GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER KLINGBEIL: WANT TO COOPERATE MORE CLOSELY ON SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE, CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS, DEFENCE, AI

Crypto Regulation & Policy - White House aims for July 4 deadline to pass landmark crypto regulation bill - “Clarity Act will pass this summer”: Coinbase CLO Grewal backs stablecoin compromise, urges banks to accept deal - Sen. Gillibrand: no crypto bill without ethics provision amid President Trump's ties through memecoins, World Liberty Institutional Adoption & Trading - Morgan Stanley pilots crypto trading on E*Trade with 50-basis-point fee - Kraken launches regulated crypto spot margin trading in US on heels of Bitnomial deal - Ripple, JPMorgan and others use XRP Ledger to cash out tokenized Treasurys fund internationally - Solana Company, Jito Foundation target institutional Solana staking expansion in Asia - Bitwise CIO says big tech stablecoin tests could help drive $4 trillion supply by 2030 Corporate & Industry - Bithumb eyes Vietnam expansion under new partnership with SSID - 21Shares lists Strategy-linked STRC ETN on London Stock Exchange, expands UK footprint - Core Scientific to acquire bitcoin miner Polaris in $421 million deal to expand Oklahoma AI data center campus - Hut 8 shares soar over 30% after scoring $9.8 billion AI data center deal set to Nvidia specs - Ethereum co-founder Lubin backs ETH treasury firms, calls DATs “profound innovation” Market & Strategy - Bitcoin whales on Hyperliquid push net long positions to 2026 high - VanEck says Bitcoin could hit $1 million in five years, likens adoption to video games - Eric Trump's American Bitcoin reports $82 million loss in Q1 amid “record” mining production Crime & Enforcement - California man gets 78 months in prison for role in $250 million crypto theft ring

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