Hong Kong-listed Digital Asset Clearing Center (DACC) has raised $10mn from strategic investors to build faster and cheaper alternatives to legacy bank transfers in the $214tn cross-border payments market. The round included Conflux Network (CFX), the only regulatory-compliant public blockchain in mainland China, backed by the Shanghai government; Transaction Technologies Limited; and Chinese-listed firms Kingdom
$TON AI smart contracts may have just become a lot less tedious. Pavel Durov has unveiled $TON Core’s new AI-powered toolchain, Acton, pitching it as a way to cut through the manual work of blockchain development and speed up the process dramatically. The launch date is already set: Acton went live on May 8, 2026.
Norway’s largest pension fund manager, KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS, has increased its exposure to Bitcoin indirectly by adding approximately $20.5 million worth of shares in MicroStrategy (MSTR), the software firm known for its substantial corporate Bitcoin holdings. The move, disclosed through data tracked by BitcoinTreasuries, brings KLP’s total stake to 104,680 shares, up from 95,160. KLP’s
Investors gave eToro Group (NASDAQ: ETOR) a quick double-take yesterday (Tuesday). Pre-market shares climbed roughly 6% to $41.20 on a 35% earnings beat, then reversed once the conference call started, dropping more than 6% intraday before settling at $37.61, a 3% loss for the session. The Q1 numbers were a clean beat on the headline
Base creator Jesse Pollak announced on May 13 that the x402 payment protocol now supports batched settlement, in an X post. x402 now supports batched settlement this unlocks many many tiny tiny payments (<$0.0001) which is perfect for paying for just in time resources like compute and inference https://t.co/V6Kjz9jqHQ — jesse.base.eth (@jessepollak) May 13, 2026
Injective-based $USDC is poised to become the primary stablecoin standard across the Cosmos ecosystem and the dYdX platform, a development that aims to streamline liquidity and reduce fragmentation across multiple blockchain networks. The move is supported by Skip:Go, a key infrastructure provider for Cosmos, which has already adopted Injective $USDC as its base settlement unit.
Monad (MON) has announced its support for Rain, a stablecoin-focused startup that is launching a card usable at any Visa-affiliated merchant. The initiative allows users to spend Monad-based stablecoins directly for payments, with the card accepted in more than 150 countries globally. How Rain’s Card Works Rain’s card is issued through partnerships with licensed financial
Wall Street market maker Jane Street reduced its exposure to Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the first quarter of 2026 while increasing positions in Ether funds. Jane Street cut major Bitcoin ETF holdings in Q1 2026, including BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC), according to a 13F filing published
KULR Technology (KULR), a New York Stock Exchange-listed company that adopted a Bitcoin treasury strategy in late 2024, appears to have sold 300 Bitcoin — valued at approximately $24.36 million — at a loss, according to on-chain analyst EmberCN. The funds were deposited to Coinbase Prime roughly two hours before the report, signaling a potential
President Donald Trump is on a state visit to China this week, marking the first U.S. presidential trip to the country in nearly a decade. Trump is joined by a delegation of over a dozen U.S. executives including Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Larry Fink, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as a last-minute addition. This caused