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Here's a quick preview of today’s content: China's tax authority urges banks to implement blockchain, AI cybercrime tool targets crypto and KYC systems, Circle’s Arc Network reveals quantum resistance plans, Strategy resumes treasury buys with $330M purchase, Binance compliance staff leave financial crime and monitoring roles, and so much more

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Market Snapshot

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• Bitcoin briefly tops $70,000 as mediators submit 45-day Iran ceasefire plan and crypto shorts get squeezed

  • ETH hits weekly high on rising ceasefire hopes, though profit taking keeps BTC below $70K

  • Onchain perp DEX volumes fall for fifth straight month after October peak

• Oil slides on ceasefire talks as Bitcoin rallies past weekly highs on geopolitical optimism

Prediction Markets

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Headline Roundup
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• Strategy posts $14.5B unrealized loss in first quarter (BBG)

• Binance compliance staff leave financial crime and monitoring roles (BBG)

• China orders Jack Dorsey's Bitchat pulled from app store (DC)

• Jamie Dimon says JPMorgan must move faster as tokenization reshapes finance (CD)

• Argentina's Milei had phone calls with leader of LIBRA project that collapsed (TB)

• SEC crypto safe harbor heads to White House review (TB)

• OpenAI CEO urges US to prepare for AI superintelligence (CD)

• Polymarket unveils plans for stablecoin and trading engine upgrade (TB)

• Senate panel confirms April timeline for crypto market structure (CT)

• Blockchain Association challenges Citadel over SEC's innovation exemption (TB)

• Strategy resumes treasury buys with $330M purchase (DC)

• Tom Lee’s BitMine nears 4% of Ethereum supply (DC)

• Strive adds 113 Bitcoin (BM)

• Galaxy taps Broadridge for onchain shareholder vote (TB)

• Solo miner beats odds to secure $210,000 block reward (CD)

• Aave loses key risk manager Chaos Labs amid disputes (TD)

Launches

• Circle’s Arc Network reveals quantum resistance plans (DC)

• Fintech giant Toss eyes launching native crypto (TB)

Regulation

• China's tax authority urges banks to implement blockchain (CT)

• Kalshi scores biggest legal win yet against New Jersey (DC)

• South Korea orders reconciliation for crypto exchanges (FM)

• Rwanda reaffirms crypto ban after Bybit adds franc support (BM)

Cybersecurity

• AI cybercrime tool targets crypto and KYC systems (CT)

Extra Reads

• Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure as revenue from serving AI workloads runs 5 to 10 times higher than from mining Bitcoin, and the squeeze has turned that gap into a strategic mandate - Here’s why bitcoin miners are becoming AI infrastructure

Chart of the Day

Ethereum staking nears 32% of total supply with 38.5M ETH locked

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