🗞️ Need to catch up on the news? Here's our top 10 from today:
🔸 China explores launching its first stablecoins to internationalize the renminbi and compete with dollar dominance, per FT.
🔹 Asset manager Parataxis Holdings to raise up to $640M for its Bitcoin Treasury Strategy through an SPAC merge with SilverBox Corp IV.
🔸 Cosmos Health secures up to $300M in financing to launch an Ethereum-based treasury reserve strategy.
🔹 Vitalik says Ethereum L2s must shift from OP to ZK proofs to achieve faster withdrawals.
🔸 Roman Storm was found guilty of running an unlicensed money transfer business. Jury could not reach a verdict on money laundering or North Korea sanctions charges.
🔹 Trump teams up with OpenAI to deploy ChatGPT in federal agencies for $1 each, Fox reports.
🔸 Laser Digital secures Dubai’s first OTC crypto options license for institutions.
🔹 China warns eye-scanning crypto projects could threaten personal privacy and national security.
🔸 South Korea’s BDACS launches institutional custody for $XRP via Ripple Custody.
🔹 Japan’s $214B SBI Holdings has filed to launch $BTC and $XRP ETFs.