A blockchain-enabled platform, Tether, has publicized the positioning of its native USDT stablecoin on Kaia blockchain, a layer 1 network launched in August last year on May 7. As per the announcement, USDT will be amalgamated into the Japanese messaging app LINE’s Mini Dapp platform and self-custodial wallet. Tether posted
World Liberty Financial (WLFI)—a crypto initiative tied to the U.S. President Donald Trump—has just wrapped up a major governance vote. It received near-total support to test its new stablecoin, USD1, via an airdrop to current WLFI token holders. The vote ends officially on May 14, and over 2.6 billion tokens
Bitcoin surged early Wednesday in Asia as renewed optimism over US-China trade negotiations lifted investor sentiment. The cryptocurrency climbed as much as 3.2% to reach $97,500 in Singapore trading before pulling back slightly. Ether, the second-largest digital asset, also saw a gain of 4.2% amid the broader market rally. The
In a significant expansion of its digital asset offerings, cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has officially listed Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin for trading. The platform announced that users can now deposit, withdraw, and trade the dollar-backed token on the platform. This marks it as the 15th exchange to support this emerging stablecoin. Strategic
Chorus One, a provider of institutional-grade staking infrastructure, has announced the launch of its TON Pool with the goal to change the way large-scale entities participate in blockchain ecosystems. With a fully compliant, scalable, and secure infrastructure, Chorus One is expanding institutional engagement in the TON ecosystem at a time
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The Bank of Italy has sounded an alarm over the growing integration of cryptocurrencies into mainstream financial markets, cautioning that the trend poses a risk to global market stability, particularly under the pro-crypto policies of the Trump administration. The central bank, in its April Financial Stability Report, identified an increase
U.S. cybersecurity firm, Silent Push, reported that North Korean hackers used legitimate US business entities to deploy malware against cryptocurrency developers. These hackers developed an advanced scheme that used false job advertisements to trick developers into falling victim to their cyber attacks. Three front organizations participated in the operation. Blocknovas
The recovery attempts ultimately ended in a 5.89% surge in the broader crypto market cap, reaching $2.91 trillion, following the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s statement that the tariff feud between the US and China is unsustainable. It reflects a neutral sentiment in the market, with the Fear and Greed Index
The U.S.-based law firm Burwick Law has publicly challenged the Solana NFT platform Metaplex over its upcoming plan to transfer unclaimed SOL tokens, worth approximately $7.3 million, into its DAO treasury. The issue revolves around the resize rent, originally paid by users as part of a blockchain optimization introduced last
