During last week’s downturn, altcoins showed unusual relative strength compared to BTC, with most sectors actually outperforming the first cryptocurrency — Glassnode.

Strategy stated that it will be fine even if BTC falls to $25,000.

Tether has become the world’s largest independent holder of gold — only the central banks of economically developed countries hold more.

Against this backdrop, S&P Global downgraded the stability rating of the USDT stablecoin to the lowest level, citing the growing share of volatile assets in the company’s reserves, including Bitcoin and gold

Tether sharply criticized the assessment, calling it outdated and noting that the stablecoin has never failed redemptions, processes billions in volume daily, and generates multi-billion profits.

The company also emphasizes that its assets include a substantial package of U.S. Treasury bonds and that USDT has long evolved into critical financial infrastructure for emerging markets — far from just a speculative token.

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It is expected that a spot LINK ETF will be launched next week — Nate Geraci, head of ETF Store

The Yearn Finance project has been hacked for $9,000,000 — the attacker gained the ability to mint an infinite amount of yETH and drained the pool in a single transaction.

The IMF has warned that stablecoins could trigger ‘currency substitution’ and weaken central banks’ control, especially in cases of cross-border and non-custodial use

The current correction has reached 32% — a level that could turn out either to be a local bottom, as in 2021, or a precursor to a new bearish cycle, as in 2022, according to CryptoQuant.

A new season of the trading tournament among AI models has concluded — the winner was the secret Mystery Model, which turned out to be GROK 4.20. Over two weeks, it delivered a return of 12.11% (just kidding).

The previous season’s champion — Qwen 3 Max — which dominated in crypto trading, failed to perform on the stock market this time.

Last night, hackers breached Binance’s WeChat account and used it to promote sales of the MUBARAKAH shitcoin — earning about $55,000 from the scheme.

Michael Saylor stated that his company intends to buy up as many BTC as possible, effectively removing them from the market — according to him, this strategy will reduce the available supply and strengthen the network itself.

OpenAI stated that the development of AI is progressing faster than expected, and new models may already pose a real cybersecurity threat.

In specialized tests, GPT-5 solved 27% of hacking-related tasks, while the more advanced GPT-5.1 solved 76%, demonstrating capabilities that were previously considered unattainable.

The company emphasizes that the entire industry is moving toward increasingly powerful AI systems — and with that, potentially more dangerous ones.

Tether wants to fully acquire Juventus Football Club — the USDT issuer has already submitted an official offer.

Paolo Ardoino called the club ‘a part of his life’ and a symbol of Italian excellence.

The U.S. Senate has postponed the crypto market structure bill until next year.

Since the beginning of this year, the volume of issued euro-denominated stablecoins has grown to €425,000,000 (+168%).

Binance has announced a reward of up to $5,000,000 for information about fake listing intermediaries who impersonate representatives of the exchange.

Several individuals and companies involved have already been blacklisted and may face legal action.

Northern Data, in which Tether holds a controlling stake, has sold its mining division to companies owned by Tether executives.

Michael Saylor’s company Strategy did not buy BTC last week, but increased its reserves by $748 million and now holds $2.19 billion and 671,268 BTC.