Bitcoin Reserve Company BSTR Seeks to Amend Its SPAC Merger Agreement with Cantor

According to Iranian media outlet Fars News, Rezaei, spokesperson for Iran's Parliamentary National Security Commission, stated: "In future confrontations, the enemy will face a comprehensive and sudden strike from Iran. Iran has numerous options that have not been deployed during the 40-day war, including withdrawing from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), revising its 'nuclear strategic doctrine', and blocking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait outside the Strait of Hormuz. The proposal to withdraw from the NPT is already pending review in parliament; should Iran face an existential threat, revising the 'nuclear strategic doctrine' can also be put on the agenda."

According to a Wall Street Journal report, a year ago, a cryptocurrency project linked to the Trump family acquired control of a small payments company for $750 million. Today, the deal has left nearly all participants in the red, except the Trump family. The Nasdaq-listed firm, formerly named Alt5 Sigma and recently rebranded as AI Financial (stock ticker: AIFC), is currently in talks with blockchain technology firm Perpetuals over the sale of its core business, per company filings. Per a source familiar with the transaction and the company’s documents, the proposed deal is valued at up to around $15 million. The terms have not been finalized; as negotiations progress, specific conditions may change, or the transaction may ultimately fail to materialize.

The European Union is considering revising its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, just about a week after the comprehensive crypto regulatory framework fully took effect. The European Commission is soliciting feedback from relevant stakeholders, with a deadline of September 30. According to multiple anonymous sources familiar with the matter, the Commission is evaluating whether to expand MiCA’s regulatory scope to cover emerging areas including tokenization and non-EU stablecoin issuers. MiCA is the EU’s comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto assets, designed to establish unified rules for crypto asset issuance, trading, custody and other related services across the bloc. The regulation officially entered into force in December 2024, though most service providers were granted a transition period to complete compliance adjustments, which ran through July 1 this year.

Market pricing indicates that the European Central Bank is projected to raise interest rates twice before the end of the year, with each increase amounting to 25 basis points.

According to official announcements, prediction market platform World has announced it will migrate from Solana to the Robinhood Chain. As previously reported, World officially launched on July 1.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), the Nasdaq 100 index’s decline has widened to 1%, hitting an intraday low.