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featured 112688 Not since bitcoin was setting an all-time high have U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs absorbed this much capital in one session. Monday saw a repeat performance, this time with the price roughly $41,000 short of that peak.

Bitcoin ETFs Just Posted Their Biggest Inflow Since the October Record, Nearly $1 Billion in One Day

zeta is leaving its own chain holders back solana migration and layer In Brief:

ZETA Is Leaving Its Own Chain: Holders Back Solana Migration and Layer 1 Shutdown With 99.4% Vote

michael saylor on stage For years the crypto sector pushed Washington to pass the Clarity Act. This week the Senate shut it down, 49 votes in favor to 50 opposed. Michael Saylor, whose company sits on one of the largest bitcoin stockpiles anywhere, says he has no problem with that.

Michael Saylor Argues Crypto Came Out Ahead When the Senate Sank the Clarity Act

kalshi accused of inflating crypto perpetuals volume as 5500 trade pattern draws scrutiny Over a single 24-hour window, Kalshi's newly launched ether perpetual contract recorded $539 million in trading volume. Open positions at that same moment held just $3.1 million.

Kalshi accused of inflating crypto perpetuals volume as $5,500 trade pattern draws scrutiny

NEAR Protocol Embarks on User-Owned AI Journey

NEAR surges 23% on Zcash routing demand while Bitcoin steadies above $81,000

ecb chief lagarde kept binance out of europe report says By one account, the biggest crypto exchange on the planet came close to running legally within the European Union. Then the head of the European Central Bank intervened, and the door closed.

ECB Chief Lagarde Kept Binance Out of Europe, Report Says

congress stalls so the cftc routes its crypto rulebook through the white house Just 48 hours after the Senate failed to pass the Clarity Act, the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission delivered a crypto rulemaking proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget. What's inside it is anyone's guess. That isn't a figure of speech — the CFTC released no details whatsoever.

Congress stalls, so the CFTC routes its crypto rulebook through the White House

treasury tehran crypto exchange handled part of irans 2 million hormuz passage fees Tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz have paid Iran somewhere between $1 million and $2 million apiece this year. According to the U.S. Treasury, a slice of those payments has moved through a Tehran-based cryptocurrency exchange since June.

Treasury: Tehran crypto exchange handled part of Iran’s $2 million Hormuz passage fees

one us forfeiture case ties tether binance and a 1 5 billion iranian oil pipeline together The number prosecutors are asking for is $61 million. The number they describe in the same document is north of $1.5 billion. That spread — roughly 4 cents on the dollar — is the sharpest available snapshot of what on-chain enforcement currently reaches, and what it doesn't.

One US forfeiture case ties Tether, Binance and a $1.5 billion Iranian oil pipeline together

coinbase wires community banks into stablecoins and owns the rails underneath A small-town business reaching a stablecoin rail now has three parties standing in the path. The customer relationship belongs to the bank or credit union. The payments-platform link comes from Moov. Custody and movement components come from Coinbase, per its announcement. To the customer, it all looks like a single bank-branded product.

Coinbase Wires Community Banks Into Stablecoins — And Owns the Rails Underneath