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Trump Media posts third straight loss as SPAC legal fees mount, CRO holdings rise
Trump Media also reported $54.1 million in non-cash losses from changes in the fair value of its digital asset holdings and other costs....

Strategy’s €100 STRE preferred doubles initial target to $715 million, extends bitcoin funding pipeline
Strategy’s latest preferred-stock sale doubles its initial target, expanding the company’s bitcoin accumulation strategy....

Ethereum validator queue grows with 1.5 million ETH waiting to start staking
As institutional comfort with Ethereum grows, more participants appear willing to commit capital for extended periods to earn yield....

Stripe-backed Tempo makes first venture bet with $25 million investment in open-source dev team Commonware
Tempo, backed by Paradigm and Stripe, will adopt the Commonware Library and become a core contributor to its ongoing development....

IREN’s AI-cloud expansion driving long-term upside but near-term strain on balance sheet: JPMorgan
The analysts said IREN will spend more than $9 billion to expand GPU and AI data-center capacity, even after Microsoft’s prepayment....

Bybit and Backed partner to bring tokenized Nvidia and Strategy stocks to Mantle
The real-world assets market, including tokenized equities, is expected, by some, to grow to trillions of dollars....

Zcash tops $10B market cap, surpassing Hyperliquid to reclaim top-20 spot amid continued surge
Arthur Hayes said ZEC has become the second-largest liquid asset in Maelstrom's portfolio behind BTC, gaining 750% since October....

DraftKings CEO says Polymarket-style prediction markets may open more US states to sports betting
Polymarket said it will serve as the clearinghouse for DraftKings, which recently acquired a contract market regulated by the CFTC....

Kazakhstan to launch $1 billion crypto reserve fund using seized assets by 2026: Bloomberg
Kazakhstan plans to debut a $1 billion national crypto reserve fund using seized assets ahead of an early 2026 launch....