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MoonPay has announced the launch of a new platform, MoonPay Trade, designed for banks, fintech companies, and enterprise clients. It provides unified access to tokenized assets, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, and stablecoin liquidity across over 200 blockchain networks.The platform is powered by Decent.xyz, a cross-chain routing infrastructure company recently acquired by MoonPay for a reported "high eight-figure USD amount." MoonPay stated that this product will serve as the core execution layer for its institutional business, MoonPay Institutional, which is led by former Acting Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Caroline Pham.MoonPay Trade will support subscriptions for tokenized funds, collateral transfers, and integrations with DeFi protocols such as Aave, Morpho, and Maple Finance, enabling institutions to conduct lending and yield generation operations directly on-chain.Industry data shows that the current scale of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) has exceeded $33 billion, growing threefold within a year. Traditional financial institutions, including BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and JPMorgan, have successively launched tokenized fund products, accelerating the influx of institutional capital into on-chain finance.MoonPay stated that as institutions continue to advance their tokenized asset strategies, its goal is to provide traditional financial institutions with the infrastructure capabilities for compliant access to on-chain markets through a unified interface. (CoinDesk)
the Blockchain Leadership Fund (BLF), a bipartisan hybrid political action committee (PAC) co-founded by Anchorage Digital and Chainlink Labs in March 2026, has released its first list of endorsements for the 2026 US midterm elections, providing campaign contributions to support multiple candidates from both parties in the Senate and House of Representatives.The endorsements include Senate candidates Barry Moore, Kurt Alme, Jon Husted, and Angie Craig, as well as House candidates Houston Gaines, Jim Kingston, Jon Bonck, Adrian Boafo, Christian Menefee, and Don Davis, covering key states such as Alabama, Montana, Ohio, Minnesota, Georgia, Texas, Maryland, and North Carolina. The fund stated it will continue to evaluate candidates and expand its support at the federal, state, and local levels. (Cryptoinamerica)
According to Businesswire, Nasdaq-listed SUI Group updated its operational metrics, revealing that its SUI holdings have surpassed 108 million tokens—reaching 108,793,779 as of May 19. This holding size corresponds to a market capitalization of approximately $115 million (based on an SUI price of $1.06), with an overall staking yield of roughly 1.8%. Its market capitalization relative to its market net asset value (mNAV) stands at approximately 0.91x, reflecting a narrowing from prior levels.
Guy Wuollet, General Partner at a16z Crypto, wrote that the financial industry is undergoing a “digital migration” analogous to the cloud computing era—and blockchain is emerging as the core infrastructure driving this transformation. Wall Street’s adoption of blockchain is not motivated by the ideology of “decentralization,” but rather by practical needs: mitigating counterparty risk, improving settlement efficiency, and ensuring fair ordering mechanisms. “Digital assets,” in essence, represent the migration of the financial system’s underlying architecture onto blockchains—akin to how enterprise IT systems shifted from on-premises deployments to cloud services. When financial assets run on programmable, shared infrastructure, they unlock “composability”—a defining advantage enabling assets to be freely combined and extended like software. This significantly reduces development costs and boosts overall innovation efficiency across the financial system. This trend will propel traditional finance from “closed reconciliation systems” toward “on-chain coordination networks,” and blockchain technology will gradually become a standard component of the financial infrastructure layer.
According to The Block, Foundation, a Bitcoin hardware wallet manufacturer, has raised $6.4 million in funding. The round was led by Fulgur Ventures, with participation from Arche Capital. The company plans to accelerate its expansion from Bitcoin self-custody wallets into identity authentication, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and AI agent authorization. Following this round, Foundation’s total funding has reached $16.5 million. Meanwhile, Foundation has announced the full commercial launch of its flagship device, the Passport Prime, and opened its KeyOS platform SDK to developers. The device integrates a Bitcoin hardware wallet, FIDO security key, 2FA storage, secure vault, and 50 GB of encrypted storage.
Former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Christopher Giancarlo will join investment bank Jefferies Financial Group in July as a senior advisor focusing on investment banking. During his tenure, Giancarlo led the approval of the first batch of bitcoin futures contracts listed on CBOE and CME, and held a relatively lenient stance on crypto regulation, earning the industry nickname "CryptoDad."In recent years, Jefferies has positioned itself as a "full-stack crypto and blockchain investment bank," having completed approximately 14 digital asset transactions totaling around $9 billion; since 2011, it has completed about 100 transactions in market structure and technology sectors, totaling roughly $141 billion; currently, about 15 employees are dedicated to crypto business. Giancarlo stated that he will leverage his regulatory network to help Jefferies deepen its digital asset-related investment banking business layout. (Bloomberg)
according to the official announcement, Bitget has now launched a U-margined 10000NEX perpetual contract, supporting up to 20x leverage, and the contract trading Bot will also be available simultaneously.In addition, users can also participate in the NEX CandyBomb event. New contract users who complete net deposit and trading tasks can receive up to 20 million NEX per person, with a total prize pool of 2 billion NEX. The event will end on May 28 at 20:00 (UTC+8).
Odaily reports, ARK Invest stated that the choice of implementation for post-quantum cryptography and its on-chain deployment should be kept separate from the handling of tokens that remain quantum-vulnerable. (Bitcoin News)
Curve Finance has announced it will conduct database upgrade maintenance at 9:00 AM Central European Summer Time (CEST) on May 25. The official estimate suggests the maintenance will take approximately 20 minutes to 1 hour. During the maintenance period, the Curve front-end interface will be temporarily inaccessible, but the underlying smart contracts will continue to operate normally, and the core functions of the protocol will not be affected.
Odaily Odaily News According to the updated information on the official website of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, NewBX Limited’s digital asset trading platform Bixin has obtained a virtual asset trading platform operating license. The institution is authorized to conduct regulated activities of Type 1 (dealing in securities) and Type 7 (providing automated trading services), and has also been licensed under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance to operate a virtual asset trading platform. As of now, the total number of licensed virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong has increased to 13, with 6 applicants for virtual asset trading platform licenses.
According to Businesswire, Payward, the parent company of Kraken, announced that it has received preliminary approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in the United Arab Emirates for brokerage, trading, investment, and management licenses. Payward plans to expand its crypto business in the UAE and expects to offer spot, margin, and OTC trading, staking services, and Kraken Prime—its institutional offering—through a locally regulated entity. It will also support peer-to-peer crypto-asset transfers.
According to the official announcement, Binance HODLer Airdrop #64 project Gensyn (AIGENSYN) is now live. Users who subscribe to Simple Earn (Flexible and/or Fixed) and on-chain yield products using BNB between 08:00 on May 4, 2026, and 07:59 on May 7, 2026 (UTC+8) will be eligible for the airdrop allocation. The airdrop is expected to be distributed to eligible users’ spot wallets within 5 hours of the announcement’s release.
according to the official announcement, Binance HODLer Airdrop Phase 64 project Gensyn (AIGENSYN) has been launched. Users who subscribe to SimpleEarn (Flexible and/or Locked) and On-Chain Yields products with BNB between 00:00 on May 4, 2026 and 23:59 on May 6, 2026 (UTC) will receive airdrop allocations. The airdrop is expected to be distributed to eligible users' spot wallets within 5 hours after the announcement.
according to the official announcement, BitMart Futures will launch the URNMUSDT perpetual contract at 20:00 on May 21, 2026 (UTC+8), supporting leverage of up to 10x.
According to the official announcement, Bybit has launched pre-market perpetual contracts for SpaceX (SPCX/USDT), offering up to 10x leverage. SpaceX is scheduled to officially list on the Nasdaq on June 12 under the ticker symbol SPCX, with its IPO aiming to raise up to $75 billion. For more details, please visit the Bybit official platform.
According to official announcements, B.AI has added support for $HTX deposits. Public information indicates that B.AI is a financial infrastructure built for the AI Agent era, dedicated to addressing core requirements of AI Agents in areas such as model integration, payments, clearing and settlement, identity management, and collaboration. As the sole designated partner token of Huobi HTX, $HTX’s integration with B.AI is viewed by the market as a further expansion of $HTX into the AI application ecosystem.
It is reported that Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) saw its stock price drop nearly 5% in a single day following the release of its FY2026 Q4 earnings report on May 15. While revenue showed modest growth, profitability deteriorated sharply: Non-GAAP EPS stood at just $0.09, adjusted EBITDA contracted approximately 84% year-on-year, and quarterly free cash flow turned negative at $2.5 billion. Management attributed the losses to intense capital expenditures during the AI-First strategic transformation—specifically, procurement of AI computing power, expansion of data centers, and subsidies for instant delivery services—all occurring simultaneously and significantly compressing short-term profit margins. Ongoing U.S.-China tech tensions and persistent uncertainty surrounding AI chip export controls have further amplified market pessimism. The stock fell nearly 5% today.
according to Reuters, that blockchain venture capital firm BlockBooster announced on May 15 the launch of its first fund, the BlockBooster Digital Venture Fund I, with a size of $50 million. The fund focuses on four major tracks: AI infrastructure, on-chain trading ecosystems, on-chain asset management, and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, marking the company's official entry into the digital economy sector as a comprehensive alternative asset manager.Founded in 2023, BlockBooster is backed by institutional investors including OKX Ventures. Samuel Gu, founder and CEO of the company, stated, "Deep incubation is the most proactive form of asset management." The launch of this fund represents a significant step in institutionalizing the firm's venture incubation capabilities.It is reported that the fund's initial investment portfolio projects will be announced in the coming weeks.
: According to official sources, MGBX will list CBRSUSDT, DRAMUSDT, and RKLBUSDT perpetual contract trading pairs on May 21, 2026, at 18:00 (SGT).Trading open time: May 21, 2026, at 18:00 (SGT).Leverage multiples: CBRS and DRAM support up to 20x, RKLB supports up to 25x.
CoinW and Alchemy Pay, a global leading payment service provider, have jointly launched a new crypto payment solution—CoinW Guoguo Card—offering users a more convenient, secure, and flexible crypto asset spending experience.