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Binance Australia Derivatives fined $6.9 million over compliance and onboarding failures
The Federal Court fined Binance Australia Derivatives $6.9 million for misclassifying 524 retail clients as wholesale investors....

US bitcoin ETF outflows hit three-week high as Ark Invest cuts holdings in own BTC fund
One analyst noted that this reflects short-term profit-taking rather than a shift in long-term conviction....

Tether taps Big Four firm KPMG for first financial audit of $184 billion stablecoin issuer: FT
Tether previously relied on monthly attestations from BDO Italia, which fall short of the full audit now planned with KPMG....

Ethereum ICO participant offloads $23 million in ETH: onchain analyst
The address traces back to Ethereum's initial token sale, where the investor purchased ether at about $0.31 per token, said Lookonchain....

Rep. Waters presses Kansas City Fed on approving Kraken’s master account
Waters argues that access to critical financial infrastructure should not be granted without full transparency....

GameStop didn’t sell $324 million worth of bitcoin in January, filing shows
GameStop's latest 10-K filing shows that it did not sell 4,709 BTC it acquired last year, but pledged it as collateral with Coinbase Credit....

Crypto Czar David Sacks leaves post to go to broader White House tech role as legislation faces challenges
David Sacks is leaving his post as the White House's crypto and artificial intelligence czar, but he isn't going far....

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest turns to Kalshi to inform investment strategies, hedge risk
ARK said it would use Kalshi to “hedge exposure to discrete outcomes that impact portfolio positions” and macroeconomic risks....

JPMorgan says bitcoin shows safe-haven-like demand during Iran war as gold and silver weaken
Bitcoin has held up better than gold and silver during the Iran war, with signs of inflows and rising activity, JPMorgan analysts said....