Brazil's largest asset management company advises investors to allocate 3% of their funds to Bitcoin

World Liberty Financial and its partners have delayed the digital token linked to Donald Trump’s Maldives resort, which was originally scheduled to launch this spring. The project aimed to tokenize loan proceeds earmarked for financing the resort’s construction, with investors earning a share of interest income upon purchasing the tokens. Sources familiar with the development confirmed the issuance plan was pushed back due to disruptions to travel in the Middle East and surrounding regions caused by the Iran conflict. The resort is a joint venture between the Trump Organization and Dar Global, among other partners. World Liberty Financial has previously been advancing its real estate asset tokenization initiative with relevant institutions.

According to market data from BIT (Bit.com), the three major U.S. stock indexes closed higher across the board: the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.14%, the Nasdaq gained 1.34%, and the S&P 500 increased 0.75%. Crypto-related stocks rallied broadly, with COIN (Coinbase) up 3.25% on the day, and HOOD (Robinhood) rising 4.4% intraday.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will once again delay the rollout of its innovative exemption program for tokenized assets, citing concerns raised by Wall Street and the White House. The exemption was originally intended to offer U.S. crypto firms a 12 to 36-month regulatory sandbox, allowing them to issue and trade tokenized securities. The core controversy centers on whether the exemption terms would allow third parties to issue stock tokens without the consent of listed companies. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce stated in a post that the framework is limited in scope, only facilitating the trading of digital representations of existing equity securities, not synthetic products.

USDT issuer Tether announced it has completed a full independent audit of its 2025 fiscal year financial statements by KPMG U.S., receiving an unqualified audit opinion—the most positive outcome an independent auditor can issue. Dubbed "the largest first-time financial audit in history", the engagement saw KPMG conduct comprehensive substantive testing on Tether’s balance sheet, reserve asset composition, outstanding token liabilities, income statement, changes in equity, and cash flow statement. Critically, instead of relying solely on custodian reports, KPMG physically counted every gold bar held by Tether to verify their existence and identifying details. The audit confirmed Tether’s reserves exceeded its liabilities by $6.814 billion as of December 31, 2025. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated: "Critics have for years claimed Tether could not complete an audit, and we have once again proven them wrong. An unqualified opinion means Tether has secured a clean audit." CFO Simon McWilliams called the milestone "a landmark in Tether’s commitment to transparency", noting the firm has wrapped up a historic project with the Big Four accounting firms and will continue to elevate standards moving forward. Tether has long published independent reserve attestation reports; this full financial statement audit marks a jump in its financial reporting regime from the attestation level to the full audit tier.

BTC and ETH options are set to expire this Friday, with open interest concentrated around several key strike prices. BTC’s nominal open interest stands at roughly $1.28 billion, with its max pain point at $64,000. The highest concentration of call options is at $68,000, followed by $70,000 to $72,000. ETH’s nominal open interest is approximately $161 million, with its max pain point at $1,900. The highest concentration of call options is at $1,950 and $2,000. BTC’s put/call open interest ratio is 0.85, while ETH’s is 0.94.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that people evaluating current decentralized finance (DeFi) applications are making two overlapping mistakes: regarding market size, they believe they are targeting the $2 trillion cryptocurrency market, but in reality, they are targeting the $500 trillion asset market; regarding value capture, they think they have maximized fee revenue, but have only scratched the surface. Projects such as Hyperliquid, Uniswap, Aave, Morpho, Aerodrome, Lighter, Pump and others have a larger TAM (total addressable market) and stronger pricing power than commonly perceived.