*MUSK EXPLORING BLOCKCHAIN USE IN US GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY PUSH: BBG

Microstrategy Acquires 10,107 Bitcoins For $1.1billion In Cash At An Average Price Of Approximately $105,596 Per Bitcoin: Filing

Microstrategy Files For a Mixed Securities Shelf With The Potential Proceeds Aimed at Acquiring Additional Bitcoin and General Corporate Purposes: Filing

Ripple Secures Money Transmitter Licenses in New York and Texas: The Block

CFTC Acting Chair Caroline D. Pham Initiates Public Roundtables on Market Structure Innovations, Addressing Conflicts of Interest, Prediction Markets, and Digital Assets: CFTC

*KUCOIN FOUNDERS ENTER DEFERRED-PROSECUTION AGREEMENTS WITH DOJ: MLEX: DB

FRENCH INVESTIGATORS HAVE OPENED JUDICIAL PROBE INTO MONEY LAUNDERING, TAX FRAUD, DRUG TRAFFICKING, OTHER CHARGES AGAINST CRYPO PLATFORM BINANCE - RTRS

X CEO LINDA YACCARINO SAYS VISA IS OUR FIRST PARTNER FOR THE XMONEY ACCOUNT, WHICH WILL DEBUT LATER THIS YEAR- X POST - RTRS

FORMER SEC CHAIR GARY GENSLER TO RETURN TO POSITION AT MIT, AS PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE IN GLOBAL ECONOMICS: TWEET

TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER, EX-SENATOR JOIN COINBASE ADVISORY COUNCIL - RTRS

*TRUMP MEDIA FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED TO SMAS, ETFS, CRYPTO: BBG

TRUMP MEDIA: $250 MLN FUNDS MAY BE ALLOCATED TO CUSTOMIZED SMAS, CUSTOMIZED ETFS, BITCOIN & SIMILAR CRYPTOCURRENCIES OR CRYPTO-RELATED SECURITIES - RTRS

ROBINHOOD HAS "BEGUN ROLLING OUT" FUTURES TRADING INCLUDING BTC, FX AND STOCKS

FED LEAVES RATES UNCHANGED AT 4.25-4.5%

POWELL: ON CRYPTO, WE THINK BANKS ARE ABLE TO SERVE CUSTOMERS AS LONG AS THEY MANAGE THE RISKS - RTRS

*LAGARDE: CONFIDENT BITCOINS WON'T ENTER RESERVES IN EU: BBG

*BANKMAN-FRIED’S PARENTS EXPLORE SEEKING TRUMP PARDON FOR SON: BBG

OpenAI in Talks for Huge Investment Round Valuing It Up to $340 Billion -- WSJ: BBG

Coinbase Derivatives Files with CFTC to list Solana Futures, nano Solana Futures and Hedera Futures: Filing

Tether Brings USDt to Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: Post

SEC APPROVES BITWISE COMBINED BITCOIN AND ETHEREUM ETF