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In today’s Alpha Bytes👇

Binance founder ‘CZ’ to leave prison on Friday, 2 days earlier. SEC's Gensler won't reveal his view on Trump's Bitcoin reserve, reiterates Bitcoin isn't a security, and warns the crypto industry 'will not long persist' without investor protection. Base’s total value locked crosses $2B for the first time amid sustained user activity. Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm to face trial as US judge rejects dismissal.

BTC $65,290 (+2.45%), ETH $2,654 (+1.48%), SOL $157.83 (+4.73%)

Crypto News 📰

• US Foreign Affairs Committee passes resolution demanding Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan's release in Nigeria

• Robinhood is mulling a potential stablecoin launch: Bloomberg

• Examiner finds Sullivan & Cromwell didn't ignore 'red flags' that would've tipped them off to FTX's misconduct

• Bitcoin rallies amid positive U.S. jobs data and reports of more China stimulus measures

• WazirX granted four-month moratorium to restructure its liabilities after $230M hack

• Despite WazirX, Q3 crypto hack and scam losses fell to $413M YOY

• South Korea fines Worldcoin for violating personal protection laws

• Liquid restaking protocol Bedrock suffers $2M exploit

• Ethereum blob count is ‘uncomfortably close to a ceiling’ — Vitalik Buterin

• Swan Bitcoin sues ex-staff over ‘rain and hellfire’ plan to steal mining biz

• SEC scores partial win against blockchain firm Opporty over $600K ICO

• Wrapped Bitcoin supplied on Aave hits record high despite backing fears  

• US sanctions Russian crypto platforms for money laundering ties

• Watchdog: Visa–Mastercard ‘duopoly’ spends millions blocking competition

• The key misunderstanding with China's purported BTC hashrate dominance

• Mark Cuban says he wants Gary Gensler’s job as head of the SEC

• Wall Street’s Guggenheim Treasury tokenizes $20M paper on Ethereum

• Bitcoin Core dev receives grant for maintaining BIP repository

• Hamster Kombat token price plunges on exchange debut

• Avalanche to reward devs building layer-1 chains with $40M grant

• Dubai regulator tightens rules on crypto marketing

• FTC cracks down on ‘deceptive’ AI projects, including an AI lawyer

• Circle exec expects ‘huge shift’ in EU market post-MiCA

• Helium Mobile partners with University of Southern California’s Trojans

Project Updates 🔥 

• Bitdeer and TSMC to launch state-of-the-art mining chip after successful test

• Core blockchain surpasses $400M TVL, leading the charge in Bitcoin Layer 2 scaling solutions

• Tonkeeper non-custodial wallet to support TON transaction fee payments with HMSTR

• Hamster Kombat token goes live for trading with airdrop to 131M user accounts

• QED, Nexus aim to bring smart contracts to Dogecoin

• Hut 8 launches GPU-as-a-service program for AI developers

• Ledger hardware wallet expands crypto buying options with Uphold’s Topper

• Defi.money integrates LayerZero as interoperability solution

• Io.net and Phala Network partner to improve decentralized AI

• Avalanche announces $40M grant program for L1 developers

Threads 🧵 

• Weekly newsletter from SynFutures

• Volatility supercycle

• Agentic protocols

• Let’s talk about Move

• WTF are Based Rollups?

Launches 🚀

• Ethena to launch new stablecoin backed by BlackRock’s BUIDL

• Crypto.com launches AI tool for blockchain interactions

• PayPal launches a complete payment service in China

• SphereX launches its mainnet with a new user engagement campaign

• 0x Protocol launches V2 with new blockchain integrations

• Tellor Protocol launches on Scroll mainnet

Fundraise 💰

• Solana DePIN Mawari Network raises $10.8M in new funding

• AminoChain secures $5M seed funding led by A16z

• Meridian raises $4M seed round

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