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CFTC moves to permit stablecoins as collateral in U.S. derivatives markets, potentially broadening their role for market participants. The initiative signals increased regulatory integration of dollar-pegged tokens in collateral frameworks.

Tether seeks to raise up to $20 billion, targeting a valuation of about $500 billion, Bloomberg reports. The funding plan reflects ambitions to scale the stablecoin operator behind USDT.

Bitcoin’s Bollinger Bands compress to their tightest reading on record, signaling a potential surge in volatility ahead. Analysts describe a “calm before the storm” setup, with a decisive move in either direction increasingly likely.

Bitcoin dip-buying calls increase even as liquidity trends indicate a potential “magnet” level around $107,000. Concentrated liquidity at that zone could draw price action toward it despite short-term swings.

Researchers propose using coordinated robot swarms to collect and cross-verify real-world data, supplying on-chain oracles with more tamper-resistant inputs. Distributing sensing and consensus across multiple autonomous agents aims to reduce single points of failure before publishing data to blockchains.