ICYMI : Asia & EMEA news recap from James Hunt at The Block 👇 📈 Bitcoin tops $65K Bitcoin climbed above $65,000 after reports of a U.S.-Iran peace deal eased geopolitical concerns. 🔗 Link ⚽️ World Cup boosts prediction markets Bernstein said Robinhood could benefit as World Cup…
ediction market volumes jumped from $2.2 billion to $4.8 billion in a single day. 🔗 Link 💰 Strategy buys more BTC Strategy acquired another 1,587 BTC for roughly $100 million, increasing its holdings to 846,842 BTC. 🔗 Link 💸 El Dorado raises $9M Paradigm led a $9 million Series A round for Latin American cross-border payments app El Dorado. 🔗 Link 👀 Treasury firms face pressure Strive CIO Ben Werkman warned prolonged bitcoin weakness could strain treasury companies reliant on convertible debt financing. 🔗 Link 💵 Bitmine adds 76,881 ETH Bitmine purchased 76,881 ETH over the past week, bringing its total treasury to 5.62 million ETH. 🔗 Link 🐙 Kraken launches U.S. perps Kraken is rolling out perpetual futures trading in the United States following its acquisition of Bitnomial and CFTC approval. 🔗 Link