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News 14d ago CoinPlurk News

Visa, Mastercard, and 140+ Firms Launch Open USD Stablecoin

A coalition of Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, BlackRock, and more than 140 other companies has launched Open USD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin designed to share reserve yield with the businesses that use it.

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News 28d ago CoinPlurk News

FIFA Taps Avalanche for 2026 World Cup; AVAX Jumps 8%

FIFA's decision to build its 2026 World Cup ticketing, loyalty, and digital collectibles infrastructure on a dedicated Avalanche blockchain has given AVAX its strongest bullish signal in a month — but analysts say sustained demand still needs to be proven.

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News 30d ago CoinPlurk News

Mastercard Launches AP4M for AI Machine-Speed Payments

Mastercard's new Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M) service enables AI agents to autonomously permission, orchestrate, and settle high-frequency micro-payments across cards, bank accounts, and stablecoins — with more than 30 industry partners already on board.

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News 54d ago CoinPlurk News

Polymarket Eyes Japan With 2030 Approval Target

Polymarket has appointed a local representative and set a 2030 target for regulatory approval in Japan, even as the country's strict gambling laws and a global wave of prediction market restrictions make the path forward uncertain.

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News 55d ago CoinPlurk News

SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals $1.45B Bitcoin Treasury

SpaceX's landmark SEC filing ahead of its Nasdaq debut has disclosed an 18,712 BTC position worth $1.45 billion, placing the aerospace company among the largest known corporate Bitcoin holders.

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News 57d ago CoinPlurk News

Revolut's First Physical Crypto Card Goes Live in UK and EEA

Revolut has launched its first physical crypto debit card — a Dogecoin-themed, LED-equipped card accepted anywhere Visa and Mastercard are supported — marking a significant step in the fintech's push to bring digital asset spending into everyday consumer finance.

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News 61d ago CoinPlurk News

THORChain Hit by $10.8M Multi-Chain Exploit, RUNE Drops 12%

THORChain has halted all trading and signing operations after a suspected exploit drained approximately $10.8 million across four blockchain networks, sending its native RUNE token down sharply.

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News 61d ago CoinPlurk News

Charles Schwab Launches Spot BTC and ETH Trading for Retail Clients

Charles Schwab, one of the world's largest brokerages, has begun rolling out direct spot Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to eligible U.S. retail clients through its new Schwab Crypto platform.

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News 64d ago CoinPlurk News

Ethereum Launches Clear Signing Standard to End Blind Approvals

The Ethereum Foundation has gone live with Clear Signing, an open standard built on ERC-7730 that replaces unreadable transaction prompts with plain-language wallet approvals — marking a significant step forward for both UX and on-chain security.

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News 64d ago CoinPlurk News

Circle Raises $222M for Arc Blockchain at $3B FDV

Circle's first-ever token presale — backed by a16z, BlackRock, and Apollo — signals a pivotal shift from stablecoin issuer to full-stack institutional blockchain platform.

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News 65d ago CoinPlurk News

$40M Dormant Bitcoin Whale Wakes After 12 Years

A Bitcoin wallet silent since November 2013 moved 500 BTC worth $40 million on May 10, 2026, with on-chain data pointing toward an institutional OTC transaction rather than an exchange sell-off.

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News 66d ago CoinPlurk News

Kraken Moves to Become a Federally Licensed Crypto Bank

Kraken's parent company Payward has applied for an OCC national trust charter, aiming to become a federally regulated qualified custodian for institutional digital asset clients across all 50 U.S. states.

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News 68d ago CoinPlurk News

20 Banks and Tech Giants Are Queuing to Issue Stablecoins via Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley revealed at Consensus 2026 that up to 20 financial institutions and major tech companies are actively preparing to issue stablecoins through the firm following the passage of the GENIUS Act.

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News 69d ago CoinPlurk News

Solana & Google Cloud Launch Pay.sh for AI Agent Payments

Solana Foundation and Google Cloud have introduced Pay.sh, a pay-per-request API gateway that lets autonomous AI agents settle payments in stablecoins on Solana — no accounts, subscriptions, or API keys required.

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News 70d ago CoinPlurk News

Coinbase Cuts 14% of Workforce in AI-Driven Restructuring

Coinbase is eliminating approximately 700 jobs — 14% of its global workforce — as CEO Brian Armstrong restructures the crypto exchange around artificial intelligence and leaner operations amid a prolonged market downturn.

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News 71d ago CoinPlurk News

ZachXBT: DSJ Exchange Ponzi Collapses, $41.5M Frozen

The $150M+ DSJ Exchange and BG Wealth Sharing Ponzi scheme has collapsed, with blockchain investigator ZachXBT leading a coordinated effort alongside Tether, Binance, OKX, and U.S. law enforcement to freeze over $41.5 million in illicit assets.

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News 72d ago CoinPlurk News

Kraken's Payward Sues Etana Over $25M Custody Fraud

Kraken's parent company, Payward, has intensified its legal battle against former custody partner Etana, alleging a 'Ponzi-like' scheme that wrongfully appropriated more than $25 million in client reserve funds.

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News 72d ago CoinPlurk News

Sonic Labs Commits $1M to $S Buyback While Pushing AI-Powered dApp Development

Sonic Labs has committed $1 million to buy back its native $S token through a Binance Learn & Earn campaign, while simultaneously advancing Spawn, its AI-powered platform that converts plain-language prompts into fully deployed decentralized applications.

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News 74d ago CoinPlurk News

Coinbase Delists DAI, Converts Balances to USDS in May

Coinbase will halt DAI trading on May 4, 2026, automatically converting remaining user balances to USDS at a 1:1 rate as part of a broader asset review that also affects TIME and TRU tokens.

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News 74d ago CoinPlurk News

Ethereum Foundation Sells 10,000 ETH to Bitmine for $22.9M

The Ethereum Foundation has finalized another OTC sale of 10,000 ETH to Bitmine Immersion Technologies at $2,292.15 per token, deepening a recurring institutional partnership that is reshaping how the network's stewards fund operations.

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News 75d ago CoinPlurk News

April 2026: Crypto's Most-Hacked Month on Record With $635M in Losses

April 2026 closed as the most-hacked month in crypto history by incident count, with DefiLlama confirming up to 30 separate exploits and over $635 million stolen — nearly all linked to two North Korea–attributed attacks on Drift Protocol and KelpDAO.

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News 75d ago CoinPlurk News

MARA Holdings Acquires Long Ridge Energy for $1.5B in AI Data Center Push

MARA Holdings is acquiring Long Ridge Energy & Power for $1.5 billion, pivoting from pure-play Bitcoin mining toward owning energy and AI data center infrastructure.

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News 75d ago CoinPlurk News

Ripple Opens MEA HQ in Dubai DIFC, Eyes XRP Growth

Ripple has inaugurated a new Middle East and Africa headquarters inside Dubai's DIFC, doubling down on a region where regulatory wins and institutional demand are converging to lay the groundwork for broader XRP adoption.

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News 76d ago CoinPlurk News

Wasabi Protocol Loses $5M+ in Admin-Key Exploit

A $5M+ admin-key compromise drained Wasabi Protocol's perpetual vaults across four chains, capping what analysts are calling DeFi's worst month on record.

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News 76d ago CoinPlurk News

Bitcoin Megamerger Plan Meets Fed Headwinds in 2026

Tether's bold proposal to merge Twenty One Capital, Strike, and Electron Energy into a single publicly traded Bitcoin giant collides with a divided Federal Reserve and weakening retail demand, painting a complex picture for BTC in 2026.

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News 76d ago CoinPlurk News

Meta Pays Creators in USDC via Stripe and Circle

Meta has quietly begun paying select creators in USDC stablecoin on Solana and Polygon — marking the social media giant's first live crypto payout integration, four years after its failed Libra project.

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News 83d ago CoinPlurk News

NY and IL Crack Down on Prediction Markets Amid Crypto Lawsuits

New York and Illinois moved simultaneously to restrict prediction market activity — filing lawsuits against Coinbase and Gemini while banning state employees from trading on insider information — deepening a federal-versus-state jurisdictional clash that rattled crypto markets.

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News 84d ago CoinPlurk News

BELIEVE Token Loses 99% as Founder Faces Fraud and Assault Charges

The Solana-based BELIEVE token has collapsed over 99% from its all-time high as founder Ben Pasternak now faces both a federal class action lawsuit over an alleged rug-pull scheme and separate criminal charges for assault and strangulation.

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News 84d ago CoinPlurk News

Justin Sun Sues World Liberty Financial Over Frozen WLFI Tokens

TRON founder Justin Sun has filed a federal lawsuit against Trump-linked World Liberty Financial, alleging fraud, wrongful token freezing, and governance rights violations tied to his ~$75 million WLFI investment.

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News 86d ago CoinPlurk News

North Korea's $577M DeFi Blitz: Drift and Kelp Hacked in 18 Days

North Korean state-linked hackers have drained over $577 million from two major DeFi protocols in less than three weeks, exposing deep structural vulnerabilities in cross-chain infrastructure and on-chain governance.

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News 94d ago CoinPlurk News

US Government Transfers 2.44 BTC in Seized Funds to Coinbase Prime, Strengthening Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

US Government transfers 2.44 BTC of seized assets worth approximately 177,000 USD to a Coinbase Prime wallet on April 10, 2026, marking the first such move in over a month. These assets originate from the criminal case of Glenn Olivio involving illegal steroid distribution and money laundering. The movement is part of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve policy, which has halted routine sales of seized Bitcoin, instead holding them as strategic reserves totaling approximately 328,000 BTC, valued at over 22 billion USD."

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