1. U.S. Senator investigates Tether's $6.3 million payment to a firm held by a former White House crypto advisor;
2. Holding $2.96 billion in HYPE, Hyperliquid Strategies expands its buyback plan to $100 million;
3. LIBRA token scandal comes to a close: Argentine judge dismisses criminal investigation against Argentine President Milei, clearing Milei and his relatives of wrongdoing;
4. U.S. media: U.S. says Iran threat has risen to highest level since the start of the war, with some embassies beginning to reduce staff;
5. Maintaining zero Bitcoin holdings, Bitdeer sells 283.4 BTC this week;
6. Base: Mastercard adopts an agentic payment solution based on x402 and USDC, settling on the Base network;
7. Over 1,500 DarkSword phishing sites deployed across the network, involving e-commerce, fake Binance and other operations;
8. Kalshi and Polymarket crypto event contract weekly trading volume hits a record high of $2.7 billion, with 15-minute BTC price predictions becoming a new hotspot.
