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Opening On May 6, the XRP Ledger achieved a milestone when Ripple, JPMorgan's Kinexys, Mastercard, and Ondo Finance executed the first cross-border, cross-bank redemption of tokenized U.S. Treasuries, settling the transaction in under five seconds. Evernorth, commenting on the event, emphasized th

SHIB remains bearish, trading below all major moving averages with weak momentum signals. Shibarium grows rapidly, but low TVL keeps investor sentiment cautious and subdued. Price likely stays range-bound between key support and resistance levels short term. Shiba Inu enters the new

KKR announced on May 19 that it will sell its entire 10.57% stake in Japanese chip equipment supplier Kokusai Electric, marking the private equity firm's complete exit from the investment. The sale comes as demand tied to AI infrastructure has helped lift Kokusai Electric shares approximately 20%

Fewer than 27,000 BTC now separates Strategy and Blackrock in what has become an unprecedented contest to be the first institution to hold 1 million bitcoin. Key Takeaways: Strategy leads with 843,738 BTC against Blackrock’s 817,138 BTC, a gap of roughly 26,600 coins. Strategy overtook Black

Solana generated approximately $342 million in "chain GDP" during the first quarter of 2026, according to ecosystem analytics reports and on-chain data providers. This metric measures aggregate economic activity generated directly on-chain through transaction fees, application revenue, validator

Bitcoin Reaches 100,000-Block Countdown to 2028 Halving The Bitcoin network has officially crossed a key countdown milestone with roughly 100,000 blocks remaining before the next scheduled halving event, expected to occur in early-to-mid 2028. Bitcoin halvings occur automatically every 210,000 blo

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the U.S. recorded $648.6 million in net outflows across seven funds on Monday, marking their largest single-day outflows since January 29. According to SoSoValue data, this extended last week's total net outflows of $1 billion, which ended a six-week positive st

AI Financial Corporation, a treasury firm chaired by World Liberty Financial CEO Zachary Witkoff, reported a net loss of $271.5 million for the quarter ended March 28, 2026, and warned that its financial conditions "raise substantial doubt" about its ability to continue operating within one year.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) approved a policy proposal on Tuesday to build a national financial system using artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. The proposal, titled "Next-generation AI & Onchain Finance Concept," was drafted by a project team within the LDP led by p

US Criticizes China Dominance in Semiconductor Supply Chains US Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg on Monday, May 18, defended the planned Economic Security Zone in New Clark City under the US-led Pax Silica initiative while sharply criticizing China's control over critical

Wego, a Dubai- and Singapore-based travel booking platform, announced on May 19 a partnership with Triple-A, a Singapore-based stablecoin payments firm, to enable customers to pay for flights and other travel bookings using supported stablecoins. The partnership targets cross-border bookings and

SEC Weighs Tokenized Stock Trading on DeFi Platforms The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering a major regulatory shift that could allow blockchain platforms to offer tokenized versions of publicly traded stocks through decentralized finance infrastructure. According to multiple r

Meta Platforms is moving ahead with plans to cut approximately 10% of its global workforce, affecting nearly 8,000 employees in one of the largest technology sector layoffs of 2026. The restructuring forms part of Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's broader strategy to reorganize the company a

Echo Protocol, a Bitcoin liquidity and synthetic asset protocol built on the Monad ecosystem, suffered a major exploit after attackers minted approximately 1,000 eBTC tokens worth nearly $76.7 million through a compromised administrator key tied to its Monad deployment. The exploit was first

Prime Trust's post-bankruptcy litigation trust has filed suit against Swan Bitcoin in Delaware bankruptcy court, alleging the Bitcoin services company exploited insider knowledge to withdraw nearly $1 billion in assets from the custodian in the days before its August 2023 collapse. The complaint

Decentralized finance protocol Echo Protocol was exploited after an attacker minted approximately 1,000 unauthorized eBTC on the protocol deployed on the Monad blockchain. Blockchain security firm PeckShield and analytics platform Lookonchain reported the incident on Tuesday, noting that the

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly developing an "innovation exemption" for blockchain-based tokenized trading of public companies, according to a Bloomberg report published Monday. The exemption could come as early as this week, potentially expanding the trading of publicly lis

The Ethereum Foundation saw the resignations of Julian Ma and Carl Beek on Monday, bringing the total number of high-profile departures at the organization to at least eight in recent months. Ma ended his four-year tenure, while Beek concluded his seven-year tenure at the Foundation. Ma