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Hacks
GMX Hacker Returns $40 Million After Accepting 10% Bounty
A hacker who drained roughly $32 million in crypto assets from GMX earlier this week has returned the funds after the derivatives exchange offered a 10% “white-hat” bounty

People
Gallup: 14% of Americans Own Cryptocurrency; 60% Uninterested, 64% View Crypto as Very Risky, Goldman Sachs Notes Retail Shift
A recent Gallup survey reveals that 14% of American adults currently own cryptocurrency, while 60% express no interest in purchasing it, and only 4% plan to buy crypto in the near future

Markets
TD Cowen, Cantor Fitzgerald Lift MicroStrategy Target to $680 on Bitcoin Optimism
MicroStrategy Inc. received back-to-back price-target increases from two Wall Street firms, underscoring growing bullishness on the software maker’s bitcoin-heavy balance sheet.

Markets
Ether ETFs Extend 16-Day Inflow Run, Overtake Bitcoin as Assets Top $20B
Investor demand for spot Ether exchange-traded funds accelerated this week, extending a 16-day streak of net inflows and reinforcing a rotation out of Bitcoin-linked products

People
SharpLink Gaming Hires Ex-BlackRock Digital Assets Chief Chalom as Co-CEO
SharpLink Gaming said it has appointed Joseph Chalom, a 20-year BlackRock veteran who most recently led the asset manager’s digital-assets strategy, as its new co-chief executive officer

TradFi & Fintech
Windtree Therapeutics Plans $520 Million Raise, 99% for BNB, Secures $500M Equity Line, Uses Kraken Custody
Nasdaq-listed Windtree Therapeutics has announced plans to raise up to $520 million in new funding, with approximately 99% of the proceeds intended to purchase BNB for its corporate treasury

Tokens
Christie’s Launches $1 Billion Crypto-Only Luxury Real-Estate Division
Christie’s International Real Estate has created a dedicated division that will handle property sales conducted entirely in cryptocurrencies, according to the New York Times

Markets
MicroStrategy, Led by Michael Saylor, Quadruples Stock Raise to $2 Billion to Buy More Bitcoin Holding 607,770 BTC
MicroStrategy has increased its preferred stock offering from $500 million to $2 billion to finance additional Bitcoin purchases

Blockchains
Solana Developers Move to Lift Block Capacity 66% Amid Surging Demand
Solana core developers have lifted the blockchain’s block limit to 60 million compute units, a 20% increase designed to accommodate higher transaction volumes and lower fees as usage rises






