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01Rules1 storyPolicy, regulation, courts and enforcement.
02Rails6 storiesProtocols, products and infrastructure.
03Risk0 storiesSecurity, solvency and market integrity.

Lead story · Rails

Strive Adds 1,223 Bitcoin to Treasury Holdings

Strive expanded its Bitcoin treasury by purchasing 1,223 BTC, bringing its total holdings to 36,818 BTC.

  • Strive bought 1,223 BTC to reach 36,818 BTC in total treasury holdings.

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What happened

Strive expanded its Bitcoin treasury by purchasing 1,223 BTC, bringing its total holdings to 36,818 BTC.

Why it matters

Strive bought 1,223 BTC to reach 36,818 BTC in total treasury holdings.

What to watch

24h breadthMixed · 50/100
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 close to neutral overall.

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$82,831.00+0.12%
BTC was 0.12% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
ETH$2,443.98+0.06%
ETH was 0.06% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
SOL$105.45−0.32%
SOL was 0.32% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.

CoinGecko snapshot at 04:58 UTC. Prices and 24-hour moves refresh automatically without rerunning the newsroom.

The complete daily file

Across the crypto map.

7 distinct stories, grouped by subject and ranked by the Editor-in-Chief.

01

Bitcoin

Protocol, mining, custody, treasury and institutional adoption.

Story featured above.

01

Ethereum & L2

Ethereum, rollups, staking, governance and application infrastructure.

Ethereum & L2 · rails

JPMorgan Expands JPM Coin to Ethereum Network

JPMorgan is launching its JPM Coin deposit token on the public Ethereum blockchain for institutional clients.

Source trail

Evidence reviewed for this edition: decrypt. The publication record preserves 4 sources and the reviewed content hash.

01

Solana

Network, validators, applications, payments and ecosystem activity.

Story featured above.

01

DeFi & Stablecoins

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

DeFi & Stablecoins · rails

OCC Finalizes Stablecoin Rules Under GENIUS Act

The OCC finalized stablecoin rules establishing reserve and redemption standards for issuers ahead of January.

Source trail

Evidence reviewed for this edition: decrypt. The publication record preserves 2 sources and the reviewed content hash.

01

Regulation & Policy

Legislation, courts, enforcement, elections and public policy.

02

Industry & Other

Cross-chain infrastructure and consequential industry developments.

Industry & Other · rails

US Agencies Ordered to Remove DeepSeek Software

Homeland Security ordered civilian agencies to rip out DeepSeek software over data security concerns.

Source trail

Evidence reviewed for this edition: decrypt. The publication record preserves 3 sources and the reviewed content hash.

The social evidence desk

Voices from the Trenches

Source-preserved posts worth knowing today.

Source-preserved X posts — original wording, author, timestamp and link. A post proves what the account said, not whether its external claims are true.

@tolytoly 🇺🇸

Everyone posting that solana is 95% faster. It is but it’s complicated and users in general won’t notice. https://t.co/b6cEnZKIUN

RailsdevelopingOriginal ↗
@brian_armstrongBrian Armstrong

This is arguably the best place to track what’s happening in the midterm elections. Information markets provide insight on what's likely to happen, from real people with skin in the game, not what someone wishes were true. It gets rid of the bias in traditional polls and media, so you can figure out what is actually true. Tap the "Predict" tab in Coinbase to check it out.

RailsdevelopingOriginal ↗
@EleanorTerrettEleanor Terrett

🚨NEW: The @SECGov says three firms have notified the agency of their intent to operate tokenized securities venues, or TSVs, under its new innovation exemption. 📌TSV LLC is owned by Ali Abrar and Ryan Trinkle, co-founders of Obsidian Systems. Trinkle also sits on the @CantonFdn board. TSV plans to operate on @CantonNetwork. 📌OKXICE is a joint venture between @okx and @ICE_Markets. It plans to operate on X Layer, OKX’s Ethereum Layer 2. 📌Kephas Corp. is @Perpetuals_com’s U.S. subsidiary, led by founder @PGruhnPDC, the former head of FTX Europe. Its venue plans to run on Kronos X Public, a public, permissionless Layer 2, using permissioned trading pools. The SEC says inclusion on the list doesn’t mean a firm has met the exemption’s conditions.

RulesdevelopingOriginal ↗

Reviewed through 04:58 UTC · editorial order, not engagement rank

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 50/100. A score of 50 means the tracked assets were flat on average.

24-hour price changeLatest · 04:58 UTC
Each row compares the current provider quote with its quote 24 hours earlier. Bar length is scaled to the largest move shown.
BTC$82,831.00
+0.12%BTC was 0.12% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
ETH$2,443.98
+0.06%ETH was 0.06% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
SOL$105.45
−0.32%SOL was 0.32% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.

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

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