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Metaplanet, El Salvador stack Bitcoin as BTC slides 5% in 10 hours

Bitcoin-stacking Metaplanet bought at $96,185, while El Salvador bought at around $94,050 per Bitcoin. Source link

US authorities seize $31M of crypto tied to 2021 Uranium Finance hack

US officials have seized $31 million worth of crypto linked to a 2021 hack of Uranium Finance, a now-defunct DeFi platform on BNB Chain. Source link

Citadel Securities eyes market-making role for crypto exchanges: Report

Citadel Securities is reportedly looking to provide liquidity to the crypto markets after years of waiting for the crypto regulatory landscape in the US to improve. Source link

OKX pleads guilty, pays $505M in penalties to settle DOJ charges

OKX’s Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd agreed to pay over $500 million worth of fines for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. Source link

Montana’s Bitcoin reserve bill rejected by House lawmakers

Montana’s House of Representatives voted 41-59 against a bill that could have seen the US state establish a Bitcoin reserve. Source link

Woman who defrauded Bybit of $5.7M gets 10 years in prison: Report

A former payroll manager for Bybit who stole $5.7 million from the crypto exchange has been handed a nearly 10-year prison sentence in Singapore. Source link

Utah’s Bitcoin reserve bill heads to second Senate reading

Legislation that would allow Utah to invest in Bitcoin has been passed by a state Senate subcommittee and has already made it through the House. Source link

Montana becomes 4th US state to advance Bitcoin reserve bill to House

Montana has passed a Bitcoin reserve bill at the subcommittee level, making it the fourth US state to advance a related bill to the House. Source link

US Senate confirms Howard Lutnick as Trump’s commerce secretary

The US Senate confirmed former Cantor Fitzgerald CEO and crypto advocate Howard Lutnik as President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary. Source link

Libra co-creator bragged about paying Javier Milei’s sister for token post: Report

Argentine media reports that Hayden Davis, a figure linked to the Libra token, boasted about paying Javier Milei’s sister for the president to share details of the memecoin. Source link