Infrastructure

Western Union Stablecoin USDPT Launches on Solana

Western Union’s USDPT stablecoin has gone live on the Solana blockchain, marking the traditional remittance giant’s entry into on-chain digital assets. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
May 4, 2026 • Editorial Desk
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DeFi

How Canton Network Lets Institutions Guard Against DeFi Security Risks: Digital Asset CEO

Because Canton allows participants to implement guardrails, Digital Asset’s Yuval Rooz said institutions can protect against bad actors. Read Full…
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AI

You Installed Hermes. Now Make It Look Better Than ChatGPT or Claude

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Institutional

Fake HSBC bank stablecoins hit the market showcasing dangerous new crypto scam wave

The most dangerous stablecoin scam probably looks nothing like what most people picture. There’s no anonymous founder, no Discord full…
May 3, 2026
Infrastructure

Policy Summit and other things at Consensus 2026: State of Crypto

We are kicking off the show in Miami this week. Here’s what you should attend. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com…
May 3, 2026
Payments

A Tether-linked billionaire poured £22M into UK politics – Now new donation rules may close the door

Christopher Harborne is British-born, Cambridge-educated, and has lived in Thailand since 1996. He goes by the Thai name Chakrit Sakunkrit,…
May 3, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin preps highest weekly close since January as BTC price nears $79K

Bitcoin canceled out the week’s earlier losses to tease the highest BTC price weekly candle close since the end of…
May 3, 2026
Markets

Why XRP Ledger is becoming a $3.6B hot spot for tokenized energy commodities

XRPL currently holds about $3.6 billion in real-world assets, excluding stablecoins, split roughly between $1 billion in distributed assets and…
May 3, 2026
Markets

Crypto is at bottom of U.S. voters' priorities heading into elections, CoinDesk survey shows

Americans had a generally unfavorable view of cryptocurrencies, the survey of 1,000 randomly selected registered voters found. Read Full Story…
May 3, 2026