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Polygon added Visa and Meta as institutional partners, alongside technical updates and a strong expansion of its ecosystem. The stablecoin supply on the network reached $4.3 billion in April, up 13.33% from the previous month, strengthening its position in on-chain payments. The $POL token trades at $0.0966 and has gained 5% over the past week, though it remains far from its all-time highs as MATIC. Polygon closed one of its most active weeks so far in 2026. A report published by the project’s team in late April documented a series of developments spanning institutional adoption, technical improvements, and ecosystem growth…

In brief Supporters say the Clarity Act would make the U.S. the global leader in crypto regulation and influence policy abroad. Critics like Sen. Elizabeth Warren warn it could weaken anti-money laundering standards worldwide. The bill would legalize most crypto activity in the U.S. and move much of the industry under CFTC oversight. The Clarity Act in the United States hardly needs more drama. Over the last year, the still-yet-to-be-passed crypto bill has weathered starts, stops, eleventh hour mutinies, all-out inter-industry battles, and heaps of frustration from lawmakers. But after narrowly surviving a key committee vote two weeks ago, the…

On May 14th, the CLARITY Act passed the Senate Banking Committee and advanced for full Senate Voting. Despite the positive outcome, $BTC’s price declined by nearly $6,000, suggesting possible sell-the-news behavior among traders. $BTC’s fall triggered a liquidation of over $670 million in leveraged crypto long positions. Alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum fell by over 10%, and the $BTC ETFs experienced a net outflow of $700M over the past 3 days. Advancement of the CLAIRITY Act Reports reveal that over 8000 letters were sent to the Senate office by American Bankers Association (ABA) members ahead of the markup held on May 14th…

The current stagnation in South Korea’s digital asset market may be nothing more than the “calm before the storm,” according to Jeff Park, a researcher at Bitwise. Park has predicted that a massive surge in Bitcoin’s price is inevitable once retail investors decide to exit their currently profitable positions in the traditional stock market. Park has pointed to the massive amount of capital currently parked in South Korea’s leading industrial and tech giants. “Imagine the candle when Korean retail finally rotates out of Hynix, Samsung, and Hanmi and comes back to Bitcoin,” Park noted. “It’s simply a matter of time.”…

Emerging from its establishment in 2017, Tron has progressively carved a niche in the cryptocurrency sector by facilitating decentralized application development and offering direct rewards to content creators. As the native digital currency, $TRX functions not only in payments but also plays a pivotal role in governing the ecosystem. A recent surge in $TRX’s market value has reignited interest among market participants. What Are the Current Signals for $TRX? The $TRX token has witnessed a 0.51% rise over the past 24 hours, reaching a valuation of $0.339. After reaching a low of $0.322 recently, it has seen a bullish recovery…

The Digital Chamber is leading a coalition of crypto firms pressing the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act. The Digital Chamber has escalated a coalition push urging the US Senate to pass the CLARITY Act. The trade group is framing the bill as crypto’s last realistic window for federal market structure rules this year. The pressure follows a key procedural win. The Senate Banking Committee already advanced H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, in a 15-9 bipartisan vote, sending it toward a full Senate floor fight. What the Digital Chamber is asking for The Digital Chamber, the Crypto…

A recent analysis of liquidity in the global futures market has revealed notable differences in how major cryptocurrency exchanges perform across various asset classes. The report, published by TokenInsight, found that while Binance, Bitget, and OKX dominate in overall market depth, MEXC offers the most favorable slippage for trading Ethereum ($ETH) and silver (XAG) futures. Liquidity and Slippage: What the Data Shows The report measured market depth as the total volume of buy and sell orders within ±0.1% of the current market price—a standard metric for assessing how easily large orders can be filled without moving the price. Binance, Bitget,…

Key takeaways $BTC remains around the $77k level after rejecting the 200-day moving average. The bearish performance comes as rising inflation and Treasury yields weigh on risk sentiment. Bitcoin slipped below $77,000 earlier on Wednesday after failing to break above the 200-day moving average near $82,000, as rising inflation and tighter macroeconomic conditions weighed heavily on risk assets. The decline comes after hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data showed Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth accelerating to 3.8% year-over-year. At the same time, rising oil prices and a surge in the 10-year Treasury yield have reduced expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts, with…

BitMine’s chairman Tom Lee and Michael Saylor, the chairman of the world’s largest Bitcoin treasury firm, MicroStrategy, have resumed their aggressive crypto purchases in the new week. While the moves have become the talk of the crypto community, it has been observed that Tom Lee spent more on his Ethereum purchase this week than Saylor did. MicroStrategy resumes weekly Bitcoin purchases On Tuesday, April 11, the Arkham Intelligence platform revealed data showing that MicroStrategy has topped up its Bitcoin treasury with about $43 million worth of Bitcoin. Notably, the latest Bitcoin purchase was made at an average purchase price of…

Ripple Custody entered a strategic partnership with Kyobo Life Insurance on April 15, making Ripple Custody Korea’s first blockchain-based government bond settlement platform for a Tier 1 insurer, targeting a compression of the standard T+2 settlement cycle to near real-time execution. Ripple Custody signed its first deal with a Korean insurance institution on April 15, partnering with Kyobo Life Insurance, one of the country’s three largest life insurers with approximately $92 billion in assets. As crypto.news reported, the arrangement targets a compression of Korea’s standard T+2 bond settlement cycle into near real-time on-chain execution. The official Ripple press release confirmed…