Major Regulatory Shifts and Mastercard's $1.8B Crypto Bet

In today's episode, we cover the most significant regulatory development in crypto history as the SEC and CFTC jointly classify major crypto assets as digital commodities, Mastercard's massive $1.8 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK, and Bitcoin's struggle at the seventy-five thousand dollar resistance level ahead of the Federal Reserve decision. We also discuss Ripple's expansion in Brazil, prediction market controversies with Kalshi facing criminal charges, and BitRefill's cyberattack attributed to North Korea's Lazarus Group. Plus, institutional moves from Strategy's latest Bitcoin purchase and Citigroup's revised price targets.