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Odaily Planet Daily reported that payment company Corpay has announced a partnership with stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK to introduce stablecoin wallet and settlement capabilities into its global enterprise payment platform, providing a new channel for cross-border fund flows outside the traditional banking system. Through this integration, Corpay’s enterprise customers can view both fiat and stablecoin balances on the same platform interface, and are supported in sending, receiving, storing, and exchanging stablecoins, realizing embedded wallet functions that cover more flexible cross-border payment scenarios. (CoinDesk)
: Solana core development team Anza announced that a major consensus mechanism upgrade, codenamed Alpenglow, has been launched on the community testnet. Validators can now switch from the current Proof-of-Stake, Proof-of-History, and TowerBFT architecture to the new consensus framework within the test cluster.The upgrade shortens transaction finality time and improves network response efficiency by restructuring the validator communication and block confirmation process. This testing phase marks that validators can now execute the Alpenswitch migration operation in a real-world environment. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko previously stated that if testing goes smoothly, Alpenglow could be deployed to the mainnet as early as next quarter. (CoinDesk)
According to The Block, Rob Nichols, CEO of the American Bankers Association (ABA), sent a letter to senior bank executives on Sunday evening urging them to contact U.S. Senators and call for further tightening of provisions related to stablecoin rewards ahead of the Senate Banking Committee’s markup vote scheduled for Thursday. Nichols warned that the current draft fails to effectively prevent crypto firms from offering users “interest-like rewards,” which could trigger massive outflows of bank deposits and threaten economic growth and financial stability. The current draft was negotiated by Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Thom Tillis. It prohibits paying users interest or returns for holding stablecoins but permits rewards tied to genuine activity or transactions—a provision supported by Coinbase. Banking industry groups contend that these exceptions contain loopholes that could be circumvented, and on May 8, they jointly wrote to Committee Chairman Tim Scott and Democrat Elizabeth Warren, requesting technical revisions to the language of the provision.
Ondo Finance has officially disclosed that Ondo now supports bridging its tokenized stocks and ETFs (such as SPYon, NVDAon, TSLAon, etc.) from Ethereum and BNB Chain to Hyperliquid’s HyperEVM via the Ondo Bridge. This integration supports 35 types of tokenized assets, which can be combined with Hyperliquid’s perpetual contract markets for strategies such as basis trading, funding rate arbitrage, and neutral hedging. The prices of Ondo’s tokenized assets are pegged to quotes from traditional markets like the NYSE and Nasdaq, aiming to preserve off-chain market liquidity. Since its launch in September 2025, Ondo Global Markets has accumulated a total TVL of approximately $970 million, with a trading volume of nearly $18 billion.
a16z Crypto published a post explaining its investment rationale for Arc, noting that stablecoins have evolved from crypto-native trading tools into the foundational layer of global financial infrastructure—and are now driving blockchain’s evolution from “application-layer finance” to a “system-level economic operating system.” Last year, stablecoin transaction volume reached approximately $9 trillion—placing it on par with global payment networks such as Visa and PayPal. The total supply of USD-pegged stablecoins has surpassed $270 billion. Cross-border payments, B2B settlements, and foreign exchange transactions are emerging as core use cases for stablecoins, positioning them increasingly as the “global capital flow upgrade layer.” a16z Crypto stated that existing blockchain infrastructure remains primarily geared toward crypto-native users and individual developers, lacking native support for large-scale institutional requirements. Its participation in building the ARC token ecosystem stems from the expectation that, as global finance gradually migrates on-chain, only a select few public blockchains will be capable of serving as the foundational bedrock for “on-chain economic systems.”
According to Decrypt, MoonPay has announced the acquisition of AI trading startup Dawn Labs and officially launched its AI-native trading product, Dawn CLI. This platform enables users to build and execute automated trading strategies via natural language prompts—no development or quantitative trading expertise required. Initially, the product supports the prediction market platform Polymarket, with plans to expand to additional trading platforms and asset types. Dawn CLI employs a local, non-custodial wallet and auditable strategy code to mitigate potential risks associated with AI agents executing trades. This acquisition marks MoonPay’s latest move in building AI infrastructure, following its earlier launch of the stablecoin debit card MoonAgents Card for AI agents, an open-source wallet standard, and its acquisition of crypto key management firm Sodot.
Binance has released its latest security report. In response to the current industry trend of rapidly proliferating AI-powered fraud, the platform has deployed over 24 AI security initiatives and equipped more than 100 AI models to build an intelligent defense system against various types of crypto fraud. Statistics show that from the beginning of 2025 to the first quarter of 2026, Binance has protected over 5.4 million users and intercepted potential fund losses amounting to $10.53 billion.In Q1 2026, the platform successfully intercepted 22.9 million scams and phishing attacks, protecting $1.98 billion in user funds. It pushed over 9,600 real-time risk alerts daily and blacklisted a total of 36,000 malicious on-chain addresses. The report points out that AI-powered social engineering attacks, including deepfakes, voice cloning, and phishing bots, have become mainstream fraud methods. In 2025, the overall scale of crypto fraud reached $17 billion, a 30% year-over-year increase.On the risk control front, Binance's AI systems handle 57% of fraud detection work, reducing card fraud rates to 60%-70% of the industry average. Upgraded AI-driven anti-forgery KYC verification has increased audit efficiency by up to 100 times. Its AI trading tool, Binance Ai Pro, adopts an isolated account architecture, granting only trading permissions while prohibiting withdrawals. The platform blocked 12% of high-risk third-party AI plugins. Additionally, in 2025, Binance assisted in recovering $12.8 million in defrauded funds, handled 48,000 cases, and worked with law enforcement agencies to freeze $131 million in illegal assets.
: OpenAI announced the establishment of a new subsidiary, OpenAI Deployment Company, focused on driving the large-scale implementation and system reconfiguration of AI within core enterprise operations, marking its extension from a "model provider" further into the realm of "enterprise AI infrastructure and implementation."The new company will focus on the "Frontline Deployment Engineer (FDE)" model, which involves deeply embedding AI engineers within enterprises to work alongside management and frontline teams to restructure key business processes, transforming AI capabilities into sustainable, operational production systems. The goal is not just to provide model capabilities, but to help enterprises rebuild their organizational and operational frameworks around "intelligent systems."In its initial phase, OpenAI has reached an agreement to acquire AI consulting and engineering firm Tomoro, bringing in approximately 150 engineers and experts with experience in complex enterprise AI deployments, covering high-complexity business scenarios such as retail, aviation, and gaming.OpenAI Deployment Company is led by TPG, with participation from 19 global investment institutions and consulting firms including Advent, Bain Capital, and Brookfield, as well as Goldman Sachs, SoftBank Group, McKinsey, Bain & Company, and Capgemini, forming a collaborative ecosystem spanning capital and enterprise transformation services. The company's initial financing round exceeds $4 billion.
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company LM Funding America (LMFA) released its unaudited operational report for April 2026, disclosing data on its Bitcoin treasury holdings and mining output. As of April 30, the company held 334 Bitcoins, valued at a total of $25.3 million based on a price of approximately $75,800 per coin that month. This corresponds to a Bitcoin asset value per share of $1.18, significantly higher than the company's U.S. stock closing price of $0.24.Data shows that the company net mined 9.4 BTC in April and sold 13.5 BTC during the same period, leading to a slight decrease in Bitcoin holdings from 338.1 BTC in March. The company's total mining machine count remains at 7,508 units, with a stable network hashrate of 0.79 EH/s, showing no change in hashing power scale.
the Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) has announced the launch of a compliant institutional-grade digital asset custody service in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), aiming to position Abu Dhabi as a global digital finance hub. The service is designed to provide institutional clients with highly secure and scalable digital asset custody solutions. Initially, the service will support the custody of Bitcoin and Ethereum, with subsequent phases expanding to stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), and more regulated digital financial products. The project remains subject to final agreement confirmation and relevant regulatory approvals. (Crowdfundinsider)
According to Circle’s official announcement, Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) unveiled the Circle Agent Stack on May 11—a suite of services and tools purpose-built for the agent economy, designed to empower AI agents as autonomous economic participants. Initial offerings include: Circle CLI (Command-Line Interface), Nanopayments—microtransactions in gas-free USDC down to $0.000001, powered by Circle Gateway; Agent Wallets—policy-controlled agent wallets; and Agent Marketplace—a directory of agent services. These products are now officially live at agents.circle.com.
Odaily Odaily Planet Daily reports, Ronin, the gaming-focused blockchain behind Axie Infinity, will migrate from an independent sidechain to an Ethereum Layer 2 network (L2) via a hard fork on May 12. The upgrade adopts the OP Stack architecture and is expected to trigger approximately 10 hours of network downtime, during which transfers, swaps, contract interactions, and on-chain gaming activities will all be paused.This upgrade simultaneously introduces the Proof of Distribution mechanism, which automatically rewards ecosystem builders based on their actual network contributions. In terms of tokenomics, RON's inflation rate will be drastically reduced from over 20% to below 1%; the 90 million RON originally allocated for staking rewards will be transferred to the treasury fund; and the market fee will be increased from 0.5% to 1.25% to enhance network security, scalability, and long-term economic stability. (CoinDesk)
Odaily, Tether has announced the launch of its Developer Grants Program, providing financial support to developers building products based on its open-source technology stack. There is no total cap on the funding amount, and payments are made based on specific technical deliverables. The program is now open for applications. Developers can earn USDT or Bitcoin rewards by completing designated tasks, with individual grants ranging from approximately $1,500 to $4,000, covering areas such as wallet infrastructure, browser extensions, and e-commerce payment integrations.Additionally, Tether will focus on enhancing its open-source wallet development kit, WDK (Wallet Development Kit), allowing developers to embed non-custodial wallets directly into applications. This enables local key generation, transaction signing, and asset transfers without relying on custodial services or third-party APIs.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that much of the current infrastructure still relies on centralized platforms and data-driven business models. Tether aims to support systems that can "run locally, directly hold value, and operate without dependency on external service providers" to enter the market.The grants program covers four main areas: core protocol development, technical documentation and educational resources, application development based on the Tether technology stack, and research into decentralization, edge AI, P2P networks, and cryptography.
According to The Block, Corpay (NYSE: CPAY), a S&P 500 constituent and payment services provider, announced a partnership with stablecoin infrastructure platform BVNK to integrate stablecoin wallet and settlement capabilities into its global payments network. Users will be able to directly store, exchange, and transfer stablecoins via the Corpay platform, with stablecoin balances displayed alongside fiat currency balances. Additionally, Corpay will integrate stablecoin payment rails into its treasury management operations to reduce reliance on pre-funded accounts and enable 24/7 settlement. Corpay currently processes over $12 billion in corporate payments per month and handles approximately $26 billion in foreign exchange transactions monthly, supporting more than 145 currencies.
Trader A (@missoralways) posted that he had stored seven-figure assets in Sigma for a long time without encountering security issues in the past. However, two of his recent wallets have suffered asset theft, both occurring when wallet balances fell below $10,000.He also stated that another friend suffered the theft of approximately $200,000 in assets today, and mentioned Sigma in connection with the incident. The Sigma team has launched an investigation. The trader said he released this information for security reminder purposes and emphasized that he is not an affiliated promoter of any bot-related products.
According to Bloomberg, Ripple’s prime brokerage division secured up to $200 million in asset-backed debt financing through Neuberger Berman’s specialized financial team. The funds will be used to expand margin capacity for institutional investors across multi-market trading—including equities, fixed income, and cryptocurrencies—with the actual available credit line dynamically adjusted based on institutional clients’ borrowing needs.
CoinShares data shows crypto funds saw net inflows of $858 million last week, marking the fifth consecutive week of inflows and the largest single-week inflow since the end of April. Among them, Bitcoin funds attracted over $700 million in a single week, with year-to-date inflows reaching $4.9 billion, indicating sustained growth in institutional investor demand for the crypto market.Market analysis suggests that positive expectations related to the "Clarity Act" have driven an improvement in institutional sentiment. Currently, BTC prices remain above the $80,000 mark, with the market watching for a potential breakout of the 200-day moving average near $82,000. Marex analysts point out that if Bitcoin manages a daily close above $82,000 accompanied by stable spot buying, it could initiate a new upward trend.In the altcoin space, SUI rose 12% in 24 hours to $1.26. Mysten Labs co-founder Adeniyi Abiodun revealed that Sui plans to launch confidential transaction features this year to support fee-free private payments. Additionally, Nasdaq-listed Sui Group Holdings (SUIG) previously announced that it has staked most of its reserve SUI, effectively reducing the circulating market supply by approximately 2.7%. (CoinDesk)
According to Circle’s official announcement, Circle (NYSE: CRCL) released its Q1 2026 financial results, reporting total revenue and reserve income of $694 million, up 20% year-on-year; adjusted EBITDA of $151 million, up 24% year-on-year; and net income of $55 million, down 15% year-on-year—primarily impacted by higher share-based compensation expenses following its IPO. USDC’s quarter-end circulating supply reached $77 billion, up 28% year-on-year, while on-chain transaction volume totaled $21.5 trillion, surging 263% year-on-year and accounting for 63% of the stablecoin market’s total transaction volume.
Circle has released its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026. The data shows that as of the end of the first quarter, the circulating supply of USDC reached $77 billion, a year-over-year increase of 28%; on-chain transaction volume for USDC in the first quarter reached $21.5 trillion, up 263% year-over-year.The financial report indicates that Circle's total revenue and reserve income for the first quarter was $694 million, a 20% increase year-over-year; adjusted EBITDA was $151 million, up 24% year-over-year; net profit was $55 million, a 15% decrease year-over-year.Additionally, Circle disclosed that its ARC Token pre-sale raised $222 million, with a fully diluted valuation of $3 billion. Participants included institutions such as a16z crypto, BlackRock, and ARK Invest. The company also announced the launch of the "Agent Stack" infrastructure for AI agent scenarios, including products like Agent Wallets and Agent Marketplace, designed to support AI agent payments and commercial activities based on USDC.
According to QCP analysis, this week features a dense schedule of macroeconomic events, with market attention focused on three key themes: First, President Trump and President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet in Beijing this week, with discussions expected to cover tariffs, the rare-earth supply chain, and the Middle East situation; markets are watching closely to see whether substantive progress can be achieved on trade. Second, April’s CPI, PPI, and retail sales data will be released sequentially; if inflation stabilizes, real yields may decline—historically providing support for the crypto market—whereas the opposite would reinforce expectations of monetary tightening. Third, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold hearings on the CLARITY Act; legislative progress could further catalyze institutional capital inflows. Currently, despite ETF outflows last week, BTC has held the $80,000 level, while crypto volatility remains near its lowest point of the year, with the VIX at approximately 18. In the short term, BTC is highly likely to remain range-bound, with $84,000 serving as a key resistance level.