Rep. Nick Begich says he will reintroduce the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve bill in the current Congress, reviving the House companion to Lummis's BITCOIN Act.

Bits of Gold gets the green light from Israel's Capital Market Authority to launch BILS, a 1:1 shekel-pegged stablecoin, after a 2-year Solana pilot.

Aave's DeFi United relief fund crossed $303M in commitments, exceeding the $292M lost in the KelpDAO exploit and clearing the path to full rsETH user recovery.

Bitcoin fell 2.9% to $76,854 overnight as Fed rate uncertainty, climbing oil prices, and a fresh AI-stock wobble dragged risk assets lower.

Roman Storm's lawyers rebuked Acting AG Todd Blanche's suggestion that Tornado Cash and Samourai cases could be elevated, journalist Eleanor Terrett reports.

DefiLlama says stablecoins moved over $1T this month and launched a public tracker to compare issuers, chains, and flows side by side.

Senator Thom Tillis says he will vote against the Senate crypto market structure bill unless it includes ethics rules restricting officials' use of digital assets.

Gemini's new Agentic Trading lets users plug ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI agents into the exchange to run live order flow on their accounts.

Kalshi and Polymarket plan to offer crypto perpetual futures in the US, putting offshore-style derivatives under CFTC-regulated prediction-market venues.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced the Bitcoin community at Bitcoin 2026, addressing the Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet prosecutions head on.