Category: crypto

Virtuals Protocol is integrating its Agent Commerce Protocol with Arbitrum to allow AI agents to transact on a high-liquidity L2. The VIRTUAL token has experienced an 86% drawdown. The integration aims to establish the agentic economy in the crypto-AI space, focusing on deep liquidity and low costs for autonomous transactions.

Coinbase has integrated Chainlink’s DataLink service to publish its exchange market data on-chain for the first time, providing access to institutional-grade feeds for DeFi derivatives and tokenized assets. This partnership allows DeFi protocols to access order book data, spot prices, and futures data from Coinbase on-chain, enhancing decentralized finance market infrastructure.

Interactive Brokers allows clients to transfer supported cryptocurrencies from external wallets into IBKR accounts without selling first, with commissions ranging from 0.12% to 0.18%. This move follows the launch of stablecoin account funding in January and deepens IBKR’s push to position itself as a single destination for traditional and digital asset management.

Payy, a stablecoin startup in New York, raised $6 million in seed funding led by FirstMark to develop a privacy-focused payments network using zero-knowledge technology. The company aims to make USDC payments private by default for enterprise stablecoin flows, with a mainnet rollout planned for the summer after already attracting 100,000+ users and processing $130…

Stablecoins are gaining popularity as global payment tools bridging blockchain and traditional finance. Infrastructure providers like Transak enable faster, compliant payments by connecting fiat, compliance, and blockchain access for users. Stablecoin payment infrastructure allows fintech apps to integrate stablecoin payments without building complex global infrastructure, facilitating fiat to stablecoin conversion, payment method connectivity, compliance, and…

Franklin Templeton and Ondo are launching tokenized ETFs that can be traded 24/7 directly in crypto wallets, providing non-U.S. investors with access to U.S. stocks, bonds, and gold. The initial rollout will be in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America, with a U.S. launch pending regulatory clarity.

Enlivex raised $21 million through a debt financing deal to buy 3 billion RAIN tokens at a discount. The company extended its purchase option for an additional 272.1 billion RAIN tokens through December 2027. The funding came from The Lind Partners, and Enlivex also approved a $20 million share buyback program.

Ripple is testing RLUSD stablecoin in Singapore with Unloq to automate trade payments on the XRP Ledger through the MAS sandbox BLOOM. The pilot aims to streamline trade finance by automating payment release based on predefined conditions, potentially reducing delays in cross-border trade settlement. Ripple plans to expand its payment infrastructure in Asia and Australia.

Irish authorities accessed a lost Bitcoin wallet linked to convicted drug dealer Clifton Collins with Europol’s help. The wallet contained 500 Bitcoin, part of Collins’ 6,000 Bitcoin stash. Europol provided technical support, and the wallet was believed to have been lost due to a missing recovery phrase. This successful operation allowed authorities to recover funds…

CoinDCX co-founders Sumit Gupta and Niraj Khandelwal were granted bail by a court in Thane, India, after being accused of involvement in a fake platform pretending to be the crypto exchange. The court found no evidence against them and emphasized that another person was behind the cheating scheme. CoinDCX warned users about phishing risks and…