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The Ethena network has recorded its most significant growth period in three months, driven by a sharp increase in new wallet creation and a notable uptick in whale activity. According to data from on-chain analytics firm Santiment, the number of new wallets being created on the Ethena protocol has reached a three-month high, while transactions involving large holders, commonly referred to as whales, have climbed to levels not seen in five weeks. On-Chain Data Reveals Renewed Interest Santiment’s metrics, which track network growth and large transaction volumes, indicate a clear shift in user behavior. The surge in new wallet addresses…

If you’ve been following the headlines lately, you could easily be forgiven for thinking that the fight over stablecoin yields is the only sticking point holding the United States back from the crypto industry’s long awaited comprehensive market structure legislation. But sadly, you’d be wrong. For months now, the headlines have fixated on a genuine but ultimately tractable disagreement: whether crypto platforms should be allowed to share yield from their Treasury bill reserves with stablecoin holders, or whether that practice should be restricted to protect traditional banks from competition for consumer deposits. It’s a real fight. The American Bankers Association…

Bitcoin mining firm Ionic Digital reported it mined 20.45 $BTC in April, representing a 27.1% decline compared to the previous month. The company disclosed its Bitcoin holdings stood at 2,836.4 $BTC as of April 30, according to a statement released this week. Production Decline and Operational Context The month-over-month drop in production comes amid a period of adjustment for the mining sector. While the company did not provide a specific reason for the decline in its April update, such fluctuations are often tied to changes in network difficulty, operational uptime, or fleet efficiency. Ionic Digital, which emerged from the bankruptcy…

$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…