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eToro agreed to acquire TradeZero as it expands its brokerage business in the United States.

• Grayscale linked Bitcoin’s long-term outlook to Federal Reserve interest-rate policy, arguing that lower rates could support demand for digital store-of-value assets. 
• The theme connects several major crypto assets through monetary policy, institutional investment flows and growing adoption of exchange-traded products. 
• Persistent inflation, regulatory uncertainty and the risk of higher-for-longer interest rates remain key challenges for the sector. 

• Kraken’s FIFA World Cup sponsorship coincides with prediction market trading volumes surpassing US$2 billion across football-related contracts. 
• Sports forecasting activity is being concentrated in blockchain-based and regulated event markets, led by Polymarket and Kalshi. 
• Regulatory uncertainty around prediction markets remains the key challenge as platforms expand into mainstream sporting events. 

Nine senior figures have quit the Ethereum Foundation this year, including co‑executive director Hsiao‑Wei Wang, even as ETH trades about 57% below its all‑time high and Solana closes the gap.

Humanity Protocol, a Worldcoin rival built to verify users are human, lost over US$30 million as attackers drained 17 wallets and its token crashed about 90% in hours.

A US$245 million bitcoin social‑engineering scam allegedly run by teenager Veer Chetal — who is accused of tricking a Washington man into handing over 4,100 BTC — led to a brutal kidnapping plot against his parents.

A plaintiff using the alias “Noah Doe” has filed a 901‑page lawsuit in New York Supreme Court seeking rights to around 3.7 million dormant bitcoin, worth roughly US$285 billion, spread across 39,069 wallets including some linked to Satoshi Nakamoto and the Mt. Gox hacker.

Elon Musk’s net worth briefly hit about US$1.4 trillion, momentarily exceeding bitcoin’s roughly US$1.31 trillion market value after SpaceX shares jumped 67% above their IPO price.

High-stakes talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad ended without an agreement after 21 hours of negotiations, marking another setback in efforts to ease regional tensions.

United States regulators have released new guidance aimed at strengthening oversight of the fast-growing prediction markets sector as trading in event-based derivatives continues to expand.

Gold prices have begun to retreat from recent highs, shifting investor focus from whether a decline will happen to how deep and prolonged the correction could become.

Pinterest has confirmed plans to reduce its global workforce by nearly 15% as part of a board-approved restructuring focused on expanding artificial intelligence capabilities.