- Bitcoin is trading around 87–91k USD globally and roughly ₹80 lakh in India, down about 3% in 24 hours and about 12–13% over the week.

- Today is a record derivatives day, with nearly 28 billion USD of BTC and ETH options expiring on Deribit, which can cause high short‑term volatility.

- About 2.3 million USDT was stolen from two wallets, swapped into 757.6 ETH, and quickly laundered via Tornado Cash, underlining DeFi‑driven theft and laundering risks.

- Binance has launched five new spot pairs (ADA/USD1, ASTER/USD1, ZEC/USD1, LUNA/USDC, LUNC/USDC) with trading‑bot support, and the USD1 stablecoin has grown to around 2.72 billion USD market cap.

- The CFTC in the US has approved spot crypto trading on federally supervised exchanges for the first time, tightening oversight and improving institutional access.

- 2025 regulation trends include the US GENIUS Act for stablecoins and full activation of the EU MiCA rules, shifting global policy from ad‑hoc enforcement to structured frameworks.#crypto