Regulation & Policy
- Sen. Tillis aims to release draft resolving Clarity Act’s stablecoin yield
dispute this week: report
- Ondo seeks SEC clearance for tokenized equities model on Ethereum
- SEC carves out path for some crypto interfaces to bypass broker registration
- List of “unsolvable” issues have shrunk, top White House crypto advisory says
as momentum builds to pass legislation
- Former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo goes full-time as a tech and crypto advisor
Market & Institutional
- Y Combinator settles first all-stablecoin funding in USDC on Solana
- Coinbase shares “de-risked” after selloff with USDC growth boosting Circle
outlook: William Blair
- Crypto funds pull in $1.1 billion as bitcoin products lead strongest inflow
week since January: CoinShares
- ‘Think bigger’: Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys another 13,927 bitcoin for $1
billion as holdings reach 780,897 BTC
- Bitmine holds 4% of ethereum supply as total holdings reach $11.8 billion
Infrastructure & Development
- South Korean payments provider NHN KCP to build own Layer 1 on Avalanche
- USDD expands beyond TRON with WBTC vaults, unlocking low-cost Bitcoin
liquidity and yield opportunities
- StarkWare cuts staff, reorganizes into two units as it targets revenue
Security & Risk
- Kraken security chief says exchange won’t negotiate as it faces extortion
threat
- Attacker exploits Polkadot-based Hyperbridge to mint 1 billion bridged DOT,
nets $237K
- Coinone hit with $3.5 million fine, three-month partial suspension over AML
violations: reports
- Bank of Korea calls for “circuit breaker” in local crypto market, citing
Bithumb incident
Corporate & Commentary
- Circle CEO Allaire defends decision not to freeze USDC in Drift exploit,
citing “moral quandary”
- Bitcoin pulls back as ceasefire rally fades amid renewed Hormuz tensions:
analysts
