Bankr co-founder: 4.7% of BNKR tokens have been staked, amounting to approximately $2.6 million.

- Zcash (ZEC) surged 400% in 30 days, hitting a seven-year high amid Bitcoin's $108,000 struggle due to macroeconomic pressures and geopolitical tensions. - Institutional interest and 4.5M ZEC locked in shielded pools drove ZEC's rally, reflecting growing demand for privacy-centric assets like the Grayscale Zcash Fund's $85M inflows. - Bitcoin faces headwinds from Fed rate cuts, U.S.-China trade dynamics, and Trump-era nuclear rhetoric, with technical indicators signaling oversold conditions below $110,000

- Faruk Fatih Özer, former CEO of collapsed Turkish crypto exchange Thodex, was found dead in prison while serving an 11,196-year sentence for orchestrating a $2.6B fraud. - His death reignited scrutiny over Thodex's 2021 collapse, which left thousands of investors with losses, prompting urgent calls for stricter crypto regulations in Turkey and globally. - Prosecutors alleged Özer siphoned $253M in crypto assets through fraudulent transactions, though initial loss estimates ($24M) starkly contrasted with

- BlackRock's $506M crypto sell-off, including 6,400 BTC and 48,800 ETH, triggers panic over liquidity risks and short liquidations. - Bitcoin ETFs lost $519M in assets this week, with BlackRock's IBIT leading exodus amid institutional redemptions and HPS fraud scandal. - Market volatility intensified as Bitcoin nears $109,287 threshold, risking $3B short squeeze and destabilizing ETF ecosystem. - Regulatory scrutiny grows over BlackRock's due diligence failures, compounding crypto's credibility crisis des