Regulation & Policy
- Fed pick Warsh backs crypto’s place in finance as Warren raises ‘sock puppet’
concerns in hearing
- New York Attorney General sues Coinbase, Gemini for 'illegal gambling' on
prediction market platforms
- Bipartisan PACE Act looks to open Fed payment rails to nonbanks, draws crypto
support
- UK sets out plan to integrate payments rules covering stablecoins and
tokenized deposits
- Bank of Korea's new chief vows to push CBDC, deposit tokens; leaves out
stablecoins
Market & Corporate Developments
- Circle tops crypto stocks with 30% gain as stablecoin growth outpaces Coinbase
slump
- Core Scientific plans $3.3 billion debt offering, with proceeds to help repay
credit facility loans
- Proposed STRC upgrade seen as shared upside lever for Strategy and Strive
shareholders: TD Cowen
- SoFi adds XRP deposits but users criticize lack of external wallet transfers
Institutional & Product Expansion
- Peter Thiel-backed unicorn Ramp rolls out $0 conversions between USDT and
dollars across product suite
- Kalshi eyes crypto expansion with perpetual futures trading: report
- DoorDash to offer stablecoin payouts with Tempo in push toward everyday crypto
payments
- Pompliano's ProCap Financial partners with Kalshi to incorporate real-time
prediction market data in research
- Polymarket taps Bitget Wallet's over 90 million users with integration
- Japan's JSCC partners with Mizuho, Nomura to test government bonds on
blockchain
Technology & Ecosystem
- Etherealize updates long-term ETH price prediction to $250,000
Security, Legal & Incidents
- Justin Sun sues World Liberty Financial over WLFI token freeze, governance
exclusion
- Sui-based Volo Protocol exploited; team pledges to absorb losses
- Kelp DAO exploiter launders $80 million worth of ETH, mostly through
THORChain: onchain analyst
- Scammers demand crypto 'clearance' fees from ships near Strait of Hormuz:
report
- Kelp DAO exploiter begins moving stolen funds across chains after Arbitrum ETH
freeze
- Arbitrum freezes $71 million worth of ETH stolen in Kelp DAO exploit
