Solana DeFi protocol Carrot shuts down following the Drift exploit, giving users until May 14 to withdraw from Boost, Turbo, and CRT before deleveraging begins
Trump reportedly plans an executive order to expand retirement access for workers without employer plans, with crypto inclusion in 401k plans still under review.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirms the US is running classified efforts to secure a strategic Bitcoin advantage over China, calling himself a long and enthusiastic supporter of Bitcoin
Canadian sovereign wealth fund AIMCo disclosed a $219M purchase of 1.38M Strategy (MSTR) shares, marking the $142B government-owned fund’s first Bitcoin-related allocation.
Rakuten Wallet launched XRP integration for its 44 million Rakuten Pay users in Japan, allowing them to convert Rakuten Points into XRP and spend at 5M+ merchant locations.
South Korean prosecutors requested a 20-year prison sentence for Delio CEO Jeong Sang-ho over alleged embezzlement of $168.5M in crypto from roughly 2,800 users following the platform’s 2023 withdrawal freeze.
Syndicate Labs suffered a private key compromise, with attackers draining 18.5M SYND ($330K) and ~$50K in customer tokens via malicious bridge contract upgrades, all affected users being made whole.
Stablecoin firm KAST appointed former SEC senior advisor and Crypto Task Force spokesperson Stephanie Allen as head of corporate and policy communications.
Tether proposed that Twenty One Capital merge with Strike and bitcoin miner Elektron Energy in a two-stage deal, sending XXI shares up 6.6% in after-hours trading.
Wasabi Protocol was exploited for $4.5M via an admin-key compromise on Ethereum and Base, with attackers upgrading perp vaults and LongPool to a malicious implementation that drained balances.
Shinhan Card partnered with the Solana Foundation to pilot a stablecoin payment system on Solana’s testnet, focusing on consumer-to-merchant payment scenarios.
Gemini secured a Derivatives Clearing Organization license from the CFTC, allowing its Olympus unit to act as an in-house clearinghouse for derivatives including futures, options, and prediction markets.
Avalanche completed Retro9000 C-Chain Round 2, with the foundation set to verify onchain activity and process rewards for the top 40 projects on the final leaderboard.
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MegaETH’s MEGA token went live, with 53.3% of supply tied to performance-based KPIs rather than a fixed vesting schedule.
MoonPay Korea signed an MOU with Woori Bank to support global distribution and cross-border settlement infrastructure for South Korea’s emerging won-backed stablecoin market.
Polymarket tapped Chainalysis to police insider trading and market manipulation as it seeks to raise $400M at a $15B valuation and gain CFTC approval to relaunch in the US.
Tether-backed Oobit launched Visa-supported Agent Cards, enabling AI bots to make purchases using USDT balances with per-transaction spending caps and no human approval required.
Coastal Bank is building stablecoin-native payment infrastructure on Tempo alongside its existing rails, giving fintech partners access to faster settlement and global reach.
Coinbase Asset Management launched the Coinbase Stablecoin Credit Strategy (CUSHY) fund targeting institutional investors, with an onchain share class powered by Superstate FundOS set to launch in Q2 2026.
Solana yield exchange Exponent raised a $5M seed round led by Multicoin Capital, bringing total funding to $7.1M ahead of a platform expansion into broader yield management.
xStocks launched on BNB Chain with 50+ tokenized stocks and ETFs, surpassing $30B in total transaction volume and $350M in AUM across 100,000+ unique holders.
Lightspark partners with Visa to enable stablecoin- and Bitcoin-backed Visa debit cards across 100+ countries, giving cardholders access to 175M+ merchants worldwide
USDat introduced risk tranching on STRC via senior (srUSDat) and junior (jrUSDat) tranches, powered by Saturn and Strata, senior targets 65% of the STRC dividend rate, junior takes first-loss exposure
Variational launched a TradFi-on-chain platform covering 450+ crypto markets, with RWA perps including US500, oil, and gold going live within a month — single USDC cross-margined account, 50x leverage, 0% fees
Arbitrum DAO votes to release 30,766 ETH (~$71M) frozen from the Kelp DAO attacker to the DeFi United initiative, with 16.9M ARB cast in favor within the first hour — vote runs until May 7
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