AI writing startup Marker secures $13 million in seed funding.

According to Iran's Fars News Agency, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council stated that any attack on Iran will result in retaliation targeting Israel as well, noting that Israel, which is behind the hostile actions, will never evade responsibility. Earlier, Israel's i24 News reported that two Israeli sources revealed Iran currently has no intention of dragging Israel into the escalating regional situation.

Backpack has announced the launch of the world’s first 24/7 real U.S. stock trading market for international investors, allowing users to trade and hold actual U.S. stocks around the clock rather than synthetic derivatives. The first batch of listed assets includes SpaceX (SPCX), Micron (MU), and SanDisk (SNDK). Backpack stated that the platform offers actual equity ownership, leverages liquidity from traditional exchanges, supports instant settlement and continuous price discovery, and enables deposits in fiat currencies and stablecoins.

Backpack has announced the launch of the world’s first 24/7 real US stock trading market for international investors, allowing users to buy, sell and hold actual US stocks around the clock rather than synthetic derivatives. The first batch of listed assets includes SpaceX (SPCX), Micron (MU) and SanDisk (SNDK). Backpack noted that the platform provides actual equity ownership, leverages liquidity from traditional exchanges, and supports instant settlement, continuous price discovery, as well as fiat and stablecoin deposits.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), Meta's pre-market stock gains have widened, with the stock now rising over 4% after closing up 4.7% in the previous trading session.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Rossen Iossifov, founder of Bulgarian crypto exchange RG Coins, has been indicted on additional charges for allegedly transferring approximately $290,000 in crypto assets that the court had ordered forfeited while he was in prison. Prosecutors alleged that in January 2024, while serving a sentence in a federal prison, Iossifov conspired to move the illicit assets through multiple crypto exchanges and mixing services to evade government seizure. Iossifov was previously sentenced to 111 months in prison in 2021 for his role in laundering nearly $5 million and assisting a Romanian cyber fraud ring in processing illicit funds; he was also ordered to pay over $2.6 million in restitution and forfeit related crypto assets. If the new charges are upheld, he faces up to an additional 25 years in prison.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), Circle (CRCL)’s pre-market gain has widened to 16.63%, with its current price at $73.49. Earlier reports noted that Circle has obtained final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank.