.S. companies and forbidding government procurement from 46 others.
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