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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest acquires $8.3 million worth of Bullish shares
Ark also purchased 109,678 shares in Figma Inc, which previously revealed that it owns Bitwise's bitcoin ETF shares and USDC stablecoin....

XRP treasury firm VivoPower says its latest buy will effectively be at 65% discount via mining swaps
VivoPower said its mining arm, Caret Digital, will expand its fleet with "bulk" discounts and swap mined tokens into XRP....

Circle launches USDC natively on Hyperliquid
The move comes shortly after Native Markets was tapped to issue a Hyperliquid-aligned and compliant USD stablecoin, USDH....

Eric Trump defends UAE-Binance deal, says his father is ‘first guy who hasn’t made money off of the presidency’
President Trump's son defended against any questions of conflict of interest when asked about the $2-billion UAE-Binance deal....

US and UK to deepen crypto collaboration: Financial Times
The U.S. and the UK plan to collaborate on cryptocurrency oversight, including potentially establishing a "cross-border sandbox," FT reports....

Binance in talks with DOJ over dropping independent compliance monitor: Bloomberg
Binance agreed to a compliance monitorship as part of its plea deal with the DOJ in 2023 over money-laundering and sanctions violations....

Bitwise files ETF proposal focused on tokenization and stablecoins amid growing interest
Bitwise has put forward an exchange-traded fund proposal that focuses on tokenization, as interest in that sector surges....

Ethereum treasury company SharpLink’s stock dips slightly after another round of buybacks
Sharplink buys stock if its net asset value dips below 1, an indication that SBET is "undervalued" relative to its massive ETH holdings....

Keyrock acquires Turing Capital as it expands into asset and wealth management
The unit will be led by Jorge Schnura, CEO and co-founder of Turing Capital, an alternative investment fund manager acquired by Keyrock....