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Prediction market platforms took center stage on HBO‘s Last Week Tonight on Sunday as host John Oliver addressed regulation, laws and market manipulation.

The funding supports a dual-licensed platform as Malaysia expands its regulatory framework for digital assets and tokenization.

While the regulator under Atkins has dropped several cases against crypto companies, the SEC still awaits passage of a market structure bill to clarify its authority over crypto.

The purchase comes as the stablecoin issuer expands its investments across crypto infrastructure and financial services, including in Kaio, also announced today.

Bitmine bought 101,627 Ether last week, lifting holdings to 4,976,485 ETH, or about 4.12% of supply, as the company moves closer to its 5% target.

The Japanese Securities Clearing Corporation will test using Japanese government bonds as digital collateral on the Canton network with Mizuho, Nomura and Digital Asset.

ZachXBT challenged MemeCore to justify its valuation and explain what he claimed is insider-held supply, as the onchain sleuth widened a probe after the RAVE token’s collapse.

Strategy bought 34,164 Bitcoin for $2.54 billion last week, marking its third-largest BTC purchase on record.

Coinbase launched USDC loans for UK users backed by BTC, ETH and cbETH, expanding its borrowing product as Britain moves toward a crypto regulatory regime.

Crypto investment products recorded $1.4 billion in inflows last week as Bitcoin almost touched $78,000, with assets under management rising to $154.8 billion.

LayerZero said that Kelp’s DVN setup allowed the $290 million exploit, as investors questioned which protocol would step up to cover the shortfall.

BIS general manager Pablo Hernández de Cos said US dollar stablecoins may pose risks to financial stability and urges stronger global coordination on regulation.

Strategy’s Michael Saylor posted “Think Even Bigger” on Sunday, coming just a week after it disclosed $1 billion of Bitcoin buying.

Brian Armstrong has now predicted that AI agents will not only transact onchain more than humans but will outnumber employees at his company very soon.

Vercel has confirmed it was compromised after a member of a hacking forum put the company’s information up for sale for $2 million.

Polymarket’s potential $15 billion valuation would still put it below the $22 billion valuation of competitor platform Kalshi in its latest funding round.

EasyDNS CEO Mark Jeftovic said the social engineering attack was highly sophisticated and the company is conducting further investigation to determine how the breach occurred.