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🗞 HOT News ! Sanctions on Crypto-Funded Tech Theft. • The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned a Russian company and individuals for dealing in stolen U.S. technology purchased with millions in cryptocurrency. • The move highlights the use of crypto in illicit trade and the

$PIPPIN Surges 13% on Retail frenzy ! Strong Bullish Momentum: • PIPPIN up 13.1% to $0.828, trading above key EMAs with bullish MACD and $123.5K taker buy volume, signaling strong demand. Overbought Conditions: • RSI-6 at 73.7 near Bollinger upper band ($0.821), indicating

🗞 HOT News ! Bitcoin Miner Wins Jackpot. • A Bitcoin miner successfully mined a 3.1 $BTC block by renting 1 PH/s of hashpower for $75, an extremely rare event with odds of about once every 21 years given the network's massive 1.1 Zhash/s difficulty. • This highlights the

🗞 HOT News ! U.S. Defense vs Anthropic. • U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to remove AI firm Anthropic from the Pentagon supply chain unless it agrees to its technology being used in all lawful military applications, including potentially lethal missions. •

🗞 HOT News ! Stripe Bridge Stablecoin Volume Quadruples. • Stripe stablecoin service Bridge saw a fourfold increase in transaction volume last year despite broader crypto market declines. • This growth highlights stablecoin adoption's independence from traditional crypto

🗞 HOT News ! Microsoft Partners with Starlink. • Microsoft has announced a new collaboration with Starlink to expand internet access in rural, agricultural, and hard-to-reach areas. • This strategic partnership combines Microsoft's cloud infrastructure with Starlink's

🗞 HOT News ! Trump Won't Pardon Sam Bankman-Fried. • The White House confirmed that President Trump will not pardon FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, despite his recent pro-Trump social media activity. • This decision ends speculation about a potential presidential pardon for

🐋 Whale Movements. • 3,262 $BTC ($205.37M) net outflow from Bitcoin ETFs in the past 24 hours, indicating profit-taking or bearish sentiment among institutional investors. • 25,337 $ETH ($46.04M) net outflow from Ethereum ETFs over the same period, reflecting broader smart

🗞 HOT News ! Mastercard DeFi Expansion. • Mastercard is hiring a Director of Cryptocurrency Liquidity to expand its presence in DeFi, focusing on card-based crypto entry points, stablecoin-linked issuance, tokenized assets, and DeFi payment processes. • The role also

🗞 HOT News ! Meta Stablecoin Comeback. • Meta (formerly Facebook) is planning a stablecoin comeback in H2 2026, partnering with a third-party vendor to power payments across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. • This follows the earlier Diem (formerly Libra) project, whose

🐋 Whale Movements. • 1,814 BTC ($114.45M) and 24,472 ETH ($44.57M) deposited by BlackRock into Coinbase, signaling major institutional accumulation. • 808 BTC ($51.1M) transferred from Coinbase Institutional to an unknown wallet, indicating large-scale movement of long-term

🗞 HOT News ! Terraform Labs Sues Citadel. • Terraform Labs' liquidation trustee has filed a lawsuit against global market maker Citadel, accusing the firm of market manipulation through spoofing and wash trading that contributed to the collapse of the Terra ecosystem. •

🗞 HOT News ! CECO to Acquire Thermon for $2.2B. • CECO Environmental Corp. is considering acquiring Thermon Group Holdings Inc. • in a $2.2 billion transaction, including debt, involving both cash and stock components. • The strategic move aims to expand CECO market

🗞 HOT News ! Arizona Senate Digital Asset Fund. • The Arizona Senate is advancing a bill to create a state-managed digital asset reserve fund, to be funded by seized cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin. • The fund, managed by the state treasurer, would be allowed to invest

🗞 HOT News ! Russia Investigates Telegram Durov. • Russian authorities have launched a criminal investigation into Telegram founder PavelDurov, accusing him of facilitating terrorist activities through the encrypted messaging platform. • The probe focuses on Telegram

🗞 HOT News ! BNP Paribas Tokenizes Fund on Ethereum. • BNP Paribas, Europe second-largest bank with $3T in assets, has launched a tokenized share class of a French money market fund on the public Ethereum blockchain. • The move, executed through its Asset Foundry platform,

🗞 HOT News ! Machi Big Brother Fully Liquidated. • Machi Big Brother, the crypto pseudonym of Taiwanese-American entrepreneur Jeffrey Huang, has been fully liquidated with total realized losses of $28.95 million. • His account balance is now just $24.9K, marking a

🗞 HOT News ! Bitcoin Futures OI Drops 53%. • Bitcoin futures open interest has fallen to 695,600 BTC ($44.22 billion), the lowest level since August 2025. • This represents a 53% decline from the October 2025 peak of $94.12 billion, indicating a significant reduction in