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After weeks of wandering in the desert of consolidation, the Shiba Inu, that mischievous mutt of the crypto world, shows faint signs of life. The exchange data, a cryptic oracle, speaks of a netflow as negative as a Russian winter, plummeting to -141.528 billion. A 0.9% decline, they say, but who counts the bones when the dog is already thin?

A bill aiming to establish national rules for digital assets – excluding stablecoins – passed the House in July 2025 with a vote of 294 to 134. However, it’s been stalled in the Senate for over eight months due to disagreement over whether companies issuing stablecoins should be permitted to pay interest to their customers.

It seems that South Korea’s crypto scene has been plunged into the kind of hullabaloo that would make even a seasoned butler gasp. Bithumb, the well-known digital coin emporium, decided that the February promotion was the perfect time to distribute Bitcoin like confetti at a wedding-but alas, reality intervened and, rather predictably, courtrooms now beckon. Regulators and legal eagles alike are fluttering around, trying to figure out who’s holding the bag-or in this case, the Bitcoins.

Securitize has pulled off a strategic move, appointing none other than Brett Redfearn, the former director of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets, as president and board member. With this addition, the company has undoubtedly bolstered its regulatory clout as it prepares for its big public debut later this year.

The agenda? Disarming Hezbollah and “regulating peace”-because nothing says harmony like a bureaucratic checklist. Lebanon’s PM, not to be outdone, called for demilitarizing Beirut, a city where even the street cats have sidearms. A historic alignment, or just two leaders tired of the same old headlines? The world holds its breath-and Bitcoin its value.

The Bhutanese government appears to be continuing to sell its Bitcoin. Recent blockchain data suggests they’re using major cryptocurrency exchanges to do so, following a pattern of consistent Bitcoin withdrawals from government-controlled accounts over the past several months.

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According to the old ticker tape, a whopping 63% of Binance’s top traders-the ones with margin balances larger than Aunt Agatha’s hat collection-are going long on Shiba Inu. Only 37% are short, which is about as popular as a wet weekend in Blandings. The long/short ratio stands at 1.69, a figure that screams “bullish” louder than a trumpet at a village fête.

On the very first day, the spectacle drew a sum of $34 million in trading volume, and over 1.6 million shares were tossed about like confetti at a particularly chaotic wedding.