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Here's a quick preview of today’s content: WW3 coin flipped 10x yesterday, Circle stock has officially entered orbit, Strategy and Metaplanet do what they do best (buy more BTC), Pomp’s SPAC merger is officially underway, Coinbase support bot pushing users to gamble, a massive thread of top signals you won’t want to miss,

Hopefully today is chill

Happy Tuesday – Let’s dive in.

Market Snapshot

  • President Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran (RT), leading to a rally in major cryptocurrencies – but recent reports say there’s still shots being fired

    • The bounce followed a wave of macro relief – Brent crude slipped -1.8% and S&P 500 futures turned positive, even as the ceasefire lacked formal confirmation from either government

  • Ethereum, Solana, and Cardano surged around +7% as trading volumes rebounded after a volatile weekend

  • Bitcoin remains resilient, consolidating near $105,000, as institutional inflows and ETF demand suggest its role as a macro hedge

Headline Roundup
The major headlines driving crypto markets

  • Circle is now up 800% in 18 days and continues to fly (YF)

  • Ethereum dev proposes halving slot times to 6 secs, doubling block production rate – read the portocal proposal here

  • Crypto exchange OKX is reportedly considering a U.S. IPO (BKL)

  • Israeli man arrested for allegedly spying on Iran via crypto transactions (DE)

  • New York-based scammer gambles away nearly all of the $4 million he stole from Coinbase users – read the full ZachXBT investigation here

  • Crypto miner Canaan to shutter its non‑core AI semiconductor unit amid strategic realignment (TB)

  • Brazil’s Meliuz buys $286M in Bitcoin, becoming Latin America’s top public BTC holder (CD)

  • ARK Invest offloads $110M worth of Circle shares after recent volatility (TB)

  • “Wen Lambo” Jaguar & Land Rover customizer unveils Bitcoin payment integration (DE)

  • Sequans Communications, a France-based developer of 5G and IoT semiconductor technology, has announced a Bitcoin treasury strategy backed by a $384M private placement (BM)

  • Nasdaq‑listed firm Coral Capital Holding targets $100M BNB token accumulation to boost treasury holdings (CN)

  • Genesis Digital Assets Limited acquires 1000 air-cooled miners to mine Bitcoin (BM)

  • Anchorage Digital integrates Uniswap Labs trading API to enhance institutional DeFi liquidity (TB)

  • Green Minerals AS, a mineral miner in Norway, has announced the adoption of a Bitcoin treasury strategy (BM)

  • Semiconductor firm Sequans raises $384M for Bitcoin treasury strategy (CT)

M&A Announcements

  • Metaplanet has purchased an additional 1,111 Bitcoin for ~¥17.2B ($118.2M USD) (BM)

  • Anthony Pompliano announced a $1B merger creating ProCap Financial through a SPAC transaction with Columbus Circle Capital Corp. CCCM (BM)

  • Strategy has purchased an additional 245 Bitcoin for approximately $26M (BM)

  • The Blockchain Group has announced the acquisition of 75 additional bitcoins for approximately €6.9M (BM)

Venture Capital

  • Chorus One alumni launch $20M fund targeting pre‑seed and seed crypto‑AI startups (TB)

  • Veda raises $18M led by CoinFund, Coinbase Ventures, and GSR for on‑chain yield products without DeFi complexity (TB)

Launches

  • Payments company Fiserv will launch a digital-asset platform and a new fiat-pegged stablecoin, called FIUSD (TB)

  • Paradigm launches GTE, the world’s fastest DEX with a central limit orderbook (TB)

  • DigiAsia Corp, a leading Southeast Asian Fintech-as-a-Service platform, to launch Bitcoin treasury strategy and aims to raise $100M for long term Bitcoin holdings (BM)

  • Former Coral Capital execs to launch BNB‑focused treasury firm Build Build Corp, raising $100M (TB)

Regulation

  • Senator introduces bill to halt Trump’s crypto activity unless pre‑approval is voted (DE)

Cybersecurity

  • Self‑Chain ousts CEO following allegations of involvement in $50M OTC crypto fraud (TB)

  • Cointelegraph site hacked with fake airdrop phishing attack targeting readers (DE)

  • Trezor warns users after scam leads to phishing theft of hardware‑wallet connected funds (TB)

Extra Reads

Chart of the Day

Bitcoin dominance has resurged to 62% after experiencing a notable dip to 59% in May, representing Bitcoin's market capitalization relative to the total market capitalization of all crypto assets

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