Vaneck Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel says the roughly $135 million in bitcoin Strategy sold last week did not draw down the company’s $1.25 billion BTC Monetization Program, leaving that capacity fully intact.

Russia’s State Duma Financial Markets Committee has approved the final version of the country’s landmark crypto bill, dropping mandatory wallet-address reporting and clearing the way for a second reading.

Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) executive chairman Michael Saylor says bitcoin only needs to appreciate faster than 3.3% a year for the company’s capital gains to fund its STRC dividends indefinitely, calling the metric behind that math one of the most misunderstood attached to the stock.

A recent U.S. directive placing strict export controls on Anthropic’s advanced AI models over national security concerns unexpectedly drove American and global corporations to use Chinese open-source alternatives.

Terawulf has signed a 20-year AI infrastructure lease with Anthropic, expected to generate about $19 billion in contracted revenue.

Judge Analisa Torres, best known for the SEC v. Ripple ruling, has denied Kalshi’s bid for a preliminary injunction against New York gaming regulators, finding the state’s gambling laws are not preempted by federal commodities law.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has resigned his seat as MP for Clacton, triggering a local by-election that he immediately intends to contest.

First sketched in the 1990s by engineer Norman Nixon, the Freedom Ship is being pitched again by Freedom Cruise Line International as a self-contained floating city in international waters. The plan calls for housing 50,000 permanent residents and running largely independent of ports, with nuclear power and an estimated $15 billion build that proponents say could take 3 to 4 years once funded.

Binance is hiring a remote General Manager for West Africa to lead business development, regulatory coordination, stakeholder engagement, and operations within its Africa business development team.

Three signals may determine whether bitcoin’s worst month since 2022 marks a bottom, as tighter central bank policy, inflation pressure, ETF outflows, mechanical selling, and political uncertainty weighed on risk assets while large holders accumulated.

Robert Kiyosaki said his view of global finance shifted after one early look at a manuscript shared by Jim Rickards, prompting a stark warning about trust, assets, and the future of money.

Vanguard, which manages about $12 trillion in global assets under management, is recruiting a senior executive to oversee digital assets within its Personal Wealth division, signaling a reassessment of how the firm develops, governs, and delivers digital asset capabilities for clients.

XRP is showing growth across multiple adoption metrics, with approximately $4 billion in tokenized real-world assets, continued spot XRP ETF inflows, and rising wallet creation, according to XRP treasury company Evernorth. Together, the figures suggest expanding activity across institutional and retail participants.

Prediction-market traders now see the withdrawal of Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner as close to inevitable within weeks, after a new allegation triggered a collapse in Democratic support. Contracts on Polymarket and Kalshi rapidly repriced his exit, the seat’s partisan odds, and even his likely replacement – each in a matter of hours.

EDX Markets closed a $76 million Series C funding round led by SBI Holdings, the Chicago-based crypto exchange operator announced Tuesday.