EXCLUSIVE-TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERING DEPLOYING THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL US TROOPS TO MIDDLE EAST AS TRUMP WEIGHS IRAN NEXT STEPS, SOURCES SAY - RTRS

*TRUMP: HAVE HAD TALKS WITH IRAN REGARDING END TO HOSTILIES: BBG

IRAN'S FARS CITING SOURCE SAYS TRUMP RETREATED AFTER HEARING THAT IRAN WOULD TARGET ALL POWER PLANTS IN WEST ASIA - RTRS

IRAN'S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SAYS 'FAKE NEWS' USED TO MANIPULATE OIL MARKETS - RTRS

TETHER HIRES BIG FOUR ACCOUNTING FIRM TO CONDUCT ITS FIRST-EVER FULL AUDIT, RAISING THE BAR FOR TRANSPARENCY IN THE DIGITAL ASSET INDUSTRY: BLOG

*FANNIE MAE TO ACCEPT CRYPTO-BACKED MORTGAGE: WSJ: BBG

*IRAN: STRAIT WON'T REOPEN BASED ON TRUMP'S 'ABSURD' DISPLAYS: BBG

Iran to charge tanker transit tolls in Bitcoin, says Hosseini — FT

ARBITRUM FREEZES 30,766 ETH LINKED TO SUSPECTED NORTH KOREAN AAVE, KELPDAO EXPLOITERS: https://x.com/arbitrum/status/2046435443680346189

SAYLOR: WE WILL PROBABLY SELL SOME BITCOIN TO PAY A DIVIDEND JUST TO INOCULATE THE MARKET JUST TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT WE DID IT

U.S. CPI: +3.8% YEAR-OVER-YEAR (EST. +3.7%)
U.S. CORE CPI: +2.8% YEAR-OVER-YEAR (EST. +2.7%)

STRATEGY BOUGHT 1,550 BTC ($101.3M) AT AN AVERAGE PRICE OF $65,332

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050446/000119312526260709/0001193125-26-260709-index.html

SAM BANKMAN-FRIED LOSES BID TO OVERTURN FRAUD CONVICTION, 25-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE - RTRS

EXCLUSIVE-BINANCE SET TO LOSE PERMISSION TO OFFER SERVICES TO EU CLIENTS AS LICENCE APPLICATION IN GREECE TO BE TURNED DOWN, TWO SOURCES SAY - RTRS

*CRYPTO.COM REPORTS $400M INVESTMENT FROM CITADEL SECURITIES: BBG

STRATEGY: STRATEGY SOLD 1,637 BTC REDUCING HOLDINGS TO 842,138 BTC

STRATEGY SOLD 1,690 BTC ($108.6M) AT AN AVERAGE PRICE OF $64,262

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050446/000119312526341297/0001193125-26-341297-index.html

*SEC POISED TO UNVEIL MAJOR CRYPTO PLANS AS CLARITY ACT STALLS: BBG

U.S. CPI: +3.4% YEAR-OVER-YEAR (EST. +3.4%)
U.S. CORE CPI: +2.5% YEAR-OVER-YEAR (EST. +2.5%)

*TRUMP SUED OVER PLAN TO SELL FAST ACCESS TO TRUTH SOCIAL POSTS: BBG