Legal
SBF officially files for new trial claiming FTX had $16.5 billion surplus in 2022, but does it matter?
His Rule 33 motion says solvency was real on petition day, but one missing piece could sink it.
Sentiment: Neutral
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DeFi
Ethereum wants home validators to verify proofs but a 12 GPU reality raises a new threat
A recent estimate puts full block proving near seven seconds on heavy hardware, sparking new fears about prover centralization.
Analysis
The real drivers of XRP supply: A guide to understand Ripple’s monthly releases and what matters
An authoritative breakdown of the 100 billion cap, monthly 1 billion escrow ceilings, and how to calculate actual market distribution.
Legislation
White House meeting could unfreeze the crypto CLARITY Act this week, but crypto rewards likely to be the price
A high-stakes meeting between the White House and banking giants may trade stablecoin yield for federal regulation.
Bear Market
Bitcoin must recover $71,500 soon or the drift back to $60,000 begins
BTC has failed this critical test three times already and the fourth attempt signals a massive breakout or a brutal rejection.
Derivatives
Bitcoin short term holders are panic selling at a loss but was this capitulation or just a leverage reset?
Instead of guessing where the bottom is, watch whether liquidity returns when volatility is still elevated.
Analysis
Bitcoin rockets over 15% to get above $70,000 but options markets are now pricing in a scary new floor
Skew near -13% and heavy downside hedging hint $70,000 could be a pause before the next volatility wave.
DeFi
Is President Trump selling Bitcoin? WLFI pays off Aave debt with WBTC to avoid liquidation but risk remains
The address repaid $11.75 million in USDC after pulling 173 WBTC collateral, boosting its Aave health factor to 1.54.
Exchanges
Traders dump $4.3 billion BTC on Binance as exchange sells more Bitcoin than other exchanges combined
CryptoQuant logged 56,000 to 59,000 BTC deposited in two days, and it’s raising fresh questions about who sets the tape.
Market
XRP defiant amid Bitcoin collapse as a massive institutional migration quietly shifts billions into Ripple
As Bitcoin and Etheruem ETFs see prolonged outflows, XRP benefits from institutional inflows and market structure innovations.
Regulation
Bitcoin faces a brutal irony as the Treasury refuses to save BTC from its own political success
In a Senate Banking hearing, Brad Sherman pressed on taxpayer support and Bessent flatly said it’s outside Treasury’s authority.
Layer-2
Vitalik Buterin takes shot at Coinbase’s corporate control of Base which dominates 60% of layer 2 income
As Ethereum reduces transaction costs, Base must innovate beyond serving as a cheaper Layer-2 solution.