Crypto economy

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Mastercard is exploring the integration of Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin as a direct settlement currency within its global payments network.
Christian Rau, SVP at Mastercard, confirmed a collaboration with Gemini to settle card transactions in RLUSD, with a launch expected in the first half o

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Chiliz launched Fan Token Play, a dynamic tokenomics system where wins burn tokens and losses generate new emissions.
The mechanism operates through smart contracts and includes safeguards such as a stop-loss at 75% supply reduction and an annual inflation cap of between 1% and 5%.

乔舒亚·麦考勒姆已对Circle互联网集团提起诉讼，原因是其未能冻结从4月1日漂移漏洞中被盗的$230 百万USDC，涉及超过100名投资者。案件现在集中在Circle的潜在责任和应对措施上。

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Grinex suspended operations after a cyberattack stole more than 1 billion rubles, or about $13.1 million, and the exchange alleged hostile foreign intelligence involvement.
The stolen funds moved as USDT and were converted into TRX and Ether across linked addresses.
The breach carries

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Panelists at Paris Blockchain Week said tokenization can improve issuance and access, but it does not automatically create liquidity for inherently illiquid assets.
Tokenized RWA market grew from $8.8 billion to about $29.9 billion in one year, led by Treasurys and commodities.
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Zerion confirmed that an employee lost approximately $100,000 from internal wallets following a social engineering attack linked to North Korea.
The attacker accessed active sessions, credentials, and private keys from hot wallets used for internal testing, so no user funds were

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Algorand’s March report showed monthly active wallets rising 22.6% to 531,000, with transactions and total wallets also increasing across the network during March.
Builder momentum accelerated, with contracts deployed up 34.4% and new assets created up 53%, even as total value locked

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Brix raised $5.5 million to tokenize assets from emerging markets, backed by Turkish banks and native crypto funds.
Its first product, iTRY, is an asset backed by money market funds denominated in Turkish lira, with its launch scheduled for April 20.
The startup will debut on MegaETH and

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Virginia’s HB 798 updates unclaimed property rules to cover digital assets and bars forced liquidation for at least one year after transfer into state custody.
Crypto in dormant accounts is treated as abandoned after five years of inactivity, and the law takes effect on July 1, 2026.

SolvaPay 已筹集 240 万欧元的种子前资金，旨在为代理经济中的 AI 代理开发支付基础设施。它旨在为 SaaS 和 API 业务提供中立的支付层，实现跨平台的高效交易。

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EU officials are preparing to reassess MiCA, with Peter Kerstens saying the framework will likely evolve as crypto markets mature beyond the conditions it addressed.
MiCA includes a review clause requiring the European Commission to report on its application by June 30, 2027, with

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ether.fi migrated its non-custodial crypto card to OP Mainnet, the largest single TVL event in the network’s history, reaching $220M.
The full migration took three days with no service interruptions, keeping all 70,000 cards and 300,000 accounts active throughout the process.
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Chiliz 与东京绿茵签署了谅解备忘录，探索在日本对俱乐部进行代币化，重点关注粉丝互动和合规性。该项目旨在开发符合日本体育文化的粉丝代币模型。

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SG-FORGE partnered with Consensys to integrate its MiCA-compliant stablecoin USDCV into the MetaMask wallet.
MetaMask users will be able to use USD CoinVertible for on/off-ramping, trading, DeFi market access and gas fee payments.
USDCV has 26.3 million tokens in circulation; its euro co

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Kaia launched Kaia Investment Partners (KIP), an institutional subsidiary that deploys external capital to drive real-world assets onchain.
KIP operates under a Singapore Variable Capital Company structure, with two divisions: a Venture Capital division focused on stablecoins and an RWA d

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21Shares filed its second S-1 amendment for a Hyperliquid spot ETF and seeks to list on Nasdaq under the ticker THYP.
The fund plans to allocate between 30% and 70% of its HYPE holdings to staking, according to the document filed with the SEC.
Bitwise and Grayscale also have active

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Glamsterdam Upgrade: Ethereum approaches its May 2026 Glamsterdam fork with traders positioning around its largest execution-layer overhaul since The Merge, targeting major throughput gains and lower fees.
Market Positioning: Accumulation wallets reached 26.55 million ETH, staking hit

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Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $76,120 on April 14, 2026, pushing its market capitalization to a total of $1.52 trillion.
Total liquidations in the crypto market exceeded $700 million, with $256 million specifically coming from BTC short positions.
Brent crude fell below $95 while t