Visa stablecoin pilot expands to nine blockchains as volume hits $7 billion
Visa added Base, Polygon, Canton, Arc, and Tempo to its global stablecoin settlement pilot on April 29, bringing the total to nine supported blockchains and...
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North Korean Hackers Have Stolen $6 Billion in Crypto—Including 76% of 2026's Spoils: TRM
In brief North Korea stole 76% of all crypto hack value so far in 2026 with just two April attacks totaling $577 million. One hack...
US gov’t sues four states, RWAs cross $30 billion: Month in Charts
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is suing New York, Connecticut, Arizona and Illinois for applying state-level gambling laws to prediction markets. The move...
Google DeepMind Veteran Raises $1.1 Billion to Build AI That Isn’t Trained With Human Data
In brief DeepMind veteran David Silver raised $1.1 billion for his new startup Ineffable Intelligence at a $5.1 billion valuation. Silver says reinforcement learning, not...
China Blocks Meta's $2 Billion Acquisition of AI Startup Manus
In brief China’s National Development and Reform Commission ordered Meta to unwind its acquisition of AI startup Manus. The December 2025 deal was valued at...
Chainlink Is Now the Backbone of an $11 Billion Arizona Mine Tokenization
BridgeTower Capital has officially deployed Chainlink’s full infrastructure stack to tokenize securities tied to the DOM X Arizona Copper-Gold Project, an $11 billion US natural...
BridgeTower Capital Picks Chainlink to Tokenize $11 Billion in Real-World Securities
BridgeTower Capital has officially adopted Chainlink’s full infrastructure stack to tokenize $11 billion in securities from the DOM X Arizona Copper-Gold Project, making it one...
Bitcoin ETFs Post 8 Straight Days of Inflows Worth $2.1 Billion as BlackRock Absorbs 75% of All Flows
US spot Bitcoin ETFs have logged eight consecutive days of net inflows totaling $2.1 billion through April 23, the longest inflow streak since the nine-day...
Goldman Sachs Is the Biggest Institutional XRP ETF Holder as Total Assets Hit $1.53 Billion
Ripple’s latest market overview confirms that US spot XRP ETFs have accumulated $1.53 billion in assets under management and 773 million XRP in custody, with...
FTX Estate Sold Cursor Stake for $200K: It’s Now Worth $3 Billion
The FTX bankruptcy estate sold a 5% stake in AI coding startup Cursor for $200,000 in April 2023. That same stake, following SpaceX’s agreement to...