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According to CoinDesk, Grant Cardone, CEO of the real estate investment company Cardone Capital, stated that Cardone Capital has increased its holdings by 10.5 bitcoins through cash flow, and its real estate-bitcoin hybrid strategy now holds over 2,700 BTC.

Cryptocurrency payment company BitPay announced that it has obtained approval from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets to acquire a cryptocurrency asset service provider license, allowing it to operate in EU member states under the regulatory framework for cryptocurrency markets. BitPay stated that this license will support the company's expansion of cryptocurrency payment and stablecoin payment services in Europe.According to relevant requirements, starting from July 1, all entities providing cryptocurrency-related services must be regulated. BitPay's European head, Jonathan Arler, stated that Europe is one of the most important regions for the future development of payments. Previously, Ripple announced that it had obtained a cryptocurrency asset service provider license issued by the Luxembourg financial regulator.

Anton Bukov, co-founder of 1inch, stated on the X platform that he has ceased participation in the company's operations in late November 2025 due to strategic direction and leadership disagreements, and will no longer be involved in any work related to product architecture or security, nor will he supervise either of these areas. He mentioned that he is still a co-founder and a 50% shareholder. Anton Bukov co-founded 1inch in May 2019 and was responsible for designing the core architecture of 1inch Router, Fusion, and cross-chain Swap.

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) announced an investment in AI Agent security startup Runta, which aims to help businesses manage and constrain AI agents like "raising children." The specific investment amount has not been disclosed.Runta founder Guanlan Dai previously worked on the technical team at Cloudflare and was a founding engineer at API connection startup Kong. He stated that AI agents share similarities with growing children: they have the ability to perform tasks autonomously but also require boundaries, supervision, and permission management. Dai believes that just as parents provide home safety protection for children and limit their access to credit cards, businesses also need to restrict the important documents that AI agents can access, the range of operations they are allowed to perform, and the amount of disposable funds available at one time.Runta is developing a set of "AI Agent guardianship" infrastructure to help businesses manage AI agents' permissions, security risks, and behavioral boundaries, preventing autonomous AI systems from causing data leaks, erroneous operations, or financial losses during task execution. As businesses increasingly deploy AI agents with autonomous decision-making capabilities, establishing a trustworthy and secure agent management system is becoming a new infrastructure requirement. Runta aims to become the "parental control layer" of the AI Agent era, providing capabilities such as agent identity management, permission control, risk limitation, and operational supervision for businesses. Industry insiders believe that as AI agents evolve from simple assistants to autonomous entities capable of operating business systems, handling transactions, and executing complex tasks, the infrastructure market surrounding agent security, governance, and compliance may experience rapid growth.

Polygon CEO Marc Boiron stated on the X platform that the company is in the final stages of completing the acquisition of Coinme, and will subsequently integrate the relevant teams into Polygon Labs. As part of achieving the profitability goal for 2027, the company has initiated layoffs and is advancing broader mergers and organizational adjustments.Marc Boiron mentioned that Polygon Labs is transitioning from a blockchain foundation-type organization to a blockchain payment company, with the relevant adjustments primarily focusing on organizational structure and talent needs. He also stated that the company's current revenue performance is strong, with stablecoin business volume continuously breaking records, and that compensation and support will be provided to affected employees.

According to Cointelegraph, the fintech platform MoonPay has acquired the crypto infrastructure startup Glide and will integrate its deposit and routing technology, with the financial terms of the transaction undisclosed.Glide was founded in 2023 by Tushar Soni and Qinyu Tong, who were both part of the Robinhood Wallet team. Glide supports over 100 tokens across 30 blockchain networks, helping applications receive deposits from various tokens, wallets, exchanges, and payment sources.After the acquisition is completed, Glide's technology will be integrated into MoonPay Deposits, a product already used by applications such as Wallet in Telegram, Moonshot, and Paysafe. MoonPay stated that this transaction is part of its efforts to expand its digital asset infrastructure capabilities. This is MoonPay's sixth acquisition announced in 2026, with previous targets including Sodot, Decent, DFlow, Entendre, and Dawn Labs. Its investors include Thrive Capital, Paradigm, Valhalla Ventures, Tiger Global Management, and Coatue.

According to official news, OneBullEx has launched U-based stock and index-related contracts such as QQQUSDT, NVDAUSDT, TSLAUSDT, AAPLUSDT, MUUSDT, WDCUSDT, and SPCXUSDT. The related products support both full margin and isolated margin models.This round of new products covers multiple key tracks in the global innovation industry. QQQ provides an overall perspective on large technology and growth sectors, with Nvidia, Micron Technology, and Western Digital corresponding to AI computing power, memory, and data storage infrastructure. Apple and Tesla cover smart terminals, automation, and energy technology, while the addition of SPCXUSDT extends the platform's global asset coverage to commercial aerospace, satellite connectivity, and space infrastructure.This new launch allows OneBullEx to increase its offerings of global technology companies and index-related products beyond cryptocurrency assets. OneBullEx stated that it will continue to expand global asset coverage around the development direction of AI-native financial exchanges and explore the long-term application of AI intelligent trading capabilities in more asset and market scenarios.

Digital asset prime broker FalconX will acquire blockchain infrastructure company bloXroute.By combining bloXroute's network technology with FalconX's institutional trading platform, FalconX will accelerate the development of new trading, financing, and prime brokerage capabilities.

According to official news, the closed-end investment company RoboStrategy, focused on robotics and physical AI, announced the completion of a series of private equity issuances, issuing 450,684 shares at a weighted average price of approximately $35.5, raising about $16 million.Among them, RoboStrategy CEO Andrew Kang subscribed to 272,405 shares at a price of $36.71 million, investing approximately $10 million.

According to Bloomberg, Tether invested $20 million in the Argentine digital bank Ualá as part of Ualá's announced $197 million financing round in March. Ualá plans to use this funding to accelerate its expansion in Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia.Ualá founder and CEO Pierpaolo Barbieri stated that due to the regulatory environment in Argentina and Mexico, USDT stablecoin will not be integrated into the platform in the short term, and Tether is only participating as a financial investor. Ualá has 11 million customers, and after this financing round, it is valued at $3.2 billion, planning to accelerate expansion in Mexico.

SBI Group, DigiFT, and Startale Group have completed a joint proof of concept, demonstrating the full lifecycle of tokenized securities using the Japanese yen stablecoin JPYSC in an Ethereum testnet environment, including instant settlement for fund subscriptions and automatic on-chain dividend distribution.SBI Group and DigiFT are advancing the tokenization of the SBI Japan High Dividend Equity Fund, which is managed by SBI Asset Management with an asset management scale of approximately $1.3 billion, making it one of Japan's major public equity strategies. The three parties completed two tests, one demonstrating the near-instant settlement of fund subscriptions using JPYSC, and the other automatically calculating and distributing dividends to eligible token holders' wallets via smart contracts after the allocation registration is completed.The three companies plan to explore the integration of tokenized Japanese stocks with institutional DeFi platforms and consider testing use cases such as collateralized lending and on-chain asset management with ecosystem partners like Morpho and Gauntlet.

According to Jinshi reports, the Federal Reserve's Beige Book shows that respondents generally expect the U.S. economy to continue expanding in the coming months, but several districts pointed out that there remains a high level of uncertainty regarding fuel cost prospects.

Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X that The Smarter Web Company has completed a $282 million capital reduction, which is an important step in advancing the issuance of the UK's first Bitcoin-backed perpetual preferred shares, which have a maximum dividend payment capacity of $178 million.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that the balance sheet should be as small as possible so that it can be expanded during a crisis.

Miami-based payment infrastructure startup Cyclops announced the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round, led by Nava Ventures, with participation from Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Circle, Lasagna Ventures, and GPT Ventures.

Blockchain security agency PeckShield stated that the previously monitored fund movements of the LayerZero Executor wallet are not a security incident but rather part of normal operational adjustments. PeckShield confirmed that user funds are currently not at risk.

According to Japanese media reports, the Japanese Senate officially voted today to pass the revised "Financial Instruments and Exchange Act." This amendment marks the formal inclusion of crypto assets (virtual currencies) into the regulatory scope of financial products, no longer limited to the constraints of the "Funds Settlement Act" as a means of payment.In terms of regulation and investor protection, the new rules introduce an insider trading regulatory mechanism for the crypto market, while also accepting oversight from monitoring committees such as those for securities trading. Additionally, the law significantly increases the penalties for unlicensed operators, with the maximum sentence raised from 3 years to 10 years in prison, and the maximum fine increased to 10 million yen. This revised legislation is expected to be officially implemented by July 2027.In terms of taxation and investment channels, the new rules clarify several significant policy changes. Starting from January 2028, the tax rate on profits from crypto asset trading in Japan will be reduced from the current maximum of 55% comprehensive taxation to a unified tax rate of 20%, the same as for stocks (separate declaration taxation). Furthermore, the Japanese market is also expected to officially lift the ban on crypto asset ETFs during the same period, with various securities institutions already beginning preparations for related entry matters.