- CryptoQuant says Bitcoin's April price surge was 'speculative' as spot demand remains weak, warns of correction risk - BlackRock urges the OCC to drop the tokenized reserve cap idea and expand eligible assets in its GENIUS Act comment letter. - North Korea terrorism creditors move to seize Arbitrum-frozen Kelp DAO ETH ahead of DeFi United vote - New York AG settles for $5 million with Uphold in first enforcement action against a crypto yield product promoter - Michael Saylor's Strategy pauses weekly bitcoin purchases ahead of Q1 earnings release - Bitcoin rises past $80,000, breaking 'major' psychological resistance zone - The Funding: How DeFi hacks could hit crypto funds - Kraken parent Payward completes Bitnomial acquisition, unlocking US crypto derivatives offering - North Korea blames 'reptile media' over reports of crypto theft - SOL Strategies to acquire cross-chain swap aggregator Houdini for $18 million - Bitcoin scaling layer Citrea rolls out CTR token and dual treasury model - 'Meritless PR stunt': Justin Sun downplays Trump-backed WLFI defamation countersuit as frozen token dispute escalates - Stablecoin startup Rain joins Mastercard as a Principal Member - BitMine adds 101,745 ETH for $238 million in third straight weekly buy above 100,000 tokens - FINRA green lights Securitize for tokenized IPO underwriting and custody - Kraken's parent company alleges custodian Etana misappropriated $25 million - Western Union launches USDPT stablecoin issued by Anchorage on Solana - Crypto VC Haun Ventures raises $1 billion for funds investing in blockchain and AI - SEC pumps the brakes on prediction market ETFs set to debut this week: Reuters - DTC to begin tokenized asset rollout in July ahead of full launch as it gets feedback from BlackRock, Circle and others - Coinbase-incubated Base network adopts Succinct's zero-knowledge tech - Binance adds protection against physical threats as problems with crypto wrench attacks persist - South Korea’s largest crypto exchange Upbit launches Ethereum blockchain with Optimism Foundation support - Aave fights court-ordered $73 million ETH freeze, argues 'a thief does not own what he steals' - Exodus payments pivot hits 'critical threshold,' opens new revenue streams: Benchmark - SC Ventures named first external shareholder of GSR following strategic investment - Bank trade groups say Senate stablecoin reward fix 'falls short' amid deposit protection concerns - Crypto stocks rally amid Clarity Act momentum; Circle jumps nearly 20% - Coinbase Australia launches crypto support for self-directed retirement funds - US spot Bitcoin ETFs attract $532 million as inflows extend to a third day, led by BlackRock and Fidelity - Ripple shares North Korea-linked threat data as crypto attacks shift to social engineering - Bank of Italy calls for EU to explore tokenized SEPA payments - Bullish to acquire Equiniti in a $4.2 billion deal combining transfer agent and tokenization stack - FalconX and Sygnum partner to launch tokenized credit offering for institutional clients - a16z crypto raises $2.2 billion for fifth fund, promotes CTO to general partner - Coinbase cuts 14% of staff as it navigates downturn, shifts to AI-native operations - Global crypto ETP inflow streak extends to five weeks, masking sharp intraweek reversal: CoinShares - Sequans sells 1,025 Bitcoin to fund debt redemption and buybacks as revenue drops 24.8% - Cipher Digital loses $114 million in Q1 as bitcoin miner accelerates AI data center pivot - Coinbase makes 'seven-figure' investment in Centrifuge, taps platform as Base's main tokenization partner - Wormhole bridges the 'canonical' version of Bittensor's TAO token to Solana - Securitize taps Jump and Jupiter as it rolls out fully onchain, regulated onchain stocks - IREN snaps up Mirantis in a $625 million all-stock deal to round out its AI cloud platform - Google Cloud, Solana Foundation roll out new pay-as-you-go system for AI agents - MoneyGram supports crypto-to-cash withdrawals for Kraken users - Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse warns the next two weeks are critical for crypto legislation - MoonPay acquires Solana execution layer firm DFlow used by Coinbase, Phantom - State Street and Galaxy launch fund on Solana designed to 'sweep' stablecoins into productive vehicle - SoFi to launch its stablecoin on Solana, citing speed and cost - 'We do not see a middle ground': TD Cowen says stablecoin yield fight could still delay crypto bill