AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoSanctions Crackdown: U.S. prosecutors filed a civil-forfeiture bid to seize nearly $61M in crypto tied to alleged Iranian oil sales via Binance-linked wallet flows, claiming the transfers helped move over $1.5B in sanctions-evasion funds. Market Mood: Bitcoin surged past $87K as ETF inflows and short squeezes fueled a “crypto spring,” while Gallup shows U.S. crypto ownership slipping from 14% to 9% over the past year. Regulation Watch: The OCC granted conditional trust-bank charter approvals to Bastion Platforms, Catena Labs, and Agora ahead of the GENIUS Act, while the Clarity Act’s failure keeps oversight in limbo. Institutional & Payments: SoFi went live with stablecoin settlement across Mastercard’s network, and Binance invested $100M in Circle to expand USDC promotion. Security: Microsoft and Coinbase took down EvilTokens, a phishing-as-a-service network tied to 12,000 compromised accounts. Altcoin Signals: Glassnode says its altcoin cycle signal flipped to “altcoin season” as breadth widened beyond BTC.
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