Month: May 2026

Web3 Education Platform Rise In and Stellar Launch APAC Hackathon

Web3 education and acceleration platform Rise In and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have launched the APAC Stellar Hackathon, a developer competition focused on building financial applications across Southeast Asia. The event is primarily conducted online for developers across the…

Major XRP Breakout Brewing as Bollinger Bands Reach Extreme Compression

Will the token finally break out of its prolonged consolidation phase? Although every major breakout attempt from the cross-border token has been halted in the past several months, analysts continue to be highly positive that such a big move…

Capital B Buys 192 BTC After $20M Raise as Treasury Strategy Accelerates

Key Takeaways Capital B bought 192 BTC for $15M (€13M), raising total holdings to 3,135 bitcoin. Adam Back backed Capital B’s $20M (€17.15M) raise, signaling rising BTC treasury adoption. Capital B targets long-term bitcoin accumulation as Europe’s treasury race accelerates….

SEC proposal could open crypto markets to tokenized public stocks

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reportedly prepared an “innovation exemption” that could allow blockchain platforms to offer tokenized versions of publicly traded stocks, including tokens issued without direct approval from the underlying companies. Summary The SEC is reportedly…

Polymarket faces scrutiny as nearly 20% of dispute judges have financial ties to the bets they decide

Imagine a courtroom where one in five judges had money riding on the verdict. That’s roughly the situation playing out on Polymarket, the crypto prediction market that has become the go-to platform for betting on everything from elections to Fed…

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Pi Network Expands Pi App Studio to Bring AI-Built Apps Into Its Blockchain Ecosystem

Pi Network has recently expanded Pi App Studio, allowing creators to use external AI coding tools to build apps and integrate them into the Pi ecosystem via the SDK and Pi payments. This update transforms App Studio from an internal…

Tether Backs LemFi in Strategic Investment to Supercharge Migrant Remittances

Key Takeaways Tether invested in LemFi, a remittance app serving 30 countries, to integrate USDT for global payments. CEO Paolo Ardoino notes this validates USDT for LemFi’s 500,000 users, beating fiat in cost and speed. Building on a 2023 $33M…

Goldman Sachs Exits XRP and SOL ETF Positions in Q1 2026

Goldman simultaneously increased exposure to crypto infrastructure firms like Circle, Coinbase, and Galaxy Digital. Goldman Sachs seems to have quietly unwound its entire XRP and Solana ETF positions in the first quarter of 2026. This is according to its…

YGG Play, Ruyui to Feature ‘Roots of Embervault’ on Launchpad

YGG Play, the publishing arm of Yield Guild Games (YGG), announced a third-party publishing partnership with animation and gaming studio Ruyui to integrate the soulslike pixel-art RPG “Roots of Embervault” into its ecosystem. The game is featured on the YGG…

Revolut launches first physical crypto card

Revolut launched its first physical crypto card on May 18, a Dogecoin-themed LED card for the UK and EEA. Summary Revolut unveiled its first physical crypto card with a Dogecoin theme and LED display, usable anywhere Visa and Mastercard are…