1. Reuters: U.S. cryptocurrency bill hits new impasse, future uncertain; 2.Tether. leads $50 million funding round for AI sleep tech company Eight Sleep, valuing the company at $1.5 billion;3. Venice Founder: Venice’s Verifiable Privacy Feature Coming Soon; 4. Anthropic CEO Resumes Negotiations on AI Contract with U.S. Department of Defense; 5. BNB Chain: BNB Beacon Chain to Gradually Cease Operations; Asset Holders Should Migrate Tokens to BSC Chain as Soon as Possible; 6. Arthur Hayes: BTC has not yet decoupled from U.S. SaaS tech companies; this may just be a temporary rebound; 7. An OG wallet on Bitcoin deposited 500 BTC, worth $36.39 million, into Binance after lying dormant for 8 months;8. U.S. tech giants sign White House pledge to cover electricity costs for AI data centers themselves; 9. Users whose $24 million in aETHUSDC was stolen claim the theft involved violent threats.