Christopher Tepedino

Business-to-business transactions and card-linked stablecoin payments have grown, while Tether’s USDt has established dominance.

The R1-0528 model features enhanced reasoning capabilities, with DeepSeek asserting it’s closing the gap with OpenAI’s and Google’s latest models.

Backed by lawmakers from both parties, the bill proposes rules to govern digital assets and define agency roles in enforcement and oversight.

According to Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer, this move returns investment decisions to fiduciaries instead of bureaucrats.

Backed by rising use cases and institutional interest, stablecoin companies are attracting investors in 2025.

Asset managers BlackRock and ARK Invest have indicated interest in acquiring over $150 million in Circle’s shares

Due to Bitcoin’s volatility, the odds are against those who try to time the market, the Blockstream CEO learned in the early years of Bitcoin.

If the associated warrants are exercised, Strive could raise an additional $750 million and bring its total Bitcoin purchasing power to $1.5 billion.

The project expands on the Dubai Land Department’s other RWA tokenization initiatives, including one involving the real estate registry.

The Trump Media and Technology Group told the Financial Times that “dumb writers” were behind a report citing six sources that it was planning to raise $3 billion to buy crypto.

Tokenization could pave the way for widespread micro-ownership of businesses, said Akshay BD, nCMO at the Solana Foundation.

Semler's shares have risen 53% since the company announced its first Bitcoin purchases.

Kraken, through a partnership with Backed, will offer the product on the Solana blockchain.

Solana Mobile stands to gross at least $67.5 million in pre-sales of its Seeker device.

If signed into law, the bill would allow the Texas comptroller to establish a Bitcoin reserve and invest in select cryptocurrencies based on market cap criteria.

Decentralized exchange Bancor is seeking damages over Uniswap’s alleged infringement of its patented technology

Circle is reportedly seeking a sale price of at least $5 billion, which would be around the amount it’s targeting for its IPO.

The two principal partners, Zand Bank and Mamo, will use Ripple Payments, a platform that combines stablecoins, crypto, and fiat currency to enable payments.

Though pitched as improving financial accessibility, data shows that RWA's current ownership remains concentrated among high net worth participants.

The company had a weak Q1 2025, suffering a loss of $295 in net income according to company investor reports.

Trump, co-founder of a Bitcoin mining firm, spoke on a panel at the Consensus crypto conference on May 15 in Toronto.

Stablecoins could create new crypto use cases, especially for enthusiasts in developing countries, Aptos' head of ecosystem said.

The “Trillion Dollar Security Initiative” seeks to address legacy systems' issues and support Ethereum developers.

Adrienne Harris says the financial services regulator she runs takes a “tough but fair" approach to digital asset companies.

Canada categorized stablecoins as securities and/or derivatives in December 2022, a month after the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

CoinShares’s net profit dropped 42.2% year-over-year as harsh macroeconomic conditions affected the digital assets industry.

The fund, geared toward institutional investors, will compete with BlackRock’s BUIDL and Franklin Templeton’s BENJI for market share.

SEC Chair Paul Atkins signaled a shift from enforcement-first policy to clear rulemaking during the Commission's roundtable on May 12.

Staking for Ether ETFs has been a hot topic in 2025, with Grayscale and Fidelity both filing for rule changes that would allow this functionality.

The increase in Ether’s staking cap from 32 to 2,048 ETH could make the feature more attractive to institutional participants.