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Trump hits pause on Iran, crypto surges, and Polymarket cracks down on insider bets
Trump hits pause on Iran and crypto rips, Polymarket tightens insider rules, and MoonPay pushes AI agents onchain.
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Crypto had a wild Monday morning, and geopolitics was the catalyst.
Markets whipsawed on conflicting reports about US-Iran diplomacy.
Meanwhile, the industry kept building like nothing happened.
New integrity rules, open-source infrastructure, shifting capital flows all in one week.
The theme: crypto is growing up, even when the world around it isn't.
Polymarket bans insider style trading practices
Polymarket just published new market integrity rules targeting manipulation and insider-style bets.
The updated rules apply to both its DeFi platform and its CFTC-regulated US exchange.
They build on a rulebook from November 2025, adding surveillance requirements for the first time.
For a platform that processed over $3B in volume during the 2024 elections, the stakes are obvious.
Markets
Crypto surges on Iran de-escalation hopes, but conflicting reports add uncertainty
Trump posted that the US and Iran held "very good and productive conversations."
Bitcoin jumped from an early Monday low near $67K to above $71K within hours.
Then Iran's Fars news agency said the cited talks never actually happened.
MicroStrategy didn't flinch, scooping up 1,031 BTC for $77M on the same day.
BTC traded near $71K, ETH climbed back above $2,150, SOL pushed toward $91, and XRP touched $1.45.
Crypto fund inflows slow to $230M after hawkish Fed
Digital asset investment products pulled in just $230M last week.
The Fed's hawkish hold on rates cooled appetite for riskier bets.
Bitcoin still captured $219M of those flows.
Ethereum wasn't so lucky, it saw $28M in outflows after weeks of gains.
MoonPay open-sources a wallet standard for AI agents
MoonPay launched an open wallet standard designed to let AI agents transact across blockchains.
It works on EVM chains, Solana, Bitcoin, and TON.
The MIT-licensed project has backing from over 15 contributors including the Ethereum Foundation.
If AI agents are going to spend crypto, they'll need a shared language to do it.
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