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Brent crude jumps 5% on shipping threats in the Strait of Hormuz, forcing a swift de-risking across digital assets.
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ETF outflows, weak spot demand, macro pressure, and crowded options positions around month-end keep the market pinned below an important recovery level.

Hut 8’s $16.8 billion AI data center lease base shows how power access, project debt, and Bitcoin collateral are financing a move beyond mining.

The exchange is taking crypto futures and options 24/7, while trade dates, settlement and reporting stay tied to business days.

ETH’s weak price action and thinning holder participation have raised the stakes for Buterin’s push toward private transactions.

Artemis data shows crypto-native agentic payments are settling into millions of tiny x402 transactions, exactly the kind of automation the sector was built for.

US business loans are nearing $2.9 trillion, and Aave growing into a bank-sized DeFi lender shows that this is an addressable market.



