For years, users looking to speed up their transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain relied on a handy optional feature that essentially says, “I might want to replace this transaction with a higher fee.”
But what started as a helpful tool has become redundant and a small privacy issue, prompting some developers to discuss possible ways to do away with it.
Let’s first take a look at the so-called replace-by-fee (RBF) signaling, then discuss the developers’ proposals.
Replace by fee (RBF) signaling
Imagine sending a paper check through the mail, but the postal system is stretched and congested. To ensure your payment doesn’t get stuck, the check has a small checkbox that says, “I reserve the right to cancel this check and write a new one with a higher rush fee if it gets delayed.” (The higher fee, of course, is an incentive for the postal system to prioritize your transaction.)
Such a feature is called Replace-by-Fee (RBF) in the Bitcoin ecosystem. For years, when you sent bitcoin, your wallet let you flip a switch, signaling to the network that you might want to “fee-bump” to speed up your transaction later.
Kanzhun Limited (NASDAQ:BZ) just received a fresh upgrade from Wall Street, building on a quarter that showed accelerating momentum.
On June 5, 2026, Bernstein upgraded Kanzhun Limited (NASDAQ:BZ) to “Outperform” from “Market Perform,” raising its price target to $18 from $16.50. The analyst told investors in a research note that the company has begun using AI to sell candidate matches to employers at a higher rate than traditional job postings. The firm said high-frequency data continues to look supportive of Kanzhun’s billings growth.
That upgrade followed Kanzhun Limited (NASDAQ:BZ)’s first-quarter 2026 results, released on May 20, 2026.
Q1 revenue came in at RMB2,068.8 million, up 7.6% from RMB1,923.3 million a year earlier. Total paid enterprise customers reached 7.1 million over the trailing twelve months, up 10.9%, while average monthly active users rose 5.7% to 60.9 million.
Bernstein Remains Bullish On Kanzhun Limited (BZ), Cites Billings Growth
Net income jumped 119.8% to RMB1,125.8 million, helped in part by investment gains tied to an investee company’s initial public offering. Adjusted income from operations rose 17.8% to RMB814.6 million.
Kanzhun Limited (NASDAQ:BZ)’s CEO, Jonathan Peng Zhao, said business momentum accelerated following the Chinese New Year holiday, with monthly active users exceeding 72 million in March. The company also pointed to progress in applying AI across both job seeker and enterprise services.
For the second quarter, Kanzhun Limited (NASDAQ:BZ) guided for total revenue between RMB2.38 billion and RMB2.42 billion, representing year-on-year growth of 13.2% to 15.1%.
Kanzhun Limited (NASDAQ:BZ) provides online recruitment services in China.
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Stable [STABLE] extended its rally for a second straight day, gaining 8.35% over the past 24 hours. The move appeared to track the broader market recovery and growing protocol adoption.
According to CoinMarketCap, STABLE rose 8.35% and traded at $0.035 at press time. Trading Volume also climbed 9.85% to $14.95 million, signaling stronger market participation.
Can STABLE break above resistance?
The daily chart showed STABLE moving within a range for nearly two months. The altcoin traded between $0.0411 resistance and $0.0314 support during that period.
However, STABLE also remained below a descending trendline, which continued to act as resistance.
Source: TradingView
That left the altcoin at a key inflection point.
A sustained rally may require a breakout above the trendline and a daily close above $0.037. If that happens, bullish momentum could strengthen further. By contrast, a drop below the $0.0314 support level could expose STABLE to a deeper correction.
At press time, the Average Directional Index (ADX) stood at 18.96, below the 25 threshold. This suggested the market lacked a strong directional trend.
Meanwhile, the Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) fell to -0.14, indicating capital outflows and persistent selling pressure.
Are traders betting against the rally?
Derivative and exchange data pointed to cautious sentiment despite the recent price increase.
According to CoinGlass, nearly $102,000 worth of STABLE flowed into exchanges over the past 24 hours. Exchange inflows are often associated with potential selling activity.
On top of that, Coinglass’s Exchange Liquidation Map identified $0.0316 and $0.0375 as the nearest major liquidation clusters.
Traders built roughly $195,000 in long positions around the lower level and $343,000 in short positions near the upper level. That imbalance suggested traders remained more heavily positioned for downside risk.
Source: CoinGlass
Even so, one metric continued to support the asset’s recovery.
According to DeFiLlama, STABLE’s Total Value Locked (TVL) increased from $1.23 million on the 1st of May, 2026, to $3.09 million on the 21st of June. The rise suggested stronger user participation, fresh capital entering the protocol, and growing confidence in the ecosystem.
Source: DeFiLlama
Final Summary
Stable [STABLE] gained 8.35%, but broader sentiment remained cautious.
A move above $0.037 could strengthen the bullish case.
Sometimes, a business has to get smaller in order to grow, or at least that’s what executives, including Wendy’s CFO Ken Cook, say when they explain why they’re closing locations.
“We’re focused on improving restaurant-level economics, taking a hard look at underperforming restaurants in our system from both the financial and customer experience perspective and working with franchisees to improve those, transfer those to another operator or potentially closing them,” he said during the chain’s third-quarter earnings call.
Closing up to 350 restaurants, he said, will improve the financials of those that remain and leave franchise operators with cash to invest in their remaining locations.
Long John Silver’s, an iconic fast-food chain like Wendy’s, has also been closing locations — dropping from over 1,000 units in 2015 to fewer than 500 currently, based on the Consumer Edge 2026 Restaurant Outlook report.
At its peak, the chain operated more than 1,400 restaurants, according to Food Republic.
The company’s Senior Vice President Tony Ellis, much like Cook, believes that the closures, at least the ones over the past three years, have actually put the seafood chain in a strong position to return to growth.
Long John Silver’s footprint has shrunk
Tony Ellis told SeafoodSource that Long John Silver’s has closed “roughly 110 to 120 locations over the past three years.” He said the company now operates 214 company-owned restaurants and about 262 franchised units, which matches the total on the company’s restaurant locator page.
Long John Silver’s Chief Marketing Officer Laura Ellis said that not all of the closures were due to financial performance.
“We want our in-restaurant experience to be as positive as the taste of our food, so we’ve spent a ton of time remodeling our footprint,” she said. “As you can imagine, our brand has been around since 1969, so some of our restaurants were in dire need of a facelift. This means some of those restaurants are temporary closures, and some are a departure from historical strategy.”
Tony Ellis explained that nearly 70 of the closures came from the chain exiting co-branded locations with Taco Bell, KFC, and A&W, which he said aligns with “broader industry trend of major chains increasingly preferring single-brand locations.”
“The company listed liabilities of $457.3 million and assets of $329.1 million in the Chapter 11 filing late Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware,” the Tampa Times reported.
That filing was due to its 1989 leveraged buyout, which saddled the company with debt.
Why has Long John Silver’s shrunk?
QSR Pro published an extensive analysis of Long John Silver’s decline in March.
“There’s no single villain in this story. What’s happening to Long John Silver’s is structural, compounding, and instructive for anyone who operates or considers investing in legacy QSR franchises,” the website reported.
Food Costs, QSR Pro noted, created a systemic problem for the chain.
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“Food costs are the first problem. Commodity beef prices are volatile, but seafood is in another category entirely. Wild-caught fish supplies are subject to fishing quotas, weather events, ocean temperature shifts, and international trade dynamics,” it shared.
Not being able to pivot to chicken or beef during times when fish prices are high also created unique challenges for the chain.
“McDonald’s can quietly shift its beef blend when spot prices spike. There’s no equivalent move available when your entire brand promise is fish,” QSR Pro added.
The seafood brand also has a traffic pattern problem.
“Seafood has historically been a dinner-leaning daypart, with a secondary spike during Lent. That leaves enormous breakfast and lunch capacity sitting idle, a structural waste that commodity chains like McDonald’s or Taco Bell solve by spanning all three dayparts. Long John Silver’s has never cracked breakfast at scale,” the trade publication shared.
Long John Silver’s has refreshed some of its restaurants.Shutterstock
Restaurants are struggling broadly
“The restaurant space has been tough. There’s a lot of competition, so it’s a very saturated market to begin with,” Black Box Chief Insights Officer Victor Fernandez told Restaurant Dive.
It’s a number of negative headwinds impacting businesses at the same time, Ari Felhandler, an equity analyst covering the consumer sector at Morningstar, said to Restaurant Dive.
“In addition to ballooning food and labor costs, operators are dealing with higher insurance premiums, further straining their finances, Felhandler added. “At the same time, the industry has remained stubbornly reliant on value promotions, further squeezing margins.”
Long John Silver’s is in the middle of a comeback
“The good news is that we are not struggling,” Laura Ellis told SeafoodSource.
She explained that the company just celebrated 16 consecutive quarters of comparable sales growth, marking a milestone “we are very proud of as a brand.”
Tony Ellis added that the chain’s sales increased from approximately $400 million at the end of 2022 to nearly $430 million at the end of 2025.
Four Oaks Partners purchased Long John Silver’s in 2022, according to Franchise Times.
“Four Oaks Partners has its sights set on international expansion, with a particular focus on the Southeast Asian market. It has continuously operated multiple locations in Singapore since 1983, and in recent years, has opened new locations in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia,” according to Food Republic.
Laura Ellis, who spent eight years at Yum Brands, thinks the brand has domestic growth potential as well.
“Sometimes you work for a brand that’s nostalgic and people say, ‘I used to love that, but I don’t like it anymore.’ When I tell people I work for Long John Silver’s, that’s not the reaction I get at all. It’s, ‘I love Long John Silver’s. I didn’t know there was one nearby me anymore,'” she told Franchise Times.
“We’re really driving awareness and reminding people that we’re here and opening new locations.”
U.S. stock futures fell and oil prices rose after peace talks between the U.S. and Iran got off to a rocky start on Sunday, with President Donald Trump wasting no time with threats to renew war.
Futures tied to the Dow Jones industrial average fell 191 points, or 0.37%. S&P 500 futures were down 0.52%, and Nasdaq futures lost 0.74%.
U.S. oil futures rose 2.1% to $78.19 a barrel, while Brent crude climbed 1.2% to $81.53. Gold dropped 1.5% to $4,180.40 per ounce.
Earlier in Switzerland, Vice President JD Vance said both sides had already made “great progress” in talks, saying the U.S. side represented an “outstretched hand” toward the people of Iran.
But after Iran said Saturday that it’s closing the Strait of Hormuz again as Israel continues attacking Hezbollah positions in Lebanon, Trump told Fox News on Sunday he spoke with Iranian officials and warned them, “You close it and you won’t have a country. You won’t even make it back to your f–king country.”
He also said the U.S. may take over the strait, adding “I’ll blow the s–t out of them. If they don’t make a deal, we’ll collect tolls.”
Last weekend, Trump and Iranian officials confirmed they agreed on a memorandum of understanding that reopens the strait, ends the U.S. naval blockade, and begins a 60-day period for both sides to negotiate other issues like Tehran’s nuclear program and relief from U.S. sanctions.
But on Sunday, the president claimed that after the 60-day negotiation window ends, “I can do whatever I want.”
While Iran halted talks after Trump’s comments, its delegation remained in Switzerland to continue negotiations. But Lebanon will remain a sticking point. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that he would keep military forces in southern Lebanon “as long as we need to protect our people.”
Until the situation in Lebanon settles down, talks over Iran’s nuclear program will take a back seat. In addition, the tug-of-war over the Strait of Hormuz will drag on.
While the U.S. ended its naval blockade on Iran as part of the MOU, Central Command also said “U.S. forces remain present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in full force and effect.”
For its part, Tehran’s new Persian Gulf Strait Authority warned that ships must follow a regime-established route that passes along the Iranian coast and that alternatives are prohibited.
And despite its deal with the U.S. banning tolls for 60 days, the PGSA is requiring insurance that will eventually come at a cost.
“At present, this insurance is provided free of charge to the vessel owner, with all expenses covered by the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Iran said. “The PGSA reserves the right to introduce insurance fees in the future, which will be determined by the relevant insurer. Owners will then be required to purchase and renew coverage accordingly.”
LAB crypto rallied 27.96% to $15.48 in 24 hours, far exceeding Bitcoin’s 0.97% advance, as buyers continued building momentum from the recent defense of the $12 breakout zone. The altcoin had declined by over 21% on the 20th of June, sitting at $12. Buyers were able to defend the June breakout level and, in doing so, prevented a deeper pullback.
As the price continued upward, LAB began moving up toward the 61.8% and 50% Fibonacci retracements. These retracement levels had been influencing price all month long. Traders were determining whether the decline was a short-term correction or the beginning of a longer-term trend change as the price hovered in between them.
Meanwhile, the RSI moved to 61.5 after declining from overbought conditions above 75 near the $18.80 high. This shift indicates improving momentum. As a result, buyers appear to be regaining strength.
Source: LAB/USDT on TradingView
Even so, volume has decreased significantly since buyers drove price to the $21.37 high. This suggests participation remains limited. Therefore, conviction is yet to fully return.
For now, LAB must reclaim the $16.21 level. If buyers achieve that with stronger volume, momentum could strengthen further. Yet, the price could retest the $18.80 high. A successful breakout there could then open the path back toward the previous high of $21.37.
On the other hand, resistance remains a key obstacle. If LAB fails to overcome it, the probability of a move back to $13.27 increases. Should selling pressure persist, the risk of a deeper decline toward the critical $11.07 support zone would also rise.
Short liquidations fuel the rally
As buyers tried to get back above the resistance level, liquidation activity fueled the upward movement. According to CoinGlass data, the last 24 hours saw an increase in total liquidations to the tune of $815,580. Shorts accounted for over $646,250, and longs accounted for $169,330.
Source: CoinGlass
This imbalance suggests bearish traders absorbed most of the losses as price rebounded from $12 toward $15.48. Therefore, at this point the success of this rally will depend upon whether new demand will replace the current demand driven by selling.
Final Summary
LAB reclaimed key support and recovered sharply, but stronger volume remains essential for a sustained move higher.
LAB benefited from heavy short liquidations, though fresh buyer demand must emerge to maintain momentum.
Find out how much you could earn with today’s money market account rates. The Federal Reserve cut its target rate three times in 2025 and has left rates alone so far in 2026. So deposit rates — including money market account (MMA) rates — have been steadily declining. It’s more important than ever to compare MMA rates and ensure you earn as much as possible on your balance.
Even so, some of the top accounts are currently offering rates as high as 3%-4% APY. Since these rates may not be around much longer, consider opening a money market account now to take advantage of today’s high rates.
Here’s a look at some of the top MMA rates available today, Sunday, June 21, 2026:
How much interest can I earn with a money market account?
The amount of interest you can earn from a money market account depends on the annual percentage rate (APY). This is a measure of your total earnings after one year when considering the base interest rate and how often interest compounds (money market account interest typically compounds daily).
Say you put $1,000 in an MMA at the average interest rate of 0.61% with daily compounding. At the end of one year, your balance would grow to $1,005.72 — your initial $1,000 deposit, plus $5.72 in interest.
Now, let’s say you choose a high-yield money market account that offers 4% APY instead. In this case, your balance would grow to $1,040.81 over the same period, which includes $40.81 in interest.
The more you deposit in a money market account, the more you stand to earn. If we took our same example of a money market account at 4% APY, but deposited $10,000, your total balance after one year would be $10,408.08, meaning you’d earn $408.08 in interest.
