📢 House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill is urging the Senate to adopt the House-approved Clarity Act language to settle the dispute over stablecoin yield.

📢 A study by the Bitcoin Policy Institute analyzing 36 frontier AI models found that 48.3% selected Bitcoin as their preferred form of money over stablecoins and other monetary options.

📢 According to Santiment, talk of an “altseason” on social media has fallen to very low levels, a pattern that has often preceded major altcoin rallies.

📢 Since 2000, all major global currencies have lost between 51% and 96% of their purchasing power.

📢 CoinShares Launches $BNB Staking ETP

A new product for regulated crypto exposure.

• Introduces a $BNB Staking ETP for investors
• Combines regulated market access with staking rewards
• Launch comes with zero management fees

📢 South Korea Proposes Exchange Ownership Cap🇰🇷

New rules could reshape the crypto exchange landscape.

• Regulators propose a 20% ownership cap for major shareholders
• Aims to limit control and improve market oversight
• Part of broader efforts to tighten crypto regulation

📢 Kraken Gets Federal Reserve Access

A major milestone for the crypto industry.

• Kraken secures a Federal Reserve “master account”
• Becomes the first crypto firm with access to the Fed’s core payment system
• Could enable faster and more direct dollar settlements

📢 Tether Backs AI Health Tech Bet 🤖

A new investment outside the crypto space.

• Invests in Eight Sleep at a $1.5B valuation
• Company focuses on AI-powered sleep and health technology
• Shows Tether expanding into emerging tech sectors

📢 Jiuzi Holdings Plans Major $BTC Buy

A bold treasury move from the EV sector.

• Signed a $1B deal to acquire 10,000 $BTC
• Purchase will be funded through equity financing
• Adds another public company turning to Bitcoin as a reserve asset

📢 Elon Musk has hinted at the launch of X Money as some users begin testing beta wallet features on X, including sending, depositing, and earning yield.

📢 OKX Unveils OnchainOS for AI Agents

AI meets on-chain activity.

• Introduced OnchainOS, an AI toolkit for autonomous agents
• Agents can trade, make payments, and analyze markets
• Also supports wallet management across multiple chains

📢 The total crypto market cap has increased by about $140 billion over the past 24 hours.

📢 Scotiabank has launched an actively managed crypto-selection ETF in Canada, representing a move into digital asset investing by the $1.5T bank.

📢 Bitcoin’s taker buy volume spiked to $121.6M in aggressive market purchases across exchanges right as the U.S. market opened.

📢 Eric Trump claims major banks are lobbying against higher yields from crypto and stablecoins to preserve their dominance in low-interest savings.

He argues banks offer customers almost no interest while keeping the spread and posting record profits.

📢 The market is showing great signs!

📢 The Coinbase Premium Index has climbed to its highest level in nearly three months, indicating U.S. buyers are paying more for BTC compared to prices on international exchanges.

📢 Western Union Launches Stablecoin on $SOL

A big step into on-chain payments.

• Introduces $USDPT, a new stablecoin
• Built in partnership with Crossmint
• Launching on $SOL to support faster global transfers

📢 Bitwise Asset Management Funds $BTC Developers

Supporting the builders behind Bitcoin.

• Donated $233,000 to Bitcoin open-source developers
• Part of a pledge to reinvest 10% of $BITB gross profits
• Funds go toward maintaining and improving the $BTC ecosystem

📢 Zerohash Seeks U.S. Banking License

Another crypto firm moving toward traditional finance.

• Applied for a national trust bank charter with the OCC
• Would allow the firm to operate with a banking-style structure
• Joins a growing list of crypto companies pursuing banking licenses