Crypto Newsletter

  • Balaji's Farcaster takeover sparks account bans

  • Google quantum progress may hasten BTC Q-Day

  • US turns net BTC importer in 2026: Chainalysis

  • US spot BTC ETF holders back in profit: Ark Invest

  • BTC now tracking US Treasuries: Fidelity

  • Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argued bitcoin wins whether the AI trade booms or busts

  • MSCI confirms Strategy removal after consultation

  • Circle Gateway tops $10B in transfer volume

  • Russia is banning peer-to-peer crypto trading from July 1, 2027 under updated Bank of Russia guidance

  • Tether invests in AIsa for AI-agent payments

  • OpenAI model tapped wallet without consent

  • The U.S. turned into a net importer of bitcoin for the first time since 2022, per a Chainalysis report pointing to institutions buying more than retail is selling

  • SOL China event postponed as sign-ups quadruple

  • Robinhood Chain memes post solid rally

  • Mastercard launched its Global Money Platform built on BVNK

  • Binance US seeks $100M at $1B valuation

  • Visa launches 24/7 USDC funding for payments

  • Cross River Bank to integrate RLUSD

  • Grayscale, Republic to offer 3 crypto funds

  • Ledger unveiled the Atom, a touchscreen Android device it calls a “signer”

  • Starknet polls STRK holders on post-quantum L1

  • UK tax rules risk exposing crypto users' addresses

  • Sweden pushes digital krona

  • Taiwan blocks Coinbase, Kalshi over election bets

  • Solana has increased its RWA marketshare from 4.5% to 26% over the past year according to a report from Castle Labs

  • Jupiter rolled out its own Papertrade-like product offering 1000x leverage on crypto majors and did $1B in volume in its first day

  • Ledger outlines its response to the CryptoBilis implant attack

AI & Tech

  • Hedge Funds aggressively unwind AI exposure

  • Banks pull back as AI debt pile balloons

  • Google achieves major breakthrough in quantum

  • Papertrade led onchain protocols in revenue with $5.98M on Thursday, followed by Hyperliquid at $3.46M and Pump.fun at $2.08M

  • AI isnt building itself yet: Google

  • Amazon blocks Grok, Elon mulls rival retailer

  • Binance US is trying to raise up to $100 million at a $1 billion valuation

  • OpenAI warns judiciary AI fakes can't be detected

  • OpenAI warns staff to watch for romantic spies

  • NFT leaders were mostly flat; Punks even at 31 ETH, BAYC -1% at 5.4 ETH, Pudgy even at 2.42 ETH

  • Anthropic taps METR, SecureBio for safety checks

  • Meta, Apple team up to run Muse AI on Macs

  • Pump.fun’s Custom Pairs feature has quietly pulled roughly $5.9 million of PUMP out of circulation since launching last month, about 0.33% of the float

  • AI agent deletes entire reality TV season

  • AI fear has staff slacking, stealing lunches

  • Yield Field Deeds (+14%), Argonauts (+12%) and OTC Desks (+75%) led top movers

  • Nine in 10 CEOs plan to hire more despite AI

  • Tesla Roadster flies over cars at unveiling

  • Tesla Roadster hits 0-60mph in 0.81 seconds

  • Roadster is Tesla's last manual car: Elon

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