US attorneys general demand hostage status for jailed Binance exec — ‘Bring him home’ - DL News

Crypto's $130 million congressional election binge has candidates like Utah's John Curtis poised for big wins - CNBC

SEC clears Bitcoin ETF options for launch as inflows cross $21bn - DL News

Bitcoin Miners Take Divergent Paths Six Months After Revenue ‘Halving’ - Bloomberg ($)

3 arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly duping man over HK$1 million in cryptocurrency trade - SCMP

Web3 Watch: Tap-to-earn game Hamster Kombat gears up for Season 2 - Blockworks

US spot bitcoin ETFs reach highest recorded total asset value after six-day inflow streak - The Block

Perpetually rising bitcoin prices would lead to societal impoverishment, ECB economists claim - The Block

Pump.Fun planning to launch a token in the future: X Spaces - The Block

European Central Bank paper called a ‘declaration of war’ on Bitcoin — Are tax hikes and bans coming? - DL News

MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin ‘flywheel’ drives stock price targets higher despite valuation debate - DL News

Fraudster who used phony Coinbase platforms to steal millions sentenced to five years - DL News

Crypto Hiring: Copper, OKX name new executives - Blockworks

Funding Roundup: Gaming startup Azra Games raises $42M - Blockworks

Vitalik Buterin calls staking centralization ‘one of the biggest risks’ to Ethereum in ‘Scourge’ outline - The Block

Stripe acquires stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion in crypto’s largest acquisition: TechCrunch - The Block

The Funding: Why Trump-linked crypto project World Liberty Financial flopped - The Block

Bitcoin Gets Yet Another Bullish Signal as Prices Near $70K - CoinDesk

Bitcoin eyes $70,000 milestone as US presidential election nears - The Block

ApeCoin Surges 100% as Yuga Labs Debuts ApeChain - CoinDesk

Bitcoin Nears $70K Amid Record Open Interest at $40B as Trump-Harris Election Nears - CoinDesk