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Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 10% in second-largest negative adjustment of 2026
The cut hands surviving miners roughly 11% more bitcoin per unit of active hashrate, but all-in production economics …
Aave Proposal Moves To Add Circle Wrapped Bitcoin As Collateral
Aave Labs has proposed onboarding Circle Wrapped Bitcoin to Aave V3 and V4 Core on Ethereum, but the listing still ne…
Kraken Adds USDCx Support On Canton As Institutional Stablecoin Rails Expand
Kraken has added USDCx deposits and withdrawals on Canton, expanding exchange connectivity for institutional stableco…
Lenders want AI to turn months of private-credit paperwork into one-day on-chain loans
The $650 million equipment-finance target gives RWAs a real-economy use case, but loan performance will still depend …
Circle wants wrapped Bitcoin to look bank grade before institutions trust it as collateral
cirBTC gives Circle a BTC wrapper, but the harder test is whether custody, reserves, liquidity, and redemption contro…
New Aave risk framework proposed following KelpDAO exploit
Aave founder Stani Kulechov said once the proposal passes the framework will be applied across all markets and assets.
Circle debuts cirBTC on Ethereum to challenge Coinbase in the wrapped bitcoin market
Circle unveiled cirBTC, a token backed 1:1 by the world's largest cryptocurrency, to allow traders to use their bitco…
Mastercard expands stablecoin settlement options with USDC, PYUSD and RLUSD
Mastercard expanded settlement to USDC, PYUSD, and RLUSD, enabling intraday, weekend, and holiday card settlement acr…
Bermuda, the small island nation with huge crypto ambitions
The government recently announced it would become the world’s first economy to go fully onchain, a move officials b…
Crypto rails are becoming the default payment layer for AI agents, report says
A new report from Keyrock says stablecoins on blockchain rails are becoming the go-to payment layer for AI agents as …
Hyperliquid Is Becoming A Core Infrastructure Layer For Crypto Finance
Hyperliquid is increasingly evolving from a high-performance trading platform into a foundational layer of crypto’s…
Chainlink Continues Leading The Oracle Economy With SVR Expansion — What To Know
Chainlink continues to strengthen its dominance within the oracle economy as adoption of its Smart Value Recapture (S…
Catena Labs lands $30 million Series A, files for national trust bank charter to underpin agentic finance
Sean Neville's Catena Labs closed a $30 million Series A to build governed infrastructure for AI agent financial tran…
Even a mountain of T-bills won't save Tether and Circle from a sudden liquidity crisis, expert says
The head of digital assets and tokenization at one of Germany’s largest asset managers said that USDT and USDC are …
Hyperliquid's USDC deal could supercharge HYPE, pressure Circle, Coinbase margins, analysts say
The revenue share deal could shift an estimated $160 million in revenue from Coinbase and Circle into Hyperliquid's e…
Bernstein says Clarity Act yield compromise cements Circle’s edge amid record stablecoin supply
Bernstein analysts said the Senate Clarity Act markup and yield compromise strengthen Circle's model as dollar stable…
Kelp DAO, Aave to resume rsETH operations as recovery from $292 million exploit progresses
Kelp was exploited on April 18 for $292 million from attackers suspected to be part of North Korea's Lazarus Group.
Circle adds $3 billion Wall Street Arc token risking an uncomfortable rivalry with Coinbase
Circle's $222 million ARC token presale has given Wall Street a new way to value the USDC issuer, while raising a har…
Privacy emerges as crypto’s next 'killer app,' with Arc, Canton and Tempo topping $1 billion in funding
New fundraising rounds for three institution-focused blockchains show how regulation, privacy and corporate competiti…
Bernstein maintains $190 Circle price target as $222 million ARC presale cushions rate pressure
Bernstein maintained its $190 Circle target, citing ARC presale proceeds, USDC growth, and expanding stablecoin payme…
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest chases Circle stock as it hits a 2-month high
Circle shares rose 16% to $131.76 on Monday, their highest closing price since March 18.
Circle Banks $200M From Giants Like BlackRock In Arc Token Presale, CRCL Jumps 15%
Shares of stablecoin issuer Circle (CRLC) climbed on Monday, rising by 15% to $130 for the first time in nearly a mon…
Ark Invest buys $5.5 million worth of Circle shares as stock jumps 16% on Q1 earnings
Circle's shares closed up 15.91% at $131.76 on Monday after the stablecoin issuer disclosed its first-quarter 2026 re…
'I don’t think that’s crazy': Here is why Circle is betting on new $3 billion blockchain
The USDC stablecoin issuer is betting Arc can become Wall Street’s blockchain rail for payments and tokenized finan…
Circle raises $222M in Arc token presale at $3B FDV from a16z crypto, BlackRock and others; Q1 revenue up 20%
Circle raised $222M in an Arc presale at a $3B valuation; BlackRock, Apollo, and a16z invest as Q1 revenue reaches $6…
Circle said to raise $222 million for Arc blockchain token sale at $3 billion valuation
Circle raised $222 million for its Arc blockchain token at a $3 billion valuation, drawing backing from BlackRock, Ap…
Arbitrum’s $71 million in ETH cleared for Aave transfer as North Korea terrorism creditors retain legal claim
The order shields anyone who votes on the transfer from being held in violation of the freeze, though the ultimate fa…
Retail Capitulation Hits AAVE, But Smart Money Starts Positioning: Here The Post-Crisis Market Structure
Aave entered April 2026 as DeFi’s most trusted lending protocol. It is ending the month navigating the most damagin…
Aave liquidates Kelp DAO attacker’s remaining rsETH positions
Aave required a governance process to manipulate its rsETH oracle price to generate a deficit in the attacker’s fra…
Bermuda pushes stablecoin payments with USDC airdrop as it courts crypto firms, regulators
Premier David Burt said Bermuda's "onchain economy" plan aims to bring stablecoins into everyday commerce.