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Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly wants to launch a new token to repay FTX victims, but legal and practical barriers make the idea highly unlikely.

BlackRock’s BITA ETF gives investors a bitcoin-linked income product, but covered-call strategies can cap upside during strong rallies.

Reports say Binance may face a Greece MiCA setback, but the story must be framed as expected rather than final.

Kraken has launched CFTC-regulated perpetual futures for eligible US professional clients, but the product is not for general retail access.

Michael Saylor has rejected protocol-level yield for Bitcoin, framing BTC as digital capital rather than a staking asset.

Bitcoin has reportedly decoupled from record global M2 liquidity, but traders should treat liquidity models as analysis, not mechanical prediction.

A US-Iran memorandum signing scheduled in Switzerland could become a macro catalyst for Bitcoin, but the link is indirect and speculative.

A deprecated Aztec Connect contract has been exploited years after shutdown, highlighting the long tail risk of immutable DeFi infrastructure.

World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin has been used in a UFC bonus pool, creating a high-profile stablecoin marketing moment.

Rep. Thomas Massie's Fed abolition bill is drawing renewed Bitcoin attention because of its link to The Bitcoin Standard.

Kraken says it has launched CFTC-regulated U.S. perpetual futures for eligible traders, bringing a major offshore-style product into a domestic framework.

Bybit's RWA Earn product gives eligible users access to tokenized yield products, but the structure should not be confused with guaranteed returns.

Hyperliquid's SPCX perpetual market shows why synthetic markets can satisfy demand quickly, but also why traders need to understand what they own.

A tokenized SpaceX pre-IPO push has run into refund trouble, raising fresh questions about how far tokenized share products can scale.

Kraken says it plans to launch CFTC-regulated perpetual futures in the US through Bitnomial, giving eligible professional traders domestic access to crypto perps.

Kraken has launched pre-IPO perpetual futures tied to OpenAI and Anthropic, giving eligible traders leveraged exposure to private AI companies before public listings.

Lido says Luganodes has integrated with Lido V3 to offer institutional Ethereum staking vaults using the protocol’s new stVaults primitive.

Ethereum is tracking toward another weak quarter even as staking-related signals keep the longer-term network story alive.

Gate is using USDT as a funding rail for Hong Kong-listed stock access, showing how stablecoins are moving beyond crypto pairs.

World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin has reportedly appeared in a high-profile UFC performance-bonus payout.