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MoonPay Offers Stablecoin Bonuses to Drafted Athletes in X Games League Push Athletes drafted on Thursday to compete in the MoonPay X Games League are set to receive signing bonuses in Exodus-powered stablecoins.

MoonPay Offers Stablecoin Bonuses to Drafted Athletes in X Games League Push

Tether Backs Ark Labs’ $5.2 Million Bet on Bitcoin’s Stablecoin Revival Ark Labs’ latest funding builds upon efforts to return stablecoin giant Tether to its Bitcoin-based roots

Tether Backs Ark Labs’ $5.2 Million Bet on Bitcoin’s Stablecoin Revival

New BlackRock Staked Ethereum Fund to Pay 82% of Rewards to Investors BlackRock's new ETHB fund launches Thursday, sharing 82% of Ethereum staking rewards with investors through monthly payments.

New BlackRock Staked Ethereum Fund to Pay 82% of Rewards to Investors

Singapore Jails Man Over $6.9M SafeX Crypto Theft Case Prosecutors said Zhang Xinghua helped move stolen funds through Tornado Cash after unauthorized access drained SafeX-linked wallets in 2025.

Singapore Jails Man Over $6.9M SafeX Crypto Theft Case

Morning Minute: Ripple Buy Backs, Across Explores Token-to-Equity Swaps Ripple is buying back shares at a $50 billion valuation, while Binance is pushing back at the Wall Street Journal's recent reporting.

Morning Minute: Ripple Buy Backs, Across Explores Token-to-Equity Swaps

Bitcoin Recovers Above $70K as Tanker Attacks Push Oil Back Over $100 Bitcoin rebounded as Gulf shipping strikes sent Brent crude past $101, with analysts split on near-term outlook.

Bitcoin Recovers Above $70K as Tanker Attacks Push Oil Back Over $100

Bitcoin Miners ‘Sitting on a Gold Mine’ as AI Demand Ramps Up: VanEck VanEck’s Matthew Sigel argued miners are redirecting infrastructure to AI while trading at a discount to traditional data-center peers.

Bitcoin Miners ‘Sitting on a Gold Mine’ as AI Demand Ramps Up: VanEck

Metaplanet Deepens Bitcoin Strategy With $25M Investment Plan, New Venture Arm Metaplanet is launching two subsidiaries and backing Japan's first licensed yen stablecoin as it bets on the country's digital asset infrastructure.

Metaplanet Deepens Bitcoin Strategy With $25M Investment Plan, New Venture Arm

SEC, CFTC Strike Pact to Coordinate Crypto Rules and Oversight The agencies have moved to coordinate oversight, in a bid to end years of regulatory overlap on the treatment of crypto.

SEC, CFTC Strike Pact to Coordinate Crypto Rules and Oversight

Hackers Hijack Bonk.fun Domain, Deploy Wallet-Draining Phishing Prompt Browser warnings flagged the site for suspected phishing after attackers pushed a fake TOS message designed to trick users.

Hackers Hijack Bonk.fun Domain, Deploy Wallet-Draining Phishing Prompt

Crypto Traders Turn to Hyperliquid for Oil Bets Amid Iran Volatility Nearly $1 billion in synthetic oil futures were traded on Wednesday amid reactions to geopolitical tensions and fears of future price spikes.

Crypto Traders Turn to Hyperliquid for Oil Bets Amid Iran Volatility

Most AI Chatbots Will Help a Teen Plan a Mass Shooting, Study Finds A new study found eight of the 10 major AI chatbots helped fake teen accounts plan school shootings, assassinations, and bombings.

Most AI Chatbots Will Help a Teen Plan a Mass Shooting, Study Finds

Ripple Begins Buying Back Shares at $50 Billion Valuation: Bloomberg The XRP-linked Ripple is buying back shares from investors and employees at a $50 billion valuation, according to a report from Bloomberg.

Ripple Begins Buying Back Shares at $50 Billion Valuation: Bloomberg

Grammarly Disables AI 'Expert Review' After Backlash From Authors and Journalists Grammarly said it will rethink the tool after criticism that it used real experts—including some who are deceased—without consent.

Grammarly Disables AI 'Expert Review' After Backlash From Authors and Journalists

Microsoft Sides With Anthropic Against Trump Admin’s Supply Chain Risk Designation Microsoft filed a court brief backing Anthropic's lawsuit against the Pentagon—a move that reveals just how much the tech giant has riding on Claude's survival.

Microsoft Sides With Anthropic Against Trump Admin’s Supply Chain Risk Designation

Wells Fargo Applies for WFUSD Trademark, Signaling Use in Crypto and Stablecoins Wells Fargo has applied for a trademark for "WFUSD" for potential use in service categories that mention crypto and stablecoins.

Wells Fargo Applies for WFUSD Trademark, Signaling Use in Crypto and Stablecoins

Android Phone Crypto Wallets Could Be at Risk Due to MediaTek Exploit: Ledger A vulnerability in some MediaTek-powered phones could allow attackers to extract encrypted data, including wallet seed phrases, using only a USB connection.

Android Phone Crypto Wallets Could Be at Risk Due to MediaTek Exploit: Ledger

Myriad to Use USD1 on BNB Chain as Exclusive Settlement Asset The prediction market is the first to use the USD1 stablecoin as its main settlement layer, creating a “faster, simpler” user experience.

Myriad to Use USD1 on BNB Chain as Exclusive Settlement Asset

Justin Sun Deal Complicates SEC's Crypto Stance, Legal Experts Say The Trump SEC appears to contend a token connected to Sun was offered as a security. The admission could complicate the regulator’s new views on crypto.

Justin Sun Deal Complicates SEC's Crypto Stance, Legal Experts Say

Top Bitcoin Mining Pool Operator Foundry Is Getting Into Zcash Foundry Digital said it plans to offer a mining pool for Zcash next month, enabling people to earn the coin using shared resources.

Top Bitcoin Mining Pool Operator Foundry Is Getting Into Zcash

Mastercard Recruits Binance, Ripple and PayPal for Crypto Partner Program Over 85 crypto industry firms have signed on for Mastercard’s new initiative, which it said will inform future products and services.

Mastercard Recruits Binance, Ripple and PayPal for Crypto Partner Program

Brera Stock Plunges Amid Growing Solana Pivot as 'Solmate' Firm Dumps Soccer Teams Shares in Solana firm Brera Holdings plunged early Wednesday after the company said it's going nearly all-in on its crypto pivot.

Brera Stock Plunges Amid Growing Solana Pivot as 'Solmate' Firm Dumps Soccer Teams

Morning Minute: Bitcoin Outperforms Gold, Stocks During Iran War Digital gold is outperforming thanks to Saylor's STRC, while Polymarket got one of the world's most powerful surveillance firms to watch its markets.

Morning Minute: Bitcoin Outperforms Gold, Stocks During Iran War

DOJ Investigating if Iran Used Binance to Evade Sanctions: WSJ Binance has sued the Wall Street Journal over what it termed "false and defamatory reporting" in the story published Wednesday.

DOJ Investigating if Iran Used Binance to Evade Sanctions: WSJ

Bitcoin Retreats Under $70K as IEA Weighs Historic Oil Reserve Release Bitcoin’s drop coincides with an IEA proposal to stabilize energy markets, leaving derivatives traders paying for downside protection.

Bitcoin Retreats Under $70K as IEA Weighs Historic Oil Reserve Release

DOJ Seeks Forfeiture of $3.4M in USDT Tied to Ethereum Investment Scam Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have moved to forfeit 3.44 million USDT linked to an alleged text-based crypto investment fraud.

DOJ Seeks Forfeiture of $3.4M in USDT Tied to Ethereum Investment Scam

Democrats Introduce Bill to Ban Prediction Market Contracts on War and Death The DEATH BETS Act would prohibit CFTC-registered exchanges from listing contracts tied to terrorism, assassination, war, or death.

Democrats Introduce Bill to Ban Prediction Market Contracts on War and Death

Ripple Seeks Australian Financial License to 'Scale' Payments Across the Region If approved, the license would allow Ripple to run services and bring its infrastructure into the country’s financial system.

Ripple Seeks Australian Financial License to 'Scale' Payments Across the Region

China Plays the Long Game in AI While US Chases Superintelligence: Brookings A Brookings report says China’s AI strategy prioritizes efficiency, open-source adoption, and embedding AI into real-world systems.

China Plays the Long Game in AI While US Chases Superintelligence: Brookings

Quantum Computing Isn't Just Coming for Bitcoin—It Threatens Messaging Apps Too Experts warn that encrypted chats could face a “harvest now, decrypt later” risk as quantum computing advances.

Quantum Computing Isn't Just Coming for Bitcoin—It Threatens Messaging Apps Too