39 stories this week.

• Regulation · 13
• Markets · 11
• Crypto · 10
• Defi · 3
• Tech · 2

Most covered

• Trump Accepts Stricter Ethics Rules as Republicans Send 'Final' CLARITY Act Offer to Democrats · 5 sources
• CoinEx to Shut Down After Nine Years, Citing Crypto Market Slump · 4 sources
• Stablecoin Payments Firm dtcpay Closes $25 Million Series A Led by SBI Group · 3 sources
• US Treasury Sanctions Iran's BitBank Over Alleged Bitcoin Transfers to Revolutionary Guard · 3 sources
• World Launches ‘World Money’ Super App With Stablecoins, Stripe and Kalshi Integrations · 3 sources

1 exploit tracked this week totalling $336,000 — the running tracker.

BYTE Mood ran 45 → 52 across 11 readings — how it is scored.

The week

The week leaned toward regulatory and institutional plumbing rather than price action: agencies traded proposals on crypto rulemaking and market-structure legislation, while exchanges and asset managers filed for new derivatives and tokenized-stock products. Enforcement stories ran in parallel, spanning sanctions, asset-seizure actions and a lawsuit over old liquidations. Corporate treasury moves and ETF-flow items sat as secondary threads, with on-chain…

• Derivatives regulator sends crypto rulemaking package to the White House amid stalled legislation.
• President accepts tighter ethics constraints as lawmakers extend a final legislative offer.
• Analysts expect regulators to pursue aggressive rulemaking after a market-structure bill stalled.
• Securities regulator grants an exemption letting tokenized versions of listed stocks trade.
• New blockchain network launches with financial institutions serving as validators.
• Ratings and data firm agrees to acquire a blockchain security auditing company.
• Exchange files with regulators to offer single-stock perpetual futures to traders.
• Rival exchange group pursues regulatory clearance for stock futures and perpetual contracts.
• Prosecutors charge former exchange engineers with fraud tied to crypto listing trades.
• Bankrupt lender's estate sues a derivatives exchange over crash-era liquidations.
• Treasury sanctions an Iranian bank accused of moving bitcoin to a paramilitary force.
• Justice Department seeks to seize crypto proceeds linked to sanctioned oil sales.

Sources: BYTE NEWS

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