Polymarket and Kalshi Face 10-Day Shutdown Order in Spain

Spain joins the likes of Ukraine, Portugal, and Argentina in restricting web3 and fintech prediction markets.

Authorities ruled that betting on geopolitical outcomes and political resignations constitutes illegal gambling.

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Inside the Plan to Put a Living Donald Trump on a Commemorative $250 Bill

The Trump administration is exploring a novel currency rollout for the nation’s 250th anniversary.

The concept breaks long-standing federal statutes by placing a sitting President’s face and signature on paper money.

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ETH/BTC Ratio Touches Annual Low at 0.025 Amid Aggressive Bitcoin Dominance

The premier alternative asset is losing its edge. Driven by structural shifts and capital reallocation, the ETH/BTC currency pair broke lower to touch a strict annual baseline of 0.025.

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🪙 Binance Hits $400M AUM in US Stock Trading Launch

Binance reached $400M AUM in its first week of US stock trading. Nearly 40% of trades were under $100, and over 80% of volume came from emerging markets. One in four users was under 25 years old.

Offering stock access from $5 without traditional brokerage barriers draws a new global audience.

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What is dust?

Dust in cryptocurrencies is an amount of crypto so small that it won’t even be enough to pay the transaction fee.

Imagine that you have 1 cent left in your wallet. You won’t be able to buy anything with it, but if you decide to exchange it at a bank for another currency or send it to a friend, the exchange fee will exceed the cost of the cent itself.

This example describes the crypto industry’s concept of “dust” well.

Sometimes, a dusting distribution is used by scammers to commit a so-called “dust attack,” which we’ll cover soon.

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Arkham: Morgan Stanley is the last ETF buying Bitcoin

The only ETF provider with net flows above $10M this week has been Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley bought $25.8M BTC while every other provider net sold a total of $201.7M of BTC.

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Over 1,200 Japanese Companies Affected as Pension Fund Approves Crypto Allocation

Retirement planning meets Web3. The Japanese corporate pension framework is pivoting toward digital reserves, concluding that high asset liquidity now justifies micro-exposure for long-term yields.

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Cardano was the third largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $101 billion, now down 95% from its all-time high and valued at $5.2 billion.

Polkadot was the fourth largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $60 billion, now down 98% from its all-time high and valued at $1.45 billion.

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Wall Street Legend Jeremy Grantham Outlines Core Flaws in Bitcoin's Monetary Case

The traditional financial sector pushes back once again. GMO's co-founder noted that Bitcoin has failed to transition into a dependable safe-haven asset.

Without real-world commercial utility, Grantham believes its current valuation relies entirely on the expectation of selling to the next buyer at a higher price.

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🤖 OpenAI Offered US Government 5% Stake

OpenAI reportedly offered Trump's administration a 5% stake in the company to reduce political risks and "share AI benefits with society," according to Financial Times.

The stake was intended to be placed in a special fund similar to the Alaska Permanent Fund. With OpenAI valued at $852 billion, this share would be worth about $42.6 billion.

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Investors have been withdrawing funds from spot Bitcoin ETFs for 8 consecutive weeks, totaling $8.3 billion outflows. 

Last week alone saw a net outflow of $526 million.

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🔐 Google quantum advance sharpens post-quantum crypto timeline

Google has achieved a new quantum calibration breakthrough that researchers say accelerates the timeline for post-quantum cryptography adoption — a development with direct implications for blockchain and digital asset security.

The advance underscores growing urgency for crypto protocols to migrate toward quantum-resistant encryption standards before sufficiently powerful quantum computers can threaten current cryptographic methods widely used across Bitcoin, Ethereum and other networks.

Post-quantum cryptography has been a long-term concern for the industry, with standards bodies and blockchain developers already exploring migration paths. Google's latest progress brings that conversation closer to a practical deadline.

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⚖️ UN: Southeast Asia Scam Networks Drained Up to $114B in One Year

Southeast Asian fraud syndicates have consolidated into a unified, technology-driven criminal economy increasingly reliant on crypto, according to a new UNODC warning.

Once-fragmented networks have merged into a single interconnected ecosystem, using cryptocurrency as a primary tool for moving and laundering illicit proceeds. The UNODC estimates victims lost up to $114 billion in a single year — underscoring the scale at which crypto-enabled fraud now operates across the region.

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