ECB official says stablecoins risk importing old market flaws
ECB board member Isabel Schnabel warned that stablecoins could bring money-market risks into tokenized finance and reinforce US dollar dominance.
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Coinbase Launches Direct Indian Rupee Deposit and Withdrawal Rails
The U.S. exchange has established direct rupee trading rails for Indian customers after securing regulatory clearance.
Cardano Summit 2026 canceled after community votes against Foundation funding proposal
The Cardano Foundation’s flagship conference was scrapped after a funding proposal failed to secure the two-thirds support required under the blockchain’s new governance system.
Strategy holds STRC dividend at 11.5% for fourth straight month
The preferred stock remains near its $100 par value as the company balances yield stability, ATM issuance capacity, and its bitcoin acquisition strategy.
Bitcoin, ether start June in the red while futures show taste for risk. XLM, HYPE gain
Bitcoin and ether fell Monday after dropping in May, a month that usually sees them post positive returns. U.S. equity index futures rose.
Bitcoin and software stocks are breaking up — and history says a major crypto move is coming
Bitcoin and software equities have sharply diverged after moving in lockstep for years, raising questions over whether bitcoin will eventually catch up.
What Is BChat? The Decentralized Messaging App Built for Privacy
Built on the Beldex Network, BChat aims to solve the weaknesses of relying solely on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for private messaging.
Asus just announced the OLED Xbox Ally X of my dreams
The Xbox Ally X20, and the glasses you’ll have to buy with it. | Image: Asus If you asked me what I’d change about the Xbox Ally X handheld – aside from fixing Windows, I mean – I’d tell you two key things. First, give me a bigger, better screen. Even a little bit bigger, … Read more
Unastella, a South Korean rocket startup that launched from home, raises $24M
The Seoul-based rocket startup is developing its own launch vehicles and engines.
Autonomous Agentic Systems: A Practical Guide to “Always-On” Agents
A practical guide to designing, operating and scaling “always-on” agents: from basic Agentic Loops to Scalable Autonomous Agentic Systems. The pattern of “always-on” autonomous agents that work proactively in the background has been taking over the agentic systems space. This pattern was launched to massive popularity by OpenClaw, as it basically moved the field away … Read more
How I built local-first memory for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex – 94.5% LoCoMo recall@10, 70ms p50
TL;DR. PMB (Personal Memory Brain) is an open-source MCP server that gives AI coding agents persistent, long-term memory. Everything runs on your machine – SQLite + LanceDB, zero cloud, zero API keys. On the LoCoMo benchmark it hits 94.5% recall@10 at 70ms p50, matching or beating cloud-based memory services. This post is mostly the techniques … Read more
Coinbase launches rupee bank rails in India after FIU nod
Coinbase has switched on direct rupee bank transfers in India via IMPS, letting users move funds between local bank accounts and the exchange for spot and futures trading.
AI Is Not a Football Team: Why I’m Still Trying to Figure This Out
TL;DR I don’t know what I believe about AI anymore. Some days I’m excited. Some days I’m scared. Some days I’m just tired of the shouting. And honestly? That’s okay. We don’t need to pick a team. The useful thing isn’t being “for AI” or “against AI.” The useful thing is staying honest about how … Read more
Why Institutional Credit Is Moving to Trade Finance Rails
Let me tell you a story about how, in reality, institutional money flows into the financial infrastructure of today. It follows compliance architecture, the credibility of developers, settlement success, and a robust lending model. It doesn’t form a line in front of platforms with the most Twitter activity or aggressive roadmaps and non-stop conferencing with … Read more
Four Reasons Why Strategic QA Is a Fintech Superpower
In the hyper-competitive financial technology sector, the race to innovate is relentless. With the global fintech market estimated at about $320.8 billion in 2025 and forecast to reach $652.8 billion by 2030, the pressure to release new features quickly is intense. The solution is not to choose between speed and quality, but to recognize that … Read more
Trump says Iran will ‘work out well’: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin price headed below $72,000 on Iran woes as US President Donald Trump told observers to “sit back and relax” with a ceasefire still unresolved.
U.S. Congress returns as GENIUS comments periods close, jobs report: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting June 1.
NYDIG suggests $1.3B IBIT sale was whale exiting directional trade
NYDIG’s Greg Cipolaro says a sale below market price and giving up millions of dollars for immediate execution indicates a large directional holder exited a trade on BlackRock’s IBIT last week.
Citi predicts the tokenized securities market will grow to $5.5 trillion by 2030
Stablecoins alone will generate a demand for up to $1 trillion worth of onchain U.S. Treasury bills and $2.6 trillion for tokenized stocks, said Citi.
Whitehat developer unlocks $2 million stuck in a 2016 Ethereum ICO contract for nine years
0xflorent, a security researcher, found an integer-overflow flaw in the HongCoin token sale contract that lets the team unlock funds for 48 original investors. It is the second such recovery he has publicized in eight days.
Sui Foundation says ‘major upgrade’ fixed bugs behind three outages
The Sui Network’s first two outages were caused by bugs introduced in its 1.72 update, while an interim fix deployed to restore the blockchain triggered the third.
Crypto exploit losses in May fall 90% over month to $68M: CertiK
CertiK says May is the third month so far in 2026 to record crypto losses under $100 million.
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Cardano Foundation cancels annual conference after failed funding vote
Cardano Foundation has failed at its second attempt to secure funding from Cardano’s community to fund its annual conference.
XRP drops to $1.32 as sellers overpower exchange outflows
XRP hit a 15-week low before stabilizing, with traders watching whether the latest washout turns into a base or another leg lower.
Three Sui mainnet halts in 48 hours traced to an upgrade bug by developers
The Sui Foundation’s post-mortem published Sunday traces all three outages to interactions between a new address-balance feature shipped in the v1.72 release and the network’s existing gas and consensus logic.
Bitcoin extends slide as spot ETF outflows hit a record while Wall Street rips on AI
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost $2.97 billion across 10 trading days through Friday, the longest outflow streak on record. Oil’s bounce on the stalled Iran deal added pressure even as global equities hit new highs on the Nvidia and SoftBank AI trade.