Market & Price
- Bitcoin falls below $66K; crowded shorts signal potential upside risk.
- CryptoQuant: bitcoin demand in “deep contraction,” but price could rebound to
$71.5K–$81.2K.
- Bittensor breakout drives AI token rally.
Institutional & Adoption
- Tokenized equities, regulatory clarity, and NYSE partnerships push blockchain
into mainstream finance.
- Coinbase receives conditional OCC approval for national trust charter.
- Linux Foundation to steward Coinbase’s x402 payments protocol with major tech
and crypto firms.
Corporate & Treasury
- Metaplanet adds 5,075 BTC; holdings reach 40,177 BTC, third-largest among
public firms.
- BitGo launches institutional stablecoin minting and redemption services.
Products & Technology
- Circle introduces cirBTC, 1:1 BTC-backed wrapped token on Ethereum and Arc L1.
- Telegram Wallet integrates Lighter for in-app perpetual futures trading to
150M+ users.
- Safe launches security network to give SAFE token economic utility.
- Polymarket integrates Pyth for resolving equity and commodity markets.
Regulation & Legal
- CFTC sues Illinois, Arizona, Connecticut over prediction market jurisdiction.
Investment & Funding
- Pump.fun leads $1M pre-seed in prediction market startup Pumpcade.
- CZ-backed YZi Labs increases investment in Predict.fun ahead of World Cup.
Risk & Security
- Drift exploit ($280M) linked to admin takeover; criticism over Circle’s USDC
response.
Credit & Ratings
- Kroll assigns Ripple Prime “medium quality” rating citing backing and
concentration risks.
