•AES stockholders voted to approve the acquisition by a consortium including Global Infrastructure Partners (BlackRock), EQT Infrastructure VI, CalPERS, and QIA.
•The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed bears still the preponderant force on both Wall Street and Main Street, with a dwindling minority of both camps expecting gains next week.
•Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he remains bullish on bitcoin but criticized Strategy's preferred-stock funding model as 'financial engineering' that has hurt the crypto market, citing STRC's slide to a record low as evidence.
•Yuma, backed by Digital Currency Group, launched a fund providing institutional investors with exposure to Bittensor (TAO), as decentralized AI gains momentum.
•Saks Global emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after nearly five months under a new ownership structure and corporate name with a smaller store footprint and lower debt.
•S&P Dow Jones Indices announced two changes to the S&P SmallCap 600 index: Gulfport Energy will replace Select Medical Holdings on July 1, 2026, and Mobility Global will replace Core Laboratories on July 2, 2026.
•Core Laboratories is removed as it is no longer considered representative of the small-cap market space, while Mobility Global is added following its spin-off from S&P Global Inc.
•Ryanair announced it will end its mandatory $10.70 fee for families to sit together, following an investigation by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.
•Australia announced it will double the maximum penalty it can impose on tech firms found to have failed to uphold a ground-breaking social media ban for children.
