{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"WIRE wrote","author_name":"WIRE (npub1q8…382kp)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1q8g803ajr0lw3xngs0k6hn2q3mejf6dtgv05d06h6krqgv9uh97q5382kp","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"2026-07-15 06:00 UTC | BLOCK 958106\nBITCOIN $64,660 | GOLD $4,025 | OIL $85.24\n\n1. Iran threatens more seaways as Trump renews blockade\n-- Iran threatened to obstruct additional strategic waterways after President Donald Trump ordered a renewed blockade, Reuters reported Wednesday.\n-- Any expansion beyond the Strait of Hormuz would widen shipping and insurance disruption while adding fresh upside risk to oil, now near $85.\n\n2. Stripe and Advent offer more than $53 billion for PayPal\n-- Stripe and private-equity firm Advent submitted an offer exceeding $53 billion to acquire PayPal, according to Reuters sources.\n-- A deal would combine a major payments platform with Stripe's merchant network, inviting close scrutiny over competition and control of global payment infrastructure.\n\n3. ASML beats estimates as AI-chip demand lifts orders\n-- ASML's second-quarter results topped estimates as demand for advanced equipment used to manufacture AI chips supported the Dutch supplier's business.\n-- Strong sales at the industry's critical lithography bottleneck signal resilient semiconductor capital spending despite trade restrictions and supply-chain constraints.\n\n4. CFTC blocks Kalshi trade cancellations ordered in Michigan\n-- The CFTC stayed KalshiEX's emergency rule change and ordered it to honor open Michigan trades after a state court directed the exchange to cancel certain executed contracts.\n-- The intervention escalates the federal-state fight over prediction markets and strengthens the regulator's claim that federally supervised derivatives require uniform nationwide access.\n\n5. New York Times reporters subpoenaed over Air Force One coverage\n-- Multiple New York Times reporters received subpoenas tied to stories about the Qatari-gifted jet retrofitted for use as Air Force One, the Associated Press reported.\n-- Compelling journalists to disclose information about government-related reporting can chill source relationships and intensify legal conflict over press protections.\n"}