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$TON’s new Agentic Wallets standard lets Telegram AI bots hold user‑funded wallets on $TON, spending within tight limits as semi‑autonomous financial actors inside chat. $TON Tech — the infrastructure team behind The Open Network — rolled out Agentic Wallets on April 28, 2026, describing them as “self‑custody wallets designed for autonomous AI agents on $TON” that finally give Telegram bots a native way to move money. According to $TON’s docs and supporting announcements, each AI agent can spin up its own on‑chain wallet, funded directly by the user; the agent then manages that balance autonomously, while ownership remains anchored to…

Bitcoin Depot has replaced its CEO less than three months after a planned handoff, turning to former MoneyGram chief Alex Holmes as pressure builds on its crypto ATM business. Scott Buchanan has resigned as CEO and as a director, according to an SEC filing on Tuesday. Buchanan had held various senior leadership roles at Bitcoin Depot since 2019. His resignation was not due to any “disagreement” with the company over its operations, policies, or practices, the filing indicates. Its founder, Brandon Mintz, likewise stepped down as executive chairman but will remain on the reduced six-member board and is expected to…

DefiLlama’s RWA category data puts the RWA tokenization market near $30 billion on-chain, with only $2.47 billion appearing as DeFi active TVL, the value actually deposited or pooled inside third-party DeFi protocols the platform tracks. The rest of the tokenized real-world assets market sits outside the lending markets and collateral vaults that make crypto assets composable. Bond and money market funds are the largest single RWA category at over $16.6 billion on-chain, yet they carry only $920 million in DeFi active total value locked (TVL). Gold and commodities sit at $5.7 billion on-chain against $183.6 million in DeFi, while stocks…

Stablecoin payments are moving rapidly into multi-asset infrastructure as volumes climb across global markets. Ripple says institutions that chose infrastructure already operating across assets, rails, and markets are better positioned as adoption consolidates. Key Takeaways: Ripple says institutions are adopting multi- stablecoin strategies as cross-border settlement demands keep expanding globally. Markets using $RLUSD, $USDC, and $USDT show payment infrastructure must support flexible asset choices. Regulatory frameworks like MiCA may require institutions to use compliant assets, stablecoins, and fiat together. Stablecoin Payments Pressure Banks to Adapt Faster Global payments infrastructure is undergoing a shift as institutions adopt multi- stablecoin strategies across…

For years, critics argued that blockchain activity was mostly speculative volume moving in circles between traders, bots, and token incentives. But Solana’s latest application revenue numbers tell a different story: the network’s app layer is beginning to generate serious cash flow. According to data shared by Solana-focused analyst Solana Sensei, applications built across the Solana Foundation ecosystem generated roughly $292 million in revenue during Q1 2026 — a figure that increasingly positions Solana less as an experimental blockchain ecosystem and more as a high-throughput consumer internet economy operating on-chain. And while speculative trading still drives much of that activity, the…

The much-awaited crypto market structure bill, the CLARITY Act, has seen positive momentum in May. Now, even the previously contested software developer protections provision has been reportedly adopted. On Monday, Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the leading champions of developer protection, said, Clarity Act is the most pro-law enforcement digital asset bill Congress has ever considered. Let’s get this done! Source: X Will the CLARITY Act now move forward? The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) seeks to exclude decentralized applications or individuals running nodes that support them from being treated as money transmitters. The BRCA argues that, provided operators or…

The Wirex card just got a Google Pay upgrade. Android users can now add their Wirex card to Google Pay and use it for quick contactless payments anywhere Google Pay is accepted. The integration brings everything users need for daily spending into one secure location, with the same crypto-back rewards Wirex cardholders already get on every purchase. Your Wirex card just got an upgrade with Google Pay!Experience the convenience of keeping everything you need for quick payments in one secure location.If you are an Android user, start today for a smoother payment experience with Google Pay, and Wirex card. pic.twitter.com/5OCL9RKqCg…

American Bitcoin (ABTC) has acquired an additional 200 bitcoin, increasing its total holdings to more than 7,500 $BTC as of May. The purchase was announced by Eric Trump, son of U.S. President Donald Trump, in a post on X. The company now ranks 15th among publicly traded firms worldwide in terms of bitcoin reserves. Rapid Scaling of Mining Operations Alongside the acquisition, Eric Trump highlighted that American Bitcoin is now operating nearly 90,000 bitcoin miners, a milestone reached in just eight months. This rapid expansion signals significant investment in mining infrastructure and positions the company as a notable player in…

Access Protocol has teamed with InsightX, an AI platform for the global digital economy, to further develop the concept of the creator economy. This collaboration will give a completely different method for converting conventional data into digital, valuable assets that individuals can depend on in the future; thus impacting how digital assets are valued and communicated to the world. The Synergy of AI and On-Chain Content Monetization InsightX is implementing AI-based market structure in access protocol with legacy protocol access, providing market foundations through a transition from silos of legacy data with restrictions of inefficient algorithms and payment systems. Access…

The net outflow of Bitcoin from exchanges over the past month suggests that investors have started to accumulate the cryptocurrency, says a CryptoQuant analyst. March has been largely dominated by Bitcoin ($BTC) outflows from crypto exchanges, aside from one spike in inflows just before the asset tapped a six-week high of $76,000 on March 17, according to CryptoQuant data. This negative net flow has remained present while Bitcoin “continues its liquidation phase,” the analyst known as Darkfost said on Wednesday. “This persistent outflow suggests genuine accumulation by investors, who continue to buy and withdraw their $BTC from exchange platforms,” he…