Iran said it had closed the Strait of Hormuz again and sent negotiators to Switzerland, while signaling that meaningful progress is unlikely unless it believes Washington is honoring the interim deal. The move reintroduces upside risk for oil and inflation just days after markets had started to price in relief, a renewed macro headwind for Bitcoin and other risk assets.

Franklin Templeton filed for two DRIP-style ETFs that begin with mostly U.S. equity exposure and systematically route dividends into Bitcoin-linked positions. The structure shows issuers are still pushing product innovation around Bitcoin even as the spot ETF complex has struggled to regain steady net inflows.

Franklin Templeton agreed to distribute its tokenized U.S. dollar money market fund to institutional investors through Dubai-based Tokinvest. The deal is another sign that large asset managers are moving regulated fund distribution onto blockchain rails, deepening institutional digital-asset infrastructure beyond pure crypto trading.