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Lead story · Rails

US Bitcoin ETFs Record $338 Million Daily Inflows

Spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $338 million in a single session, extending a six-day streak of inflows totalling $2.26 billion.

  • Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $338 million in daily inflows.

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What happened

Spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $338 million in a single session, extending a six-day streak of inflows totalling $2.26 billion.

Why it matters

Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $338 million in daily inflows.

What to watch

24h breadthMixed · 57/100
Latest available market pulse.A compact snapshot of whether BTC, ETH, SOL moved higher or lower over the prior 24 hours.
Lower50 = flatHigher

Tracked assets were broadly higher.

Breadth starts at 50, adds three points for each 1% of average 24-hour movement across the tracked assets, and is capped between 0 and 100.
BTC$79,639.00+1.13%
BTC was 1.13% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
ETH$2,485.62−0.02%
ETH was 0.02% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
SOL$106.72+5.67%
SOL was 5.67% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.

CoinGecko snapshot at 04:57 UTC. Prices and 24-hour moves refresh automatically without rerunning the newsroom.

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Bitcoin

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Solana

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Trading, lending, stablecoins, tokenized assets and onchain finance.

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Regulation & Policy

Legislation, courts, enforcement, elections and public policy.

Regulation & Policy · rails

Roman Storm Retrial Delayed to April 2027

Judge Katherine Polk Failla adjourned Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's retrial to April 2027.

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Regulation & Policy · rails

ECB Says Digital Euro Will Offer Maximum Level of Privacy

European Central Bank officials stated that the Eurosystem will be structurally unable to link users directly to purchases under the digital euro proposal.

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Markets & Macro

Flows, derivatives, market structure, institutions and macro drivers.

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Industry & Other

Cross-chain infrastructure and consequential industry developments.

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@laurashinLaura Shin

Roman Storm's Retrial Delayed as Treasury’s Crypto Warning Looms "A frying pan doesn't hold the heat, but it transmits the heat": @valkenburgh's read on the DOJ's case against Roman Storm, whose Tornado Cash retrial just slid to April 2027. On Uneasy Money, @kain and @tayvano_ press him on whether Bessent's "economic D-Day" sanctions push reaches @Uniswap next. 🍳 Timestamps: 🎯 01:26 Bessent brands Iran sanctions 'economic D-Day', DeFi not exempt 🏦 11:15 Van Valkenburgh explains the freeze-and-seize rules coming for stablecoins 💰 15:18 Bessent claims a $1B Iranian crypto rug, but the receipts don't add up 🌊 25:08 1inch Aqua: back multiple liquidity positions with one wallet balance at https://t.co/2ZfndbOT6F ⚖️ 25:50 Roman Storm's retrial slips to April as an acquittal motion looms 🔐 38:24 Why Van Valkenburgh calls Tornado Cash's developer a hero, not a villain 📜 47:22 SEC's 'Reg Crypto' plan opens two new paths to raise ICO-like capital 🏇 58:07 Trump name-drops Hyperliquid, raising hard questions for the CFTC

RailsdevelopingOriginal ↗
@EleanorTerrettEleanor Terrett

🚨NEW: The @USOCC and @FDICgov are moving to finalize a rule that would define the term “unsafe or unsound practices” in relation to bank supervision. This term has been undefined for years, and has relied on the broad discretion of bank examiners. The rule would require supervisors to tie alleged unsafe or unsound practices to an actual violation of law or material financial risk, making it harder to use vague reputational or procedural concerns to pressure banks over lawful customers, including crypto companies. It marks another significant step toward unwinding “Operation Choke Point 2.0.”

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@tolytoly 🇺🇸

Sgp-3 burn based on requested CUs is basically the same thing as we had a year ago, with 50% of the priority fees burned. Priority is priced per requested CU. If there were no side channel attacks, and 12 different teams weren’t building alternative tpu ports, it’s a super easy way to align incentives. It’s sgp-3 is just a static price per requested CU instead of a dynamic. The starting value is well below the 50% burn we had a year ago. It’s pretty close to the current signature base fee. A lot of complains are about an end state that I think is unrealistic. There is no way the validators will approve a static price that is more than the 50% burn of whatever the priority fees are because that will just take way too much off validator revenues.

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Markets

The tape, without the theatre.

Latest market data · 24h snapshot

What moved, and by how much.

This panel compares each provider quote with the quote 24 hours earlier. Editorial stories remain in the Editor-in-Chief’s priority order instead of being repeated or pulled into this fixed data region.

Mixed · breadth 57/100. A score of 50 means the tracked assets were flat on average.

24-hour price changeLatest · 04:57 UTC
Each row compares the current provider quote with its quote 24 hours earlier. Bar length is scaled to the largest move shown.
BTC$79,639.00
+1.13%BTC was 1.13% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
ETH$2,485.62
−0.02%ETH was 0.02% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
SOL$106.72
+5.67%SOL was 5.67% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.

Exact percentages are printed beside every row; color is supplemental.

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