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Stellar rips 15% as Wall Street picks XLM for tokenized securities
DTCC, Wall Street's post-trade clearinghouse, has chosen the Stellar blockchain to host tokenized securities, sending XLM surging more than 14% on heavy volume. The integration targets a H1 2027 go-live date.
Jupiter just launched DEFI lending without price oracles
Jupiter Exchange has opened the Public Beta of Offerbook, a peer-to-peer credit market on Solana where borrowers and lenders set fixed terms with no price oracle dependency and no liquidation cascades.
Opinion: If AI is "superhuman" at finding bugs, why is only DEFI panicking?
OpenZeppelin co-founder Manuel Aráoz says all of DeFi is unsafe as AI coding agents reach superhuman capability in finding smart contract vulnerabilities. Here is why the threat is not equal across finance.
UK risks crypto "sakoku" as FCA rules threaten to wall off the country
The Solana Research Institute warns that the UK's incoming FCA cryptoasset regime could make basic blockchain participation uneconomic for domestic firms, with staking, non-custodial wallets, and major stablecoins all caught in the regulatory net.
OpenZeppelin pushes back as ex-CTO declares all of DEFI unsafe
OpenZeppelin co-founder Manuel Aráoz says AI coding agents have made all of DeFi unsafe, prompting the firm to distance itself from his views. The warning comes as DeFi hacks surpass $1.1 billion over the past year.
Cash App turns into a stablecoin rail for 60M users
Block's Cash App has begun a phased USDC stablecoin rollout to nearly 60 million users, supporting Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum, while Block also unveiled a new Bitkey touchscreen wallet and Bitcoin tap-to-pay at Bitcoin Las Vegas 2026.
White House quietly reviews CFTC plan to lock in prediction market rules
The White House Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a new CFTC proposal on event contract rules, as Trump publicly backs federal authority over prediction markets and names state-level opponents by name.
BIS confirms tokenized payments work, next stop real-value testing
The BIS has published Project Agora findings confirming that tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits can achieve atomic settlement across currencies. The Bank of Canada joined this week as DTCC, Nasdaq, and ICE accelerate their own tokenization plans.
XRP Ledger draft proposal eyes a major DEFI upgrade
The XRPL Foundation has published a draft AMM v2 standard that would add concentrated liquidity and StableSwap curves to the XRP Ledger's existing AMM, with a programmable WebAssembly curve planned to follow.
Pokemon TCG marketplaces hit $7.4M weekly revenue record
Tokenized Pokemon TCG marketplaces logged a record $7.4 million in weekly revenue in early May 2026, up 337% year over year, as Courtyard, Collector Crypt, and Phygitals cement their place in the real-world asset category ahead of the franchise's 30th anniversary set.
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