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❓Did you know, privacy's origins in crypto date back more than a decade? To a handful of people, including privacy's own version of Satoshi. Today, @rkbaggs was joined @_cryptozoidberg, co-founder of @zano_project and developer of CryptoNote, which became the basis for @monero.

⚡️ JUST IN: Jeff Bezos is in early talks to raise $100 billion for an AI-powered manufacturing fund targeting chipmaking, defense, and aerospace companies, per WSJ.

🚨 ALERT: Over the past 24 hours, over $403M in crypto positions were liquidated, including more than $303M in long positions.

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🇺🇸 ALERT: Polymarket traders now price a 33% chance of a U.S. recession by the end of 2026, down 11% from recent highs.

🚨 UPDATE: Meta reverses its decision to shut down Horizon Worlds in VR, saying the platform will remain available for existing games after user backlash.

🇺🇸 JUST IN: North Carolina has introduced a bill to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, which has already passed its first reading.

🚨 LATEST: Opera seeks a 160M CELO allocation to become a major stakeholder in the Celo network, pending approval.

⚡️ NEW: Bitcoin Quantum has launched testnet v0.3 with the first live deployment of BIP 360, a quantum-resistant upgrade for Bitcoin.

🚨 LATEST: The S&P 500 reversed its decline and moved into gains as oil prices slipped under $93 per barrel.

🚨 UPDATE: Layer 2 ecosystems are consolidating, with more networks shutting down than launching among chains with at least $100K in TVS.

⚡️ NEW: OpenAI plans to acquire startup Astral as it expands further into AI developer tools.

🇺🇸 UPDATE: Markets expect the Fed to hold rates through 2026, with the first cut now priced in for September 2027.

🚨 NEW: Morgan Stanley has filed an S-1 for a spot Bitcoin ETF under the ticker MSBT.

🇺🇸 BULLISH: SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency is working on a crypto framework to provide greater regulatory clarity and certainty.

🔥 NEW: Sui has launched Hashi on devnet, a Bitcoin finance protocol backed by firms including BitGo, Bullish, FalconX, Fordefi, and Ledger. It aims to expand BTC’s role in DeFi by enabling lending, borrowing, and yield.

⚡️ NEW: Animoca Brands has invested in $AVAX and partnered with Ava Labs to expand the Avalanche ecosystem, targeting growth in Asia and the Middle East.

🚨 ALERT: JPMorgan has cut its S&P 500 target to 7,200 from 7,500, warning an oil shock is raising recession risks.

⚡️ NEW: Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi has launched a $100M tokenized fund on Ethereum and Stellar.