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Key takeaways:Bitcoin derivatives show weak conviction with 2% futures basis and elevated put options premium signaling caution.Institutional buying via $86 million ETF inflows plus Strategy’s (MSTR US) ongoing accumulation counters market fear.Bitcoin (BTC) jumped above $67,000 after US President Donald Trump announced a late Sunday ceasefire deal with Iran. Despite this short-term optimism, derivatives metrics show that crypto traders remain highly skeptical, raising concerns that this sudden rally could be a massive bull trap.Brent crude oil (left) vs. Nasdaq 100 Index (right). Source: TradingViewCrude Brent oil declined to a 100-day low on Monday, while the Nasdaq Index gained 3%. However,…
Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, is shedding light on her husband’s frontotemporal dementia diagnosis. “It’s called frontotemporal dementia. Or FTD for short. It affects the frontal lobe and the temporal lobes. This is executive decision, just your every day sort of functioning, language [and] compression. That’s in your temporal lobe. The variant, because there’s three different types of variants of FTD, the one that Bruce has affects language,” Heming, 47, explained on the Monday, June 15 episode of the “Bossticks” podcast. “But there’s another variant that will affect behavior and another one that could affect movement. So here’s three…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday said it recorded 268,787 human rights complaints in May, an increase of 2,000 compared to April. It said the record makes May a devastating month for human rights in Nigeria. As in previous months, most complaints the NHRC received in May chiefly concerned discrimination and violations by law enforcement. Also, the NHRC’s observatory documented multiple abductions that violated the rights to education, movement, life, and freedom of religion. Tony Ojukwu, the NHRC’s executive secretary, said the May dashboard presentation reflects Nigeria’s challenge in securing human rights for its citizens. May’s Dashboard Mr…
France made a winning start in Group I of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 3-1 victory over Senegal in a match that came alive in the second half. The opening 45 minutes ended goalless, but it was far from dull. Senegal created several chances through Ismaïla Sarr, Nicolas Jackson and Sadio Mané, while France threatened through Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise and Désiré Doué. Despite the attacking efforts from both sides, neither team could find the breakthrough before halftime. France returned to the field in the second half with greater purpose and began to take control of the game.…
Senator Adams Oshiomhole has clarified his earlier comments on the controversy surrounding the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, denying that he alleged that signatures of lawmakers were forged in the report that recommended the Kogi Central senator’s suspension. FILE: Natasha Oshiomhole, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said his comments during an interview on AIT’s Politics Today programme on Monday were misrepresented, insisting that he never claimed any senator’s signature was forged. The former Edo State governor said his position was consistent with that of the Senate spokesman, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, that no senator’s signature was forged because no lawmaker…
Two of the three Otu siblings competing at the 47th edition of the Central Bank of Nigeria Senior Tennis Championship advanced to the next round on Monday as main draw action got under way at the Package B Tennis Courts of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. Blessing Otu made a confident start in the women’s category, dismissing Bebe-Emmanuella Kelvin 6-1, 6-3 to progress from the round of 32 to the round of 16. The 18-year-old said she had studied her opponent carefully ahead of the match and used that knowledge to her advantage. “Bebe is a very good…
Now that we’re clear of WWDC and all of the new AI-powered features coming to Apple’s platforms, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman has more details about rumored new hardware, like the camera-equipped AirPods he’d previously written about. He says they are currently on schedule for a late 2027 launch, and that while we’re checking out beta releases for this fall’s iOS 27 update, the new earbuds are internally being tested with next year’s update, iOS 28.With cameras mounted in their stems and lights to indicate when data is being uploaded to the cloud, they could give the upgraded version of Siri…
Defend American Jobs, the cryptocurrency company-backed political action committee (PAC) affiliated with Fairshake, reported spending millions of dollars to support a Republican candidate’s run for a US Senate seat in the party’s Tuesday primary runoff in Alabama.As of Tuesday, filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) showed that Defend American Jobs had spent more than $4.7 million on media and ads to back Republican Barry Moore’s candidacy in a runoff for one of Alabama’s US Senate seats, adding to the $7.4 million it reported spending ahead of his May 20 primary. Moore, who also has the endorsement of US President…
Former Team USA soccer star Ali Krieger gushed about her girlfriend Jen Beattie’s heritage amid ongoing tension with Krieger’s ex, Ashlyn Harris. Krieger, 41, shared a video of rowdy Scottish soccer fans at a recent Boston Red Sox game via her Instagram Story on Monday, June 15, writing: “Just a brilliant group of people. ❤️ 🏴 Feeling very lucky and grateful to have a Scottish lassie as my partner.” Beattie, a former professional soccer player herself, and Krieger started dating in 2024, shortly after Krieger’s ex-wife Harris, 40, filed for divorce in September 2023 after nearly four years of marriage. …
The Abia State Government has directed that all transport operations in Umuahia will henceforth be centralised at the Nnenna Otti Bus Terminal in the state capital. The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, said this on Tuesday while briefing reporters in Umuahia on the outcome of Monday’s State Executive Council meeting. Mr Kanu said the state government had begun enforcing the state’s policy designed to end multiple motor parks, improve commuter safety and enhance traffic management. He said that operations had commenced at the terminal with the first phase involving the Abia Green Shuttle Buses, while informal transport operators and unions…
