Circle’s Arc network opened its testnet code as open-source, launched a bug bounty on HackerOne, and enabled developers to run their own Arc nodes ahead of mainnet
MoonPay, WalletConnect, and Ingenico partnered to bring stablecoin payments to physical retail at global scale, with MoonPay Virtual Accounts handling fiat settlement via Iron
Surf AI launched Surf Skill, a single-line SDK replacing 60+ crypto data APIs for agentic environments, and is giving away $200K in API credits to early users
Your Claude Code just got fluent in crypto.
Today, we released Surf Skill. The command line that replaces 60+ APIs.
Compatible with any agentic environment.
Try:
npx skills add asksurf-ai/surf-skills
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Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun posted a working zk-STARK prototype to the Bitcoin dev mailing list that lets wallet owners prove key ownership without exposing their seed, designed to rescue funds if Bitcoin ever disables Taproot key-path spending as a quantum defense
Tether launched the open-source QVAC SDK, a local-first AI framework for running and fine-tuning models on-device across mobile and desktop platforms without relying on cloud infrastructure
Transcend, a collateral optimization platform serving 45+ CCPs, integrated with Canton Network to enable real-time collateral and cash movement using traditional and tokenized assets
Flare Network put up a governance proposal to cut annual inflation from 5% to 3%, raise the base gas fee 20x to 1200 gwei to burn an estimated 300M FLR per year, and establish FIRE for protocol-level MEV capture
Binance Wallet launched prediction markets powered by Predict.fun, covering crypto, sports, politics, and global events with gasless trading using existing Spot and Funding balances
CZ released his book Freedom of Money, 457 pages covering Binance’s rise, the FTX collapse, the Terra crash, and his DOJ/SEC legal battle; all author proceeds go to charity
BitMine Immersion Technologies uplisted to NYSE and expanded its share repurchase program from $1M to $4B; the company has accumulated ~4.803M ETH representing 3.98% of total ETH supply
6 major financial institutions — Euronext, EDI, Fidelity, OTC Markets Group, SGX FX, and Tradeweb — joined Pyth Network to distribute proprietary institutional data onchain via the new Pyth Data Marketplace
US Treasury’s OCCIP launched a cybersecurity information-sharing initiative for digital asset firms, extending the same threat intel traditionally shared with banks to eligible US crypto companies at no cost
Securitize named Brett Redfearn, former SEC head of trading and markets and Coinbase Capital Markets head, as president and board member ahead of going public
TON blockchain completed a sub-second upgrade, increasing block rate 6x and bringing transaction confirmation under 1 second, with staking rewards expected to rise as a result
Morpho launched a User Agent Beta letting AI agents check positions, simulate transactions, and construct deposit transactions on Morpho Vaults and Markets with no SDK required
x402 launched usage-based pricing via a new Upto scheme, letting agents pay only for what they consume across ERC20s with gasless payments via CDP Facilitator
Kamino introduced Whitelisted Reserves, a smart contract-level restriction now enabled on all vaults in the Kamino UI ensuring funds can only be allocated into verified reserves
Shopify launched an official AI Toolkit supporting Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and VS Code, enabling agents to build apps and manage stores via Shopify’s API and CLI
Starkware developer Avihu Levy published QSB, a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction scheme that requires no protocol changes and works within existing legacy script constraints
AlphaTON Capital is looking to raise $43M through a deal with Vertical Data Inc. to scale AI infrastructure for Telegram’s Cocoon platform, expected to close Q2 2026
Amundi (€2.3T AUM) and Spiko launched the tokenized Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO) on Ethereum and Stellar, powered by Chainlink, reaching $400M AUM in three weeks — the fastest-growing tokenized fund ever
CZ publicly declared he is officially divorced and offered a $1 billion bet to OKX founder Star to prove it, with OKX’s Star saying he will issue a public apology if CZ can produce a signed divorce agreement
OKX Ventures invested in Vietnam’s CAEX Exchange as a strategic partner to help it meet requirements for Vietnam’s government pilot program for regulated crypto trading
