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Community developer isleepcode released two Neo N3 tools within four days in May – Gasetta, an AI-powered tracker for Neo core development activity on GitHub, and neovest, a trustless token vesting smart contract. Both are open-source, grassroots contributions to the Neo N3 ecosystem. isleepcode, who operates under the smartargs organization on GitHub, was previously covered by NNT for the neocity blockchain visualization project in March. Gasetta: tracking Neo core development Gasetta, released on May 16, provides AI-generated summaries of activity across Neo’s GitHub repositories. The tool tracks what the core team is shipping and monitors comments from Neo co-founders Da…

Hong Kong just took another concrete step toward becoming Asia’s most comprehensively regulated crypto hub. On May 26, the city’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published consultation conclusions on proposed licensing frameworks for virtual asset advisory and management service providers. The licensing architecture maps neatly onto Hong Kong’s existing Securities and Futures Ordinance. Virtual asset advisory activities will align with Type 4 regulated activities, which currently govern securities advice. Management services, meanwhile, fall under Type 9, the category for asset management. Both licensing regimes will sit under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist…

Most people have never heard of Nium. But there’s a good chance money has moved through its infrastructure. The Singapore-based payments company powers cross-border payouts, card programs, and treasury services for banks, fintechs, and enterprises around the world. Operating across more than 190 countries and holding over 40 regulatory licenses globally, Nium has quietly become one of the largest payment networks most consumers never see. Now it’s bringing stablecoins into that network. Circle has partnered with Nium to integrate $USDC settlement into its global payout infrastructure, allowing businesses to move funds using stablecoins while settling payments in more than 100…

The Bitcoin price is under renewed pressure as a crypto analyst warns the market could be heading for a sharp correction toward $52,000. According to the analyst, a Head and Shoulders formation has appeared on the chart, a technical pattern often associated with potential trend reversals and downside momentum. The setup suggests that if bearish pressure continues to build, the leading cryptocurrency could be at risk of a significant near-term crash, raising fresh concerns across the broader market. Bitcoin Price Forecasted To Crash To $52,000 A crypto analyst, identified as NoName on X, has warned that Bitcoin could be heading…

Throughout 2026, MSTR stock and Strategy’s preferred securities are trading as more than a simple Bitcoin proxy. Bitcoin is down about 12.5% year to date, while Strategy stock, trading as MSTR, is up about 6.8% Strategy’s preferred securities have also held up better than $BTC in price. STRC is nearly flat, while STRD, STRF, and $STRK have all shown smaller price declines than spot Bitcoin. Those preferred figures are price moves and exclude dividends. The split shows investors valuing two separate parts of Strategy’s model: the common stock’s exposure to Bitcoin plus capital-markets execution, and the preferreds’ claim on dividend…

$BNB Chain has shared the results of its post-quantum cryptography transition tests against quantum computing threats. According to a report published by the network, tests conducted on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) utilized the ML-DSA-44 standard for transaction signatures and pqSTARK technology for aggregating consensus votes. The report states that while compatibility with the existing address structure, RPC infrastructure, SDKs, and wallets is maintained, the system generates a significant data overhead. According to test results, the transaction signature size increased from the current 65 bytes to approximately 2,420 bytes. With the transaction size increasing from approximately 110 bytes to 2.5 KB,…

U.S. President Donald Trump said it was “critically important” that the CFTC keep “exclusive authority” over prediction markets, echoing CFTC Chair Michael Selig in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform, late Tuesday afternoon. “Under my leadership, we are setting ‘rules of the road’ that are the Gold Standard for the States,” he posted. “We cannot have SCUM like Chris Christie, Letitia James, Tim Walz, and JB Pritzker setting the rules!” Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has defended states’ authority to regulate gambling products, which he likened to prediction markets, on various occasions. New York Attorney General…

Visa (V) is taking about 90% of on-chain crypto card payments as total crypto card spending reaches a record $7.8 billion. According to data from Paymentscan, the volume has increased by 230% since May 2025. At present, stablecoins can be used directly in transactions by people wishing to use cryptocurrencies in payments, without any additional actions involving banks. The number of crypto cards has surged in 2026 as people have access to stablecoin transactions via a card. Thus, a person may have stablecoins in a wallet and pay with a card at any ordinary store. Visa takes most on-chain card…

The Open Network ($TON) has confirmed that the Toncoin and Token Bridge at bridge-v3.ton.org will cease all operations permanently on September 1, 2026, drawing the curtain on an infrastructure that was behind the blockchain’s earliest days of cross-chain connectivity. It was stated in the announcement, which was published on the $TON Status Telegram channel, that all previously submitted user transfers have been processed, and for transfers that had been executed but not yet claimed, the required network fees on both the $TON and EVM chains were covered, and those transfers were completed. In a further concession to users, all percentage-based…

DDC Enterprise Limited (NYSE American: DDC) expanded its corporate Bitcoin treasury to 2,714 $BTC on Wednesday with the purchase of 131 Bitcoin, the company announced. The New York-based company said the acquisition marks its second Bitcoin purchase in seven days, following a 200 $BTC transaction on May 21. Together, the two deals added 331 $BTC and lifted the company’s total Bitcoin holdings by approximately 13.9%, with no new common shares issued. DDC, which describes itself as a global Asian food platform and digital asset treasury company, said its average cost per Bitcoin now stands at $79,135. The company’s Bitcoin yield…