Planet Midday News

1. Reuters: US cryptocurrency bill hits new deadlock, future uncertain;

2. Tether leads $50 million funding round for AI sleep tech company Eight Sleep, valuing it at $1.5 billion;

3. Venice Founder: Venice's verifiable privacy protection feature to launch soon;

4. Anthropic CEO resumes AI contract negotiations with US Department of Defense;

5. BNB Chain: BNB Beacon Chain to gradually cease services, asset holders should migrate tokens to BSC chain as soon as possible;

6. Arthur Hayes: BTC has not yet decoupled from US SaaS tech companies, may be just a short-term rebound;

7. A Bitcoin OG wallet deposits 500 BTC worth $36.39 million to Binance after 8 months of dormancy;

8. US tech giants sign White House pledge, to bear AI data center electricity costs themselves;

9. Users who lost $24 million worth of aEthUSDC claim theft involved violent threats.