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🔥 Grayscale Expands Candidate Asset List with Focus on AI and Finance

Grayscale has updated its list of candidate assets for Q2 2026, reducing it from 36 to 30 while significantly expanding its focus on the AI sector, now including 10 AI-related projects. Aptos, Arbitrum, BNB, and Polkadot were removed from the list, indicating a strategic shift towards AI and finance within their investment considerations.

⚡ Stablecoins May Be Iran's Choice for Strait of Hormuz Crypto Tolls

Chainalysis suggests that Iran might opt for stablecoins over Bitcoin for potential crypto tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, citing observed patterns where sanctioned entities prefer stablecoins for their transaction characteristics. This comes amid debates about Iran potentially accepting BTC for oil tanker transit fees in the critical global oil passage.

📉 Senator Lummis Urges Congress to Pass CLARITY Crypto Bill Before 2030

Senator Cynthia Lummis has called on Congress to expedite the passage of the CLARITY crypto market structure bill, emphasizing its critical importance as the last legislative opportunity before 2030. Wintermute's Ron Hammond,