China Property Overhaul: China issued new rules to push “completed-home” sales, tighten presales, and require regulated accounts for buyer funds to reduce delivery risk. US-Iran Financial Pressure: The US Treasury moved to cut Banque Misr UAE off from US dollar correspondent banking, citing $1.8B tied to alleged Iranian shadow networks, and also sanctioned Bank Melli’s Dubai branch manager. Insurance Relief: Oregon extended its wildfire emergency order for 30 days, keeping cancellations and nonrenewals paused and adding payment/claim grace periods. Lebanon/Hezbollah Finance: A crackdown on Hezbollah-linked finances may be more symbolic than disruptive, with parallel funding largely operating outside regulated channels. Political Money Scrutiny: A right-wing podcaster filed Washington campaign-finance complaints targeting the Seattle Times’ Climate Lab funding links. US Education Finance: Iowa State warned students and parents about new federal student-loan limits and enrollment-based schedule reductions starting July 1. India Inclusion Milestone: PM Modi marked 12 years of Jan Dhan Yojana, citing growth to 59 crore accounts and heavy rural and women participation. Corporate/Deal Watch: Blue Owl led a $2.4B compute-equipment financing for Iren to buy Nvidia GPUs; Pinterest’s CFO Julia Donnelly will step down in October. Local Finance Stress: Concord Academy Boyne will close before the school year after years of financial strain and failed short-term borrowing. Sports Finance Meets Crypto: Chelsea signed Circle for USDC branding, signaling mainstreaming of regulated stablecoin partnerships in major leagues.