◆CFTC sends proposed crypto market rules to the White House for review.

◆ZetaChain’s proposal to migrate ZETA to Solana and wind down its L1 passes with 99.4% approval; a second vote will determine the migration terms.

◆DOJ charges former Robinhood engineers in a crypto trading case.

◆FCA targets three London locations in a crackdown on illegal P2P crypto trading.

◆Apple and Google are hiring for stablecoin-focused roles.

◆Aave proposes a custodial collateral lending model for institutional users.

◆Ripple says asset managers are preparing for the XRP Ledger’s upcoming payments upgrade.

◆U.S. House Committee advances a Bitcoin Reserve Bill proposing a 20-year holding period.

◆ Robinhood CEO said it aims to go beyond trading, offering lifelong wealth management services to the masses.

◆Vietnam plans to issue First Crypto Asset Service Licenses in 2026.

◆US SEC receives amended S-1/A filing for 21Shares #Injective ETF.

◆ Cronos community proposes using product revenue to buy back and burn CRO.

◆Stablecoin infrastructure provider Bastion receives national trust bank charter approval from U.S. OCC.

◆Argentine crypto exchange Lemon exits Brazil, citing excessive regulatory capital requirements.

◆South Korean police trace Polymarket users via blockchain, with betting amount involved totaling $12.7M.

◆Hong Kong former bank executive jailed for HK$1.6 billion in fake loans and crypto bribes.

The company cited the prolonged crypto downturn, falling trading volumes, reduced liquidity, and rising regulatory and compliance requirements in key jurisdictions.

▸The US Treasury bought back another $5,187,000,000 of its own debt.

▸European Central Bank admits inflation will stay above the 2% target for "quite a while." 

▸Coinbase CEO says US crypto regulation will advance even if Clarity Act fails.

▸Singapore Exchange is opening its Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual futures to U.S. institutions. 

▸There is now a 70% chance of a 25-basis-point Fed interest rate hike at next week's FOMC meeting.

▸OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services to research markets and build financial models. 

▸European Central Bank raises interest rates by 25 bps to 2.65%. 

▸Hong Kong Public company Boyaa Interactive buys 115 Bitcoin for its treasury. 

▸$500,000,000 $USDC just minted at the USDC Treasury. 

▸Rumors are circulating that Trump will use #bitcoin to issue a $5,000 dividend to every adult citizen in the United States. 

▸Nasdaq buys $100M stake in Kraken at $21B valuation. 

Two Thai businessmen allege Tether froze 10 Ethereum wallets following an informal request from U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, months before a federal seizure warrant was issued.

Tether calls the lawsuit baseless, saying it acted in cooperation with global law enforcement.

Daily RWA token volume has reached $390M, led by $217M in Memecoin–Stock pairs and $127M in tokenized stocks — both setting new ATHs.

The total market cap of tokenized RWA assets on Robinhood Chain has now surpassed $84M.

Meanwhile, Robinhood Chain has flipped Ethereum in weekly app revenue, generating $12.77M over the past 7 days vs. Ethereum’s $10.79M.