BILL-USD pair to launch once liquidity is ready. According to Coinbase’s latest listing update, the exchange “will launch BILL (Billions) spot trading” and expects to open the BILL-USD order book later today in supported trading regions, contingent on sufficient liquidity…
Latest Coinglass data show Hyperliquid whale accounts holding a combined $4.016 billion in notional positions, with longs only marginally ahead of shorts on size but comfortably in the lead on PnL as one heavily leveraged ETH long dominates the winner’s…
In a second amended complaint submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Payward Interactive and Payward Trading — doing business as Kraken — accuse Etana Custody Limited, Etana Custody Inc., CEO Dion Brandon Russell, and others…
DTCC has formed a tokenization working group for U.S. markets and tapped Ondo alongside BlackRock, Goldman, JPMorgan, Circle, and others to help design how equities and Treasuries move on-chain. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has launched an industry working…
Applied Digital closed a Goldman-led $300M senior secured bridge loan to accelerate its next 150 MW AI data center, layering it on top of $2.15B in notes and a $7.5B hyperscaler lease. Bitcoin mining hosting and cloud services provider Applied…
OpenAI has sealed a $10B joint venture dubbed DeployCo with major private equity firms, giving it capital, governance access, and a captive pipeline to roll AI across thousands of portfolio companies. Market reports indicate that OpenAI has now closed a…
Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development Corp has launched a $200M at-the-market equity program, pledging to issue stock only when it boosts “SOL per share” and fuels its Solana reserve strategy. DeFi Development Corp, a Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury company focused on Solana…
SOL Strategies is acquiring privacy-focused cross-chain aggregator HoudiniSwap for $18M in cash, notes, and stock as it builds an institutional Solana treasury and routing stack. According to reporting from The Block, SOL Strategies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HoudiniSwap…
WLFI alleges paid smear effort after token freeze. World Liberty Financial has announced it is suing Justin Sun for defamation, alleging that after a Sun-affiliated entity called Blue Anthem bought $WLFI tokens in November 2024 and then transferred some of…
Rain, a $1.95B-valued stablecoin infrastructure firm, is adding Mastercard support to extend its Visa-based model and plug on-chain settlement into legacy payment systems. Stablecoin payments startup Rain, fresh off a $250 million Series C at a $1.95 billion valuation, has…
Tether’s latest attestation shows its Tether Gold token, XAU₮, swelling to more than $3.3 billion in value on the back of a 36% quarterly jump in physical bullion reserves. Tether’s latest reserve data show that its Tether Gold token, XAU₮,…
Bitget has entered a strategic partnership with women-focused Web3 collective WIW3CH to deliver more structured education, networking, and career support under its Blockchain4Her initiative. Bitget said it has formed a strategic alliance with WIW3CH, describing the group as a Web3…
Bitcoin miner Hut 8 has refinanced its $200 million Bitcoin-backed credit facility with FalconX at a 7% fixed rate, replacing its Coinbase loan and unlocking approximately 3,300 BTC worth $260 million from collateral. Bitcoin (BTC) miner and energy infrastructure firm…
Crypto VC funding slid to $659m across 63 April deals, a 74% drop from March that drags monthly flows back to 2024 lows even as DeFi and AI still attract capital. The crypto venture market hit a fresh air pocket…
137 Ventures has raised over $700m across two new funds, lifting AUM above $15b as it doubles down on AI agents, robotics, advanced industry and a $10b‑plus SpaceX stake. San Francisco–based 137 Ventures has raised over $700 million for two…
Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari has shifted from penciling in one or two 2026 cuts to a data‑dependent stance as the Iran war and higher oil muddy the inflation path. According to Jinshi’s summary of recent remarks, Federal Reserve official…
Pi Network has set May 11 as the activation date for Protocol 23, the upgrade that introduces full smart contract functionality to the Pi blockchain and transforms the network from a mobile mining project into a programmable platform capable of…
According to monitoring shared by on‑chain and derivatives tracker HyperInsight, high‑profile trader Huang Licheng has sharply increased his Bitcoin long exposure, pushing his total BTC long position to around $14.5 million with more than 40x leverage. HyperInsight flags fresh BTC and…
Bitcoin has reclaimed $78,000 on Gate’s BTC/USDT pair, extending a rebound from $76,000 and keeping the market within range of the closely watched $80,000 level. According to spot data from Gate, the BTC/USDT pair is currently changing hands around $78,004, marking…
Coinglass data show Ethereum longs face about $874m in liquidations below $2,206, while shorts risk roughly $403m above $2,412, creating two key forced‑flow bands. Derivatives analytics platform Coinglass is flagging fresh stress points on Ethereum’s futures liquidation heatmap, with hundreds of millions…
Curve Finance is turning CRV‑linked bad debt into tradable onchain claims via crvUSD–debt pools, shifting bailouts from socialized rescues to market pricing of losses. Curve Finance has rolled out a bad debt recovery framework that formalizes what founder Michael Egorov…
Bitcoin futures open interest has climbed 5.92% to $57.621b, signaling traders are re‑levering into BTC derivatives as open positions concentrate on a few major exchanges. The Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives market has seen a notable uptick in risk-taking over the past…
Brazil’s central bank has barred crypto from settlement inside regulated eFX payment rails, forcing banks and fintechs back to fiat-only channels for cross‑border flows. Brazil’s central bank has introduced a foreign‑exchange rule that prohibits regulated cross‑border payment channels from using…
Seoul’s Administrative Court has stayed a six‑month partial suspension against Bithumb, halting Korea FIU’s harshest crypto penalty while the exchange fights it in court. South Korea’s Seoul Administrative Court has sided with Bithumb, temporarily blocking the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit…
Fun raises $72m to power unified fiat and crypto rails for apps like Polymarket and Aave, after quietly processing over $18b in annual payment volume. Fun, a payment infrastructure startup that plugs both fiat and crypto rails into high-growth consumer…
MoonPay has launched the MoonAgents Card, a Mastercard-enabled debit product that lets AI agents spend stablecoins directly at the point of sale with onchain settlement behind the scenes. MoonPay has unveiled the MoonAgents Card, a Mastercard-network debit card designed so…