ICYMI: Here's a quick news recap from today's Asia & EMEA sessions @TheBlockCo 👇
🔮 Polymarket filed to offer margin trading in the U.S., which could allow users of the prediction market platform to bet on events with a fraction of the usual capital required upfront.
✍️ North Carolina enacted legislation that explicitly recognizes federal authority over prediction markets while imposing a tax rate lower than that on sports betting platforms.
🇬🇧 UK Labour MPs proposed amendments to a key bill that would permanently prohibit political parties and candidates from accepting donations in crypto assets.
💸 Ark Invest bought $13.7 million worth of Circle shares and sold $9.8 million in Robinhood.
🦹 The DOJ charged federal inmate Rossen Iossifov with allegedly taking $290,000 in forfeited cryptocurrency and transferring it through exchanges and illicit mixing services.
🤖 Revolut connected its standalone crypto exchange, Revolut X, to third-party AI assistants, allowing customers to analyze markets, monitor portfolios, and place trades using natural language prompts.
🗳️ The New Hampshire Executive Council voted to reject a proposal to establish a $100 million bitcoin-backed bond tied to CleanSpark.
👀 Ledger researchers disclosed a Tangem card flaw which Tangem said posed a "virtually non-existent" risk to everyday users.
🏦 Circle received final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish First National Digital Currency Bank.
📈 Standard Chartered maintained its end-2026 bitcoin forecast of $100,000, arguing that Strategy's shift from a "never sell bitcoin" posture to using BTC as collateral for its preferred stock is a communication problem rather than a solvency one.
🇪🇺 Binance co-CEO Richard Teng said 70% of European user funds withdrawn from the exchange following its EU service suspension moved to self-custodied wallets, with the remaining 30% transferred to MiCA-regulated platforms.