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Crypto gaming interest drops in April, overall ecosystem healthier: DappRadar

Blockchain gaming user activity dipped and funding slowed in April, but the overall ecosystem is healthier and maturing, according to blockchain analytics platform DappRadar.User activity dropped 10% over April, with blockchain gaming reaching a 2025 [weiter lesen]
Starknet hits ‘Stage 1’ decentralization, tops ZK-rollups for value locked

Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform Starknet has reached a decentralization milestone laid out by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and is now the largest zero-knowledge rollup-based network by total value locked.Starknet said in a press release [weiter lesen]
Stablecoin bill passes in Northern Marianas as House overrides veto

The Pacific US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands has passed a bill allowing its small constituent island of Tinian to launch a stablecoin, overriding an earlier veto by the territory’s governor.The 20-member Northern Mariana Islands [weiter lesen]
DOJ charges 12 more gamer-turned $263M Bitcoin robbers

Another 12 people have been charged for their involvement in a $263 million crypto crime spree that stole 4,100 Bitcoin from a Genesis creditor last August, along with a string of break-ins and money laundering. The 12 new names, included in [weiter lesen]
Grok 'white genocide' rant due to unauthorized prompt change: xAI

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has blamed an “unauthorized modification” to the Grok chatbot’s response, causing it to generate responses mentioning political and racial tensions in South Africa. On May 16, [weiter lesen]
Coinbase drops 7% on customer breach, SEC probe into user numbers

Coinbase stock dipped after news broke of a cyberattack that exposed customer data and an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission investigation over misstated user numbers in 2021.The double whammy of bad news rattled investors as company stock [weiter lesen]
Brazil fintech gets approval to become a Bitcoin treasury company

Méliuz’s executive chairman says his fintech firm has become Brazil’s first publicly-traded Bitcoin treasury company following shareholder approval, with the firm also announcing it bought $28.4 million worth of Bitcoin to add [weiter lesen]
AI scammers are now impersonating US government bigwigs, says FBI

Deepfake-assisted hackers are now targeting US federal and state officials by masquerading as senior US officials in the latest brazen phishing campaign to steal sensitive data. The bad actors have been operating since April, using deepfake [weiter lesen]
Tornado Cash dev Roman Storm trial goes ahead with slight trim

US federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with their case against Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm, but will drop a small part of their indictment after the Department of Justice rolled back its crypto enforcement last month.Jay Clayton, the acting [weiter lesen]
Wisconsin Investment Board sold off its Bitcoin ETF stash

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), which oversees the state’s retirement funds, unloaded its shares in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) during the first quarter, filings show.The Wisconsin Investment Board [weiter lesen]
Legacy forex, payments platforms ‘hate’ stablecoin adoption — Kevin O’Leary

Global foreign exchange and payments platforms are lobbying hard against stablecoins, which stand to significantly disrupt their business models, investor Kevin O’Leary said during a keynote address at Consensus 2025. Legacy forex and payments [weiter lesen]
Trump’s crypto ties ‘add a certain level of challenge’ to passing bills — Coinbase exec

Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal addressed some of the concerns raised by US lawmakers and industry leaders around President Donald Trump’s crypto ventures, and how they may affect related legislation.Speaking at the Consensus [weiter lesen]
"The world is trying to hoard Bitcoin right now" — Eric Trump

There is an ongoing race across the world for Bitcoin accumulation, according to Eric Trump, the second-eldest son of US President Donald Trump. Speaking at a crypto conference in Toronto on May 15, Trump said that from families to government funds, [weiter lesen]
Bitcoin traders’ evolving view of BTC’s role in every portfolio bolsters $100K support

Key takeaway:Bitcoin’s struggles to overtake the $105,000 level as US macroeconomic headwinds remain a challenge. Steady inflows from institutional investors and the strength of the $100,000 support point to growing confidence in [weiter lesen]
Asset tokenization expected to speed capital flows, says Chainlink's Nazarov

Asset tokenization is set to accelerate the movement of capital across traditional markets, according to Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov. Speaking with Cointelegraph at Consensus 2025 in Toronto, Nazarov said the shift will boost capital velocity [weiter lesen]
Bitdeer Q1 revenue falls more than 40% year-over-year

Bitdeer Technologies Group reported a 41% year-over-year drop in revenue to $70.1 million for the first quarter of 2025, the Bitcoin miner said on May 15. The Singaporean company clocked an operating loss of $3.2 million for the quarter, [weiter lesen]
FTX estate to start distributing more than $5B on May 30

More than two-and-a-half years after filing for bankruptcy, cryptocurrency exchange FTX is moving forward with repaying users who have not had access to their funds.In a May 15 notice, the FTX Recovery Trust announced that it would begin disbursing [weiter lesen]
Stablecoin regulation 'next catalyst' for crypto industry — Aptos head

Stablecoin regulation is “the next catalyst” for the crypto industry and could lead to unprecedented “appetite from institutional investors,” according to Ash Pampati, head of ecosystem at the Aptos Foundation.In an interview [weiter lesen]
Solana network activity surge and ‘megaphone’ chart pattern set $210 SOL price target

Key Takeaways:Solana formed a megaphone chart pattern with a potential $210 price target. Solana’s ecosystem growth highlights renewed investor interest with a $4 billion realized cap increase and 731 million transactions.Solana (SOL) [weiter lesen]
Canada lags with stablecoin approach, but there’s room to catch up

The slow adoption of stablecoins in Canada has some local crypto industry observers concerned that the country is falling behind.The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) classified stablecoins as “securities and/or derivatives” in [weiter lesen]
Coinbase fires compromised agents in India— Report

Coinbase has reportedly fired a group of customer support agents following their alleged involvement in social engineering attacks on users. The contracted agents were based in India. According to a May 15 Fortune interview, Coinbase's chief security [weiter lesen]
Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows fall, but BTC whale activity points to bull market acceleration

Key takeaways:Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows dropped over 90% from $3 billion to $228 million in four weeks. While strong ETF inflows often drive Bitcoin rallies, recent data shows price movements can occur independently.Despite short-term selling [weiter lesen]
The AI revolution won’t be centralized — Superior agents are coming for Big Tech’s crown

Opinion by: Jennifer Dodgson, co-founder of KIP Protocol and Eigenform AIThe puppet show is ending.The Brookings Institution found that generative artificial intelligence may disrupt at least 50% of tasks performed by more than 30% of all workers. [weiter lesen]
What the 10-year Treasury yield means for crypto yields and stablecoins

Understanding the 10-year Treasury yield: Definition and importance The 10-year Treasury yield is the interest rate that the US government pays to borrow money for 10 years.When the [weiter lesen]