Bitcoin struggles to hold $80,000, falling as low as $79,400 despite approximately $110 million in Monday ETF inflows. Matt explains why losing this support level could open the door to a deeper correction toward $72,000. Today's biggest institutional development involves Ripple reportedly receiving final approval to operate a federally supervised national trust bank, supporting RLUSD reserves and institutional digital asset custody. Strive also continues accumulating Bitcoin with another reported $111 million purchase, while Ethereum developers identify and fix a potentially serious validator-deposit vulnerability before it reaches mainnet.
Artificial intelligence is creating an unexpected problem for Solana's Firedancer development team, which is introducing a one-SOL cost for security bug submissions after an audit competition produced hundreds of reports but relatively few unique findings. Matt examines whether that approach discourages spam or creates barriers for legitimate researchers. Additional stories include Canada's proposed stablecoin regulations and restrictions on yield, South Korea's possible crypto tax delay until 2029, and an important Electrum wallet security update.
Happy HODLing
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