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Regulation & Policy - Clarity Act's stablecoin yield language pushed back; ban on idle balances still intact - ‘This is nuts’: CFTC chair Selig grilled by lawmakers on prediction markets, Hyperliquid, and staffing - UK FCA seeks fresh feedback on crypto rules ahead of October 2027 rollout - 'Bitcoin taxes make no sense': Washington think tank argues US rules hinder everyday payments - Solana Institute-backed super PAC pours $8 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio race Market & Institutional Flows - Bitcoin ETFs add $186M as Morgan Stanley's MSBT inflows top $100M in first six trading days Corporate & Institutional Developments - Bored Apes-creator Yuga Labs taps new CEO as Greg Solano moves to chairman role - Morgan Stanley’s Amy Oldenburg says crypto 'becoming daily business' across the firm - Elon Musk's X Money stands to disrupt payments and pressure PayPal, but crypto plans may hit regulatory hurdles: Mizuho - Charles Schwab begins rollout of spot bitcoin, ethereum trading platform - AI agents make card purchases with new Mastercard–Lobster.cash integration - DoubleZero rolls out Edge, a low-latency onchain data delivery service on its global fiber DePIN infrastructure - South Korea to pilot blockchain-based deposit tokens for government spending Technology & Ecosystem - Tempo unveils pragmatic privacy solution called Zones, a way to run permissioned parallel blockchains - Ethereum Foundation exec Josh Stark is stepping down Security, Legal & Incidents - Circle hit with class action lawsuit over alleged inaction in $280 million Drift exploit - Russia-linked Grinex exchange suspends operations after $15 million hack, blames 'hostile states' - Texas man gets 23 years for $20 million crypto scam supposedly backed by Picasso and Van Gogh artwork - Polkadot-based Hyperbridge revises exploit losses to $2.5 million, ten times initial estimate - Drift secures up to $127 million from Tether for user recovery, pivots from Circle's USDC to USDT after $280 million exploit - Crypto fund manager questioned in Zanzibar police probe into fiancee's death: reports Industry & Strategy - Circle CEO Allaire sees 'tremendous opportunity' for yuan stablecoin: report - Bitcoin miner HIVE lines up $75 million note offering to fund AI infrastructure expansion

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