Bitcoin consolidates near $86,000 as rally narrows and Brent slips below $100
Thirtyeight of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents were lower on the day, with bitcoin cash up 32% over 24 hours on a CME futures listing. Source：CoinDesk
Solana starts testing upgrade that could cut finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds
Alpenglow would let exchanges, bridges and merchants treat payments as irreversible almost immediately. Source：CoinDesk
Binance takes $100M stake in Circle under expanded USDC deal
Circle sold Binance $100 million in stock and agreed to pay monthly incentives under an expanded fiveyear partnership promoting USDC. Source：Cointelegraph
Binance buys $100 million Circle stake in five-year USDC promotion deal
Circle sold 1.24 million shares at $80.84 each and will pay Binance a monthly fee tied to USDC held through its wallet infrastructure. Source：CoinDesk
Crypto’s wild boom-and-bust cycles are fading, Solstice CEO says
Solstice CEO Ben Nadareski says deeper liquidity and growing institutional participation could make future crypto bull runs less volatile than previous cycles.…
Cardano joins Solana, XRP Ledger in race to power AI agent payments
The official x402 kit now includes Cardano tools for apps and AI agents to pay with ADA and other network tokens, though the facilitator has so far only been…
Kalshi faces ‘fake crypto volume’ allegations as critic flags identical $5,500 trades
Kalshi clarified that its inflated headline volume stems from an industrywide convention tracking maximum potential payouts rather than actual cash spent,…
'We have lost control': Crypto pioneer warns AI could trigger systemic banking and infrastructure shocks
Marc van der Chijs sold much of his bitcoin to invest in AI. Now, growing concerns about the technology accompany a move to put some profits back into crypto.…
Solana speeds up blocks by 17%, but transaction capacity stays the same
The network is cutting its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, giving apps fresher blockchain data and validators shorter control windows while reducing the…
Pokémon has turned 30, and Target is set to cash in on the anniversary craze
As people clamored for Pokemon’s 30thanniversary card set, Mizuho analysts noted long lines and soldout items at Target stores. Source：MarketWatch
SEC Proposes Rescission of Shareholder Proposal Rule and Reforms to Proxy Solicitation Process
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed to rescind Rule 14a8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which exceeds the scope of the…
Why a strategist who previously thought inflation was contained now sees potential for aggressive Fed rate hikes
Albert Edwards of Société Générale says today’s gasoline prices are more closely aligned with crudeoil prices of $150 a barrel than current levels. For diesel,…