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HYPE leads L1s, DoJ probes Binance, Iran attacks tankers

Crypto

• BTC: 70k (+1%) | BTC.D: 59.2% (-0.1%)

• ETH: 2055 (+2%) | BNB: 650 (+2%) | SOL: 86 (+1%) 

• Top Gainers: HYPE, KHYPE, SKY, RENDER, TAO 

• BTC ETFs: +$118m | ETH ETFs: +$57m

• Crypto rangebound, HYPE continues to lead L1s

• Crypto dev activity at multi-year low on AI pivot

• DoJ probes Binance on Iran sanction evasion

• Binance sues WSJ over Iran report

• Prosecutors block SBF’s request for retrial

• ETH devs demo ‘native rollups’ prototype

• Strive bumps dividend, buys $50m STRC & 179 BTC

• YZi Labs continues attack on CEA Industries

• Mastercard launches global crypto partner program

• Ripple to buyback $750m shares 

• Android wallets at risk due to MediaTek exploit

• Wells Fargo files trademark for WFUSD

• Stablecoins won’t get FDIC deposit insurance

• Foundry plans Zcash mining pool

• India arrests suspect in $2.1b GainBitcoin Ponzi

• Optimism’s OP Labs cuts 20% staff

Macro & General

• NASDAQ: 22.7k (0%), Gold: 5190 (0%)

• Stocks mixed amid Iran war, in-line CPI

• Oil surges near $100 after ships struck in Gulf

• US to release 172m barrels of oil

• Iran says to prepare for $200 oil

• Iran could attack California with drones: FBI

• Practically nothing left to target in Iran: Trump

• Iran government still not at risk of collapse: US

• US starts trade probe into China, EU

• Goldman warns of extreme short squeeze

• Meta rolls out in-house AI chips

• xAI-Tesla working on joint AI project

• FCC Chair supports SpaceX against Amazon

• Apollo plans to mark private credit daily

Left Curve Corner

• Hot coins: Distorted

• Hot NFTs:

• HFs increasingly using prediction markets

• Pumpfun adds subdomains on ETH, Base

• Myriad Season 3 goes live on BNB

• Across Protocol proposes equity for token swap

• Bonkfun website hacked, user funds drained

• Fantasytop refutes rug pull allegations

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