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In brief Visa added Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo to its global stablecoin settlement pilot, bringing the total supported networks to nine. The payment giant’s blockchain settlement volume reached a $7 billion annualized run rate, marking 50% quarter-over-quarter growth. Visa now operates more than 130 stablecoin-linked card programs across more than 50 countries. Visa expanded its global stablecoin settlement pilot to nine total blockchain networks Wednesday, as the payment giant’s blockchain infrastructure reaches a $7 billion annualized run rate with 50% quarterly growth. The newly added networks—Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo—each serve distinct settlement needs, according to Visa’s…

Although volatility remains elevated, Bitcoin ($BTC) price posted modest gains on April 3, rising nearly 1% and outperforming the wider market’s 0.5% advance. Despite strength in altcoins, Bitcoin’s market dominance has also increased, reaching above 58%, suggesting a mild shift into relatively safer assets. At the same time, derivatives activity is picking up. Specifically, total open interest has climbed 4.5%, pointing to an increase in leveraged positioning as traders cautiously re-enter the market. Together, these factors reflect a defensive attitude, where investors favor Bitcoin’s stability while still seeking upside through derivatives exposure. $BTC price outlook Bitcoin’s outlook this month is…

DeFi Scope reports that Polymarket has officially surpassed $76 billion in lifetime notional trading volume, a milestone that underscores just how fast decentralized prediction markets are maturing. MASSIVE: 🇺🇸 Polymarket has surpassed $76 billion in lifetime notional volume. pic.twitter.com/xkgqOAKbb2 — DeFi Scope (@DefiScope) May 2, 2026 According to recent analytics, the platform’s growth remained steady throughout 2024 and 2025 before accelerating dramatically in recent months, with monthly trading activity reportedly pushing beyond $8–10 billion. That surge has helped drive cumulative volume to record levels, positioning Polymarket as one of the most active consumer-facing applications in DeFi. Built on Polygon, Polymarket…

Ontology’s $ONT jumps over 20% as traders bet its decentralized identity stack could benefit from the EU’s eIDAS 2.0 rollout of digital ID wallets to 450M citizens. Ontology’s ($ONT) price has rallied more than 20% in the last 24 hours, as traders crowd into what they see as a pure‑play bet on Europe’s coming digital identity overhaul. MEXC data show $ONT changing hands near $0.07 today, up 19.45% on the session, with intraday trading between roughly $0.0568 and $0.09587 and a market capitalization of about $65.38 million based on a circulating supply of 934.26 million $ONT. That builds on an…

The article that established the duty for taxpayers to disclose the value and characteristics of their crypto funds held in self-custody was dropped during the last stages of the upcoming Fraud Law discussion. The law will now proceed without this measure. Key Takeaways: The French National Assembly axed an article requiring users to report self-custody crypto wallets over €5,000. Adan celebrated this win, which protects users in France, a nation suffering 40% of Europe’s wrench attacks. Scrapping the €5,000 reporting rule avoids future attacks fueled by leaked tax data, notes Telegram’s CEO. French National Assembly Drops Self-Custody Funds Disclosure From…

Leading decentralized exchange Hyperliquid’s push into prediction markets is about who captures the upside, not just cheaper trading, according to Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX exchange and CIO of Maelstrom fund. CoinDesk reported earlier that Hyperliquid is preparing a zero-fee-to-open model for event trading under HIP-4. The Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal (HIP)-4 is a proposal that introduces event trading on Hyperliquid. Hayes said that structure is only the first layer. In a note to CoinDesk, he argued that the real differentiator is $HYPE, Hyperliquid’s exchange token, which he said allows users to benefit from platform activity in a way Polymarket and…

Stable Sea on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with WisdomTree to embed access to the asset manager’s tokenized funds inside its business treasury platform, opening a new distribution channel for onchain dollar yield beyond crypto-native users. The integration begins with the WisdomTree Treasury Money Market Digital Fund (WTGXX), which currently holds about $855 million in tokenized U.S. Treasuries and ranks as the sixth-largest tokenized money market fund tracked by RWAxyz. Eligible Stable Sea Terminal users can establish a limited-scope broker-dealer relationship with WisdomTree Securities to route orders into select WisdomTree tokenized funds directly from the Stable Sea interface. For users,…

Bitcoin ($BTC) saw a modest uptick on April 3, at one point trading above $67,200 with a noticeable surge in daily funding rates, which shot up more than 300%. In short, the figure implies that leveraged traders have sharply increased their bullish exposure, with long-position holders paying higher fees to maintain their bets that ‘digital gold’ is going to rebound further. At the same time, though, Bitcoin open interest has begun to cool down, being 0.12% in the negative at the time of writing, judging by the data Finbold retrieved from CryptoQuant. What this suggests is that the funding spike…

YZi Labs has escalated its dispute with $BNB treasury firm CEA Industries with a statement about the “explosive” lawsuit filed by investor Abraham Gomez against the firm now known as BNC and its director, Hans Thomas. The lawsuit alleged that the company operated in an “operational vacuum” with no executives, operations, or a functioning website when Gomez visited their offices. The lawsuit, which was filed on February 28, reflects identical governance failures that YZi Labs attacked for months in its own battle to take control of BNC’s 515,054 $BNB treasury from 10X Capital Asset Management. According to Alex Odagiu, an…

A recent look at activity in the AI crypto sector shows a big increase in user engagement. Several projects saw a lot of interaction over 24 hours. Data from Phoenix Group and LunarCrush shows community support is driving visibility and sentiment for AI tokens. TOP #AI PROJECTS BY SOCIAL ACTIVITY$TAO $LINK $QUBIC $FET $RENDER $ROSE $INJ $DIA $NEAR $AKT pic.twitter.com/Du9GUTJH35 — PHOENIX – Crypto News & Analytics (@pnxgrp) March 30, 2026 The rankings are based on posts and interactions, likes, comments and reposts. These metrics help to see which ecosystems are getting the attention in the fast changing AI crypto…