INSIGHT: India's $USDT premium surges above 8.5%, more than double its typical range, after raids on crypto remittance firms disrupt stablecoin supply.

JUST IN: Galaxy Research cuts odds of Clarity Act passage in 2026 to 50%, down from 60%, citing Senate calendar constraints and lack of negotiation progress.

NEW: Michael @Saylor hints at another $BTC buy this week posting his tracker chart with "We're gonna need more charts" as @Strategy sits $13B underwater at current prices.

LATEST: @cz_binance says he has no intent to return as CEO of Binance. "I don't think they need me, but in the future...anything could happen"

🎥 Katie Boller Gosewisch of the Alliance to End Human Trafficking says her group opposes the Clarity Act over concerns that Section 604 could shield some third-party DeFi platform creators from liability.

🎥 CZ says he has privately donated about $2 million to Prison Professors. "I've never said this publicly before."

.@RebeccaRettig1 discusses growing opposition to the Clarity Act from Tribal Nations.

.@CZ_binance says he expects crypto to grow significantly under the current U.S. administration, adding that politicians who oppose the industry risk losing votes.

🎥 @trent_vanepps says ETH needs a fresh and compelling narrative:

LATEST: Tether is expanding the use of its $23B gold reserve as crypto lender Ledn adds support for tokenized gold product XAUT, with gold-backed loans expected later this year.

🎥 An anti-trafficking group says the CLARITY Act protects bad actors. Will @Coinbase's AI trading have legal implications? And @Meta's prediction market won't use real money at launch. This week's Policy Protocol with @RebeccaRettig1 and @renato_mariotti. 00:00 Welcome to The Policy Protocol 00:51 This Week: AI Trading, Prediction Markets, Human Trafficking 01:15 Coinbase Launches AI Agentic Trading 02:22 SEC-Registered AI Agents and the Hallucination Problem 03:43 Tribes Concerns Over Clarity Act 05:30 Rebuttals to the Tribes' Clarity Concerns 06:23 Katie Boller Gosewisch Joins the Show 07:31 Section 604: The Liability Shield Traffickers Could Exploit 08:59 Are DeFi Developers Money Transmitters? 09:52 What Section 604 Actually Says, and What It Doesn't 10:54 Should We Reinstate a Human Trafficking Coordinator? 11:30 Duty of Care and the 'Turning a Blind Eye' Problem 13:07 The Roman Storm/Tornado Cash Case as the Test 14:37 Future Loopholes and the Reasonable Doubt Risk 15:28 Cryptocurrency, Anonymity, and Rising Online Trafficking 16:02 Blockchain Is Transparent, and That Helps Law Enforcement 17:39 Person of the Week: Meta 19:58 The Points-Based Prediction Market and What Meta Could Unlock

NEW: @coinbase and @okx are dangling bonuses up to 8% to pull @binance's EU users to their platforms. Binance is suspending some EU services from July 1 after failing to secure a MiCA license.

LATEST: The Polymarket phishing attack stole roughly $3.1M in PUSD from 11 user wallets, blockchain intel firm @AMLBotHQ updated Saturday. Funds were taken from Polygon and immediately bridged to Ethereum. Polymarket has pledged full refunds.

Traders chasing 10x didn't leave. They just moved to Nasdaq and chip stocks. @samewen tells you more 👇

INSIGHT: "Financial engineering does not drive long-term value" says @Ripple CEO @bgarlinghouse on Michael @Saylor's $MSTR strategy, as $STRC hits a record low.

🎥 @renato_mariotti says agentic trading is becoming a major trend, but it could create significant legal and compliance challenges. He warns AI agents may inadvertently engage in conduct like wash trading, creating new headaches for regulators and firms alike.

Strategy’s Bitcoin bet is sitting on a roughly $13B unrealized loss, Binance is restricting services in parts of Europe after missing the MiCA licensing deadline, and BlackBerry stock surges on growing demand for its AI and robotics software. @samewen has what you need to know.

.@trent_vanepps tells @jennsanasie Ethereum is facing an immediate funding gap as core infrastructure remains difficult to monetize.

MARKETS: @CantonNetwork tops blockchain revenue rankings with $60.2M over 30 days, more than double @Trondao's $27.6M and nearly 20x @Ethereum's $3.2M, per DefiLlama.

JUST IN: @OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 in limited government preview, with access restricted to approved users as the Trump administration develops formal AI oversight frameworks.