Japan Blockchain Foundation has announced plans to issue EJPY, a Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin, on Japan Open Chain and Ethereum. Summary EJPY targets B2B settlements on Japan Open Chain, with Ethereum support planned from the start. EJPY launch terms and timing remain undecided pending regulatory reviews, trustee selection, and partner talks. JPYC, JPYSC, and bank pilots
Ord.io, one of the most widely used Bitcoin Ordinals explorers, is pulling the plug. The platform and its companion trading app Zap will shut down on June 1, 2026, citing financial difficulties that made continued operations untenable. The announcement, posted on social media on May 12, didn’t dive deep into specifics beyond the financial struggles.
Ethereum digital asset treasury SharpLink is confident that institutional adoption is increasing despite bearish spot prices. The last few months have been volatile for the price of ETH, the company stated on X on Wednesday. The asset has consolidated around bear market lows of $2,000 since the beginning of February and has yet to make
LMAX Group has launched Kiosk, a hosted portal that lets institutional clients deposit digital assets into LMAX Custody and use them as collateral across several markets. Summary LMAX Kiosk lets institutions use digital assets as collateral across FX, metals, CFDs and crypto. The launch follows DTCC, Franklin Templeton and BlackRock moves into tokenized collateral and
President Donald Trump is heading to China this week with a power roster of 16 American CEOs, a delegation that reads like the Forbes billionaires list got its own diplomatic passport. Elon Musk and Tim Cook headline the group, and the goal is straightforward: dial down the trade war thermostat before both sides get burned.
There is speculation that the account activity may not have come from Roaring Kitty himself, as the account had been quiet for 16 months. Roaring Kitty’s deleted post on X triggered a crash in the meme coin RKC, wiping out 90% of its value within hours. Traders who bought into the hype lost hundreds
CryptoQuant signal has flipped Bitcoin into early bull territory for the first time since March 2023, analysts say. Summary CryptoQuant’s Bull-Bear Market Cycle Indicator entered bullish territory on May 12, using its Profit and Loss Index to confirm the regime shift. The last confirmed green signal in March 2023 preceded a sustained bull run taking
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella didn’t mince words when asked about the November 2023 boardroom drama that nearly blew up the most important AI partnership on the planet. Testifying on May 12 in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, Nadella described the board’s attempt to fire Sam Altman as “amateur city.” What Nadella actually said on the
Sharplink remains the second-largest Ethereum treasury company with roughly 868,700 ETH. Mike Novogratz’s digital asset firm Galaxy Digital and ETH treasury company Sharplink announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding to form the Galaxy Sharplink Onchain Yield Fund. This new private investment vehicle will focus on DeFi liquidity protocols and other on-chain yield-generating strategies. $125M
The DTCC Chainlink Collateral AppChain partnership will automate 24/7 collateral management across global markets by Q4 2026. Summary DTCC will integrate the Chainlink Runtime Environment into its Collateral AppChain to automate pricing, valuation, margining, and settlement across financial markets. The Collateral AppChain targets a Q4 2026 production launch and extends a 2024 Smart NAV pilot