Author: Ravi Kumar

Tether has launched USA₮, a federally regulated dollar-backed stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, under the GENIUS Act rules

Theo has launched thGOLD, a tokenized gold product that combines exposure to gold prices with yield generation.

An OKX survey of 1,000 Americans shows Gen Z and Millennials are about 5x more likely than Boomers to trust crypto platforms, while Boomers favor banks.

Toku enables compliant USDC payroll on Polygon with real-time settlement, low fees, and integrations with ADP, Workday and Gusto.

X bans “InfoFi” crypto—apps that pay users (often via tokens, points, or airdrop-style leaderboards) for posting and replying—by revoking their developer API access and explicitly banning “reward-for-posting” models on the platform.

Bitcoin joins gold rally, rises to a two-month high above $99,000, helped by softer U.S. inflation and anxiety over Fed independence; $100,000 is the next key level.

Spacecoin struck new agreements in Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia and Cambodia after launching three CTC-1 satellites, aiming to pilot decentralized satellite connectivity.

GSX and Globalasia Infrastructure Fund (GIF) formed a strategic partnership to tokenize real-world water infrastructure assets and use stablecoin-based settlement across Southeast Asia.

“These acquisitions give us regulated access to U.S. payment rails, wallet infrastructure, and cross-chain intents capabilities to build an open payments business on top of onchain settlement,” said Polygon Labs CEO, Marc Boiron.

Bakkt Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire Distributed Technologies Research Ltd., a stablecoin payments infrastructure provider, in an all-stock deal. It is expected to deepen the…