Litecoin txs surge 243% in 5 months amid ETF hype: Santiment

The price of Litecoin spiked more than 8% as Canary’s spot Litecoin ETF made a move to prepare for its potential approval. Source link

Ross Ulbricht calls for ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Roger Ver to be freed next

Ver was arrested in Spain last April and charged with tax evasion, with US authorities claiming he underreported capital gains made from Bitcoin sales in 2014. Source link

Utah’s Bitcoin reserve bill heads to second Senate reading

Legislation that would allow Utah to invest in Bitcoin has been passed by a state Senate subcommittee and has already made it through the House. Source link

New Microsoft chip shortens timeline to make Bitcoin quantum-resistant: River

Alexander Leishman, CEO of River, says while the crypto quantum threat is still years away, solutions need to be discussed now. Source link

SBF cozies up to Republican Party amid clemency push

Sam Bankman-Fried’s remarks come amid a clemency effort to secure a pardon from Republican US President Donald Trump. Source link

Analyst says spot Bitcoin ETFs used for ‘massive market manipulation’ — Is he right?

Some analysts believe Bitcoin’s price action is being negatively affected by various market manipulators. Is there any sense to this accusation? Source link

Microsoft is boosting capacity to support OpenAI’s GPT-4-5, GPT-5 models

Microsoft is reportedly planning to host OpenAI’s newest model as early as next week. Source link

Argentine President Milei arrives in US amid fallout from LIBRA scandal

Javier Milei, the President of Argentina, has arrived in the United States as the LIBRA scandal continues to unfold. Source link

Canary Capital launches Axelar Trust targeting institutional investors

Axelar is a Web3 interoperability network that lets developers tokenize real-world assets. Source link

SEC approves first yield-bearing stablecoin security

Figure Markets has become the first company to receive approval for an interest-bearing stablecoin in the United States. Source link