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Markets
Bitcoin Reclaims $81,000 As ETF Inflows Surge Despite Iran Escalation
BTC prints its highest level since January, even as UAE air defenses engage Iranian missiles and drones.

TradFi & Fintech
a16z Crypto Raises $2.2B Fund to Turn New Infra into Everyday Products
a16z crypto's Crypto Fund 5 was announced just a day after Haun Ventures revealed its $1 billion fund focused on crypto and the agentic economy.

Blockchains
Toncoin Surges as Telegram Takes Direct Control of TON Network
Pavel Durov says Telegram will replace the TON Foundation and become the network's largest validator as part of a ‘Make TON Great Again’ roadmap.

Security
Arbitrum DAO Elects Six New Security Council Members Amid Ongoing Kelp Fallout
The Security Council has been in the spotlight in recent weeks after its decision to freeze over 30K ETH connected to the Kelp bridge exploit.

DeFi
Securitize Taps Jump and Jupiter to Launch Regulated Trading for Tokenized Equities
The three-way partnership pairs Securitize's broker-dealer rails with Jump's PropAMM liquidity engine and Jupiter's Solana-wide aggregation layer.

DeFi
Drift Sets Out Token-Based Recovery Framework for $295M April Exploit
The Solana-based perpetuals exchange will issue burn-on-redeem recovery tokens funded by exchange revenue, a $127.5M Tether commitment, and another $20M from partners.

DeFi
Stellar Gets Its First Regulated, Yield-Bearing Stablecoin with YLDS Launch
YLDS is an SEC-registered, USD-pegged stable asset from Figure.

CeFi
Coinbase Cuts ~14% of Workforce, Restructures as AI-Native Organization: Brian Armstrong
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced a ~14% workforce reduction and major organizational restructuring to operate as an AI-native company with flattened hierarchy and individual contributor leaders.

Blockchains
Polygon Launches Shielded USDC and USDT Payments
The Polygon wallet now offers a "Privately Send" option that hides sender, receiver, and amount onchain, with KYT screening built into every transfer.

Markets
Bitcoin Tops $80,000 As ETF Bid Returns
The crypto rally extended into Monday, with traders pricing in the CLARITY Act compromise and Trump's "Project Freedom" Hormuz operation.





