☕️ GM! Here are the top events in #Crypto from the past 24 hours

📊Market Updates

🔸BTC surges past $100K during renewed global trade negotiations and major institutional inflows.

🔸Meta explores stablecoins again to cut global payout costs, years after shelving Diem. No specific coin chosen yet.

🔸Standard Chartered says its $120K Bitcoin target may be too low after BTC surges 23% in 30 days. Year-end goal remains $200K.

🔸Coinbase to acquire crypto options giant Deribit for $2.9B, expanding its derivatives footprint with the leading BTC and ETH options platform.

🌟Highlights

🔸Arizona becomes the second U.S. state to pass a crypto reserve bill, integrating digital assets into its unclaimed property framework.

🔸Stripe launches stablecoin financial accounts in 101 countries after its $1.1B Bridge acquisition, aiming to expand global payments access.

🔸Lawmakers halt progress on the GENIUS Act as Trump’s crypto ties and ethics questions fuel division.

🔸World Liberty Financial’s USD1 becomes 7th-largest stablecoin after MGX-Binance settlement fuels rapid supply growth.

🔸STEP 2 sees 35M ARB deployed to real-world assets as DAO ramps up treasury diversification.

🔸Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years for fraud after pleading guilty to misusing customer funds and price manipulation.