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Israel’s Central Bank Signals Improved Stablecoin Oversight as Digital Shekel Plans Advance

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron said stablecoins can no longer be viewed as marginal, citing their trillion-dollar trading volumes and growing systemic risks.

Israel Central Bank signals improved stablecoin oversight (Ben Samocha)

Finance

Israel Links Wallets That Received $1.5B in Stablecoins to Iran's Revolutionary Guard

Israel flagged 187 crypto addresses allegedly linked to the IRGC. Elliptic says the wallets received $1.5B in USDT, though not all may belong to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

Map of Iran with a pin just north of Esfahan. (Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock)

Markets

Ether, Solana, Cardano Spike 7% as Trump Claims to Broker Israel-Iran Ceasefire

Crypto markets bounce back after Trump’s surprise ceasefire announcement cools geopolitical tensions; traders eye altcoin rotation as weekend liquidations subside.

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Markets

Bitcoin Busts Past $106K on Reported Iran/Israel Ceasefire

President Trump claimed a "complete and total" ceasefire between Iran and Israel to begin in several hours.

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Finance

Why Pro-Israel Group's $90M Crypto Hack Could Be a Hammer Blow for Iran's Regime

The hacking group continued its assault on Thursday, releasing the exploited exchange's source code.

Under a low-light red lamp, a pair of hands types on a keyboard. (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash+)

Markets

Iran's Nobitex Source Code Exposed Day After Hackers Steal Tokens Across Bitcoin, EVM, Ripple Networks

The pro-Israel group Gonjeshke Darande follows through on its threats, publishing the full exchange code and security files, thereby placing the remaining Nobitex assets at risk.

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Markets

Iranian Crypto Exchange Nobitex Hacked for $90M by Suspected Israeli Group

The anti-Iran group targeted state-owned Bank Sepah a day prior, and now threatens to leak Nobitex’s source code, calling the platform a "terror-financing tool" used to bypass sanctions.

Hacker working on two laptops (Azamat E/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Heads Lower as Trump Threatens to Assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader

The U.S. President has called for Iran's unconditional surrender.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Risk of Escalating Israel-Iran Conflict Keeps BTC Around 105K Says QCP

However, other data from Glassnode suggests that investor demand for BTC remains solid.

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Markets

Bitcoin Bounces to $106K After Iran-Israel Jitters, but Analysts Warn of Deeper Pullback

Circle is up 13% on news that Amazon and Walmart are moving into stablecoins.

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