Kevin Durant Regains Access to Locked Bitcoin Account, Announced by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Hyperliquid’s HYPE reached a record high against Coinbase shares as the HYPE/COIN ratio climbed to 0.2514, according to TradingView. The move was accompanied by $8.28 billion in trading volume, highlighting intense market interest in the pair.

Exodus has launched 'Exodus Pay,' enabling users to spend BTC directly from their self-custodial wallet. The update aims to make holding and spending Bitcoin more seamless without moving funds to custodial services.

Cango offloaded 2,000 BTC in a strategic deleveraging as the global Bitcoin hashrate fell about 17%, raising questions over whether this signals a buying opportunity or a warning. The move coincides with miners reallocating capital toward AI hardware, adding near-term sell pressure to BTC markets.

Morgan Stanley launched the MSBT Bitcoin ETF with a 0.14% fee, undercutting BlackRock’s IBIT and intensifying an issuer fee war. The move could shift investor flows and compress margins across the digital-asset ETF market.

MarketVector and Coinbase unveiled an index tracking Bitcoin (BTC) alongside tokenized gold tokens PAXG and XAUT, highlighting a blended benchmark for digital and hard-asset value. The launch reflects growing interest in crypto as a store of value as Bitcoin’s equity correlation rises and gold posts stronger returns.