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Bitcoin climbed toward $82,000 alongside a more than 1% rise in Nasdaq futures amid reports of progress toward a U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding.

The launch occurs as prediction markets surge, facing regulatory conflicts between the pro-market CFTC and challenging state gambling authorities.

Crypto exchanges are increasingly competing to offer retail traders exposure to Silicon Valley’s most valuable private firms, despite the products conferring neither equity ownership nor shareholder rights.

At Consensus Miami 2026, Solana Foundation President Lily Liu argued that stablecoin adoption by firms like Western Union validates Solana’s role as financial infrastructure for both human and machine economies.

Bitcoin’s three-month rally shows a clear internal structure than most traders might expect, with performance clustering around specific trading windows across global sessions.

The license allows the firm to offer tokenized financial instruments to EU banks as well as secondary trading for tokenized bonds, fund shares, equities, and structured products.

Petro pointed to Venezuela and Paraguay as countries that managed to attract investment in bitcoin mining with abundant clean energy.

Authorities have frozen more than $41 million linked to a suspected $150 million crypto Ponzi scheme involving BG Wealth Sharing and DSJ Exchange, following repeated warnings from regulators that the company is unlicensed and likely a scam.

Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm, a16z Crypto, says it has raised $2.2 billion for a new crypto fund, eyeing stablecoins, perpetual futures and tokenization.

Kraken has launched regulated spot margin trading for eligible US retail users through a CFTC-registered entity, offering up to 10x leverage.

SIX Group received FINMA approval to integrate crypto custody into the same regulated infrastructure used for traditional securities settlement and post-trade services.

Anchorage has launched a new agentic banking service, giving AI agents controlled access to capital across traditional finance and crypto payment rails.

Colombia President Gustavo Petro has proposed building a Bitcoin mining hub along the nation’s Caribbean coast by tapping the country’s unused renewable energy.

Kelp DAO is migrating rsETH to Chainlink after a $292 million exploit involving its LayerZero-powered bridge while also leveling fresh blame at LayerZero’s infrastructure.

Rapper Iggy Azalea is facing a class lawsuit over her memecoin, Mother Iggy, with investors claiming promotions of real-world use and business integrations for the token never materialized.

The plaintiff fell victim to a phishing scam that drained his DAI holdings, with part of the funds later traced to a Coinbase user account.

Strategy’s Michael Saylor said the company may sell Bitcoin to “inoculate” the market, as part of an effort to show that its Bitcoin strategy and the broader industry would remain intact.

Saylor explained that this will eventually help Strategy buy more bitcoin than it sells to cover dividends for its STRC.

Bitcoin’s rally toward $82,000 carried on into Tuesday, but lagging use of bullish derivatives positioning could halt the rally.

Michael Saylor proposes using bitcoin sales to support dividends, as Strategy reported a $12.54 billion Q1 loss.

Speakers point to complexity, poor user experience and lack of transparency as key obstacles for mainstream users.

The protocol shift comes as a $71 million court fight continues to unfold.

Forward Industries and RockawayX back OnRe with Series A funding and token allocation to expand blockchain-based reinsurance on Solana.

Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse spoke at Consensus in Miami on Tuesday about his views on the market structure bill working its way through the US Senate and how the midterm elections could affect the legislation.