Tezos has successfully activated Rio, its 18th protocol upgrade, marking another milestone in the blockchain’s Tezos X roadmap. The upgrade was approved through the network’s on-chain governance process, with participation from validators and community members, and aims to enhance staking…
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The $12,000 vs $300,000 Bitcoin — why where you mine matters more than ever [btcmanager]
Does the Bitcoin halving hit all miners equally? As power costs diverge globally, can high-cost countries stay in the game? And what happens if mining concentrates too far in too few hands? One coin, many realities A Bitcoin (BTC) is…
Morgan Stanley to offer retail crypto trading on E*TRADE [btcmanager]
Asset manager Morgan Stanley is actively building a crypto trading feature for retail users.
Ethena partners with TON Foundation to bring USDe and sUSDe into Telegram [btcmanager]
Ethena will integrate its sUSDe stablecoin into the TON blockchain under the name tsUSDe, making it available for Telegram’s one billion users. Announced during the Token2049 on May 1, Ethena (ENA) Labs founder Guy Young and The Open Platform CSO…
Token2049: Eric Trump believes the modern financial system is ‘broken’ and crypto will take over [btcmanager]
Eric Trump talks to World Liberty Financial’s Zach Witkoff and Tron creator Justin Sun about how the institutional banks will be left ‘in the dust’ if they fail to embrace crypto. On May 1 during Token2049’s fireside chat session, Eric…
Metaplanet to launch U.S. subsidiary and raise $250M to expand Bitcoin treasury [btcmanager]
Metaplanet is doubling down on Bitcoin with a planned expansion into the U.S., aiming to raise $250 million and position itself as a global force in corporate Bitcoin adoption. In a May 1 post on X, Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich…
World Liberty Financial’s USD1 to integrate with Tron network [btcmanager]
World Liberty Financial’s official stablecoin, USD1, will be integrated into the Tron network as it prepares to mint millions of dollars worth of tokens at the start of the partnership. On the Token2049 stage on May 1, Tron (TRX) founder…
Bitcoin surges past $96k as institutional appetite grows [btcmanager]
Bitcoin has reclaimed $96,000, a level not seen since late November 2024, driven by robust institutional demand and easing macroeconomic fears. Bitcoin (BTC) rallied nearly 20% from its April low of $79,000, fueled by $381 million in ETF inflows and…
Bitget Wallet partners with Paydify to enable stablecoin payments [btcmanager]
Bitget Wallet becomes the first digital wallet to integrate itself with Paydify, allowing users to make stablecoin payments at select physical and online merchants. According to the press release sent to crypto.news, the non-custodial crypto wallet has partnered with crypto…
World Liberty Financial’s USD1 selected as official stablecoin for MGX’s Binance investment [btcmanager]
World Liberty Financial’s stablecoin, USD1, has been used to facilitate Abu Dhabi’s AI investment firm MGX’s landmark $2 billion investment into Binance. At Token2049 on May 1, World Liberty Financial co-founder Zach Witkoff confirmed that the project’s USD-pegged stablecoin, USD1,…