Citigroup analyst Pete Christiansen has upgraded Galaxy and Gemini ratings, downgraded Securitize ratings, and listed Circle as a preferred stock with a target price of $243; Bart Smith from Avalanche Treasury discusses the trend of tokenization on Wall Street and the advantages of Avalanche. (Source: CoinDesk)

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that Tether has performed better than regulatory agencies in terms of sanctions compliance. Since 2023, Tether has frozen relevant addresses on average 4 weeks earlier than the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and Israel's National Counter Terrorism Financing Agency officially recognized sanctions, and 99% of the time the freeze was completed before Chainalysis marked the relevant addresses. This move has led to a 94% decrease in stablecoin trading volume related to Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stated in an interview with Israel's Channel 14 television that he has issued orders to overthrow the Iranian regime to the Israeli military, the Israeli intelligence and special services agency (Mossad), and the Israeli military intelligence agency. Netanyahu said that US President Trump's attitude is clear, that the core task is to completely eliminate the survival threat posed by Iran to Israel. (Source: CCTV International News)

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is attempting to question CME Group's legal challenge to its new perpetual contract policy. (Source: CoinDesk)