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Tether froze approximately $39.3 million USDT across 10 Tron addresses linked to a Chinese-language guarantee market, identified as a major illicit crypto platform in Southeast Asia. The action highlights ongoing efforts to combat illegal financial activities in the digital asset space.
Read MoreThe Rollup founder hinted that Nasdaq may soon announce a major partnership focused on modernizing market infrastructure through tokenization platforms and 24/7 on-chain trading systems, with a large digital asset exchange reportedly in advanced talks.
Read MoreJPMorgan strategists suggest a stronger yen could ease upward pressure on Japanese government bond yields, potentially accelerating the recovery of Tokyo-listed AI and semiconductor stocks. While real estate may benefit, transport and auto sectors could face headwinds.
Read MoreBinance has launched tokenized stock offerings for Salesforce (CRMB) and Hims & Hers Health (HIMSB), opening spot trading pairs. A zero maker fee promotion is active for a limited time. The platform also supports spot algorithmic trading bots and offers fee-free conversion from underlying stocks.
Read MoreUS law enforcement and intelligence officials allege several Chinese AI companies, including DeepSeek and Moonshot AI, have systematically extracted technology from American firms' models to train their own products. The activities are claimed to occur with potential Chinese government awareness and could enhance military and cyber capabilities.
Read MoreA new Polkadot community proposal seeks to launch a native decentralized stablecoin, dotUSD, backed by a $5 million initial liquidity pool. The model uses an over-collateralization mechanism adapted from Liquity v2. The proposal is now in a 28-day community voting period.
Read MoreOn-chain data suggests crypto venture firm Multicoin Capital has been transferring substantial HYPE tokens to exchanges over recent weeks, totaling approximately $133 million. With an estimated average cost basis of $32 and current sell price around $77, the firm may have realized profits exceeding $77 million.
Read MoreU.S. debt surpasses $40 trillion as the 10-year yield nears 5%. Despite one of the worst 10-year rolling returns in a century, market volatility remains subdued. Analysts see higher rates as a new normal amid deficits, inflation, and AI investment, with the bond market still viewed as fundamentally sound.
Read MoreThe Layer1 blockchain Linera's community funding round failed to meet its $1.5M USDC minimum target, raising approximately $848K. The project will issue full refunds to all 617 participants from 69 countries, with plans to announce next steps afterward.
Read MoreA newly created wallet deposited $11.9M USDC into Hyperliquid and opened a 20x leveraged long position for 500 BTC, valued at ~$39.44M. The estimated liquidation price sits around $55,570, marking a highly aggressive bet on Bitcoin's price movement.
Read MoreA major crypto whale, who previously profited $19 million from selling ETH, has returned after 8 months. The address swapped $14.2 million USDC for 180 BTC via a cross-chain protocol and holds significant stablecoin reserves, signaling renewed accumulation.
Read MoreTether's CEO Paolo Ardoino announced that its P2P team is developing a censorship-resistant, fault-tolerant decentralized search engine. The architecture scales across thousands of nodes and has successfully tested storing and retrieving the full Wikipedia archive across 100 nodes with millisecond response times.
Read MoreStrive's perpetual preferred stock SATA approaches a $1 billion market cap, backed by $2 billion in Bitcoin holdings and a 13% dividend yield. In contrast, a similar product STRC struggles with sub-par performance despite a 12% yield.
Read MoreDespite a -2% 10-year rolling return for long-term Treasuries—a century low—the bond market remains calm. With record debt and yields near 5%, low volatility and orderly central bank sales suggest a new equilibrium has been reached.
Read MoreNew details emerge in a class-action lawsuit against Anthropic. Its Max subscription's advertised "5x/20x" usage increase is reportedly limited by a 5-hour session window and weekly caps, contradicting marketing claims. The suit also references Anthropic cutting off third-party app support for Claude subscriptions.
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