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Strategy director Jarrod Patten sold 71,400 shares of company stock across 31 transactions this year, worth about $10.4 million, Bitcoin Treasuries reported. All of the shares sold were acquired through the exercise of stock options granted in 2016 and 2017. Media coverage described the sales as Patten cashing in stock options awarded when Strategy was a software company and monetizing them after its transformation into a Bitcoin company.

Six Bitcoin wallets that had been dormant for more than a decade moved 553.59 BTC worth $40.15 million over the past week, according to Galaxy Research. The wallets had been inactive since 2011, 2012 and 2014. Two of them were said to be linked to Noah Doe, a plaintiff in litigation over ownership of long-dormant BTC wallets, including holdings tied to Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

Global potentially taxable on-chain cryptocurrency activity in 2025 is expected to reach at least $457 billion, while only about 14% would fall under the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, Cointelegraph reported, citing blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The remaining 86% includes decentralized exchanges, peer-to-peer transfers, various forms of on-chain income, and payments made using cryptocurrencies.

UAE digital bank Zand announced support for USDC payments as it moves to strengthen its stablecoin infrastructure. Zand also plans to use AEDZ, an AED-pegged stablecoin, with the aim of making global payments in the UAE faster, cheaper and simpler, according to Crypto Briefing.

Bitcoin layer-2 project Stacks said it will unveil its second institutional participant in Bitcoin staking this week. In May, Bitcoin-focused asset manager UTXO Management announced it would become the first institution to take part in Stacks' Bitcoin staking. UTXO Management is the Bitcoin-focused asset management subsidiary of Nakamoto (NAKA).

A survey of 1,203 Americans age 25 and older found 77% view cryptocurrency investments in employer-sponsored retirement plans as risky, including 46% who described them as very risky, Cointelegraph reported, citing the National Institute on Retirement Security. The survey also found 53% oppose employers offering crypto as an investment option in retirement plans. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in August last year to expand 401(k) retirement plan access to alternative assets including crypto, and the U.S. Department of Labor proposed related rules in March.

A Fireblocks custody address deposited 10 million USD1 into Binance about 13 minutes ago, according to on-chain data analytics firm Onchain Lens. The address has deposited a total of 66 million USD1 into Binance over the past week, Onchain Lens said. USD1 is a dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), which is backed by the Trump family.

A former employee who said the person had worked at three crypto exchanges — WebSea, JuCoin and CoinUP — alleged some smaller exchanges attract user funds through platform tokens and then restrict withdrawals, according to Wu Blockchain. The former employee claimed some exchanges use rising platform token prices, discounted token sales, high-yield products, copy trading and multi-tier agent structures to keep user funds tied to their platforms. The person also alleged that during WebSea’s 2024 crisis, withdrawals for ordinary users were restricted while employees were still able to withdraw funds. At JuCoin, withdrawals above the original deposit amount were allegedly difficult to get approved, and profits were sometimes deducted, according to the account. At CoinUP, some team leaders or agents were allegedly required to buy the platform token CPX, after which the token’s price later plunged. The former employee added that in a bear market, some smaller exchanges may rely more heavily on platform tokens and high-yield products to draw in users, while warning users to be cautious about claims of principal protection, high returns and discounted token sales.

Coinbase announced the addition of GRASS for spot trading.

A wallet estimated to belong to Bitkub co-founder Sakolkorn Sakavee transferred a total of 34,000 ZEC, worth about $26.1 million, to Hyperliquid over the past 24 hours, Lookonchain reported. The address then sold 24,000 ZEC, worth about $18.5 million, and bought 238 BTC. It currently holds about 10,000 ZEC, worth roughly $7.6 million, on Hyperliquid, with a related sell order set at around $780.

Ethereum developers have proposed a draft EIP to revamp the deposit contract used for validator staking as part of preparations for potential quantum computing threats, Decrypt reported. The proposal would expand support for validator public keys from the current 48-byte limit to as much as 8,192 bytes, allowing Ethereum to adopt quantum-resistant cryptographic methods in the future. It also includes a function to permanently halt new deposits using the current BLS signature scheme. The specific quantum-resistant signature method is set to be determined in a separate future EIP, while the current proposal remains a draft under review.

Flop Labs has unveiled the tokenomics for its native token FLOP. The company said FLOP can be earned through network participation, with no separate venture capital allocation or presale. The cumulative supply is projected to reach 17.2 billion FLOP by year 10, with allocations of 51.2% to miners, 20.4% to the airdrop, 11.4% to the team and foundation, 6.9% to validators, 6.8% to brokers and agents, and 3.4% to staking rewards. The airdrop will target miners, validators, agents and early community participants. Annual inflation after year 10 is set at 0.6%. The tokenomics released so far are a draft and may be adjusted later.

JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Santander are moving to form a consortium for a joint global stablecoin launch, The Wall Street Journal reported. Separately, JPMorgan has also considered issuing its own stablecoin, according to the report.

Pump.fun, a Solana-based memecoin issuance platform, said it will support HyperEVM, the smart contract execution layer of Hyperliquid (HYPE), on its mobile app. Pump.fun said it is the first mobile app to fully support HyperEVM. Users will be able to trade HyperEVM-based tokens for USDC on the Pump.fun app with almost no transaction fees.

Institutional DeFi platform Sentora announced the launch of a dedicated vault on decentralized lending protocol Morpho that uses Huma Finance’s payment finance token PST as collateral. Users can deposit PYUSD to provide liquidity for loans backed by PST, with loan-to-value limits and exposure caps applied to the vault.

Crypto-related stocks moved lower as U.S. trading began today. Gemini (GEMI) fell 4.37%, while American Bitcoin (ABTC) was down 4.35%. MARA fell 3.64%, Strategy (MSTR) 3.55%, Coinbase (COIN) 3.13%, and Riot Blockchain (RIOT) 2.77%. Other decliners included Bullish (BLSH), down 2.59%, Robinhood (HOOD), down 2.27%, Bitmine (BMNR), down 1.73%, and Circle (CRCL), down 1.70%.

XRP is testing a key support level after surging to $1.69 last week and then slipping below $1.40, according to an analysis by The Crypto Basic. The outlet said XRP climbed to $1.69 last week but met strong resistance there before falling to around $1.40, a move that suggests it has absorbed liquidity near a recent resistance zone and is now heading toward support. Looking at spot supply alongside the derivatives market, The Crypto Basic said short-term selling pressure has yet to fully ease. If XRP holds $1.36, the token could stabilize after working through supply near the recent resistance zone and attempt a rebound. If it falls below that level, the correction could deepen toward the next support area at $1.28. On the upside, $1.45 is seen as the first resistance level after shifting from support to resistance following the pullback. A decisive break above $1.51 would signal renewed strength in the uptrend, the outlet said.

DeFi Development (DFDV), a U.S.-listed company that is strategically accumulating SOL, has launched "State of Solana," a dashboard developed with the Solana network to track staking, validators, yields and ecosystem data in real time, The Block reported. The company plans to add more data and research tools in the future.

The U.S. SEC has submitted a proposed rule revision on digital asset custody to the White House Office of Management and Budget, clarifying custody standards for client digital assets held by investment advisers and investment companies, Bloomberg reported. The proposal is part of regulatory modernization being pushed by SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and is intended to give institutions clearer guidance on holding crypto assets safely without violating SEC rules while scrapping a broad set of outdated requirements that have lagged market changes. Once the White House OMB completes its review, the proposal will be made public after a vote by the three Republican SEC commissioners. It would then move through at least a 60-day public comment period and a final revote before taking effect. Bloomberg said the move suggests the Trump administration's crypto-friendly policy is being translated into concrete regulatory action even as legislation in Congress remains pending.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened lower today. - S&P 500: -0.02% - Nasdaq: -0.22% - Dow Jones: -0.10%

Sui announced official support for KuCoin Web3 Wallet. Users can now use KuCoin Wallet to access assets in the Sui ecosystem. Sui also highlighted that transactions reach finality in under one second.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $78,000. BTC is trading at $77,998 on the Binance USDT market.

Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad pushed back on the American Bankers Association’s claim that a provision in the CLARITY Act allowing interest on stablecoins would trigger deposit outflows from community banks, according to a CoinDesk op-ed. Shirzad wrote the American Bankers Association argues community bank deposits could leave if stablecoin rewards are allowed, but there is no clear correlation between stablecoin interest and bank deposits. Shirzad added Coinbase has paid interest on USDC for more than four years, while community bank deposits rose by about $482 billion, or 26%, from June 2019 to March 2026. Shirzad also said the CLARITY Act would give banks their broadest legal authority since the 1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, including in custody, staking, lending, payments and market-making, with community banks set to benefit the most.

A senior Iranian source said the agreement with Oman related to the Strait of Hormuz has not yet been finalized, according to Reuters.

Hong Kong-based MicroBit announced the official listing of the MicroBit Bitcoin & Gold Value ETF on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, describing it as Hong Kong’s first exchange-traded fund linked to both Bitcoin and gold.