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Top Stories

BTC $69,974 (-3.9%) | ETH $2,049 (-3.9%) | SOL $86 (-5.8%)

• John Lick is arrested with an assist from ZachXBT for stealing over $46M in crypto from the US government

• OpenAI releases GPT 5.4

• Anthropic is back in talks with Pentagon to reach AI model compromise — CEO thinks Claude may be sentient

• Backpack US hires ex-CFTC chair as President for US operations

• Middle Eastern countries discuss pulling US investments amidst Iranian conflict

• SEC ends case against Justin Sun

• Oil surges above $84/barrel

• Visa, Fidelity, and others complete pilot program for cross-border settlement powered by Chainlink

• PEI Licensing sues Pudgy Penguins for use of the penguin logo

• Dubai’s regulatory agency says Kucoin has been operating illegally without a license

• Vancouver city staff looks to kill Bitcoin reserve motion

• Exploit targets old iOS users to drain crypto wallets

• IRS allows crypto exchanges to send tax forms electronically

• Federal court orders Trump admin to refund over $130B in tariffs

• US jobless claims come in slightly below estimates

• Polygon launches agent CLI

• Coinbase faces delays processing Solana transactions

• USDAI closes CHIP token sale raising $19.4M

• Google adds workspace (Gmail, Calendar, Drive) CLI with agent support