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CRCL climbed almost 16% on Monday after Circle reported stronger earnings and disclosed a $222 million ARC token presale tied to its blockchain infrastructure expansion plans.

Augustus received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national bank focused on artificial intelligence-driven payments and stablecoin settlement infrastructure.

Payward is seeking fresh funding at a $20 billion valuation as the crypto exchange operator accelerates acquisitions and prepares for a potential public listing, according to people familiar with the matter.

Carl Runefelt said crypto YouTube audiences have collapsed to levels below the 2018 bear market despite significantly higher cryptocurrency prices and years of subscriber growth across the industry.

Circle launched a new suite of AI-focused financial infrastructure tools on Monday designed to let autonomous software agents hold funds, make payments and transact using USD Coin without human involvement.

Ripple has secured a $200 million credit facility from funds managed by Neuberger Berman to expand the lending capacity of its institutional prime brokerage platform, Ripple Prime.

Solana rallied 15% over the past week to trade near $97 as spot Solana ETFs attracted their strongest weekly inflows since February and derivatives positioning surged across crypto markets.

Bitcoin traded above $81,000 on Monday as escalating tensions between the United States and Iran overshadowed crypto fundamentals, with Brent crude climbing above $104 after Tehran rejected a US peace framework.

The Senate Banking Committee is set to vote Thursday on the Clarity Act, a landmark crypto market structure bill that could formally legalise most digital asset activity in the United States.

Capital B raised $17.8 million from strategic investors as the France-listed Bitcoin treasury company moved to strengthen its digital asset holdings.

The official allocation wallet linked to the TRUMP meme coin project has moved 7 million TRUMP tokens, worth about $17.22 million, to institutional custodian Bitgo.

Crypto.com said its UAE entity received a Stored Value Facilities licence from the Central Bank of the UAE, becoming the first virtual asset service provider in the country to secure the approval.