Mastercard Brings On-Chain Payments to 150M Merchants
Mastercard’s infrastructure now supports stablecoin transactions, allowing global merchants to send and receive payments in USDC and compliant digital assets issued by Paxos.
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Mastercard’s infrastructure now supports stablecoin transactions, allowing global merchants to send and receive payments in USDC and compliant digital assets issued by Paxos.
The Stacks Foundation is taking Bitcoin L2 mainstream in Asia and the Middle East, supported by new regulatory footholds and an expanding focus on institutional engagement.
Tether Gold’s Q1 filing under El Salvador’s financial transparency rules reveals solid physical backing: 246,523 ounces of gold—more than 7.7 tons—now officially attested.
OFAC has been barred from reinstating earlier sanctions against crypto mixer Tornado Cash, marking another major win for the blockchain industry in 2025.
The Ethereum Foundation, dedicated to supporting the growth of the Ethereum ecosystem, has revealed organizational updates and its approach to future goals.
A large Bitcoin transfer caused the price of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) to surge by around 50%.
Dankrad Feist’s new proposal, EIP-9698, calls for raising Ethereum’s gas limit from 36 million to 3.6 billion over four years. Feist says the change could lift Ethereum’s throughput to 2,000 TPS.
DeFi Development Corp, which rebranded from Janover, has filed with the SEC to offer shares, warrants, and bonds worth up to $1 billion to build its SOL holdings and operate validators.
Crypto exchange Bitget said it will send legal notices to eight accounts suspected of profiting more than $20 million through VOXEL token manipulation. The exchange pledged to reimburse affected users through an airdrop.
The N Crypto Conference 2025 concluded successfully in Kyiv, attracting nearly 1,000 participants. The event featured 17 speakers, panel discussions on Web3 trends, and even a CS2 esports tournament.
DeFi platform Loopscale is holding negotiations with a hacker after a $6 million exploit on April 26, 2025.
ProShares is expanding its crypto product suite with three XRP futures ETFs, including leveraged and inverse options.
The North Korean Lazarus group leverages fake tech job listings to extract cryptocurrency wallets.
Tron founder Justin Sun has reportedly topped the list of TRUMP token holders. The top 220 investors are eligible for a dinner with U.S. President Donald Trump.
The SEC has pushed back its decision on Grayscale’s Polkadot ETF to June 11. The proposal joins roughly 70 crypto ETF filings, including Solana, XRP, and Dogecoin.
News of a partnership between telecom giant AT&T and decentralized network Helium has sparked a rally in Helium’s native token, HNT.
Mantle and Securitize have launched the Mantle Index Four (MI4) Fund – an institutional-grade crypto index fund designed to function like the S&P 500, but for digital assets.
ARK’s latest Bitcoin report sets bold new benchmarks: a baseline target of $1.2 million and an aggressive bull-case forecast of $2.4 million by 2030.
CME Group has introduced XRP futures with contract sizes of 2,500 and 50,000 XRP. This marks the fourth addition to the company’s crypto futures lineup.
Entrepreneur and Strike founder Jack Mallers will lead Twenty One Capital, a Bitcoin-native firm backed by Tether, SoftBank, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Bitfinex. The company is expected to launch with over $3 billion in committed capital.
Polygon Labs partners with Pyse to launch tokenized electric motorcycles in Dubai with plans to expand the partnership into India.
Worldpay has joined the Global Dollar Network to facilitate cross-border transactions with USDG on Solana. The integration aims to eliminate intermediaries in digital dollar settlements.
The attacker behind the April 15 ZKsync key compromise agreed to the bounty terms and returned 90% of the funds within three days. The remaining 10% now serves as their bounty fee.
On May 22, U.S. President Donald Trump will welcome the top 220 TRUMP holders to his private golf club. The top 25 holders will attend an exclusive reception and a White House tour.
SOL Strategies is launching the crypto industry’s first-ever convertible notes offering with yield delivered in Solana (SOL) tokens. Funds raised will go toward aggressive SOL accumulation.
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