Crypto

More than 20,000 IPs and domains were taken down and 41 servers seized as part of the coordinated operation.

USDC is now live on the XRP Ledger.

Maple will offer stablecoin credit lines backed by Lido’s staking token stETH.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) was also among the underperformers, declining 5.9% from Wednesday.

Chainlink, JPMorgan’s Kinexys, and Ondo Finance completed a crosschain DvP settlement between a permissioned payment network and a public RWA blockchain. Chainlink, JPMorgan’s Kinexys and Ondo Finance completed a “first-of-its-kind” crosschain delivery versus payment (DvP) settlement between a permissioned payment network and a public testnet. The test involved Kinexys Digital Payments, a permissioned network operated by JPMorgan and Ondo Chain’s testnet, which is focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, Chainlink said in a Thursday announcement. The settlement was coordinated using Chainlink’s Runtime Environment (CRE), an offchain compute layer designed for interoperable financial systems. At the center of the transaction was OUSG, Ondo’s tokenized US Treasurys fund, which was exchanged for payment via Kinexys’ platform. Read more

Stablecoin rails cut payment processing time to minutes from a few days on traditional SWIFT rails, the companies said.

Tether referred to increasing its exposure to gold as a "dual pillar strategy", alongside its holdings of over 100,000 BTC

Altcoins including DOGE, SOL and ADA outpaced Bitcoin’s losses Thursday morning, in what experts called a “routine” pullback.

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An ex-FBI agent who led landmark crypto investigations is joining TRM Labs’ team.

Mercurity’s $800 million Bitcoin treasury financing plan would make the firm the 11th-largest corporate Bitcoin holder after Galaxy Digital. Mercurity Fintech Holding, a Nasdaq-listed digital fintech group building blockchain-based payment infrastructure, plans to raise $800 million to establish a Bitcoin treasury reserve as more companies adopt the cryptocurrency for strategic purposes. Mercurity plans to raise $800 million to establish a “long-term” Bitcoin (BTC) treasury reserve, which will be integrated in its digital reserve framework through blockchain-native custody, staking integrations and tokenized treasury management services, the company said in a Wednesday announcement. Mercurity said it will transition a portion of its treasury into a “yield-generating, blockchain-aligned reserve structure that reinforces long-duration asset exposure and balance sheet resilience.” Read more

Ether futures data shows momentum, with ETH price more than doubling since April lows, increasing the chance of a rally to $4,000 in the coming weeks. Key takeaways: Ether’s price has rallied 108% to $2,880 since April 9.  ETH futures open interest hit all-time highs of $20 billion, signaling bullish sentiment. Read more

Your day-ahead look for June 12, 2025

Weaker dollar sparks optimism for risk assets as inflation eases.

Outgoing FSB Chair Klaas Knot says stablecoins and ETFs are accelerating crypto’s integration into traditional finance, raising systemic risk concerns. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is sounding the alarm on growing risks from the crypto sector, warning that interlinkages with traditional finance are nearing a critical threshold. Speaking in Madrid on Thursday, outgoing FSB Chair Klaas Knot said that while crypto does not yet pose a systemic risk to traditional finance, that status may not last much longer. “We may be approaching a tipping point here,” he said. Knot noted that entry barriers for retail investors have “dropped significantly,” particularly with the introduction of crypto exchange-traded funds. Crypto ETFs allow investors to gain exposure to digital assets without managing private keys, using crypto wallets or navigating exchanges. Read more

New 10% yield offering aims to raise nearly $1 billion to support Strategy’s continued bitcoin accumulation. New 10% yield offering aims to raise nearly $1 billion to support Strategy’s continued bitcoin accumulation.

Binance’s rollout in Syria features a full access launch, allowing Syrians to trade at least 300 tokens, including Bitcoin, XRP, Toncoin and more. Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, became one of the first crypto trading platforms to launch in Syria after the easing of US and European Union sanctions in May. Syrian residents can now access Binance’s platform and trade crypto assets like Bitcoin (BTC), the company announced on Thursday. The launch follows US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s May 23 decision to lift sanctions on Syria, which was followed by the EU lifting all economic restrictions on the country. Read more

Despite a 0.15% pullback, ETH options skew, exchange outflows and ETF flows all point to growing upside interest among traders and institutions.

India is home to 16% of the world’s AI talent, second only to the U.S., according to a new BCG report on the country’s booming AI sector.

Ant International plans to apply for stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong and Singapore, signaling growing fintech interest in regulated crypto payment systems, Bloomberg reported. Ant International reportedly plans to apply for stablecoin issuer licenses in Singapore and Hong Kong, signaling growing institutional cryptocurrency adoption among fintech firms. Ant International, a Singapore-based unit of the Jack Ma-backed Ant Group, is preparing to submit a license application in Hong Kong after the city’s stablecoin regulatory framework takes effect in August, according to a Bloomberg report citing unidentified sources. The company is expected to pursue similar licensing efforts in Singapore and Luxembourg. Ant Group is an affiliate of the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group, which owns and operates the world’s largest digital payment platform, Alipay, serving over 80 million merchants and 1.3 billion users worldwide. Read more