AI market pulse
AI-generatedBitcoin held steady near $65,000 as traders positioned ahead of potential regulatory clarity, with the Trump administration signaling Thursday meetings on the CLARITY Act (CoinDesk, Cointelegraph). Ether outperformed bitcoin as institutional ETF inflows—predominantly from BlackRock's fund—returned to crypto markets, while total market cap stood at $2.31 trillion amid extreme fear sentiment (Fear & Greed Index: 25). A dormant 2017-era wallet moved $383 million and some investor groups took profits on the rise, though longer-term holders showed mixed conviction on directional momentum (CoinDesk). Separately, Coinbase Base's leadership restructured after admitting its social prediction markets strategy underperformed competing platforms (Decrypt).
Watchdog digest
AI-generatedMultiple DeFi exploits surfaced this week, with Ostium Protocol losing ~$18 million to price oracle manipulation and Bonzo Lend suffering ~$10.1 million in a similar vector attack (DefiLlama). Smaller exploits at Chi Protocol, Lumi Finance, and Drips Network—attributed to flashloan accounting, silent auto-approvals, and math errors respectively—added further losses. On the regulatory side, the U.S. Treasury froze $131 million in Iran-linked crypto wallets, and Revolut secured in-principle UAE approval for crypto services, while criticism mounted over the Trump administration's alleged deprioritization of crypto law enforcement (Cointelegraph).
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