1. The U.S. CFTC is investigating Donald Trump staff members on suspicion of using insider information from a teleprompter to trade on predicted events;
2. Crypto.com has secured a $400 million investment from Citadel Securities, valuing the company at $20 billion;
3. Ansem: Changxin Technology’s final settlement price may be closer to Hyperliquid’s pre-market price; close monitoring is recommended;
4. The Base Ecosystem Fund launches a developer support program, betting on the future of real-world assets (RWAs), stablecoins, AI agents, and on-chain finance;
5. 1confirmation Founder: The crypto industry needs to bridge the gap between “belief-builders” and “traffic speculators”;
6. High-frequency trading giant Jump Trading expands its prediction market team to ramp up efforts in emerging sectors;
7. Whether to cash out $400 million or act as Base App’s “firefighter,” Cobie responds to taking over Base App: “I’m up for the challenge; we’ll see results in one month”;
8. ARK Invest Rebuts a16z’s View: The Future of Traditional Finance May Rely on DeFi Infrastructure, Not Closed Blockchains;
9. Alpaca, an AI and Tokenized Financial Infrastructure Platform, Raises $135 Million in Funding Led by Peak XV;
10. Prediction market platform Pascal raises $9 million in Series A funding, led by USV;
11. AI infrastructure startup Fireworks AI raises $1.5 billion in funding, led by Index Ventures and others.