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Institution-focused crypto lender BlockFills halted customer deposits and withdrawals last week as Bitcoin fell 24% from $78,995 to $60,000 during a sharp market downturn.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum Foundation AI lead Davide Crapis have proposed using zero-knowledge proofs to anonymise user interactions with AI models while preserving safeguards against abuse.

Thailand has approved a proposal to allow digital assets such as Bitcoin to serve as underlying assets in its derivatives and capital markets, marking a regulatory shift for the country’s crypto sector.

A New York federal judge has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Bancor-affiliated entities against Uniswap, ruling that the asserted patents claim abstract ideas and are not eligible for protection under US law.

Spark has launched Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending to channel its decentralised finance stablecoin reserves into institutional margin and credit markets.

Binance has launched an institutional off-exchange collateral programme with Franklin Templeton, enabling eligible clients to use tokenised money market fund shares as trading collateral.

Coinbase is locked in a legal battle with the Nevada Gaming Control Board over whether federally regulated prediction market contracts can be treated as illegal gambling under state law.

Brad Garlinghouse said he believes a crypto company will eventually reach a $1 trillion valuation and argued that Ripple has the opportunity to be that firm.

Aviva Investors has partnered with Ripple to develop tokenised fund structures on the XRP Ledger, marking Ripple’s first collaboration with a Europe-based investment management firm.

Global payroll platform Deel will begin offering stablecoin salary payouts in the United Kingdom and European Union through a partnership with MoonPay, with a US rollout planned later.

Securities and Futures Commission said it will permit licensed brokers to provide virtual asset margin financing and outlined a framework for trading platforms to offer perpetual contracts to professional investors.

Mandiant, which operates under Google Cloud, has identified an escalating North Korea-linked cyber campaign targeting cryptocurrency and fintech firms with advanced malware and AI-enabled social engineering.