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Regulation & Politics
Crypto Market Maker CEOs Extradited From Singapore in FBI Wash Trading Sting
Ten foreign nationals across four firms have been charged with orchestrating pump-and-dump schemes.

DeFi
Drift Protocol Vault Loses $270 Million in Potential Exploit
Onchain data shows more than a dozen asset types drained from the Solana perp DEX's main vault address in a rapid burst of transactions.

TradFi & Fintech
Franklin Templeton Launches Dedicated 'Franklin Crypto' Division
The $1.7 trillion asset manager will absorb the 250 Digital team and all liquid crypto strategies previously managed by CoinFund, targeting pensions and sovereign wealth funds.

Blockchains
Non-USD stablecoin senders on Solana nearly tripled year-over-year, led by EURC and BRZ: Dune
Solana's non-USD stablecoin adoption surged nearly threefold in the past year, driven by EURC and BRZ growth alongside institutional integrations from Visa, Stripe, PayPal, Mastercard, and Western Union.

Security
Caltech researchers project functional quantum computer feasible by 2030 with 10,000-20,000 qubits: Caltech
Caltech researchers estimate a working quantum computer could be operational before 2030 using far fewer qubits than previously thought, as crypto industry assesses vulnerability exposure.

Security
CZ Says Crypto Can Survive Quantum Computing With Protocol Upgrades: Binance Co-Founder
Changpeng Zhao addressed quantum computing concerns, stating the crypto industry can upgrade to quantum-resistant algorithms to mitigate threats.

TradFi & Fintech
New Hampshire issues Bitcoin-backed municipal bond with Ba2 rating: Moody's
New Hampshire's Bitcoin-backed municipal bond receives Ba2 rating from Moody's, marking the first instance of a public finance instrument backed by cryptocurrency.

TradFi & Fintech
Square launches zero-fee Bitcoin payments for US merchants through 2026: Square
Square is waiving processing fees for Bitcoin payments at US merchants for two years, with instant dollar conversion to reduce adoption barriers.

Blockchains
Base Doubles Down on Global Markets, Stablecoins, and AI Agents
Coinbase's Layer 2 shifts focus to tokenizing every major asset class and scaling stablecoin payments.

DeFi
Resolv Co-Founder Pledges 1:1 Redemptions for All Pre-Exploit USR Holders
Ivan Kozlov shared the first public update on recovery efforts nine days after an attacker minted 80 million unbacked USR tokens and extracted roughly $23 million.





