AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoBitcoin Breakout Watch: BTC held above $80,000 for two straight days but faces a make-or-break close near $83,000 as traders weigh short-squeeze gains against fresh seller pressure. ETF Flows: Spot Bitcoin ETFs added about $433M on Friday, with Fidelity’s FBTC leading, while Solana ETFs logged 12 straight weeks of inflows and Ethereum ETFs pulled in roughly $10B in Q3. Regulation Crosscurrents: The CLARITY Act’s Senate failure is still rippling through crypto markets, even as the SEC and CFTC push ahead with rules. DeFi & Stablecoin Infrastructure: Aave V4 went live on Circle’s Arc with USDC, EURC, cirBTC and WETH, while Nasdaq teamed with Stablecore to merge bank and crypto activity for fraud detection. Crypto Risk & Enforcement: Blink Wallet paused after an attacker drained some custodial Lightning accounts; U.S. Treasury sanctioned Iran-linked BitBank; Maryland ordered a nearly $6M payout in a NovaTech pyramid scheme case. Policy & Tech: Trump launched an “AI Force” and plans an AI czar, adding to the finance-and-innovation policy churn. Open Banking: New Zealand’s open banking is expanding budgeting, investing and automated payments via third-party apps.
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