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The encrypted messaging app Signal stated that if Canada's Bill C-22 is officially passed and requires platforms to establish "lawful access" monitoring capabilities, the company may choose to exit the Canadian market rather than weaken end-to-end encryption. Signal's Vice President of Strategy and Global Affairs, Udbhav Tiwari, indicated that the bill could force communication services to create technical backdoors, thereby undermining encryption security and making private communications more susceptible to exploitation by hackers and foreign attackers.Bill C-22 was introduced in March 2026 as part of a new round of regulatory measures in Canada, requiring electronic service providers to establish law enforcement monitoring capabilities and retain certain user metadata for up to a year to assist in investigations of crimes such as terrorism and child exploitation. Critics argue that the bill is similar to the EU's previously controversial "chat monitoring" proposal, which could threaten end-to-end encryption and user privacy. Canadian Conservative MP Jacob Mantle stated that nearly all Canadian MPs use Signal precisely because of its privacy and security features, yet the bill could grant the government the ability to read private messages.Tiwari stated, "Signal would rather exit Canada than violate the privacy commitments made to users." In addition to Signal, the VPN provider Windscribe also indicated that if the bill passes in its current form, the company may follow Signal in withdrawing from the Canadian market. Windscribe claimed that the bill could force VPN services to log data that could identify users, violating its core privacy principles.

According to CoinDesk, the UK's parliamentary standards watchdog is conducting a formal investigation into Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage for failing to declare a £5 million donation from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. Harborne holds a 12% stake in stablecoin issuer Tether. Farage argues that the donation was used to pay for personal security costs and falls within the exemption for disclosure.If found in violation of the code of conduct, Farage could face suspension. A YouGov poll shows Reform UK leading with a 28% support rate, and Farage is expected to become the next Prime Minister. The UK government suspended political crypto donations in March, and this ban will be written into the Representation of the People Act.

Michael Selig, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stated that the regulatory agency is communicating with all major professional sports leagues in the United States to strengthen the regulatory framework for sports-related prediction markets and to prevent insider trading and market manipulation risks.Michael Selig revealed at the FINRA annual meeting in Washington that the CFTC had previously signed a memorandum of understanding for information sharing with Major League Baseball, marking its first formal data collaboration mechanism with a professional sports league.

According to CoinDesk, billionaire real estate investor Grant Cardone stated at the Consensus Miami 2026 event that he has added $100 million in Bitcoin as part of his hybrid strategy combining Bitcoin with income-generating real estate.Cardone revealed that he previously purchased 1,000 BTC for Cardone Capital in 2025, and currently has a total Bitcoin exposure of about $200 million. He believes that this model of combining Bitcoin with real estate can challenge traditional real estate investment trusts (REITs), and this strategy does not involve putting real estate assets on the blockchain, but rather incorporating Bitcoin into the real estate investment structure.

CertiK and RootData announced a strategic partnership to jointly launch a dual benchmark brand program focused on security and transparency, aiming to make "security + transparency" a dual hard indicator of the trust system in the Web3 industry.It is reported that CertiK is a global leader in Web3 security services, and its Skynet platform conducts multidimensional security assessments of projects through a security scoring system; RootData is an industry-leading Web3 asset data platform that has innovatively constructed a transparency scoring model covering dimensions such as token economics, team background, and compliance audits.In this collaboration, CertiK will leverage RootData's standardized data interface to enrich the data dimensions and coverage of security ratings; RootData will rely on CertiK's professional security assessment capabilities to inject authoritative calibration basis into its transparency scoring. Both parties will jointly promote the "CertiK Skynet Score + RootData Transparency Score" dual assessment standard, providing a reliable reference benchmark that combines security and transparency for project parties, exchanges, investment institutions, and users.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that the labor market may still be slightly cooling.

According to Crowdfund Insider, Ripple and the digital asset trading platform Bullish announced an expansion of their long-term partnership, with Bullish's Bitcoin options market opening to Ripple Prime institutional clients.According to the announcement from both parties, this integration will allow Ripple Prime users to directly access Bullish's regulated BTC options market. Bullish stated that its platform is currently the second largest cryptocurrency settlement Bitcoin options market in the world by open interest and supports spot, perpetual contracts, and futures trading.In addition, both parties revealed that OKX has reached a strategic partnership with Ripple to introduce the stablecoin RLUSD (Ripple USD) in the compliant market. Ripple Prime, as one of the largest non-bank prime brokers globally, has exceeded a clearing scale of $30 trillion in 2025 and can provide multi-asset brokerage, clearing, and financing services.

According to Jinshi reports, Kalshi's prediction market pricing shows that the market currently believes there is only about a 50% chance of the Federal Reserve making a rate cut before 2027, a significant drop compared to the 80%-90% probability earlier this year. As the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) holds its meeting, the market is actually pricing in a "high interest rate maintained for a longer time" rate environment, indicating a lack of confidence in recent monetary policy easing.

According to official news, B.AI announced a formal partnership with deBridge, and both parties will jointly explore intent-driven cross-chain infrastructure to provide seamless cross-chain execution for a scalable AI Agent economy. B.AI is committed to building the financial underlying infrastructure for the AI Agent era, while deBridge's 0-TVL model and gasless cross-chain technology provide secure and decentralized underlying support. With deBridge's MCP and intent-driven Bundles, both parties will work together to promote an efficient and secure autonomous trading system, accelerating the implementation of cross-chain execution in the AI Agent era.

According to Axios, the White House is formulating guidelines that allow federal agencies to bypass the previous supply chain risk designation for Anthropic and introduce its latest model, Mythos. Sources say that the White House's move aims to gracefully bring Anthropic back. Earlier this month, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Bessent met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.Previously, the Pentagon had listed Anthropic as a supply chain risk due to Anthropic's refusal to sign an agreement allowing the Pentagon to use its model Claude for all lawful purposes, insisting on prohibiting its use for large-scale domestic surveillance or the development of fully autonomous weapons. Currently, multiple federal agencies are vying for access to Mythos, which demonstrates powerful capabilities for automated cyber attacks while also serving as a defensive tool. The White House stated that any policy announcement will come directly from the president, and anything else is speculation.

Bitcoin mining machine manufacturer Canaan (NASDAQ: CAN) announced on Tuesday that it has received a new batch of custom Bitcoin mining hardware orders from Tether, which will supply high-density computing board modules designed specifically for immersion cooling systems, planned for deployment at Tether's affiliated facilities in South America.This collaboration continues the research and development partnership established in 2025 with ACME Swisstech, which has produced a proof-of-concept platform to enhance mining efficiency and scalability. Tether is simultaneously developing its own control boards and management software, indicating its push for deep integration of mining hardware and software. The agreement includes additional purchase options, allowing Tether flexibility in expanding its infrastructure.The day before this announcement, Tether had just launched an open-source mining framework, further expanding its Bitcoin mining infrastructure layout. Canaan is a publicly listed company in Singapore and currently holds 1,808 BTC, valued at approximately $137 million, marking its highest historical holding level.

The Block announced the appointment of senior media and technology executive Steve Chung as CEO to drive the company's institutional expansion. At the same time, Foresight Ventures committed to an additional $10 million investment to support its next phase of development.Former CEO Larry Cermak will continue to serve as president, focusing on research and product operations. Steve Chung's career began at Goldman Sachs, where he served as Chief Growth Officer at Fox Corporation, Chief Digital Officer at Fox Television, CEO of CJ ENM America, and Chief Operating Officer at Azuki. He stated that he will leverage AI to enhance the depth, speed, and practicality of insights, transforming The Block into a global platform for digital asset investors and decision-makers.Foresight Ventures partner Zac Tsui stated that Steve's background in capital markets, media, and the crypto industry makes him the ideal leader to guide the company in becoming a global institutional platform.

Polymarket stated on platform X, "Last month, we released enhanced market integrity rules to combat insider trading. When we discover users trading on government confidential information, we refer the matter to the Department of Justice and cooperate with their investigation. Polymarket does not tolerate insider trading, and today's arrests prove that this system is effective."The arrest mentioned by Polymarket refers to the U.S. federal authorities arresting a special forces soldier this Thursday who was involved in the arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro. This soldier is suspected of profiting over $400,000 by betting on Maduro's ouster. Sources say federal investigators believe this commando placed over $33,000 in bets on the prediction market Polymarket just hours before President Trump announced the capture of Maduro in January.

Tether announced that it has supported the U.S. government's freeze of over $344 million USDT, involving two wallet addresses. This freezing action was carried out in collaboration with the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and U.S. law enforcement agencies, aimed at preventing further movement of funds.The freeze was based on information provided by multiple U.S. law enforcement agencies, linking these addresses to illegal activities. Tether stated that when wallet addresses are associated with sanctions evasion, criminal networks, or other illegal activities, the company will take freezing measures. This has now become Tether's routine response to legitimate requests from U.S. and global law enforcement agencies.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated, "USDT is by no means a safe haven for illegal activities. We take immediate action when there are credible links to sanctioned entities or criminal networks. Recent events have shown what can happen when platforms fail to act swiftly, law enforcement fails, users are exposed, and trust is lost. Our approach is different; we combine blockchain transparency, real-time monitoring, and direct coordination with law enforcement agencies to prevent the flow of funds. This is a responsibility we take very seriously as one of the largest issuers in the market."This action is part of Tether's cooperation with U.S. law enforcement agencies. The U.S. Department of Justice had previously confirmed Tether's support in law enforcement actions, successfully seizing nearly $61 million and approximately $225 million in "pork scam" funds.

Helius CEO mert posted on platform X, stating that decentralization is essentially "coordination without a central authority." If the cost of coordination is close to zero, then it is effectively centralized; if the cost of coordination is infinitely high, then it technically cannot be called decentralized, as the system would not function properly.mert illustrated this point through a thought experiment: suppose there currently exists a highly decentralized blockchain with hundreds of thousands of nodes running from home, distributed mining power, and token supply. He then proposed another extreme hypothesis—if North Korea could transfer funds from wallet A to wallet B within time T, then this would be equivalent to that chain being able to simultaneously detonate nuclear weapons in most countries around the world.Finally, assuming that the blockchain could successfully freeze the funds in wallet A through a fork without causing mass casualties, would this blockchain still be considered decentralized? mert believes that although humanity can achieve coordination due to the shared incentive of "not dying," this does not mean that the chain is "unorganized." Decentralization is still fundamentally "coordination without a central authority."

Pablo Hernandez de Cos, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), stated that global coordination on stablecoin regulation is crucial to prevent severe market fragmentation; otherwise, regulatory differences across jurisdictions could lead to regulatory arbitrage.He pointed out that stablecoins are typically pegged to the US dollar at a 1:1 ratio, which could undermine monetary and fiscal policy, trigger pressures in financial markets, and hinder efforts to combat illegal financing. Currently, the two major stablecoins issued by Tether and Circle account for about 85% of the global circulation of stablecoins, which is approximately $315 billion. He also mentioned that these two types of stablecoins are closer to securities rather than currencies in terms of redemption friction and operate more like ETFs.

Claw Wallet, a Web3 wallet infrastructure designed for AI Agents, announced a strategic partnership with TagAI and TagClaw. By deeply integrating Claw Wallet's secure AI-native infrastructure with TagAI's AI and socially predictive community layer, as well as TagClaw's on-chain social collaborative network, the three parties are jointly defining a new standard for the AI Agent ecosystem.The focus of this collaboration is to introduce TagClaw's Skill into Claw Wallet, empowering AI Agents with stronger intelligent coordination capabilities, making on-chain AI interactions more seamless, secure, and socially oriented. Currently, the three parties are fully committed to building a decentralized AI Agent infrastructure based on the BNB Chain, promoting the leap from independent tools to a collaborative social network for AI Agents.

HashKey Chain announced a strategic cooperation with the compliance brokerage infrastructure platform HabitTrade. The two parties will collaborate on the on-chain integration of quality assets and on-chain financial infrastructure, promoting the issuance and circulation of compliant assets.As the first tangible progress, HSKSwap has integrated the open-source securities tokenization protocol Stove Protocol under HabitTrade, supporting on-chain tokenized trading of assets including U.S. stocks.HashKey Chain stated that this cooperation will continuously introduce compliant assets backed by real assets, further improving the on-chain financial infrastructure. In the future, both parties will expand into more asset categories and explore cross-market circulation and on-chain financial application scenarios, promoting the integration of traditional capital markets and the on-chain ecosystem.

Web3 wallet infrastructure Claw Wallet announced a strategic partnership with GoPlus. Claw Wallet has integrated GoPlus's SafuSkill Launchpad, supporting the assetization and tokenization of AI skills, empowering developers to obtain continuous on-chain revenue through GitHub verification.At the same time, Claw Wallet introduces GoPlus AgentGuard security scanning technology, which conducts real-time monitoring and risk visualization of AI Agent's code, sensitive data, and operating environment through a multi-dimensional scoring system. This collaboration aims to enhance the security of AI Agent wallets and improve their ecological incentive mechanisms.