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MANTRA halted its blockchain and exchanges paused deposits and withdrawals after an exploit, while OM fell about 18% to a record low before recovering to roughly $0.0044.
Reported US spot bitcoin ETF inflows reached $517 million to $608 million in one day, while ether ETFs posted their largest inflow since October.
Bitcoin moved above $75,000 and toward $76,000, reclaiming its 200-day moving average as roughly $1 billion more in short positions were liquidated.
The CFTC is exploring a crypto market-structure framework and developer protections, signaling possible agency action if the CLARITY Act does not advance.
Cardano’s CIP repository has assigned CPS-0030 to a quantum-secure settlement problem statement, beginning standards-track scoping rather than making an on-chain change.
Strategy, Coinbase, Circle, and BitMine rose alongside crypto markets, with the record attributing the move to Clarity Act optimism and a short squeeze.
Trump said the CFTC is working on a compliant U.S. path for Hyperliquid, while HYPE rose sharply; the available record describes intent, not a regulatory decision.
Ripple raised $275 million in its debut debt offering to expand into prime brokerage and multi-asset clearing, citing institutional demand for the move.
Ethena and FalconX launched a $1 billion facility to deploy USDe-backing assets into overcollateralized institutional loans, widening the backing strategy beyond crypto basis trades.
Ether rose about 18% to roughly $2,250 as Bitcoin topped $69,000, while spot ETFs drew about $706 million combined in their biggest inflows in months.
HSBC and Standard Chartered say they completed a live transaction on Swift’s 24/7 ledger, linking tokenized-deposit systems for potential cross-border interoperability.
A Bitcoin surge triggered a reported record $2.7 billion in liquidated bearish positions, including roughly $1.4 billion in shorts over about four hours.
Trump met digital-asset leaders and urged the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act, but a bipartisan ethics dispute leaves the bill’s timing uncertain.
Bitcoin moved above $68,000 and briefly touched $70,000 after the US Treasury said it would at least double debt repurchases from September.
VanEck says Bitcoin volatility has fallen sharply while eight of 12 capitulation signals are active, though the supplied record offers limited detail on timing or market effects.
Cypherpunk says a new Zcash mining fleet controls about 18% of hashrate as it pursues a ZEC accumulation strategy, though much of the equity impact remains subject to approval.
MAYAChain halted after a chained-bug exploit drained assets, but available reports place the impact anywhere from about $1.7 million to an $11 million pool-value drop.
Metaplanet reportedly plans to take a controlling Super League stake, creating a US-listed bitcoin-treasury vehicle seeded with existing holdings.
BitBox says it fixed severe hardware-wallet firmware flaws and urged users to update to version 9.26.5, while reporting no known exploitation or fund losses.
FASB has proposed treating qualifying stablecoins as cash equivalents, subject to direct issuer redemption rights and 1:1 liquid reserves.
Citi says it plans to launch Custody+ later this year, giving institutional clients bitcoin custody alongside traditional-asset servicing and settlement tools.
The SEC has proposed a crypto-asset framework as the CLARITY Act stalls, but its final terms and practical effect remain unsettled.
A single crypto-media report places ADA near $0.174, down roughly 1%, as traders weigh the Dijkstra roadmap against bearish chart commentary and liquidation risk.
A merged Hydra change adds opt-in binary CBOR for client API messages. JSON remains the byte-identical default, while reported benchmarks show smaller messages and faster hot-path processing.
