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US Senate Republicans have called on financial regulators to clarify the capital treatment for crypto, and have taken issue with international banking standards for holding crypto.

Representative Gregory Meeks questioned Jonathan Gould on how the OCC would handle a trust charter application for a Trump family crypto company, accusing the comptroller of being the president’s “fixer.”

The crypto market reacted negatively to Strategy’s small Bitcoin sale and investors sentiment was crushed. Will BTC and Strategy recover?

The British son of a political activist said he had been sanctioned by Russia’s government after penning a report recommending Western countries “put pressure on” exchanges handling the A7A5 stablecoin.

Professional investors cut Bitcoin ETF exposure by 52,000 BTC in Q1, but most selling came from hedge funds and brokerages, while banks increased holdings.

The mortgage structure plan first announced by Coinbase and Better Home & Finance in March came amid US regulatory agencies under Donald Trump implementing policies friendlier to the cryptocurrency industry.

Bitcoin sees uncanny copycat moves versus the 2022 bear market with the $60,000 BTC price level now a key focus.

Bybit becomes the first major crypto exchange to support Western Union’s USDPT, extending the stablecoin’s reach into digital asset markets.

Strategy’s unrealized loss has topped $11 billion, but Michael Saylor pointed to mounting ETF outflows and growing AI infrastructure spending “pressuring” Bitcoin’s price.

Apex Group is part of a blockchain-based real estate fund using Goldman Sachs GS DAP platform with Archax, Ownera and LRC Group in a regulated structure.

The move contrasts with Hayes’ recent bullish calls, including a $150 target for HYPE by August 2026 and a prediction that NEAR could rise 20x by 2027.

Coinbase has launched pre-IPO markets, starting with SpaceX, offering non-US users exposure via perpetual futures as crypto exchanges race into private markets.

Bitcoin revisits its 2022 bear market trend line for the first time in years with BTC price RSI nearing six-year record "oversold" levels.

FG Nexus sold another 10,000 ETH, extending a series of disposals that have pushed losses above $100 million as the Ethereum treasury firm reduces exposure.

Bitcoin ETFs extend a 13-day outflow streak to $4.4 billion as Bitcoin drops about 21% since mid-May and demand shows signs of sharp contraction.

Many traders expect Bitcoin to stage a short-term relief bounce toward $70,000, but the overall picture still remains bleek for the BTC bulls in the short term.

Arthur Hayes’ Maelstrom predicts WLD surge by August, calling it the cheapest proxy for the incoming AI IPO wave.

Anthropic examined 832 accounts it banned for “policy violations” between March 2025 and March 2026, revealing that 67% used AI to prepare for cyberattacks.

Bitmine plans to raise $300 million via preferred perpetual stock to buy more Ether and expand its staking and validator network.

Tech firms and global law enforcement have disrupted scam networks in Southeast Asia, frozen millions in crypto and targeted over 1.4 million fraudulent accounts.

The US commodities regulator has rescinded a policy preventing it from accepting settlement offers if the defendant continues to deny the agency’s allegations.

Israeli digital asset holders have until August 31 to take advantage of a tax authority policy to disclose previously unreported cryptocurrency, but many have reportedly not stepped up.

Wyoming has issued an executive order to guide AI data center development, highlighting the state's growing role in advanced computing.

The United States holds about $215 billion worth of Bitcoin, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying the government was moving forward on enacting Donald Trump’s executive order to establish a national Bitcoin reserve.