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Athletes drafted on Thursday to compete in the MoonPay X Games League are set to receive signing bonuses in stablecoins, providing an early look at how the crypto payments provider plans to elevate its partners via the action sports spectacle. MoonPay said one-time payments of $2,500 will be sent to 40 athletes in the form of XO Cash, a stablecoin offered by crypto wallet provider Exodus. What’s more, the athletes will receive the funds in Exodus’ flagship product, with balances linked to payment cards. In December, MoonPay said that it would work with Exodus to develop a stablecoin that dovetails…

A recent update shared by the Shiba Inu burn tracker portal has revealed that the daily $SHIB burn rate has collapsed by roughly 100% from this month’s peaks and reached one of the lowest levels in March on its last day. Still, by now, half of the circulating $SHIB supply has been moved out of circulation. $SHIB burns collapse 100% Data from the aforementioned source shows that today, March 31, a bottom has been hit, with one of the lowest levels reached. The monthly March chart shows just two peaks this month, which took place on Feb. 28 and March…

Global crypto payments firm MoonPay has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Woori Bank to develop infrastructure for a Korean won-denominated stablecoin. This marks MoonPay’s first collaboration with a bank to support a won-based stablecoin ecosystem. The partnership aims to explore applications in overseas remittances, crypto wallet integration, and currency exchange functions. MoonPay and Woori Bank Forge KRW Stablecoin Infrastructure MoonPay, a leading global crypto payments platform, announced on April 30 its strategic partnership with Woori Bank, one of South Korea’s largest financial institutions. The MOU focuses on building the necessary technology and regulatory framework for a stablecoin pegged…

Injective launched Injective Agents, a platform for autonomous AI trading agents that place orders, manage positions and earn fees on Injective’s financial blockchain. Each registered agent receives an EIP-8004 on-chain identity, $NFT profile, fee recipient address and auditable history rather than acting as an anonymous bot. The platform includes MCP Server, grid trader and SDK tools, with future DCA, arbitrage and reputation-based copy-trading strategies planned for developers and broader adoption. Injective has launched Injective Agents, a platform built for autonomous AI trading agents that can act inside markets with verifiable identities, trading access and fee attribution. The system is designed…

Google’s Quantum AI team said earlier this week that a future quantum computer could derive a bitcoin private key from a public key in roughly nine minutes. The number ricocheted across social media and spooked markets. But, what does it actually mean in practice? Let’s start with how bitcoin transactions work. When you send bitcoin, your wallet signs the transaction with a private key, a secret number that proves you own the coins. That signature also reveals your public key, a shareable address, which gets broadcast to the network and sits in a waiting area called the mempool until a…

A data post published on X stopped crypto social media in its tracks. One hundred thousand dollars placed into Ethereum five years ago is worth approximately $85,000 at today’s price of around $2,320, a nominal loss over half a decade. The identical sum invested in Nvidia at the same moment has compounded into $1.4 million, driven by the artificial intelligence boom that turned the chipmaker into one of the most valuable companies on earth. $100,000 invested 5 years ago in Ethereum $ETH is worth $85,000 today. $100,000 invested 5 years ago in Nvidia $NVDA is worth $1,400,000 today. pic.twitter.com/mA6lbtJe2E —…

Circle (CRCL) has recently outperformed other crypto-linked equities, a move investment bank William Blair said reflects more than shifting macro conditions. “It is tempting to ascribe recent strength to surging oil prices and perhaps a more hawkish Fed,” wrote analysts Andrew Jeffrey and Adib Choudhury in a Thursday note to clients. “We think there is more at play, however, including $USDC market cap resilience despite a crypto drawdown and growing appreciation of Circle’s economic model and stablecoin infrastructure leadership,” the analysts said. The bank reiterated its outperform rating on the stock, arguing the rally, which has lifted shares roughly 126%…

Dogecoin has been trading negatively today, but its network activity has surged notably over the past week amid increased participation from investors. While the surge in network activity has come at a time when the market continues to show mixed price actions, the metric signals renewed interest in the largest meme token by market capitalization, sparking discussions across the crypto market. Dogecoin active addresses hit 73,000 On Tuesday, March 31, popular crypto analyst Ali Martinez shared data from Santiment, revealing that active addresses on Dogecoin have surged from around 57,000 to 73,000 within a week. According to the analyst, the…

Crypto-based prediction market Polymarket has tapped blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis to monitor trading activity and enforce its market rules, as it works to address concerns about insider trading and market integrity. Chainalysis brings a suite of tools, including investigative software and onchain monitoring systems, to flag suspicious behavior, based on a model designed to identify patterns consistent with traders acting on non-public information, the firms announced on Thursday. The move comes amid growing scrutiny of prediction markets. Critics have argued that platforms like Polymarket could be vulnerable to insiders — such as political operatives or corporate employees — placing informed…

As part of efforts to introduce powerful security solutions to its digital network, Claw Intelligence, a decentralized AI platform that allows users to seamlessly interact with Web3 applications, today entered into a strategic partnership with Block Sec Arena, an AI-powered Web3 security network that helps projects protect themselves against on-chain risks. The partnership enabled Claw Intelligence to integrate Block Sec Arena’s security infrastructure to ensure that its decentralized AI utility platform adopts best practices for Web3 security. Claw Intelligence is an AI-driven Web3 intelligence and trading platform built on the $BNB Chain, designed to provide users with cutting-edge tools to…