🗞️ Need to catch up on the news? Here's our top 10 from today: 🔸 Google Cloud unveils details for its layer-1 blockchain the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), aiming to serve as an open infrastructure layer for financial institutions. 🔹 Paraguay is investing 6 million in tokenized equity on Polkadot to develop Assuncion Innovation Valley, which will include a hotel, university, and data center. 🔸 Nvidia posted 46.7B in sales and 1.05 EPS, both above expectations. 🔹 US CFTC adopts Nasdaq’s surveillance system to boost crypto market oversight and prepare for expanded authority under pending legislation. 🔸 Mastercard and Circle expand partnership to enable USDC/EURC settlement across EEMEA. 🔹 KuCoin to support Thailand’s G-Token project, a tokenized government bond issued by the Ministry of Finance. 🔸 Metaplanet to raise ¥130B via share sale, boosting BTC holdings. 🔹 Sui partners with Alibaba Cloud to launch AI coding assistant for Sui Move developers, supporting English, Chinese, and Korean. 🔸 Arthur Hayes in his new essay said US-backed stablecoins could soak up trillions in global deposits, fueling a massive DeFi bull run. 🔹 5B in ETH options expiring Friday could push Ethereum above 5K as bullish strategies dominate the expiry.(Cointelegraph)