Market & Price Movements
- Bitcoin flirts with $66K as geopolitical tensions, macro uncertainty keep
market range-bound
Regulation & Policy
- Fed's Barr invokes 'long and painful history' while encouraging strong
stablecoin oversight
- TD Cowen 'increasingly pessimistic' on crypto bill, sees one-in-three odds of
pass this year
- Dubai's VARA imposes margin, governance, and disclosure rules on crypto
trading and derivatives
Institutional & Financial Developments
- New Hampshire authority to issue $100 million bitcoin-backed bond with
speculative-grade rating from Moody's
- Benchmark initiates coverage on Securitize, calls it a 'picks and shovels'
play for tokenization
- Bitfarms stock rises 5% after posting $284 million net loss in AI transition
year
Corporate & Industry Moves
- Ripple partners with former Western Union unit to 'enhance' cross-border
payments
- Tether parts ways with ex-HSBC gold traders amid KPMG audit
- South Korea's KB Card taps Avalanche for 'hybrid' stablecoin credit card
Technology & Ecosystem
- Chainalysis introduces 'blockchain intelligence agents' trained on millions of
investigations
Crypto Flows & Holdings
- Bhutan government moves another $25 million in bitcoin as weekly transfers top
1,000 BTC: Arkham
Industry Outlook
- 'Unstable velocity': Standard Chartered says stablecoin usage rising faster
than expected as new use cases emerge
