French Startup Raises $73 Million for Blockchain, AI Privacy - Bloomberg ($)

Bitcoin’s ‘kimchi premium’ hits two-year high in South Korea - The Block

Figment and Apex Group set to launch Ethereum and Solana staking ETPs - The Block

Bitcoin Trade That Gave Bankman-Fried His Millions Returns in South Korea - CoinDesk

Bitcoin halving euphoria masks an existential threat - DL News

Hong Kong to host major cryptocurrency conference in 2025 as city woos virtual asset firms - SCMP

Binance to launch Japanese yen spot trading pairs for BNB, BTC, ETH globally - The Block

How a big crypto villain helped fuel bitcoin's surge - Axios

South Korea requests Interpol to assist with Do Kwon’s extradition: reports - The Block

Ark Invest offloads more Coinbase shares, bringing total COIN sales to over $100 million this week - The Block

Figment, Apex to List Ether and Solana Staking ETPs on SIX Swiss Exchange - CoinDesk

Binance will let users bet on futures platform token listings - The Block

Hong Kong launches world’s first wholesale CBDC pilot as city positions itself at cutting edge of blockchain evolution - SCMP

Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Could Mean Near-Zero Fees for Layer-2 Blockchains: Fidelity Digital Assets - CoinDesk

Crypto firms Genesis and Gemini discussed possible merger in 2022, court filings show - The Block

Pantera Raising Funds to Buy Big Solana Holding From FTX Estate - Bloomberg ($)

Hong Kong’s Central Bank Announces New Wholesale CBDC to Support Tokenization Market - CoinDesk

Pantera Looks to Purchase Discounted Solana Tokens With New Fund: Bloomberg - CoinDesk

Nigeria's SEC Updates Guidelines for Crypto Firms in Bid to Stop Criminal Activity: Report - CoinDesk

Misspelled celebrity memecoins on Solana surge in price, such as Jeo Boden, Danold Tromp and Olen Mosk - The Block

Crypto AI Tokens in Focus as DOGE, SHIB Rally Starts to Ease - CoinDesk