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Bitcoin
Saylor’s Strategy sees over $9B loss as Bitcoin drops toward $63K
Strategy CEO to discuss Bitcoin with Morgan Stanley’s digital asset head next week
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says he holds Bitcoin
American Bitcoin surpasses 6,000 BTC milestone worth $411M
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Ethereum
Ethereum Foundation begins staking 70,000 ETH to support operations
Tom Lee’s Ethereum treasury Bitmine holds 4.4M ETH worth $8.5B
Vitalik Buterin plans bolt-on cypherpunk layer to upgrade existing Ethereum
Tom Lee’s Bitmine snaps up 45,000 ETH in rapid two-day accumulation: Onchain data
BitMine adds $90 million in ETH, Tom Lee cites sentiment parallels with past crypto lows
Market
World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin slips below dollar peg amid coordinated attack claims
Crypto funds see $288M in outflows as short Bitcoin demand grows
Amazon, Shopify, Etsy rally after Court voids Trump tariffs, Trump vows new 10% levy
Bitcoin whale Garrett Jin sends $761 million in BTC to Binance
Aztec rockets 80% following simultaneous Upbit and Bithumb listings
AI
OpenAI plans AI device lineup, including speaker and smart glasses
Sonic Labs launches Spawn to turn plain English prompts into dApps
Google launches Gemini 3.1 Pro with major reasoning upgrade
OpenAI launches benchmarking system for securing crypto tokens and smart contracts
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with 1M token context window
Tech
Uber plans $100 million investment in autonomous vehicle charging stations
China plans blockchain certification for green energy tracing
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Regulation
Crypto.com wins conditional approval for US national trust bank license
Trump declares global tariff hike to 15% following court setback
Dutch regulator orders Polymarket to halt operations or face €840,000 penalty
Trump tariffs blocked by Supreme Court ruling
ECB eyes digital euro pilot in 2027 and rollout in 2029
Web3
IoTeX confirms token safe incident, says situation ‘under control’
Elon Musk’s X to enable crypto and stock trading with Smart Cashtags
Trove Markets discreetly refunds influencers via stablecoins after ICO crash
UK Treasury taps HSBC’s Orion blockchain to pilot first G7 digital gilt
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AI Agents
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI to advance personal AI agents
Coinbase unveils new Agentic Wallets enabling AI agents to hold and send crypto
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Crypto.com CEO unveils new AI platform that builds intelligent agents for consumers
Richtech Robotics, Microsoft collaborate to deploy agentic AI in commercial and industrial robots
DeFi
Pharos Network launches RealFi Alliance to unify real-world asset markets
ORQO launches yield protocol on XRP Ledger, unlocking RLUSD utility
Uniswap seeks approval for fee rollout across eight chains and remaining v3 pools
XRP Ledger activates permissioned DEX for regulated institutions on mainnet
ZeroLend winds down operations, citing revenue collapse and inactive chains
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NFTs
Justin Bieber’s Bored Ape NFT drops 99% from $1.3M to $12K
Gemini to close NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway as it sharpens focus on super app vision
Moonbirds to launch BIRB token in early Q1 2026
Magic Eden to expand $ME buybacks in 2026 using revenue from Swaps, Lucky Buy, and Packs
OpenSea CMO refutes rumors of a $150 million SEA token sale on Coinbase
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UAE institutional leaders convene in abu dhabi as digital asset strategy accelerates across global finance
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Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) announces ETH holdings reach 4.423 million tokens, and total crypto and total cash holdings of $9.6 billion
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IP strategy announces share repurchase program of up to 1 million shares
Phemex completes full integration of Ondo Finance tokenized equity suite
KuCoin EU expands local compliance and governance team in Austria
Unicity Labs raises $3M to scale autonomous agentic marketplaces
Sentient Foundation launches as global nonprofit to ensure AGI remains open-source and aligned with humanity
Podcast Notes
Jansen Teng: AI agents will become autonomous economic actors, teleoperation can cut costs by 60%, and tokenization is key for robotics innovation | Unchained
Bryan Pellegrino: Xero’s unified blockchain system eliminates layer separation, misconceptions about layer two security, and the game-changing potential of zk technology | Empire
Ansgar Dietrichs: zkEVM could be Ethereum’s biggest transformation, enhancing scaling by optimizing verification, and the shift to mandatory zk proofs will boost network efficiency | Bankless
Grant Cardone: Combining real estate with Bitcoin creates an unmatched financial asset, why unit count is crucial for revenue, and how Bitcoin enhances cash flow | The Wolf Of All Streets
Matt Corallo: Most crypto wallets are quantum-safe, Bitcoin’s soft fork could require proof of seed phrase ownership, and the Ethereum Foundation is leading in quantum threat response | Unchained
Jordi Visser: AI and crypto will disrupt existing market structures, stablecoins are processing more volume than Mastercard, and Bitcoin’s performance is closely tied to software ETFs | The Wolf Of All Streets
Luca Netz: Trove’s $11.5 million token sale highlights flaws in ICO structure, liquidity issues threaten NFT market, and the rise of echo groups over traditional VC | Unchained
Jill Gunter: Crypto’s Evolving Landscape, Privacy Concerns, and Regulatory Shifts | Empire
Bryan Pellegrino: Base’s shift signals independence from OP Stack, why fragmentation is the future of blockchain, and the rising importance of interoperability for institutions | Unchained
Alex Svanevik: Nansen integrates on-chain analytics with trading execution, AI agents will revolutionize transaction processes, and the future of investing is agentic and autonomous | Unchained
Caroline Pham: CFTC’s focus on foundational principles will enhance market integrity, why collaboration with SEC is essential, and the importance of a positive regulatory posture for crypto innovation | Empire