Tokyo-listed Metaplanet reported first-quarter operating income Wednesday of 2.27 billion Japanese yen (roughly $14.38 million) on net sales of about $19.5 million, implying an operating margin of 73.6% as surging Bitcoin option income more than tripled revenue from a year…

Coinbase-backed x402 has added batch settlement, a feature designed to reduce the cost of high-frequency AI agent payments by allowing many small transactions to settle later in bulk.Base creator Jesse Pollak said Wednesday that x402 now supports batched settlement, enabling…

Bitcoin may have a roughly 77% chance of reaching new all-time highs within a year if historical BTC price patterns repeat.Key points:Bitcoin reduces its drawdown from all-time highs from 50% to 35% with its rebound to $80,000.History shows that new…

Crypto asset manager 21Shares’ first Hyperliquid exchange-traded fund in the US drew $1.2 million in net inflows and saw $1.8 million in trading volume on its Nasdaq debut.“Very very solid day and better than your average ETF launch for sure…

EToro reported first-quarter net income of $82 million, up 37% from a year earlier, as a surge in commodities trading offset weaker crypto activity.Net income rose 37% year-over-year to $82 million, compared to $60 million in Q1 2025, the company…

Shares in Solana treasury company Upexi fell 8.16% on Tuesday after reporting a widened net loss of $109 million in its fiscal third quarter, driven by a fall in the value of its crypto holdings. The company reported $92.3 million in…

Decentralized finance mobile “superapp” Legend has announced it is winding down after about two years of operation, adding to a string of crypto apps deciding to shut down this year. Legend was a DeFi aggregator that aimed to bring DeFi to…

The Ethereum community has introduced Clear Signing, a security feature that ensures users can clearly understand transaction details before signing, replacing unreadable hex data and reducing risks from blind signing attacks.“Approving a transaction is meant to be the last line…

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has backed Kalshi in the company’s legal fight against the state of Ohio, asking an appeals court to affirm that the regulator has jurisdiction over prediction markets.The CFTC filed an amicus brief in the…

The ongoing war in Iran and the race to dominate the AI sector will result in money printing that could benefit the crypto ecosystem and push Bitcoin back to its all-time high this year, according to Arthur Hayes, the chief…

JPMorgan has filed to launch a tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, allowing stablecoin issuers to hold reserves backing their stablecoins in a regulated, cash-like vehicle while earning interest.The “OnChain Liquidity-Token Money Market Fund,” ticker JLTXX, will invest in US…

A Bitcoin (BTC) whale is now down about $13 million as BTC price has rebounded by around 40% from its February lows. However, the trader continues to stand by the short position.Key takeaways:A trader known as “pension-usdt.eth” is short 1,000…

FalconX has expanded its tokenized structured credit facility to the Monad network, allowing institutional credit vault deposits to be used as collateral in decentralized finance protocols such as Morpho. Tokenization takes traditional credit facilities and represents them as digital tokens on…

Key takeaways:ETH derivatives metrics show professional traders are holding steady and haven’t flipped bearish despite recent DeFi exploits.Ethereum’s 53% Total Value Locked market share and institutional ETF demand continue to provide support near $2,200.Ether price rally stalls, but ETH futures…

The government of Bermuda announced that it will begin moving payment and financial-services activities to the Stellar network as part of its plans to be a “fully on-chain national economy.”Speaking at the Bermuda Digital Finance Forum on Tuesday, Premier David…