A Goldman Sachs and BlackRock vet is now CEO of crypto giant Grayscale. Is he up to the job? - Fortune

Trump Tops Harris On Polymarket; Tron, Cardano in Green as Bitcoin Sinks - CoinDesk

Bitcoin Bear Trap? Goldman Says Wednesday's U.S. Jobs Report is Likely to Overstate Weakness - CoinDesk

Zenrock Aims to Calm Users' DeFi Wobbles With Decentralized Custody Offering - CoinDesk

Institutions Are Still Buying Bitcoin ETFs, Bitwise Says - CoinDesk

Crypto whale loses $55 million in Dai stablecoin to phishing attack - The Block

Mt. Gox sends $75 million in bitcoin to Bitstamp crypto exchange - The Block

China heightens AML rulebook, making it easier to probe crypto-linked money laundering - The Block

Bitcoin Metrics Signal Weak Demand as BTC ETF Hype Slows: CryptoQuant - CoinDesk

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Is Said in Talks to Acquire Stronghold for $164 Million - Bloomberg ($)

Tether plans to launch a UAE dirham-pegged stablecoin - The Block

Tether Plans to Develop UAE Dirham-Pegged Stablecoin Alongside Phoenix Group - CoinDesk

Pro investors hold 10% of all Bitcoin — and they’re not stopping there, Bitwise CIO says - DL News

CryptoQuant cites declining growth of bitcoin whale holdings as bearish indicator - The Block

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms to Buy Rival Stronghold Digital for $175M in Stock, Debt - CoinDesk

German Regulator Seizes 13 Crypto ATMS - CoinDesk

A16z Crypto leads $80 million Series B for Story Protocol, a Layer 1 IP blockchain - The Block

PIP Labs raises $80m from a16z and Polychain to develop Story, a blockchain for intellectual property - DL News

Story Protocol Developer Raises $80M Series B, Led by A16z, for Intellectual Property Chain - CoinDesk

'Wartime CEO': Urbit's Founder Returns in Shakeup at Moonshot Software Project - CoinDesk

A16z Backs Blockchain-for-IP Developer at $2 Billion Valuation - Bloomberg ($)