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Here's a quick preview of today’s content: France charges 88 in wrench attack crackdown, EU sanctions target Russian crypto exchanges, Gemini launches agentic trading feature for AI agents, Trump walks back prediction market criticism, BitMine makes biggest Ethereum buy of 2026, and so much more

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Market Snapshot

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• Bitcoin stalls below $80,000, failing at level for third time this month as Trump calls off Iran peace talks

  • BTC reverses sharply as oil jumps and $435M in total liquidations hit

  • ETH leads losses down -3.3%, while SOL falls -3%

  • BTC funds take in $933M as ETFs lead $1.2B weekly haul and hit highest AUM since February

• NFTs posts strongest 30-days in months though rally masks shrinking market with falling volumes

Prediction Markets

• Bettors on Polymarket are predicting 2026 NBA Champion?

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Headline Roundup
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• Sam Altman apologizes for not alerting police before mass shooting (DC)

• Senator Lummis vows May push to rescue Clarity Act (BM)

• White House crypto advisor hints at big crypto announcement (TB)

• Western Union launches Solana based stablecoin (DC)

• Trump walks back prediction market criticism (DC)

• DeFi rescue hurts anti-Wall Street pitch after $10B run (BBG)

• Michael Saylor's Strategy adds 3,273 bitcoin for $255M (TB)

• Fidelity says bitcoin leads crypto market stabilization (CD)

• Industry leaders pour millions into rescue plan for Aave after hack (CD)

• Google employees demand CEO block military AI contracts (DC)

• Bitcoin dev reassigns coins linked to Satoshi (DC)

• BitMine makes biggest Ethereum buy of 2026 (DC)

• Cross-border stablecoin payments to hit $5T (CD)

• Bernstein sees IREN pivoting from mining to cloud business (CT)

• Strive expands treasury with $61.4M purchase (BM)

• Kraken pulls in $200M from DeFi yield bet (FM)

• Solana devs outline plan to protect network from quantum (CD)

• Curve proposes recovery model for DeFi lending (TB)

• KBank tests onchain remittances with Ripple (TB)

• Maple Finance surpasses $7B in total volume (TD)

Venture Capital

• The Block, a crypto media outlet, receives $10M commitment from majority investor Foresight Ventures (TB)

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M&A Announcements

• Bitcoin mining firm Luxor commits $100M to acquire MicroBT WhatsMiner rigs (TB)

Launches

• Gemini launches agentic trading feature for AI agents (DC)

• Block revamps Bitcoin ecosystem with wallet (BM)

• MARA launches Bitcoin foundation (BM)

• Paystand launches a stablecoin (BM)

• Aven Visa card offers BTC line of credit (TB)

• Blockworks launches investor relations platform with Solana (BW)

• Satori Coin enters US market with physical collectibles (BM)

Regulation

• EU sanctions target Russian crypto exchanges (CD)

• Rep. Begich plans revival of bitcoin bill (TB)

• CFTC chair endorses prediction markets for hedging (TD)

• Canada’s crypto donation ban clears vote (CD)

• Israel approves stablecoin framework (FM)

Cybersecurity

• France charges 88 in wrench attack crackdown (DC)

• Malicious web pages hijack AI agents (DC)

Extra Reads

• Brahimi explores the impact of European banks' integration of crypto into their existing brokerage and payments infrastructure in the wake of MiCA - Here’s why Europe’s banks are going all in on crypto

Chart of the Day

Active addresses on Ethereum hits record highs

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