Crypto / Regulation
- House Agriculture leaders urge Trump to appoint CFTC commissioners as the
CLARITY Act advances in the Senate.
- Poland passes MiCA crypto bill amid expanding Zondacrypto probe.
- B2C2 secures MiCA license in Luxembourg for EU-wide OTC crypto trading
services.
- Crypto market structure bill still faces significant hurdles despite Senate
committee progress.
- Hyperliquid Policy Center argues onchain perpetuals offer greater efficiency
and transparency amid CME and ICE oversight push.
Bitcoin / Markets
- Bitcoin falls below $77,000 amid Trump Iran threats and renewed inflation
concerns.
- Strategy plans to retire $1.5B in convertible notes and may sell bitcoin to
fund buyback.
- Harvard exits ether ETF while Abu Dhabi sovereign fund continues increasing
bitcoin exposure.
- IREN closes $3B convertible notes offering to accelerate AI infrastructure
expansion.
Exchanges / Institutional
- US crypto ATM operator Bitcoin Depot files for Chapter 11 liquidation.
- OKX reportedly set to acquire 20% stake in South Korean exchange Coinone.
- Japan’s SBI and Rakuten developing in-house crypto investment trusts.
- 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF posts record daily inflows as Coinbase becomes
treasury deployer.
Security / Legal
- Ongoing exploit drains $11.6M from Verus-Ethereum bridge.
- THORChain pauses trading after suspected $10M multi-chain exploit alert.
- Alleged Forsage co-founder extradited from Thailand, pleads not guilty in
$340M Ponzi case.
- Myanmar bill proposes death penalty for scam coercion and life imprisonment
for crypto fraud.
- Victims of Iran attacks seek turnover of $344M USDT frozen by Tether.
Industry / Corporate
- OpenSea CMO says tokenized Pokémon cards, Rolexes and tickets could drive next
NFT wave.
- Jito CEO says crypto is entering a “new era” where users can “trade anything
and everything.”
- DogeOS founder says Dogecoin ecosystem has “crazy things on the horizon.”
- Forward Industries posts over 300% revenue growth despite wider net loss tied
to SOL markdowns.
- Bit Digital reports 14% Q1 revenue decline due to weaker ETH staking rewards.
