VOYA Games raised $5M from 1kx, Makers Fund, RockawayX, and prominent Web3 founders

“By unlocking bilateral crosschain flows for a range of both native and non-native assets, we’re dramatically expanding liquidity for our ecosystem and enabling enterprises to engage with decentralized finance at a global scale,” said VeChain CEO, Sunny Lu.

Maple Finance merges its Syrup protocol into a single platform, offering streamlined institutional and permissionless DeFi products including syrupUSDC, BTC Yield, and structured lending strategies.

“By combining Astar’s strong ecosystem with our extensive portfolio and experience, we’re poised to unlock new possibilities for creators, developers, and users in the rapidly evolving Web3 entertainment landscape,” said Yat Siu, executive chairman and co-founder of Animoca Brands.

The Supreme Court of India has criticized the government’s delay in regulating cryptocurrencies, calling unregulated Bitcoin trading a “polished form of Hawala.” The Court warned that legal ambiguity risks misuse and called for urgent policy action.

MANTRA and WIN Investments join forces to bring the $66B football transfer market on-chain via regulated, tokenized assets linked to FIFA’s Solidarity Mechanism.

PDX Global adds the $TRUMP meme coin to its Beam payments platform, allowing over 642,000 holders to spend crypto at merchants with instant fiat conversion and no merchant crypto exposure.

FTX Recovery Trust will distribute over $5 billion to eligible creditors starting May 30, 2025, as part of the second payout under its bankruptcy reorganization plan.