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Expectations are building that easing regulatory uncertainty around digital assets is lifting investor sentiment toward Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin. Crypto-focused media outlet Odaily reported on May 12 that digital-asset trading platfo
Coinbase Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong plans to meet with Republican senators on May 14 ahead of a key vote on the CLARITY Act, a US bill to establish a market structure framework for digital assets. Crypto-focused media outlet Odaily repor
Bloomberg reported that remarks about an “AI citizen dividend” were cited as a factor behind the Kospi’s sharp intraday slide on May 12. Market participants said the comments fueled concerns about possible redistribution of profits from the semicondu
Crypto payments platform Infini has officially joined the Circle Alliance Program, the global partner network of Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin. Infini announced on X on May 12 that it had joined the program, which it described as a global
More than six in 10 women-owned businesses in South Korea expect stablecoins to make overseas payments and remittances easier if they are brought into the regulated financial system, a survey showed. Awareness of stablecoins remains low, however, und
The number of South Korean virtual asset service providers suspending operations is rising, with more than 22.114 billion won ($15.8 million) in user assets still unreturned. Although a Digital Asset Protection Foundation has been launched, the actua
President Donald Trump said Iran’s hard-liners will eventually come to the negotiating table. He also appeared dissatisfied with Tehran’s demand for compensation for war damage. Walter Bloomberg reported on May 11 that Trump told Fox News that “Iran
President Donald Trump said he is weighing whether to restart Project Freedom, an operation intended to help commercial ships leave the Strait of Hormuz. He also claimed Iran asked the US to help remove radioactive material from damaged nuclear facil
Solana has started testing Alpenglow, the largest overhaul of its consensus architecture to date. The change is being closely watched as a potential turning point for the network’s speed and stability. CoinDesk reported on May 11 that Anza, Solana’s
US banks are pressing for tighter limits on stablecoin rewards ahead of the Senate Banking Committee’s markup of the CLARITY Act, with restrictions on stablecoin interest payments reemerging as a key point of contention. The Block reported on May 11
Iran has demanded control of the Strait of Hormuz in ceasefire negotiations with the US, according to reports, raising fresh market concern over geopolitical risks surrounding a vital artery for global oil supply. Walter Bloomberg, an overseas financ
Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, said it will invest $75 million in Arc, Circle’s new blockchain project. In a joint post published on a16z’s website on May 11, Ali Yahya and Noah Levin said the firm will purchase $75 million of Arc tokens and work with
Ondo Finance has expanded tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds to the Hyperliquid ecosystem. Crypto media outlet BlockBeats reported on May 11 that Ondo will use its LayerZero-based Ondo Bridge to connect tokenized stocks and ETFs issued on BNB
MoonPay, a crypto payments company, has acquired AI trading startup Dawn Labs and launched Dawn CLI, a natural-language tool for building automated trading strategies. Decrypt reported on May 11 that MoonPay unveiled the AI-native trading product alo
Global equity markets remain near record highs, but the framework that underpinned the era of low inflation and deep globalization is undergoing a structural shift, JPMorgan said. BlockBeats, a digital-asset news outlet, reported on May 11 that Grace
C1 Fund, a digital-asset fund listed on the New York Stock Exchange, said it has deployed about 60% of its assets into major crypto infrastructure companies including Ripple, Kraken and ConsenSys. BlockBeats reported on May 11 that C1 Fund released i
U.S. semiconductor stocks have surged about 60% over the past six weeks, fueling warnings of an AI bubble as retail money floods into the sector near recent highs. BlockBeats, a cryptocurrency-focused media outlet, reported on May 11 that expectation
Bitcoin held above $81,000 as geopolitical tensions tied to Iran and heavy selling by a large holder clouded the short-term outlook. The Block, a crypto-focused media outlet, reported on May 11 that Bitcoin briefly topped $82,000 during the session b
Circle has launched Circle Agent Stack, a financial infrastructure suite for artificial intelligence agents designed to let them hold digital assets, access services and make programmatic payments. According to Circle’s website on May 11, the stack i
International oil prices fell during intraday trading, marking a short-term correction. Odaily, a digital-asset news outlet, reported on May 11 that US West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude each dropped by about $1 in the short term. WTI briefly fe
BitMine, the world’s largest corporate holder of Ether, bought 126,659 ETH over the past week, raising its total holdings to 5,206,790 ETH. That equals 4.31% of Ether’s circulating supply of 120.7 million tokens. A PR Newswire release on May 11 said
Circle's stablecoin USDC accounted for 63% of total stablecoin on-chain transaction volume in the first quarter, highlighting its growing market presence. Circle also said USYC, its tokenized money market fund, has become the world's largest tokenize
Tether minted another 1 billion USDT on the TRON network, bringing its total new issuance over the past three weeks to 6 billion USDT. On-chain analytics account Onchain Lens wrote in a post on X on May 11 that Tether had carried out the latest 1 bil
SharpLink, an Ethereum treasury strategy company, continued to expand its ETH holdings alongside first-quarter revenue growth this year. The company also said it plans to bolster its on-chain yield strategy for institutional clients. Crypto media out
Galaxy, the crypto financial services firm founded by Mike Novogratz, and Ethereum treasury company SharpLink are launching a $125 million fund to expand decentralized finance investing. Forbes reported on May 11 that the companies plan to roll out t
Ronin, a gaming-focused blockchain, will shut down its standalone sidechain and transition to an Ethereum-based layer-2 network. The move is being viewed as an effort to bolster security and improve the network’s structure after a major bridge hack.
Michael Saylor, chairman of Strategy, said the company bought an additional 535 Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 818,869 BTC. In a post on X on May 11, Saylor wrote that Strategy spent about $43 million last week to buy the tokens at an averag
Bitcoin is showing signs of a healthier market structure after breaking above $80,000, with the latest advance driven by spot buying and accumulation by long-term holders rather than a buildup in derivatives leverage, Bitfinex Alpha said. In a report
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed the launch of a prediction-market exchange-traded fund as it conducts further review. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas wrote on X on May 11 that the prediction-market ETF would not launch as
Ripple has secured a credit facility of up to $200 million from global asset manager Neuberger Berman to expand prime brokerage and margin trading services for institutional investors. Bloomberg reported on May 11 that Ripple Prime, the company’s pri