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Citi executive Ryan Rugg warned at Consensus in Miami that tokenized money efforts face significant limitations as corporate clients demand real-time payments that work seamlessly across banks, according to his remarks at the conference. Tokenized Money and Cross-Bank Challenges Rugg's comments h

Five major bank trade groups formally opposed a proposed stablecoin yield compromise on Monday, raising concerns that the crypto market structure bill may not pass this year, according to analysis from investment bank TD Cowen. The opposing groups — the Bank Policy Institute, Financial Services

Cryptocurrency strategist Benjamin Cowen has cautioned investors that recent Bitcoin rallies may represent temporary rebounds within a broader bear market rather than the start of a sustained bull season. Cowen stated he continues to view the market through "bear glasses," warning that short-term pr

Tokenization firm Securitize has partnered with major crypto market maker Jump Trading and decentralized trading platform Jupiter to launch fully onchain, regulated tokenized equities on Solana. The assets can now be issued, traded, and settled onchain, representing a significant step forward for Se

Executives from Citigroup, JPMorgan, and DTCC stated at Consensus that tokenization will improve banking infrastructure rather than disrupt it, with genuine client demand driving real-world adoption of tokenized assets. Executive Statements on Tokenization According to the executives' remarks at

Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST), the Dallas-based firm co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, disclosed on Monday that its Bitcoin treasury has crossed the 15,000 BTC threshold following the purchase of an additional 444 bitcoin for approximately $33.9 million, according to CEO Matt Cole's post on X and a

MoonPay has acquired DFlow, a Solana-based execution layer, in a $100 million stock deal to expand beyond fiat conversion into trading infrastructure, according to the announcement. The acquisition gives MoonPay direct control over execution capabilities and marks a strategic shift deeper into

Enda Tamweel, Tunisia's largest microfinance institution, has introduced a blockchain-based loyalty program built on the Hedera network in collaboration with The Hashgraph Association. The initiative represents one of the earliest applications of distributed ledger technology in the microfinance

The U.S. Department of Labor will release April non-farm payroll (NFP) data on May 8 at 9:30 PM Korean time (8:30 AM ET), amid heightened inflation pressures from the Middle East conflict. NFP is the primary employment indicator measuring total job gains and losses excluding the agricultural

The Solana Foundation has partnered with Google Cloud to develop Pay.sh, a new payments system for AI bots that enables agents to discover, access, and pay for API usage using stablecoins on Solana, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Through this open standard, AI agents will be able to

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse warned on Tuesday that the next two weeks are pivotal for passing broader cryptocurrency legislation, stating that if the Senate Banking Committee does not hold a critical markup, the chances of a bill passing into law will drop "precipitously." Garlinghouse made the rem

The Solana Foundation and others announced on Tuesday that TAO, the native token for decentralized AI project Bittensor, is now available for trading on Solana, according to Edward Zuo of Wormhole Labs. The announcement was made at Solana's Accelerate USA conference, marking the launch of a

Coinbase has selected Centrifuge as its main tokenization partner for Base and made a strategic investment in the startup, according to Centrifuge CEO Bhaji Illuminati. The partnership will position Centrifuge as the go-to platform for converting traditional assets such as exchange-traded funds, cre

Toncoin experienced a 36% surge as Telegram took over leadership of the TON ecosystem from the TON Foundation and implemented fee reductions, according to the announcement. Ecosystem Repositioning The market is repricing TON as a Telegram-led ecosystem rather than viewing it primarily as a

特朗普拒绝确认美伊停火协议有效性，比特币突破 81,000 美元创今年 2 月以来新高，Circle 一度大涨超 20%。本文分析地缘风险、BTC 技术阻力与资金结构变化。

Bitcoin's 30-day realised volatility collapsed from approximately 80% in mid-March to 40.7% on April 22, 2026, according to Glassnode's on-chain analysis—the sharpest five-week compression of the cycle. The sharp decline is creating structural pressure on the $81.4 billion crypto-casino industry,

XRP Ledger Reaches All-Time High User Growth The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has reached a new all-time high in total addresses, according to data from CryptoQuant. XRPL addresses grew from 8,198,608 on April 5 to 8,265,794 on May 4, adding 67,186 new addresses in 30 days—a 0.82% monthly increase. For an es

XRP ETF Inflows Surge Despite Price Stagnation XRP spot exchange-traded funds absorbed approximately $81.59 million in inflows during April 2026, marking the strongest month for XRP ETFs since their November 2025 launch, according to MoneyCheck data. Despite the institutional capital influx, XRP's