To achieve true mass adoption, DeFi must return to its P2P origins, empower people with permissionless interactions, and restore the transparency that early DeFi promised.
Saylor and Bailey are changing Bitcoin’s role in finance, driving corporate adoption and long-term treasury strategies.
A surge of stablecoin transactions marked May as a standout month for the crypto sector. It moved beyond mere token swaps. Lots of people and services turned to dollar-pegged coins for moving value. Activity hit fresh highs, hinting that stablecoins are now the main channel for on-chain payments. Related Reading: XRP Could Transform Your Finances Long Before $10K, Angel Investor Says Spike In Wallet Activity According to Artemis data, more than 33 million wallets sent or received stablecoins during May. That’s a big jump compared with earlier months. It shows more folks are leaning on these digital dollars than on native tokens. Many traders, DeFi users, and everyday people tapped stablecoins to keep their funds tied to the US dollar. This wave of usage also came as the wider market showed signs of life, with prices slowly rising and confidence climbing. Shift To Faster Networks Based on reports, BNB Smart Chain counted over 10 million active wallets for stablecoin moves early in May. TRON came very close, with a little over 9 million wallets during that same stretch. These two networks are cheap and quick. Folks want to dodge higher fees on older chains. By month’s end, both BNB Smart Chain and TRON could top those numbers again. That trend speaks to growing demand for fast, low-cost payments and DeFi deals. Ethereum simply can’t match these lower fees right now. Stablecoin Supply Growth Stablecoins also saw more tokens enter circulation. The total supply grew to $244 billion, up nearly 3% in just one month. But not all coins minted equally. Tether’s USDT remained the heavyweight champion. It added nearly $4 billion to its total supply in May alone. Most of that new USDT landed on TRON. Today, TRON holds nearly $78 billion in USDT, while Ethereum carries $73 billion. In sum, USDT’s overall supply now tops $153 billion and added tokens almost every day. USDC moved in the opposite direction. Its supply dipped slightly, thanks to outflows on Solana. Still, USDC keeps about $60 billion circulating across all its chains. Related Reading: Pepe Makes It To Trump’s Feed—Is A Crypto Endorsement Next? Payments And Bridges Overtake Cards Stablecoins didn’t just grow in supply and usage. They carried huge volumes of payments. Over the past 30 days, those coins moved over $2 trillion worth of value. That level beats what many debit and credit cards handled in the same span. For example, Visa’s volumes were lower than what stablecoins saw. Plus, USDC’s cross-chain moves spiked. The CCTP bridge saw $7.7 billion flow through it, up 83% month-on-month. That rush of bridging means more people are shuttling dollars between networks for trades, lending, or simple transfers. Featured image from ETF Stream, chart from TradingView
With the latest mining production in May, Mara has increased its Bitcoin holdings to 49,179 BTC and has sold zero BTC, according to Chief Financial Officer Salman Khan.
Cosmos token shows mixed signals as Circle prepares for $7.2B NYSE valuation amid regulatory developments.
The U.S.'s latest tariff news, coupled with inflation in the eurozone falling below the ECB's target, shape LTC's macroeconomic outlook.
Despite MANTRA’s recent price crash, Dimitra CEO Jon Trask said that the project’s VARA license gave him the confidence to move forward with the partnership.
Analysts point to a combination of crypto and macro-specific factors, paired with the “seasonal patterns” of summer illiquidity as the main reasons for slowing investor appetite.
The Ethereum price is experiencing a notable surge, trading around $2625 after marking a significant rebound from the recent lows. The rise has been bolstered by substantial inflows of ETFs, marking the largest weekly inflow of 2025. This suggests the institutional interest is fueling the bullish momentum. On the other hand, the US SEC has …
Avalanche’s token climbed from $20.52 to $21.31 on Tuesday.
Revolut is recruiting a general manager of crypto derivatives who will be tasked with taking a new related offering "from zero to scale."
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Coupled with strong accumulation patterns and substantial daily DEX volume, this suggests a potential bullish trend for BNB.
TON-USD failed to establish momentum above the $3.24 resistance level, encountering significant selling pressure.
The bitcoin miner also advanced plans to build massive data centers in Texas to support AI workloads.
US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have entered a third consecutive day of outflows, shedding more than $1 billion. This trend reflects a shift in institutional sentiment as Bitcoin’s price continues to hover around the $105,000 mark without a clear breakout. US Bitcoin ETFs outflow Data from SoSoValue shows that the 12 US-listed spot Bitcoin […]
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The native token of the layer-1 blockchain platform broke key resistance on increased trading volume and bullish momentum, but erased some of its gains later.
The Crocodilus banking trojan is expanding globally with new campaigns targeting crypto wallets and banking apps, now reaching Europe and South America.
Tether and Bitfinex moved $3.9 billion in Bitcoin to Jack Mallers’ Twenty One Capital, now the third-largest corporate BTC holder after Strategy and MARA.
CoinRoutes chief executive Dave Weisberger detonated a fresh round of anxiety in the XRP market on Monday when he asked, on Scott Melker’s podcast, whether Ripple Labs could finance a takeover of Circle “for $10 to $20 billion” without off-loading roughly $10 billion in XRP. “Who’s going to buy the $10 billion worth of XRP they would need to sell out of their treasury?” Weisberger said, warning that a sudden supply surge could overwhelm order books and “hammer the price.” Is A XRP Sell-Off Conceivable? Within hours, pro-XRP attorney Fred Rispoli fired back on X. “I love @daveweisberger1, but on this point he is mcgloning so hard,” he wrote, invoking Bloomberg strategist Mike McGlone’s reputation for bearish hyperbole. “Just based on what I’m getting offered for my Ripple shares on the secondary market, I don’t think Ripple would even have to sell one XRP to buy Circle.” Rispoli agreed that Ripple cannot raise $10 billion in pure cash, yet insisted the company could “easily afford the acquisition for a mix of cash and debt” and a heavy equity-swap. Related Reading: $3 XRP Dream Delayed—No Bull Run Before November, Says Top Analyst When Weisberger replied that Circle’s board would likely demand hard dollars unless it accepted Ripple equity or XRP “without a haircut,” Rispoli dug in. “No way to get $10B in cash—and $10B is too high anyway,” he wrote, citing late-2024 private-research valuations that placed Ripple at $15 billion excluding its ~36 billion escrowed XRP. If Circle’s price tag fell to $7–9 billion, he said, Ripple could close with “$1–3 billion cash on hand, a heavy stock exchange, and debt,” especially with “all that GCC money sloshing around crypto world right now.” Rispoli conceded it would be “a reach” but “doable without meaningfully selling XRP.” Weisberger acknowledged the math—“That’s a reasonable analysis,” he wrote—yet cautioned that any price at the upper end of Rispoli’s range “could be some short-term pain for us XRP holders.” Ripple’s tender-offer buyback in January 2024 valued the company at $11.3 billion, disclosing more than $1 billion in cash and about $25 billion in digital assets—mostly XRP—on its books. The firm still controls roughly 52 billion XRP (about 40 percent of supply), though 36 billion sit in timed escrow releases, limiting immediate access. At today’s $2.20 spot price, the spendable portion is worth a little under $35 billion, but moving even a fraction quickly would collide with thin venue depth—a point Weisberger hammered home. Related Reading: Wave Count Analysis Reveals The XRP Price Trigger Point For Take-Off Ripple’s cash pile also shrank after its $1.25 billion purchase of prime broker Hidden Road in April, a deal settled with a blend of cash, equity and RLUSD stablecoins. That acquisition suggests the company prefers hybrid structures, bolstering Rispoli’s claim that Treasury XRP need not flood the market. Is Circle Even For Sale? The debate may be academic. Circle, issuer of USDC, has repeatedly declared it “not for sale” while marching toward a New York Stock Exchange listing that now targets a $7.2 billion valuation. Ripple’s rumored approach earlier this spring reportedly topped $5 billion, well below Weisberger’s stress case and within Rispoli’s “doable” band, but Circle rebuffed the talks and updated its S-1 two weeks later, enlarging the float rather than seeking a buyer. Strategically, Ripple already fields its own dollar-token RLUSD, launched in January and positioned by president Monica Long as “complementary to XRP, not a competitor.” Absorbing USDC’s issuer would instantly rocket Ripple towards the size of Tether. Even under Rispoli’s optimistic structure, Ripple might still need to liquidate several hundred million dollars’ worth of XRP for working capital and closing costs. At current volumes, unloading just 500 million XRP (≈ $1.1 billion) would equal half a week of global turnover—enough to distort price unless executed as private blocks. At press time, XRP traded at $2.19. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
According to Symbiotic, the tech lets developers build verifiable, secure coordination layers for decentralized applications (dApps) across multiple chains.
Sixty-one corporate treasuries now hold a combined 3.2% of the total bitcoin supply.
Market resilience amid geopolitical uncertainty positions XRP as a potential alternative to traditional settlement mechanisms.
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A big data breach at Coinbase has exposed the personal details of 70,000 customers and might cost the company up to $400 million. It all started in India, where someone working with Coinbase was paid to leak the data. Now, many people are asking if the KYC rules that are supposed to keep them safe …
SHIB failed to maintain gains above the 100-day simple moving average, closing at $0.00001317, a 2.9% gain over 24 hours.
The FCA-registered firm is claiming the first issuance of a UK-regulated stablecoin denominated in British pound sterling, Tokenised GBP (tGBP).
The financial world is buzzing after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a high-stakes speech that tackled two hot-button issues – crypto regulation and interest rates. His message is that the U.S. needs clear rules for digital assets, and don’t expect rate cuts anytime soon. Speaking at the Fed’s Division of International Finance 75th Anniversary …
The company will allocate up to 80% of the proceeds from the notes towards SOL purchases.
In the first 3 days of June 2025, the altcoin market has bullish vibes, and even the memecoin market is excited, especially the BONK price. After hitting an ATH of $0.00005900 in Q4 2024, the first quarter of 2025 was pessimistic for the BONK price, as it shattered over 80% gains and marked a low …