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Market Trends & Cryptocurrency Performance - Crypto majors experienced a rebound after a sell-off, with BTC up 1% at $112,000, ETH up 3% at $4,100, BNB stable at $1,190, and SOL up 3% at $203 [1] - Gold reached a new all-time high (ATH) exceeding $4,240 [1] - Memecoin leaders mostly showed gains, including DOGE up 1%, Shiba up 2%, PEPE up 2%, PENGU up 1%, BONK up 4%, TRUMP up 1%, SPX up 1%, and FARTCOIN up 4% [2] Regulatory & Institutional Developments - Japanese regulators are moving towards banning crypto insider trading, aiming for a 2026 law to prevent nonpublic information abuse [1] - New York City established a Digital Assets and Blockchain Office to formalize crypto policy [1] - A Republican bill proposes codifying Trump's crypto-in-401(k) executive order, encouraging retirement-plan providers to allow regulated digital-asset exposure [1] - Larry Fink of BlackRock emphasized the company's focus on tokenization and building related technology [1] DeFi & Stablecoin Activity - PayPal's stablecoin PYUSD surged from $5 million to $452 million in one month on Kamino [1] - Ethena's USDtb became the first stablecoin compliant with the Genius Act after transitioning to Anchorage Digital [2] ETF & Investment Flows - Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $102.7 million, despite BlackRock experiencing its first day of outflows in weeks; ETH saw $236.2 million in net inflows [1] - VanEck filed an updated S-1 for its spot Solana ETF, setting the management fee at 0.30% [1] Airdrops & Token Initiatives - Binance pledged an additional $400 million for those affected by the recent crash, allocating $300 million for retail traders and $100 million in low-interest loans for institutional players [1] - BNB issued the first round of its $45 million Reload Airdrop, rewarding users who traded BNB memes with BNB tokens [2]