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Here's a quick preview of today’s content: Trump-linked World Liberty project faces investor revolt, Musician loses Bitcoin retirement fund via fake Ledger app, SEC opens broker exemption path for crypto interfaces, Crypto.com reveals $1M bonuses for White House UFC Fight, Crypto PAC begins endorsing candidates for midterms, and so much more

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Market Snapshot

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  • Bitcoin tops $74,000 and erases weekend decline as crypto funds pull in $1.1B, strongest inflow week since January

    • Market cap rises +2% to $2.55T as BTC gains +6% and ETH climbs +2.5%, with BTC dominance approaching 60%

    • BitMine crosses 4% of ETH supply as nearly $120M of XRP moves to Coinbase in whale transaction

  • Bitcoin pulls back from highs as ceasefire rally fades amid Hormuz tensions, though worst of weekend fears slip away

Prediction Markets

  • Bettors on Polymarket are predicting will Bitcoin hit $60k or $80k first?

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Headline Roundup
The major headlines driving crypto markets

  • Strategy funds entire $1B Bitcoin buy with hybrid securities (BBG)

  • Crypto exchange Kraken extorted over stolen data (DC)

  • Trump-linked World Liberty project faces investor revolt (BBG)

  • Justin Sun claims World Liberty investors used as 'personal ATM' (DC)

  • SEC opens broker exemption path for crypto interfaces (BM)

  • Crypto.com reveals $1M bonuses for White House UFC Fight (DC)

  • Coinbase VP of international policy leaves for OpenAI (CD)

  • BitMine makes biggest Ethereum buy since December (DC)

  • Crypto firm Exodus sues W3C to compel $175M acquisition (CD)

  • Polymarket trader makes $252K after UFC makes another scoring error (DC)

  • Coinone hit with $3.5M fine and suspension over AML violations (TB)

  • StarkWare cuts staff in push toward revenue-generation (TB)

  • Aave approves $25M funding grant (TB)

  • Alameda moves $16M in Solana for possible creditor distribution (CD)

  • Nigel Farage-backed Stack adds $2.7M in BTC to treasury (CT)

  • South Korea says API crypto trading makes up 30% of market (CT)

  • TD Securities formalizes crypto treasuries as equities (BM)

  • Capital B buys more Bitcoin after equity raise (BM)

  • Ondo seeks clearance for tokenized equities model (TB)

  • Jito and KODA team up on institutional staking (CT)

  • Scroll moves to cut security council (TD)

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Venture Capital

  • Jozo, a Saudi real estate tokenization firm, raises $2.21M led by Sheikh Hamad Bin Saedan Real Estate (WD)

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Launches

  • HSBC completes tokenized deposit pilot on Canton (TD)

  • Broadridge rolls out crypto platform for Canada wealth managers (CT)

  • Foundry launches Zcash mining pool (DC)

Regulation

  • Bankers rebuff White House claim over stablecoin yield (CD)

  • Crypto PAC begins endorsing candidates for midterms (CT)

  • Former CFTC Chair goes full-time tech and crypto advisor (TB)

  • Bank of Korea calls for stock market rules in crypto market (TB)

  • ECB backs tokenized capital markets with guardrails (CT)

  • ClearBank secures MiCA for dollar stablecoins (CD)

Cybersecurity

  • Attacker mints 1B Polkadot tokens in $237K exploit (CD)

  • Circle CEO defends decision not to freeze USDC in exploit (TB)

  • Musician loses Bitcoin retirement fund via fake Ledger app (CT)

  • Researchers discover malicious AI routers that steal crypto (CT)

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