Infrastructure
AI

Now You Can Buy Bitcoin, XRP and More in ChatGPT via MoonPay

MoonPay’s new app lets users buy cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Solana, through ChatGPT just by speaking with the chatbot. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
Infrastructure

Buterin fires back at Ethereum Foundation critics, recommits to neutrality

The Ethereum Foundation holds less than 1% of all ETH in circulation while other protocol foundations typically hold 10-50% of their native token’s supply, the…
Infrastructure

Ethereum’s selloff tests whether its neutrality-first model can defend ETH’s value amid Foundation ‘brain drain’

Ethereum’s market sentiment has deteriorated significantly as the blockchain network’s native ETH token moves through a medium-term bear phase. Data from blockchain analytics platform Santiment…
Infrastructure

Warsh will cut rates, despite consensus view of rate hikes: Analyst

The current Federal Funds target rate is between 350 and 375 basis points, which traders project to rise by at least 25 basis points in…
AI

Clarity Act could spark a boom in crypto ‘yield-as-a-service’

The bill’s restrictions on yield-bearing crypto products may push the industry away from passive “hold-to-earn” models and toward AI-driven, compliant yield infrastructure, according to STBL…
Infrastructure

Cardano founder warns network could lose its scientists in Input Output’s 33M ADA funding vote fails

Cardano could lose a core group of scientists if Input Output fails to secure treasury funding for a slate of research and infrastructure proposals that…
DeFi

XRPL’s May 27 upgrade shows how validators and markets decide a blockchain split

XRPL’s known amendments page lists fixCleanup3_1__3 for activation on May 27, and by design the event is a maintenance upgrade. Version 3.1.3 of rippled bundles…
Infrastructure

NEAR Launches Confidential Payments via Intents Protocol

NEAR Protocol has launched confidential payments on its Intents platform, enabling private cross-chain swaps between NEAR and ETH. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
AI

NEAR Protocol Jumps 28% on Privacy, AI, and Scaling Upgrades

NEAR rallied by 45% this week on a series of upgrades positioning it as a potential settlement layer for AI agents and confidential finance. Read…
Infrastructure

Blockchain.com Files Confidentially for US IPO, Adding to Crypto’s Growing Listing Pipeline

Blockchain.com filed a confidential S-1 after 14 years in crypto, joining Kraken, Grayscale, and SpaceX in a crowded but tentative IPO pipeline. The post Blockchain.com…