ICYMI: Asia & EMEA news recap from James Hunt at The Block 👇

🏛 Clarity Act draft may go public
Sen. Thom Tillis may release a draft deal on stablecoin yield rules.
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🐙 Kraken secures $200M investment
Parent firm Payward raised funding from Deutsche Börse Group.
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🪙 YC backs USDC funding round
Y Combinator completed its first all-stablecoin investment in Totalis.
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📈 Crypto markets rebound
BTC and ETH bounced in a risk-on move amid ongoing geopolitical tension.
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🦹 OneCoin victim repayment process
DOJ opened claims for victims with $40M available for compensation.
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🇬🇧 Farage crypto probe request
A UK lawmaker asked regulators to review Farage’s role in a BTC promotion.
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🤝 Tempo gains institutional validators
Visa, Stripe, and Zodia Custody joined Tempo’s validator set.
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🔮 Prediction markets growth outlook
Bernstein sees volumes reaching $1T by 2030.
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🤖 Ledger AI security roadmap
Ledger outlined plans to keep human control as AI agents handle assets.
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💰 Paxos Labs raises $12M
The firm launched Amplify alongside new funding.
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👀 Tether launches new wallet
A self-custody wallet now supports USDT, BTC, and tokenized gold.
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🚀 Printr platform upgrade
Printr rolled out new tools for customizable token launches.
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