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📣 Anthony Scaramucci: #Bitcoin’s current pullback reflects its traditional four-year cycle, even while ETF-driven institutional inflows have muted volatility and reshaped the market cycle dynamics.

⚖️ NEW: Spanish authorities have arrested a suspect in the kidnapping of Ledger co-founder David Balland. This is a major breakthrough in the case where attackers allegedly demanded a €10 million ransom before his rescue in France.

📣 NEW: #Katana, backed by Polygon Labs and GSR, has acquired #IDEX to anchor its Katana Perps rollout.

🟢 NEW: #Crypto investment products extended their inflow streak with $230 million added last week, though momentum cooled...

🟠 NEW: #Strategy bought another 1,031 BTC for $76.6 million, lifting its total holdings to 762,099 #Bitcoin.

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⚠️ NEW: #ZachXBT says a coordinated network of X accounts used high-frequency war and political posts to farm engagement before pivoting to #crypto scam promotions. The accounts exploited fear and real-time news cycles to lure victims into fraudulent schemes.

👀 NEW: #Bithumb is reportedly planning to reappoint CEO Lee Jae-won despite recent AML-related controversies. Shareholders are set to vote on the decision later this month.

🤖 NEW: Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly developing a personal #AI agent to streamline decision-making at #Meta.

🚨 NEW: #CoinDCX co-founders Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal have been arrested in India over an alleged $85,000 investment fraud case. Authorities are investigating claims of misleading investors with promises of high returns and franchise opportunities.

🚨 NEW: #Ripple has warned users about a surge in scam #Telegram accounts impersonating the firm, and clarified that it has no official Telegram channel.

📣 NEW: Dario Durigan is shelving plans for a #crypto tax consultation as Brazil shifts focus to upcoming elections.

⚠️ NEW: A #stablecoin from #Resolv Labs lost its dollar peg after an attacker exploited its contract to mint 50 million unbacked tokens. This forced the team to halt the protocol and begin recovery efforts.

👀 NEW: Robert Kiyosaki warns that a historic financial bubble is about to burst, and predicts #Bitcoin could hit $750K and #Ethereum $95K within a year.

🎮️ NEW: Lily Liu says #blockchain gaming is effectively “dead,” arguing the sector may go down as one of #crypto’s biggest misallocations of capital...

📣 NEW: Grayscale has filed for a spot #Hyperliquid ETF tracking the HYPE token.

📣 NEW: #Ledger has appointed former #Circle exec John Andrews as CFO and opened a New York office.

🔥 NEW: #Coinbase has rolled out stock perpetual futures for non-US users, offering 24/7 leveraged exposure to major equities like #Apple and #Nvidia.

👀 NEW: South Korea's National Tax Service plans to outsource custody of seized #crypto after a major security lapse exposed a wallet seed phrase and led to a $4.8 million unauthorized transfer.

🚨 NEW: #Ripple says 72% of global finance leaders believe offering digital asset solutions is now essential to stay competitive!