In this weekly recap, we cover:

• Ethereum’s Execution Overhaul: Vitalik Buterin proposes replacing the EVM with RISC-V.
• Crypto Firms Go Banking: Circle, BitGo, and others explore U.S. bank charters.
• Mantra’s $82M Token Burn: CEO John Mullin torches nearly all his holdings.
• ECB Sounds Alarm on Stablecoins: Europe’s central bank warns U.S. crypto policies could destabilize EU markets.
• Atkins Leads SEC With Deregulatory Pitch: The new SEC Chair pledges a “principled” approach to digital assets.
• Lawsuits Hit Matter Labs and Meteora: Allegations of code theft and a memecoin pump-and-dump land two firms in court.
• Crypto’s Presidential Power Play: Solana, Uniswap’s Hayden Adams, and others pour millions into Trump’s inauguration fund.
• Lazarus Funds Disappear: Bybit says over 25% of hacked ETH is now untraceable after being funneled through mixers.
• Bitget Calls a Do-Over: Exchange freezes accounts and rolls back VOXEL trades.
• Fun Bits: The $TRUMP memecoin jumps after offering top holders a seat at the president’s table.