TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin.com has integrated USDU, the UAE’s first central bank-registered US dollar stablecoin, into its self-custodial wallet. This move expands access to the stablecoin beyond institutional channels, making it available to a broader user base.
TREE NEWS reports: At a White House crypto meeting, President Trump touted his administration’s crypto policies and called on Congress to pass a ‘fair version’ of the Clarity Act. He also mentioned that regulators are working to bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. under a compliant framework.
TREE NEWS update: A wallet suspected to be associated with Amber Group has withdrawn 200,000 HYPE tokens, valued at approximately $13.83 million. The transaction was detected by blockchain monitoring systems, highlighting significant whale activity in the HYPE market.
TREE NEWS reports: At a White House crypto event, President Trump pushed for the passage of the Clarity Act, aiming to provide regulatory clarity for digital assets. The move signals continued government focus on crypto policy, potentially impacting market sentiment.
TREE NEWS reports: President Trump, speaking from the White House, urged the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act, a crypto market structure bill, to keep the US ahead of China. The move signals strong political backing for clearer crypto regulations.
TREE NEWS reports: Crypto-related stocks rallied sharply as Bitcoin’s short squeeze pushed prices toward $70,000, with Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) surging 12% and Coinbase climbing 9%. The move highlights the strong correlation between digital asset prices and equity valuations of crypto-exposed companies.
TREE NEWS update: Prediction market platform Kalshi has filed to launch a perpetual copper futures contract, utilizing Pyth Network price feeds with no expiration date. This marks another step into commodity derivatives for the crypto-native platform.
TREE NEWS update: Maple Finance CEO and co-founder Sid Powell discusses the protocol’s ascent to becoming the second-largest crypto lender after Tether on the Converge Podcast. He explains the strategies and innovations that propelled Maple’s growth in the DeFi lending space.
TREE NEWS reports: According to ChainCatcher, President Trump and the SEC chair are actively working to bring Hyperliquid, a crypto trading platform, into the United States. This move signals potential regulatory approval and expansion for the platform in the US market.
TREE NEWS update: Kalshi, a prediction market operator, is seeking CFTC approval to launch copper perpetual futures, marking its expansion into traditional derivatives. This move signals a broader push beyond its core prediction market business.
TREE NEWS update: Bitcoin shortsellers faced massive liquidations totaling $1.7 billion as the price surged on Wednesday. The move wiped out leveraged bearish positions, highlighting the volatility and sudden bullish momentum in the crypto market.
TREE NEWS reports: Market sources indicate that SpaceX made an attempt to acquire an AI startup, though details remain scarce. The move highlights growing interest from major corporations in AI technology, but its direct relevance to crypto or RWA tokenization is minimal.
TREE NEWS update: Alpha Compute reported gaming business revenue of $1.57 million for July, indicating steady performance in its gaming segment. The figure highlights the company’s ongoing operations in the crypto-mining and AI compute space.
TREE NEWS update: Crypto super PAC Fairshake achieved victories in several primary elections but lost a costly $2 million race in Florida. A spokesperson indicated the PAC is ‘just getting started’ with expenditures to elect crypto-friendly lawmakers to Congress.
TREE NEWS update: Fractile, an AI chip startup, has sold $250 million worth of chips to Anthropic. This deal highlights the growing demand for specialized AI hardware and the strategic partnerships forming in the AI sector.
TREE NEWS reports: Bhutan transferred 300 bitcoins, valued at approximately $19.3 million, to a new address. The move is part of the country’s ongoing management of its crypto holdings.
TREE NEWS reports: Maya Protocol, a cross-chain protocol, was exploited via six software flaws, resulting in the theft of $1.4 million in Bitcoin and other assets. The incident caused its CACAO token to plunge significantly.
TREE NEWS reports: Cantor Fitzgerald has introduced institutional block trading for Kalshi event contracts, acting as an introducing broker for privately negotiated prediction-market trades. Susquehanna Predictions will provide pricing and liquidity, marking a significant step in bringing traditional finance expertise to prediction markets.
TREE NEWS reports: Code in TikTok’s US iPhone app suggests the platform is exploring peer-to-peer payments in direct messages, potentially routed through TikTok Pay. A spokesperson reportedly said the feature is not currently in testing anywhere, but the move signals TikTok’s continued expansion into fintech.
TREE NEWS update: Kalshi, a regulated exchange, has filed with the CFTC to offer perpetual futures on a 500-stock US index and spot copper, marking its first equity-linked products. The filing comes three months after regulators approved the country’s first bitcoin perpetual futures, signaling a broader trend of crypto-style derivatives entering traditional markets.
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