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Binance and payments infrastructure provider Mesh are reportedly discussing a funding round that could value Mesh at as much as US$2 billion, according to a report by Axios citing people familiar with the matter.

Peter Stokes, a 19-year-old dual US-Estonian citizen, was extradited from Finland to the United States after prosecutors charged him with participating in an alleged US$8 million cryptocurrency ransom attempt linked to the Scattered Spider hacking group.

Illinois approved a 0.2% tax on certain digital asset transactions from Jan. 1, 2027, prompting Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Brian Quintenz Selig to argue the measure could slow cryptocurrency activity and create conflicts with emerging federal policy.

India's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance held its seventh meeting on virtual digital assets, where the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it does not support granting legal status to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC).

Irish authorities recovered another 500 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) linked to convicted drug trafficker Clifton Collins.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) climbed towards US$62,000 as Ether (CRYPTO:ETH) and Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) posted stronger gains.

Strategy introduced a policy allowing selective sales of its 847,363 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) holdings to fund preferred dividend payments and share buybacks.

Securitize began trading on the New York Stock Exchange after completing its merger with a Cantor Fitzgerald-backed special-purpose acquisition company and simultaneously launched tokenised versions of its shares on Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) and Avalanche (CRYPTO:AVAX).

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan said the recent decline in Strategy's STRC preferred stock suggests Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) may be approaching a market bottom following a period of deleveraging.

Anchorage Digital has integrated Lido, enabling institutional clients to mint and burn Wrapped Staked Ether (CRYPTO:WSTETH) directly within its regulated custody platform without transferring assets to external providers.

Uniswap (CRYPTO:UNI) rose 14.2% over 24 hours after the decentralised exchange announced that Uniswap v2, v3, v4 and UniswapX had been deployed on Robinhood Chain.

Erebor Bank is reportedly seeking a new funding round that could value the digital lender at more than US$8 billion after customer deposits increased from US$1.1 billion at the end of March to more than US$4 billion.