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Iran proposes control over Strait of Hormuz in new US dealIran's proposal could reshape geopolitical dynamics, affecting global energy transit and increasing regional security tensions. The post Iran proposes control over Strait of Hormuz in new US deal appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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TikTok’s AI remix feature sparks backlash among creators who never opted inThe incident underscores the tension between platform growth strategies and creator trust, highlighting the need for transparent consent mechanisms. The post TikTok’s AI remix feature sparks backlash among creators who never opted in appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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SEC Chair Atkins confident Clarity Act will pass CongressThe Clarity Act's potential passage could redefine digital asset regulation, aligning federal oversight and boosting market confidence. The post SEC Chair Atkins confident Clarity Act will pass Congress appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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Microsoft Plans 'One Copilot' Super App To Unite GitHub Copilot, AI Chat And Agentic Tools: ReportMicrosoft is reportedly building a unified Copilot super app to combine its AI tools and simplify a fragmented user experience.
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Iran ready for diplomatic talks to end 2026 conflict, says President PezeshkianIran's readiness for diplomacy may stabilize regional tensions, reduce military risks, and influence global markets towards peaceful resolutions. The post Iran ready for diplomatic talks to end 2026 conflict, says President Pezeshkian appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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Coinbase To Bring Global Crypto Derivatives To US Institutions After CFTC NodThe US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has now opened the path for Coinbase and other CFTC-registered exchanges to offer regulated access to global crypto derivatives markets. Related Reading: Bitcoin Tests Critical Support As Bearish Signals Point To $60,000 Retest Coinbase Offers Access To Global Crypto Derivatives On Friday, Coinbase announced that its subsidiary, Coinbase Financial Markets (CFM), has become the first US-regulated Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) to offer its domestic clients access to global crypto derivatives markets. Crypto derivatives account for roughly 80% of global crypto trading volume, Coinbase explained, with options, perpetual futures, and other instruments driving most of that activity across international venues. However, US customers haven’t had regulated access to this multi-trillion-dollar market until now. As a result, some institutional customers had to establish offshore entities to access these markets and take on additional counterparty exposure and infrastructure costs. “Today that changes. Guidance issued by the CFTC positions Coinbase Financial Markets as the first CFTC-regulated FCM to connect US clients to global crypto options and perpetual futures liquidity. US clients will at long last have a fully regulated, compliant solution to access all of crypto’s largest markets,” the company stated. According to the announcement, US clients can now access global crypto perps and options on futures without offshore workarounds through Coinbase Financial Markets, including access to Deribit, which holds over $31 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) options open interest. Coinbase Financial Markets has opened onboarding for institutional clients, offering live access to Deribit options. Perpetual futures and additional collateral types are set to follow with broader client access, including retail, also on the horizon. CFTC Guidance Opens Regulated Path The announcement follows a Friday statement from the CFTC confirming the categorization of certain crypto asset perpetuals as “foreign futures,” as well as a non-action letter regarding FCM transfers of customer crypto assets to foreign brokers as margin. The Market Participants Division (MPD) confirmed in its letter that the described perpetual contracts “may be categorized as foreign futures as defined in Commission Regulation 30.1.” Additionally, the division will not recommend the Commission take an enforcement action against CFM for “posting customer-owned digital commodities and payment stablecoins with CFM’s foreign broker affiliate to margin its foreign futures and foreign options positions on CFM’s affiliate foreign board of trade under circumstances where the foreign broker has obtained a right of re-use over the customer-owned assets.” Coinbase and its CEO, Brian Armstrong, thanked CFTC Chairman Michael Selig and the regulatory agency for “recognizing that US customers deserve regulated access to these critical markets.” Related Reading: Dogecoin Rally Loading? Analyst Eyes ‘Imminent Breakout’ From Textbook Falling Wedge Pattern At the same time, the CFTC revealed it had issued an Order approving Kalshi to list the BTCPERP Contract, a perpetual contract referencing the spot price of Bitcoin, as a futures contract, making it the company’s first product beyond event contracts. Meanwhile, Selig affirmed that today’s action to onshore crypto asset perpetuals “reflects the CFTC’s commitment to fostering responsible innovation while ensuring that these novel products are traded on regulated exchanges that uphold customer protections and market integrity.” Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com
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Wall Street hits new closing highs on tech strength and Middle East deal hopesRecord highs signal investor optimism, but fragile geopolitical deals and inflated tech valuations pose significant future risks. The post Wall Street hits new closing highs on tech strength and Middle East deal hopes appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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Tesla’s Cybercab starts production with record-breaking EV efficiencyTesla's Cybercab could revolutionize the ride-hailing industry by drastically reducing operational costs and energy consumption, challenging competitors. The post Tesla’s Cybercab starts production with record-breaking EV efficiency appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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Wall Street hits new closing highs on tech strength and Middle East deal hopesRecord highs signal investor optimism, but fragile geopolitical deals and inflated tech valuations pose significant future risks. The post Wall Street hits new closing highs on tech strength and Middle East deal hopes appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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Bitcoin, ether, XRP, dogecoin lag a nine-week stocks rally as ETF demand coolsThe S&P 500 posted its longest weekly winning streak since 2023 and Brent oil stabilized near $92 on US-Iran ceasefire hopes. The biggest cryptocurrencies still drifted lower, with Hyperliquid's HYPE the only major name to rally.
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Security experts warn Bitcoin faces urgent quantum risks as adversaries stockpile encrypted dataBitcoin's decentralized governance and slow upgrade process may drive investors to faster-adapting networks amid looming quantum threats. The post Security experts warn Bitcoin faces urgent quantum risks as adversaries stockpile encrypted data appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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Security experts warn Bitcoin faces urgent quantum risks as adversaries stockpile encrypted dataBitcoin's decentralized governance and slow upgrade process may drive investors to faster-adapting networks amid looming quantum threats. The post Security experts warn Bitcoin faces urgent quantum risks as adversaries stockpile encrypted data appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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Bitcoin’s biggest quantum risk may not be wallet keys. An early investor fears something biggerAndrew Gault, the venture capitalist who funded the quantum hardware labs now threatening bitcoin, says the industry is looking in the wrong place. Google's own security team moved in the same direction in March.
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Kalshi hires former FBI analyst Tyler Neff to lead surveillance effortsKalshi's strategic hire enhances regulatory trust, potentially setting a precedent for increased oversight and legitimacy in prediction markets. The post Kalshi hires former FBI analyst Tyler Neff to lead surveillance efforts appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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Brian Armstrong Claps Back At Jamie Dimon After JPMorgan CEO's Stablecoin CriticismBrian Armstrong responded to Jamie Dimon's stablecoin criticism with a meme as Mike Novogratz questioned banks' influence.
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Uniswap Price Slides As Binance Absorbs Millions Of Tokens – Traders Are WatchingUniswap is struggling to reclaim higher levels as selling pressure keeps the price retreating from the levels that briefly offered hope of a sustained recovery. The weakness is visible and the direction is uncomfortably clear — but a CryptoQuant analysis tracking Binance exchange flows has identified a shift in UNI’s flow dynamics so extreme that it demands attention regardless of where one sits on the directional debate. Related Reading: HYPE Whale Bets Grow Larger As Institutional-Linked Accumulation Reaches $170M The 7-day average Binance Netflow for UNI has turned sharply positive at +145,829 UNI — a deviation of 6,019% above the three-month baseline. To put that figure in context: this is not a moderate acceleration in exchange deposits. It is one of the most extreme inflow accelerations recorded in UNI’s recent on-chain history, concentrated into a window where the price is already moving lower rather than higher. The scale becomes more alarming at the individual session level. On May 25, Binance received a single-day inflow spike of 1.8 million UNI. On May 27, that figure exceeded 3.1 million UNI in a single session. Two days. Nearly five million UNI were arriving on the world’s largest exchange while the price was sliding from above $4.20 toward $3.10. The inflow surge is not retail-driven noise. Total inflow volume rose 183% above the three-month average while average transaction size per inflow jumped 285% — the fingerprint of larger holders making deliberate, large-scale decisions to move UNI onto Binance rather than away from it. Millions of UNI on Binance With A Falling Price The CryptoQuant analysis names the supply dynamic with precision. When exchange inflows accelerate while prices decline simultaneously, it reflects holders positioning tokens for potential sale rather than moving assets into self-custody for long-term holding. The directional intent behind the deposits is different from the accumulation behavior that characterizes constructive market phases — and the scale of the current inflow acceleration leaves little ambiguity about what the largest UNI holders are preparing to do with their assets. Uniswap Inflow Spike | Source: CryptoQuant Binance has absorbed the bulk of the arriving supply — but the USD-denominated reserve has actually declined 4.95% despite the token inflows. The falling price is partially offsetting the volume of tokens arriving, meaning the exchange is holding more UNI but less dollar value. That dynamic describes a market where supply is arriving faster than the price can stabilize to reflect it. The network data adds the detail that prevents the bearish interpretation from being automatic. Active addresses are running 3% above the three-month baseline — meaning Uniswap’s ecosystem activity remains intact despite the price weakness and the exchange inflow surge. The protocol is being used. The selling pressure is not a reflection of fundamental deterioration. The next several sessions will determine which outcome the current configuration produces. Whether the deposited UNI converts into aggressive selling or reverses into outflows as buyers absorb the supply is the specific signal traders monitoring this setup need to watch before drawing conclusions about UNI’s next directional move. Related Reading: XRP Sends A Rare Signal As Whale-Retail Dynamics Are Shifting – Traders Are Watching UNI Price Tests Critical Support As Downtrend Accelerates UNI remains under significant selling pressure, with price now trading near $3.02 after losing the short-term support that had held throughout most of April and May. The daily chart shows a clear bearish structure, characterized by lower highs and lower lows since the November peak above $10.00. Despite several recovery attempts during the first quarter of 2026, bulls have been unable to reclaim any major resistance level, allowing sellers to maintain control of the broader trend. Uniswap testing critical demand level | Source: UNIUSDT chart on TradingView The recent rejection from the $4.00-$4.20 region proved particularly important. That rally briefly pushed UNI above its short-term moving averages and generated optimism for a larger recovery, but buyers failed to sustain momentum. Since then, price has rolled over sharply and broken below the 50-day and 100-day moving averages, both of which are now acting as dynamic resistance around the $3.30-$3.50 region. Related Reading: Bitcoin Sends An Unusual Signal After Miner Inflows Top 20,000 BTC – Analyst Explains The Setup Volume has increased during the latest decline, suggesting that the move is supported by active selling rather than a lack of buyers alone. The current area around $3.00 represents a critical support zone, as it marks the lowest levels reached since the February capitulation event. If bulls fail to defend this region, UNI could enter price discovery toward lower support levels. To regain momentum, buyers would first need to reclaim the $3.50 area and establish a higher low structure above it. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
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Bitcoin retail sentiment still matters, says Swan Bitcoin CEOSwan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten said it is important to pay attention to retail sentiment around Bitcoin, as ownership is still far from concentrated and “it’s not like Blackrock owns the Bitcoin.”
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Pete Hegseth Issues Stark Warning To China: '...Will Face A Clear Shift In How We Do Business'Pete Hegseth urged allies to spend more on defense while warning China over its growing regional influence.
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US-Iran tensions rise as Aguilar hints at strategic escalation in Strait of HormuzRising US-Iran tensions in the Strait of Hormuz could destabilize global oil markets and hinder diplomatic resolutions, impacting geopolitical stability. The post US-Iran tensions rise as Aguilar hints at strategic escalation in Strait of Hormuz appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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Israeli forces escalate in Lebanon, complicating peace deal prospectsThe escalation by Israeli forces in Lebanon diminishes prospects for peace, potentially prolonging regional instability and conflict. The post Israeli forces escalate in Lebanon, complicating peace deal prospects appeared first on Crypto Briefing .