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Kraken’s parent is planning regulated Hyperliquid perpetual futures for eligible U.S. clients, using Bitnomial and NinjaTrader to keep the whole setup CFTC-friendly. It’s a serious attempt to bring on-chain perps into the U.S. without the usual regulatory rodeo — but it still needs approval and isn’t live yet.
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The Senate blocked the CLARITY Act in a 49-50 vote, but U.S. crypto rulemaking isn’t dead yet. Former CFTC chair J. Christopher Giancarlo says the SEC and CFTC can still move forward under existing authority, even as Congress keeps tripping over itself.
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BitBox says Lightning is coming to BitBoxApp, and users may be able to use it without creating a new backup phrase. That’s a real usability win if it’s truly self-custodial — but the custody model, recovery setup, and plumbing are still murky.
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Aave Labs is proposing an institutional Bitcoin-backed lending setup for Aave V4, with BTC kept in Anchorage Digital custody and mirrored on-chain via non-transferable tokens. It could bring serious institutional credit to DeFi — but it also nudges Aave further from pure decentralization.
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Marathon Digital says it bought $100 million of bitcoin and is going full HODL, keeping mined BTC on its balance sheet instead of selling. The move boosts its stack past 20,000 BTC and signals big conviction — with all the upside and volatility that comes with it.
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ViaBTC says its new partnership with Mempool will widen access to Bitcoin transaction acceleration, helping eligible BTC transfers confirm faster when fees are too low or the network is jammed. Useful tool, not magic: it works within Bitcoin’s fee market, not against it.
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The BIS says Bitcoin on-chain transfer estimates can differ by as much as sixfold, not because the data is hidden, but because measurement methods treat UTXOs and transaction flow differently. Transparent ledger, messy math.
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KRW1, a won-backed stablecoin from BDACS and Woori Bank support, is now integrated with Rain’s payments network, giving users access to 175M+ Visa merchant locations worldwide and making it easier to spend Korean won value across borders without the usual currency swap headache.
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Robinhood engineers are reportedly at the center of an alleged insider-trading scheme tied to secret listing info and Hyperliquid perpetuals. The headline points to a serious mess, but the details are still thin, so don’t treat it as a finished verdict.
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Two Robinhood engineers were charged with allegedly using confidential crypto listing info to trade Hyperliquid perpetual futures before announcements went public. Prosecutors say they pocketed over $50,000 each, in a case that puts DeFi’s “lawless” myth on trial.
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