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XBIT has partnered with XDGAI, a decentralized AI platform built for Web4. The deal pairs XBIT’s on-chain trading rails with XDGAI’s AI compute network. XDGAI runs on the Neuronal Economic System. Tokens reward compute participation and tie the network’s neural collaboration together. The partnership points toward an AI infrastructure that doesn’t depend on centralized monopolies to function. 🤝 XBITDEX × @xdgainetWe’re excited to announce our partnership with XDGAI — a next-generation decentralized AI platform built for the Web4 era.By combining blockchain infrastructure, federated learning, and cross-modal AI technology, XDGAI is building a global decentralized… pic.twitter.com/4ZpQCyuY8E — XBIT (@XBITDEX) May 20,…

Summary Bitcoin treasury firm Empery Digital sold 63 $BTC for about $4.6 million to help fund share repurchases. The company simultaneously announced a $25 million registered direct equity offering at $5.39 per share plus warrants, largely to repay a $50 million repo facility.​ Empery now holds 3,439 $BTC in treasury and is explicitly prioritizing stock buybacks over additional Bitcoin accumulation in the near term. Bitcoin ($BTC) treasury company Empery Digital Inc. has sold 63 $BTC for an average price of $72,791 per coin, generating roughly $4.6 million in gross proceeds to fund an aggressive stock repurchase program. The sale, executed…

In a groundbreaking move to expand its asset accessibility to larger crypto investors, Zest Protocol, a DeFi protocol built for the Bitcoin blockchain, today entered into a strategic collaboration with DigiFinex, a global cryptocurrency exchange platform. The partnership enabled Zest Protocol to launch its native token (ZEST) on DigiFinex’s global crypto exchange, an important milestone for the cryptocurrency and an integration that is set to increase investor confidence in the digital asset. Zest Protocol is a DeFi platform running on top of the Bitcoin blockchain, aiming to unlock Bitcoin’s full capability by allowing users to earn yield and borrow against…

Keith Gill, the investor phenomenon known for his involvement in the 2021 GameStop short squeeze, is back in the spotlight due to a suspicious posting of PumpFun tokens on an X account. The account, which had been silent for about 16 months, became active again and shared a Solana-based PumpFun token contract address, but the post was quickly deleted. Social media users suggested that the account may have been hacked. GameStop shares experienced sharp volatility following the incident. Shares, which had risen by as much as 13% during the day, erased their gains and fell into negative territory after the…

Trust Wallet Binance x402 has moved from concept to live infrastructure, tying a self-custody wallet toolkit to a payment protocol built for autonomous AI activity on-chain. The result is a system meant to let AI agents pay for digital services without handing control of funds to a third party. That matters because most payment systems still assume a human is sitting there clicking approve. AI agents do not work that way. If they are going to buy API access, fetch premium data, or keep subscriptions running in real time, they need a payment rail that can operate natively on the…

Data privacy scandals have been making headlines, and that’s pushed the Web3 movement to focus harder on sovereign data control. A strategic alliance has formed between MarsCat, a decentralized communication network, and Cyper, an anonymous Web3 social network. The two companies intend to combine their technologies and insights into new ways people can socially interact at heart, while merging approaches around how dApps will be used in the future for authentic insurance as opposed to exploitation. Merging P2P Infrastructure with Multi-Functional Social Hubs This alliance creates a stronger foundation for decentralized social interactions. MarsCat’s network is decentralized (P2P) and uses…

While Michael Saylor is deploying the largest “financial artillery” in history, his long-time opponent Peter Schiff is striking at a painful point of the current portfolio drawdown. Today, Strategy confirmed the purchase of another 1,031 $BTC worth $76.6 million at an average price of $74,326. Despite Bitcoin’s move above $71,000, Peter Schiff did not miss the chance to make a sarcastic remark in reply to Saylor’s announcement, stating that even after today’s rally, Strategy is still down 4.5% on last week’s buy and asking how he managed to achieve that. Even with today’s rally, you are still down 4.5% on…

Chainlink’s Smart Value Recapture (SVR)received a significant upgrade on Ethereum mainnet. The update adds support for multiple orderflow auctions running in parallel, including Titan Builder, increasing competition among searchers and raising revenue for DeFi protocols like Aave. In practical terms, protocols using Chainlink price feeds can now recapture a larger share of oracle-related value that would otherwise flow entirely to third parties. What Is Chainlink Smart Value Recapture? SVR is Chainlink’s mechanism for recapturing Oracle Extractable Value (OEV), a specific subset of Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) that arises when oracle price updates trigger liquidations in lending protocols. Rather than letting…

ETFs held about $300 billion worldwide when WisdomTree decided they were a product worth focusing on roughly 20 years ago. That number is now over $13 trillion in the U.S. alone. WisdomTree’s head of digital assets, Will Peck, says the firm is betting that tokenization on public blockchains could be the next structural shift of that magnitude. “We asked ourselves the question: what could do to ETFs what ETFs did to mutual funds?” Peck said on TheStreet Roundtable. “We saw tokenization on public blockchains as playing a really big role in that.” What is WisdomTree actually building? WisdomTree’s approach goes…

Grayscale outlined why it believes the CLARITY Act matters for crypto regulation and how the bill could affect digital asset markets. The firm said the proposal could shift oversight away from enforcement-led regulation and toward clearer rules for regulators, developers and investors. Key Takeaways: Grayscale said the CLARITY Act could create clearer rules for crypto market oversight. Developers, investors, brokers, and custodians would face less regulatory uncertainty under the proposal. Senate lawmakers are preparing to debate the bill as industry pressure continues building. Grayscale Frames CLARITY Act as a Crypto Rulebook Crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments examined the CLARITY Act’s…