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Iran's Bitcoin mining hashrate fell 77% to just 2 EH/s in one quarter as regional conflict and falling BTC prices push older rigs offline worldwide.

Long-term and retail Bitcoin wallets have accumulated 4.37 million BTC — more than double early 2024 levels — even as active addresses hit their lowest point since 2018.

XRP Ledger active wallets fell 41% over the past year as the MVRV ratio hit its lowest since the FTX collapse, with analysts debating whether the token has reached its cycle bottom.

Canary Capital has filed for a PEPE memecoin ETF, signaling growing interest in expanding crypto investment products beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The U.S. Treasury has proposed new rules under the GENIUS Act requiring stablecoin issuers to comply with anti-money laundering and sanctions frameworks.

Cloudflare will make its platform quantum-resistant by 2029, following Google's lead, as research warns Bitcoin's cryptography could fall by 2032.

XRP long liquidations on Binance hit $39.8M in 30 days — more than double the $19.7M in shorts — as funding rates stay negative.

Morgan Stanley listed its Bitcoin Trust on NYSE Arca with the market's lowest expense ratio, as analyst Balchunas forecasts $5B in first-year assets.

Iran will charge oil tankers up to $2M in Bitcoin to transit the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could net $7.3B yearly and undermine dollar-based oil trade.

Germany leads the EU in MiCA crypto licenses, but strict BaFin enforcement is driving startups to Austria, where Bybit and KuCoin now base operations.