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IREN lands $3.65 billion A-rated financing for Microsoft AI buildout
The debt package helps IREN cover about 96% of the GPU spending needed to fulfill the Microsoft contract.

Dogecoin gains access to Paxos network used by PayPal and Venmo
House of Doge struck partnership with Paxos to integrate DOGE across the firm's enterprise-grade brokerage and custody infrastructure.

Bitcoin weakens near $72K as ETF outflows, stalled whale buying and macro uncertainty weigh on prices: analysts
Bitcoin fell toward $72,000 as U.S. spot ETFs posted weekly outflows again amid Iran risk-off and weak whale demand.

Michael Saylor's Strategy sells 32 bitcoin for $2.5 million as total holdings drop to 843,706 BTC
Strategy's remaining holdings still account for more than 4% of the 21 million bitcoin supply cap — worth around $61 billion.

US-based funds drive $1.7B in global crypto ETP outflows as redemption streak extends to three weeks: CoinShares
Global crypto ETP outflows hit $1.67 billion last week as Bitcoin products recorded their biggest weekly outflow of the year.

Binance adds over 7,000 US stocks and ETFs for traders outside the United States amid super app push
Binance launched U.S. stock and ETF trading for non-U.S. users and has plans for tokenized equities on BNB Chain.

'Gnosis will cover all user losses' amid exploit related to Gnosis Pay, co-founder Koppelmann says
Gnosis co-founder Martin Koppelmann said all user losses will be covered as containment efforts continue following an exploit.

Digital euro is key to counter stablecoin risks, says ECB's Schnabel
Isabel Schnabel, an ECB board member, said Monday that central banks should respond to stablecoin risks with strong regulation and CBDCs.

Coinbase launches Indian rupee rails with perps access in expansion push
The Nasdaq-listed company said it has established INR order books to provide dedicated liquidity for users in the country.

The Funding: How crypto hedge funds are navigating weak markets
As crypto markets remain weak, fund managers say asset selection, fundamentals, and alpha matter more than ever.

Dev helps rescue $2 million locked in 2016 ICO contract for nine years with whitehat exploit
The developer told The Block that two of 48 eligible investors have already claimed 96.5 ETH that was unfrozen, worth nearly $200,000 at current prices.

Sui traces three mainnet halts to upgrade bugs, including a fix it knew carried halt risk
The Sui Foundation said no user funds were at risk and credited AI agents with speeding up its diagnosis of the incidents.

Cardano Foundation cancels 2026 summit after treasury funding vote falls just short
The measure needed two-thirds support but got only 65%, even after late endorsements from Cardano's founder and the Foundation CEO.

Cosmos-based Gravity Bridge drained of $5.4 million in suspected key compromise, researchers say
The attacker took USDC, ether, tether and PAYG tokens before laundering a portion through ChangeNow and Binance.

Crypto champion Trump may be jeopardizing the industry's landmark legislation
Digital asset legislation is years in the making, but the sector's biggest political champion, President Trump, has become a liability.

Court-ordered Circle freeze traps $12.6 million in Zama cUSDC contract amid Overnight Finance suit
Zama CEO Rand Hindi said the protocol's confidential USDC contract was "caught in a crossfire" and that his team is investigating the freeze.

US has seized nearly $1 billion in crypto from Iran, Bessent says
Earlier this year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. had seized "nearly $500 million" in Iranian crypto assets.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon blasts Coinbase's Brian Armstrong, plans to fight Clarity Act
Dimon said Coinbase's Armstrong is spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to get Clarity Act passed.

Texas appoints CleanSpark exec, bitcoin miner CEO to Strategic Bitcoin Reserve committee
Texas is seeking a custodian to transition reserve assets from Blackrock's IBIT into direct bitcoin holdings.

Sui blockchain suffers more downtime following Thursday's six-hour outage
Sui was offline for 5 hours and 55 minutes on Thursday due to a bug in the blockchain's latest "1.72 release."

Aave Labs secures dual UK licenses for regulated crypto payments infrastructure through local subsidiary
Aave Labs has obtained FCA cryptoasset registration in the U.K. for its Push subsidiaries, unlocking zero-fee fiat on-ramps.

Base launches Azul on mainnet, pushing Coinbase's Ethereum L2 toward full decentralization
Base has deployed its Azul upgrade on mainnet, with multiproofs and a new client stack advancing decentralization.

Ventuals to compensate traders after pre-IPO SpaceX perps plunge 45% on Hyperliquid
Ventuals to compensate traders after faulty oracle data sent SPACEX perps down 45% on Hyperliquid, wiping $1.51 million.

'First and only': Paxos secures SEC registration as clearing and settlement agency
Paxos said it is the first and only blockchain-native firm to be registered as a clearing agency under the SEC.

