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Ethereum rose back above $2,000 on Thursday, trading around $2,054 after gaining roughly 8% in a broader crypto market rebound that began midweek.

Chicago-based crypto liquidity provider BlockFills has suspended client withdrawals after reporting approximately $75 million in losses tied to its institutional lending operations.

Decentralised finance protocol Aave has surpassed $1 trillion in cumulative lending volume, becoming the first DeFi platform to reach the milestone as it pushes deeper into bank and fintech integrations.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a four-year roadmap to significantly accelerate block production and transaction finality while transitioning the network toward quantum-resistant cryptography.

ETHZilla shares climbed more than 13% on Wednesday after the company rebranded to Forum Markets and announced plans to pivot from a crypto treasury model to a tokenisation-focused business.

Matt Western, chair of the UK’s Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, has called for a temporary moratorium on cryptocurrency donations to political parties over concerns about foreign interference.

FG Nexus offloaded 7,550 ETH worth roughly $14 million on Tuesday, extending a series of sales that have pushed realised losses on its Ether treasury strategy beyond $80 million.

Crypto bank Anchorage Digital said it holds Strategy’s Nasdaq-listed perpetual preferred security STRC, adding institutional backing as hedge funds intensify bearish bets against Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin treasury company.

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $257.7 million in inflows on Tuesday as Bitcoin rebounded toward $65,000, ending a streak of daily outflows and marking the strongest single-day intake since early February.

US federal agents in North Carolina have seized more than $61 million in USDT linked to a large-scale “pig butchering” crypto investment scam that targeted victims through fake online relationships and fraudulent trading platforms.

US Senator Richard Blumenthal has opened a congressional investigation into Binance following reports that the crypto exchange processed roughly $1.7 billion in transactions linked to sanctioned Iranian entities and Russia’s oil “shadow fleet.”

South Korea is preparing legislation that would require social media influencers promoting cryptocurrencies and stocks to disclose their holdings and any compensation received for endorsements.