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Adam Back's bitcoin treasury firm scraps SPAC merger, seeks new deal

BSTR and Cantor Equity Partners will not complete their merger under the original July 2025 agreement, with the shareholder meeting postponed indefinitely.

Adam Back, CEO Blockstream (second from right) speaks at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Web3

BNB Chain is building a new layer-1 for high-frequency trading and AI agents

The network aims to process over 100,000 transactions per second by streaming them directly, eliminating public queues to make trades faster and more secure.

AI chip (Igor Omilaev/Unsplash)

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Citadel abandons multi-year crypto lawsuit to focus on bankruptcy order against an ex-employee

After winning a 6 million-pound London arbitration award, Citadel dropped its U.S. trade secrets case, saying another judgment would likely go uncollected.

Citadel Securities Chairman Ken Griffin

Markets

Cantor says Strategy's recovery hinges on restoring STRC to par

Bringing Strategy's preferred shares back to $100 is key to restarting Strategy's capital engine, the bank said, with repeated management actions expected to support both preferred and common shareholders.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

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Markets

SpaceX's Nasdaq 100 inclusion comes with a historical warning

The largest IPO ever enters the Nasdaq 100. Previous additions like Palantir and Strategy saw volatility after the index inclusion rather than the start of new rallies.

Musk warns of fiscal crisis.

Finance

Trump's crypto token buyers are down $3.8 billion, blockchain data shows

The TRUMP token is down 96% from its peak, and 85% of secondary market wallets for WLFI are underwater, reflecting a broader downturn in the sector.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at Mar-a-Lago.

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EU moves to block retail investors from explosive boom of multibillion-dollar prediction markets

The region's regulators emphasized that a product's actual function as a derivative matters more than its commercial name or labeling when assessing compliance.

Europe's markets regulator European Parliament (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

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UK's bold new crypto rules promise to unlock global trading, but huge compliance hurdles still threaten the rollout

The U.K. FCA's crypto framework has been praised for prioritizing global liquidity and institutional adoption, but the authorization process is expected to be daunting.

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)

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Bitwise says STRC selloff signals crypto cycle nearing a bottom, not Strategy’s breaking point

Bitwise said STRC's volatility reflects a late-cycle leverage unwind, with institutions poised to replace Strategy as bitcoin's biggest buyer.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan. (Bitwise/Press)

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US Treasury sanctions over 100 ISIS-K crypto addresses that moved over $1.4 million

ISIS-K allegedly used its media wing to solicit donations via Tron, Monero, and Bitcoin, highlighting stablecoin issuers' growing role in sanctions enforcement.

People holding black flag (mhrezaa/Unsplash)