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Here's a quick preview of today’s content: Armed intruders force French family to transfer $820k in crypto, Treasury Secretary presses Senate to pass crypto legislation, FTX bankruptcy disposed of Cursor stake now worth billions, US military is running a Bitcoin node, New York and Illinois ban gov employees from prediction markets, and so much more

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• Bitcoin tops $79,000 as crypto rally gathers steam on Trump's extended Iran ceasefire, triggering $418M liquidation spree

  • Strategy surges +25% in 5 days as BTC breaks ex-dividend date slump

  • Fear & Greed Index exits 'extreme fear' zone as short-squeeze risks mount

  • PENGU notches double-digit gains as altcoins rally

• Gold and oil drive record TradFi volumes across exchanges as ceasefire optimism lifts sentiment

Prediction Markets

• Bettors on Polymarket are predicting which companies will be acquired before 2027?

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Headline Roundup
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• FTX bankruptcy disposed of Cursor stake now worth billions (BL)

• Justin Sun sues Trump-backed World Liberty over frozen tokens (DC)

• Kalshi fines meme coin candidate for betting on their own election (DC)

• Treasury Secretary presses Senate to pass crypto legislation (BM)

• American Bitcoin shares spike after firm activates BTC miners (DC)

• Law firm admits to AI ‘hallucinations’ in filing tied to scam network (DC)

• SocialFi app founder arrested on strangulation charges following rug pull (TB)

• Banks seek to slow implementation of crypto's GENIUS Act (CD)

• SBF pulls motion for a new trial (CT)

• Elon Musk's Tesla reports unchanged bitcoin holdings (CD)

• 'Finding Satoshi' film makes case for Bitcoin creators (DC)

• US military is running a Bitcoin node (BM)

• Coinbase shifts New York prediction markets fight to federal court (CT)

• HIVE and Keel push deeper into data centers with capital raise (CD)

• Crypto mogul’s private trading arm moves into Hong Kong wealth firm (CD)

• Coinbase dodges securities claims in WLUNA lawsuit (BL)

• Gaming network Ronin sets date for Ethereum migration (DC)

• WalletConnect integrates with TradFi chain Canton (TD)

• Binance.US slashes trading fees across listed crypto (TB)

• Upshift taps Securitize for third-party reporting (TB)

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Venture Capital

• Venture firm Blockchain Capital seeks $700M raise (BBG)

• Robinhood Ventures invests $75M in OpenAI (DC)

• JPYC, a Japanese yen stablecoin, raises $18.1M from VC firms and strategic investors (CN)

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Launches

• GSR launches crypto basket ETF on Nasdaq (DC)

• Polymarket and Kalshi set to launch perp trading (TD)

• Stablecoin provider Infinite rolls out banking services (TB)

• Gensyn launches AI information markets platform (TB)

• Base launches Azul testnet upgrade (TB)

Regulation

• New York and Illinois ban gov employees from prediction markets (DC)

• Russia advances sweeping crypto bill with provisions (DC)

• ECB’s Cipollone not worried about delay of digital euro vote (BBG)

• Kraken calls for exemption on crypto taxes (CT)

• UK FCA carries out crackdown on illegal crypto trading (TB)

• UK investors regain tax-free access to crypto ETNs (TB)

• Thailand mulls crypto futures expansion (CT)

• Uzbekistan creates state-backed crypto mining zone (CT)

Cybersecurity

• Armed intruders force French family to transfer $820k in crypto (TB)

• Kelp exploiter launders $80M worth of ETH (TB)

• Lazarus macOS malware hits crypto and fintech firms (CT)

• Volo Protocol exploited as team pledges to absorb losses (TB)

Extra Reads

• While the stablecoin yield issue remains a key sticking point, there are several other hurdles to enactment of the crypto bill, or the Clarity Act - Here’s five hurdles for the crypto bill beyond yield

Chart of the Day

Google searches for 'Bitcoin' reach their lowest level since July 2025

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