Gold breaks $4k, BNB now 3rd largest crypto, PNKSTR falls 60%

BNB leads majors, now third largest crypto. YZi Labs launches $1b builder fund on BNB. Monad trades at $15b pre-market. SEC to formalize innovation exemption in Q4: Atkins. Life Insurer Meanwhile buys $82m BTC. SpaceX BTC holdings surpass $1b. BNY Mellon explores tokenised deposits. S&P launches index for crypto & crypto stocks. NYSE Parent ICE to invest $2b in Polymarket. BTC miner IREN now ‘preferred partner’ of Nvidia. BoE plans carveout on stablecoin cap after backlash. Kazakhstan cracks down on unlicensed exchanges. Pineapple Financial launches $100m INJ treasury.