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@dens_club @TheWeb3DeFi Appreciate it.

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Last Week in Blockchain - 24th May, 2026 🚨

1. Trump announced a peace agreement with Iran has been "largely negotiated," including reopening the Strait of Hormuz. BTC rebounded to $77.3K. Polymarket's US-Iran peace contracts hit $154M. [CoinDesk: https://t.co/cAj7a6WWQr]

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@WhatsGoingA Right on the institutional capital bottleneck. But the gray zone isn't classification, that's now clear (not securities). The gray zone is regulatory authority and market structure standards.

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@derrelreyhan Stability is a great catalyst.

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@TheWeb3DeFi Always has, always will.

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@BKScoPe And builders move faster.

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@StMaslov07 Appreciate that, glad it's useful.

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Last Week in Blockchain - 10th May, 2026 🚨

1. Bullish (NYSE: BLSH) agreed to acquire Equiniti for $4.2B, the largest crypto-linked acquisition ever. Equiniti serves ~3,000 issuer clients, 20M shareholders and runs $500B in annual payments. [CoinDesk: https://t.co/058esmcM5P]

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@Joyce_Carm It really is, the pace is picking up.

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@ryuken_tz Thanks, it's an exciting time to be building.

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@evanjawadx The lines are blurring fast.

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@0xshitol $4.2B for that kind of infrastructure access is a statement move.

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5. SEC Chair Atkins rejected applications for prediction-market-based investment funds, ruling that prediction contracts do not qualify as securities under the Investment Company Act. [Bloomberg: https://t.co/sh29CsjSu7]

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4. The DOJ opened a sanctions evasion investigation into Binance over Iran-linked crypto flows during the conflict period. [Bloomberg: https://t.co/sh29CsjSu7]

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3. https://t.co/MbUwRDGIzQ filed a confidential S-1 with the SEC, joining Kraken, Circle, and Gemini in the crypto IPO pipeline. Last valued at $14B in 2022. [Bloomberg: https://t.co/DrxRg5b1DB]

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2. Tether acquired SoftBank's entire stake in Twenty One Capital (XXI), consolidating majority control over 43.5K BTC as SoftBank exits the board. Tether is advancing a merger of XXI with Strike and Elektron Energy. [Bloomberg: https://t.co/OdtVhQvMAH]

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@btc_board Western Union on Solana is the one to watch. Regulation follows adoption, not the other way around.

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Last Week in Blockchain - 1st May, 2026 🚨

1. The EU bans Russian crypto providers, DeFi platforms, the digital ruble & RUBx stablecoin, effective May 24. The measures target the A7A5 settlement network & designate Kyrgyz exchange TengriCoin. [CoinDesk: https://t.co/nm6bSKnD7O]

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5. Kraken parent Payward agreed to acquire Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments firm Reap for up to $600M in cash and stock, adding card issuance and cross-border settlement to its B2B platform. The deal values Payward at $20B. [Bloomberg: https://t.co/F5dUCTG3qB]

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4. South Korea's Finance Ministry confirmed a 22% tax on crypto gains above KRW 2.5M (~$1,800) takes effect January 2027, ending years of delays. The rule applies to an estimated 13.26M investors. [https://t.co/q39dv36PhY: https://t.co/z6FmwH45fZ]