📢 Apple shares ($AAPL) are down 5% today, putting the stock on pace for its largest single-day drop since April 2025.

📢 An Indiana Senate committee has moved forward HB1042, a bill that would permit state retirement funds to allocate investments into cryptocurrency.

📢 Crossmint has launched lobster.cash, an open payment standard designed to support secure transactions for OpenClaw agents, backed by Visa, Solana, Circle, and Stytch.

📢 The CFTC has formed a 35-member Innovation Advisory Committee featuring CEOs from Coinbase, Polymarket, Ripple, Kraken, Gemini, Chainlink Labs, and Robinhood.

📢 BIP 360 has been added to Bitcoin’s official repository, with the goal of strengthening protections against potential quantum computing risks.

📢 BitGo Scales US and EMEA Services Through 21Shares Partnership

BitGo is expanding its collaboration with 21Shares to strengthen crypto services across key regions.

• Expanded custody support across the US and EMEA
• Adds staking services to broaden yield opportunities
• Strengthens infrastructure for institutional crypto products

📢 Polymarket has launched 5-minute $BTC price prediction markets, allowing users to wager on short-term price movements.

📢 Binance Integrates $RLUSD on XRP Ledger

Binance has completed the $RLUSD integration on the XRP Ledger network.

• Deposits for $RLUSD are now live on XRP Ledger
• Withdrawals will open once enough liquidity is available
• Expands stablecoin activity within the $XRP ecosystem

📢 Polymarket traders see a 68% probability that Bitcoin reaches $60K before climbing to $80K.

📢 According to Arkham, the Royal Government of Bhutan has sold an additional $6.7M in $BTC and still retains about $372M worth of Bitcoin in tracked wallets.

📢 The market cap of tokenized gold has exceeded $6B, rising by more than $2B since the beginning of the year.

📢 Solana’s DeFi total value locked has climbed to 80.34M $SOL, marking a new all-time high.

📢 Ethereum’s weekly transaction volume has reached a record 17.3 million, while median fees have fallen to their lowest level ever, suggesting recent scaling improvements are taking effect, according to Token Terminal.

📢 U.S. inflation eased, with CPI rising 2.4% year over year and 0.2% month over month, both figures coming in below forecasts.

📢 Binance CEO Yi He confirmed that the company’s French employee is safe and expressed gratitude to BRB for its quick response, while urging everyone to remain cautious.

📢 FedEx Joins Hedera Council to Boost Supply Chain Transparency

FedEx is officially stepping into blockchain governance by joining the Hedera network.

• FedEx joins the Hedera Council alongside major tech firms
• Will operate a network node and participate in governance
• Aims to use distributed ledger tech to improve supply chain tracking and transparency

📢 Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mike McGlone suggests past CPI trends indicate inflation could approach zero in 2026, with Bitcoin possibly playing a leading role in a deflationary recession scenario.

📢 Bitcoin hasn’t traded at these levels since November 2024.