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Circle to expand $USDC to 40 developing markets While stablecoin adoption has continued to grow, it has not reached greater levels. As such, CEO Jeremy Allaire of Circle announced they were targeting expansion into 40 developing markets across Latin America, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. In this context, Visa is now moving $USDC funding for cross-border payouts from pilot to commercial use across 180 countries. However, the cost of turning $USDC back into local money is unknown. A cheap transfer can still have an expensive last step. This could widen the gap between $USDC and $USDT in transaction…

Price Action Breakdown Currently, Virtuals Protocol’s trading activity appears minimal, with no reported volume over the past 24 hours. This low activity could be attributed to market participants awaiting further developments following the new payment feature’s introduction. However, the potential for increased engagement remains, especially as the protocol continues to innovate in the AI and blockchain space. Virtuals Protocol operates at the forefront of AI and blockchain integration, focusing on agent commerce on the $BNB Chain. This regulatory landscape allows it to explore unique functionalities, positioning itself strategically to capitalize on emerging trends in the decentralized economy. Where Do We…

The model became popular during the 2025 treasury boom, when companies could raise capital by issuing shares at a premium to the value of their Bitcoin holdings. But as those premiums narrowed or disappeared, issuing new shares became less attractive, limiting companies’ ability to finance additional purchases. “Shareholders have seen premiums collapse and some companies sell into weakness. Investors are now pricing these businesses on funding costs, balance-sheet discipline and bitcoin per share,” said Kooner. “A rally could therefore restart buying, particularly among companies with credible financing structures but a return to last year’s indiscriminate capital raising looks unlikely.” Established…

Market Snapshot Currently, the crypto market is reflecting a state of mixed signals, with major assets experiencing fluctuating momentum. The absence of volume data for this wallet’s activity hints at a potentially thin trading environment, which can exacerbate price swings. As traders react to these liquidations, the situation may spark increased scrutiny on wallet movements, affecting overall trading strategies in the Ethereum ecosystem. The wallet 0xb15b is part of the Ethereum blockchain, where it recently executed multiple liquidations. Given the financial implications of such moves, traders and analysts are closely monitoring these activities, as they can impact market sentiment significantly.…

In addition, Elice also reported profits in the first half of 2026. It registered a revenue of 34.4 billion won and an operating profit of 10.3 billion won. The EBITDA for Elice stood at 23.2 billion won with a 68% margin. The company started its operation in 2015 as a provider of AI cloud infrastructure and software. Its main selling point is its AI Portable Modular Data Centers (PMDC), which can be built in 3 months. Traditional facilities usually require two to three years to be built. Moreover, Elice claims that its concept enables it to reduce overall ownership costs…

That changes the outlook set out in the team’s Oct. 1 rollout plan. The plan assigned token transfers to a fourth phase after launch, saying they would be enabled “after a sufficient period of time has passed.” It gave no date and initially justified the restriction as a way to encourage trading participation and reduce onchain congestion. Why PAPER Shorts Worry the Team Papertrade runs on Hyperliquid’s smart-contract network, HyperEVM. Its trades settle against a liquidity pool funded by cumulative user losses, using prices read from Hyperliquid’s order books, rather than placing the trades on Hyperliquid itself, its docs explain.…

The central definition is borrowed from the statute. A payment stablecoin is “a digital asset (i) that is, or is designed to be, used as a means of payment or settlement, and (ii) the issuer of which is obligated to convert, redeem, or repurchase for a fixed amount of monetary value.” The definition deliberately excludes investment tokens: a payment stablecoin is not a security or a commodity under the Act, and Treasury’s preamble makes clear it did not start from securities or commodities law as its baseline. The rule also defines “located in the United States” in a way that…

The free tier belongs to a new AI Pro release, separate from Binance’s earlier paid beta. That earlier service opened on March 25 to a limited initial group, with an introductory $9.99 monthly charge. First-time activators received a seven-day trial with no charge if they disabled the service during that period. Binance says the beta continues separately, and existing subscriptions remain active. Users can run the beta and new AI Pro at the same time, so starting on free Standard does not automatically end a beta subscription. From a trading idea to live execution AI Pro lets users describe an…

Until now, connecting a private Besu-based blockchain to other networks required custom integrations, typically through bridges that relied on groups of signers to authorize transfers. With CDK Besu, the connection to Agglayer is built in from the first block. Assets can move between connected networks, with transfers settled on Ethereum using zero-knowledge cryptographic proofs. Institutions retain control over their validators, access permissions, and authorized participants. In addition, transaction data remains within their private infrastructure and is not published on Ethereum. Polygon Connects Private Networks to Agglayer CDK Besu uses the QBFT consensus mechanism, which allows a known set of validators…

How Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF Would Limit Potential Losses The proposed fund would generally use three overlapping sets of options contracts, known as tranches, starting in different months. Each tranche would combine purchased call options, which provide the right to buy an asset at a predetermined price, with sold calls that cap gains above a specified price, called the strike price. Call options would generally be purchased with strike prices approximately 10% below the reference asset’s starting value. The reference asset, such as IBIT, is the investment the options are tied to. This structure would initially limit losses to approximately 10%…