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Brevan Howard slashes Bitcoin ETF holdings, increases options exposure

Global hedge fund Brevan Howard has sharply reduced its holdings of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund while increasing its options positions. According to Bloomberg on the 18th (local time), Brevan Howard Capital Management cut its stake

US banks build a tokenized deposit network, shoring up defenses as stablecoins spread

Major US banks are jointly building a blockchain-based tokenized deposit network to respond to the spread of digital assets. According to Bloomberg on the 18th (local time), Huntington Bancshares, First Horizon, M&T Bank, KeyCorp, and Old National Ba

World Liberty to Tokenize Loan-Profit Interests From Maldives Resort

World Liberty Financial, a crypto-asset project linked to U.S. President Donald Trump, said it will tokenize equity interests in the loan proceeds from a Trump resort under development in the Maldives. According to Bloomberg on the 18th (local time),

Kyrgyzstan’s crypto tax take nears $22.8 million…surpasses annual revenue from the country’s largest traditional bazaar

Kyrgyzstan’s virtual asset industry generated annual tax revenue of about $22.8 million, paying more in taxes than the country’s largest traditional market, according to reports. According to coverage on the 11th (local time), last year’s virtual ass

US spot Ethereum ETFs see $129.22 million in net outflows…institutional sentiment weakens

US spot Ethereum ETFs saw net outflows totaling $129.22 million in a single day. According to data compiled by TraderT on the 11th (local time), total net outflows across all Ethereum ETFs came to $129.22 million, with withdrawals concentrated in pro

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs see $275.81 million in net outflows…Funds pull back mainly from IBIT and FBTC

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net outflows of $275.81 million in a single day. According to data compiled by TraderT on the 11th (local time), total net outflows from Bitcoin ETFs came to $275.81 million. Investor sentiment appeared to weaken as fu

Musk: ‘X Money’ to launch limited external beta within two months… ‘It will become a hub for all financial transactions’

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said X is preparing to roll out its payments service ‘X Money’ as a limited external beta within the next one to two months. According to Cointelegraph on the 12th (local time), Musk said during an ‘All Hands’ presentation at

DCG CEO: "As much as 10% of Bitcoin capital will shift to privacy coins"

Barry Silbert, CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG), forecast that over the next several years, part of the capital currently allocated to Bitcoin will migrate to privacy-focused crypto assets. According to The Block on the 11th (local time), Silbert

BlockFills halts client deposits and withdrawals… institutional liquidity warning light

BlockFills, an institutional lending platform, has suspended client deposits and withdrawals amid a sharp drop in bitcoin, according to reports. Cointelegraph reported on the 12th (local time) that BlockFills said in an official post on X that it had

Thailand to allow crypto-based derivatives… SEC says it will “broaden inclusion in capital markets”

The Thai government has decided to allow regulated derivatives that use virtual assets (cryptocurrencies) as underlying assets. The move is aimed at integrating digital assets more deeply into the formal capital-market framework. According to Decrypt

Robinhood CEO: “Digital assets are at the dawn of structural growth… Tokenization and 24-hour trading are key”

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said he is strongly optimistic about the digital-asset (crypto) market, calling it “the early stages of structural growth.” On the 11th (local time), in an interview with Bloomberg TV, Tenev said that despite recent price vol

Strategy CEO: "Expanding digital credit and perpetual preferred stock to curb share-price volatility"

Strategy Inc, which holds a large amount of Bitcoin (BTC), said it will strengthen its digital credit products and expand issuance of perpetual preferred shares to ease concerns about share-price volatility. On the 12th (local time), Phong Le, CEO of

Eric Trump: "Limits on major shareholders’ stakes in crypto exchanges? Unthinkable in the U.S."

Eric Trump, the second son of U.S. President Donald Trump and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, has been reported to have expressed a negative view of discussions in South Korea on limiting major shareholders’ stakes in virtual-asse

CZ: "Left OKCoin due to cultural differences…a year later decided to found an exchange in Tokyo"

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the founder of Binance, revealed why he left OKCoin and the backstory to launching Binance. In an interview with the All-In Podcast released on the 10th (local time), CZ said he quit OKCoin after only a few months in early 2015 "

Zero Hash adds Monad-based USDC support…expands stablecoin payments

Digital-asset infrastructure firm Zero Hash has added support for Circle’s U.S. dollar stablecoin USDC on the Monad network, moving to expand its stablecoin payment infrastructure. According to The Block on the 11th (local time), Zero Hash said it ha

UK Treasury moves to issue digital government bonds via HSBC blockchain

The UK Treasury has selected HSBC’s blockchain platform to run a pilot issuance of digital government bonds. As part of its strategy to modernize the UK’s capital market infrastructure, it plans to trial a blockchain-based system for gilt issuance an

Large XRP Transfer Detected… $1.81 Breakout Back in Focus

As XRP’s price searches for direction around a key support zone, a series of large transfers totaling 229 million tokens has been detected, drawing market attention. If the whale flows are interpreted as a sign of accumulation, a renewed break above

Financial regulators failed to spot IT loopholes despite inspecting Bithumb six times over five years

Financial authorities have been found to have failed to identify in advance vulnerabilities in Bithumb’s IT systems—cited as the cause of the latest large-scale erroneous payment incident—despite carrying out six rounds of inspections and examination

JPMorgan blockchain co-head Mallela resigns; successor to be named soon

A co-head of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s blockchain unit has left the bank, a key departure as it steps up efforts to expand digital-asset payments. According to Bloomberg on the 11th (local time), Naveen Mallela, global co-head of JPMorgan's blockchain b

Coinbase launches a crypto wallet built specifically for AI agents

Coinbase has unveiled dedicated crypto (cryptocurrency) wallet infrastructure designed to let artificial intelligence (AI) agents manage assets and execute trades on their own. The move is being seen as a sign that AI has progressed beyond providing

Bo Hines: “Tether to Rank Among Top 10 Buyers of U.S. T-bills This Year”

A forecast has emerged that Tether will join the top 10 buyers in the U.S. Treasury bill (T-bill) market this year. The explanation is that an expansion in stablecoin issuance, coupled with regulatory compliance efforts, will further increase its Tre

Trump: 'Republican lawmakers voting against tariffs will pay a price at the polls'

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a public warning to Republican lawmakers who oppose his tariff policy. In a post on his Truth Social account on the 11th (local time), Trump said, "Any Republican who votes against TARIFFS in the House or the Senate

[Breaking] Bitcoin Falls Below $67,000… Kimchi Premium at 2.18%

Ethereum Repeats a Pre-2020 Bull-Market Signal… “Undervalued Zone by MVRV”

An analysis suggests that Ethereum (ETH) is showing on-chain signals similar to those seen just ahead of past bull markets. According to the Daily Hodl on the 11th (local time), crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe said on X that “while Ethereum’s pri

SEC Chair Paul Atkins: “Providing regulatory clarity for digital assets… a key task in 2026”

Paul Atkins, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said securing regulatory clarity for digital assets will be a key policy priority in 2026. On the 11th (local time), Atkins shared details of his testimony to the U.S. Congress

US NCUA releases draft rules for authorizing issuance of payment stablecoins

The US National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has begun the rulemaking process to authorize the issuance of payment stablecoins. On the 11th (local time), the NCUA said in a statement that it had released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) d

Sonic Labs to pursue a ‘vertical integration’ strategy to bolster the value of the S token

Sonic, a Layer 1 blockchain, is pursuing a “vertical integration” strategy—building or acquiring key applications in-house—to redesign the value-accrual structure of its native token, S. According to The Block on the 11th (local time), Sonic Labs sai

Ripple CEO: “XRP is our ‘North Star’… We’ll aim for a $1 trillion company”

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the company is positioning XRP as a core pillar and is targeting a long-term goal of reaching a $1 trillion valuation. According to Decrypt on the 11th (local time), Garlinghouse said at the “XRP Community Day” event

Chainlink brings Ondo tokenized U.S. stock price feeds online

Chainlink price feeds for tokenized U.S. equities issued by Ondo Finance have gone live on the Ethereum mainnet. According to Cointelegraph on the 11th (local time), Ondo Finance integrated Chainlink as the official data oracle for its Ondo Global Ma

Deel partners with MoonPay… Rolls out stablecoin payroll payouts in the UK and EU

Global payroll management platform Deel has partnered with MoonPay to introduce stablecoin-based salary payments for workers in the UK and the European Union (EU). According to Cointelegraph on the 11th (local time), starting next month Deel plans to