Category: Peer to Peer

BlockCon Punta Cana 2026 is positioning itself as a high-end business retreat where Web3 companies, iGaming operators, financiers and policy specialists will meet as digital assets move deeper into mainstream financial infrastructure.Scheduled for 25-28 November 2026 at Barceló Bávaro Beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the event is being promoted as an all-inclusive gathering designed around executive networking rather than a conventional expo-hall conference. Organisers expect about 1,000 participants, more than 50 speakers, representation from over 65 countries and participation

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token has climbed to record levels after the decentralised exchange channelled almost all of its trading-fee revenue into open-market token purchases, strengthening confidence in one of the fastest-growing protocols in crypto derivatives.The token traded above $64 over the weekend, extending a sharp advance that has taken it from below $4 at its 2024 lows to a position among the largest digital assets by market value. The rally has been driven by a combination of platform revenue, aggressive buybacks,

Echo Protocol’s Monad deployment suffered a major security breach after a compromised administrator key allowed an attacker to mint about 1,000 unauthorised eBTC tokens, creating a notional exposure of roughly $77 million and forcing the project to halt cross-chain activity.The incident, detected on 19 May 2026, centred on eBTC, Echo Protocol’s synthetic Bitcoin asset used across decentralised finance markets. The unauthorised tokens were created on Monad, a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain that has attracted growing developer interest as new DeFi

THORChain has halted core network activity after a coordinated exploit drained about $10.7 million from one of its liquidity vaults, putting fresh scrutiny on the security model behind decentralised cross-chain swaps.The incident took place on May 15 and affected a single vault within the protocol’s infrastructure. Early estimates placed the loss lower, but subsequent checks revised the figure to about $10.7 million. The remaining vaults were not drained, while Solana-linked assets were described as unaffected because they rely on a

Tether is preparing to launch GEL₮, a blockchain-based stablecoin tied to the Georgian lari, with backing from Georgia’s government in a move aimed at putting the country’s currency on digital asset rails and strengthening its position as a regional fintech hub.The project, announced on Monday, would make GEL₮ a digital representation of the lari rather than a central bank digital currency. It is being positioned as a payment and settlement tool for lower-cost transfers, faster transaction processing, programmable payments and

Chainlink has made its data standard available through AWS Marketplace, giving cloud developers and enterprise technology teams a simpler route to deploy oracle infrastructure for tokenised assets, stablecoins, decentralised finance and on-chain financial applications.The launch brings Chainlink Data Feeds, Data Streams and Proof of Reserve into the AWS procurement environment, reducing the need for institutions to build bespoke systems to connect blockchains with market data, reserve information and existing enterprise infrastructure. The move strengthens the link between public cloud platforms

Bitcoin’s long-term security debate has sharpened after Glassnode mapped more than 6 million coins whose public keys have already been exposed on-chain, placing assets worth about $469 billion under theoretical risk from future quantum computers.Glassnode’s analysis estimates that 6.04 million Bitcoin, or 30.2 per cent of issued supply, sit in formats or usage patterns that could become vulnerable if quantum machines become powerful enough to derive private keys from public keys. The finding does not imply an immediate attack vector,

Dogecoin’s volatile online following has seized on a playful remark by co-creator Billy Markus after he floated the idea of a $20 trillion valuation for DOGE, reigniting speculative debate around the meme token even as its market price remains near a fraction of its 2021 peak.Markus, who posts on X under the name Shibetoshi Nakamoto, is known for sharp, ironic commentary on cryptocurrency culture. His latest remark was widely read as humour rather than a formal price forecast, but it

Chun Wang, co-founder of the Bitcoin mining pool F2Pool and commander of SpaceX’s Fram2 private astronaut flight, has been named for Starship’s first interplanetary human spaceflight mission, a planned Mars fly-by that places a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at the centre of one of the most ambitious commercial space ventures yet announced.The mission is designed as a two-year journey beyond the Earth-Moon system, flying past Mars before returning to Earth. No launch date, ticket price or full crew list has been disclosed,

Grayscale Investments has moved a step closer to launching a spot exchange-traded fund tied to Hyperliquid’s HYPE token after submitting a third amended S-1 registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, sharpening market expectations that regulated access to one of the fastest-growing decentralised trading ecosystems may be nearing approval.The proposed Grayscale HYPE ETF would trade on Nasdaq under the ticker GHYP if cleared by regulators. The fund is designed as a passive vehicle that would hold HYPE directly,

OKX is moving beyond digital assets into oil-linked derivatives through a partnership with Intercontinental Exchange, marking a fresh step in the convergence of crypto trading platforms and traditional commodity markets.The crypto exchange plans to introduce perpetual futures contracts tied to ICE Brent Crude and ICE WTI Crude benchmarks, giving eligible users exposure to two of the world’s most closely watched oil price references without using conventional futures contracts. The products will be offered only in jurisdictions where OKX is licensed

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token has pushed beyond its former record, turning a sharp 24-hour rally into one of the most closely watched moves in the digital-asset market as trading volumes, exchange activity and listed-product demand converge around the decentralised derivatives platform.HYPE traded above $62 after gaining strongly through the week, surpassing the previous peak near $59 set in September 2025. The move lifted the token into the upper tier of crypto assets by market value, with live market data placing its

Binance has launched a SpaceX-linked pre-IPO perpetual futures contract, giving crypto traders synthetic exposure to one of the world’s most closely watched private companies before any public share sale is completed. The product began trading on May 21 under the SPCXUSDT ticker, marking Binance’s first move into a new class of pre-listing derivatives tied to private-market valuations.The contract is settled in USDT and tracks Space Exploration Technologies Corp. through a Binance-estimated share count of 11.87 billion, a figure the

Variational has raised about $50 million in a Series A round led by Dragonfly, giving the peer-to-peer derivatives startup fresh capital to expand perpetual futures tied to real-world assets including oil, gold, silver and copper.The funding marks a sharper push by decentralised finance firms into traditional market instruments at a time when traders are seeking broader access to commodities, indices, foreign exchange and equities through blockchain-based platforms. Variational is positioning its protocol as an alternative to order-book exchanges, using a

Washington’s derivatives regulator and the National Hockey League have signed a memorandum of understanding to share information and co-ordinate oversight of prediction markets tied to professional hockey, extending federal scrutiny over a fast-growing sector that sits between financial derivatives, sports data and gambling regulation.The agreement, signed by Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on 21 May 2026, creates regular communication channels between the regulator and the league, including confidential information-sharing on integrity risks

Shiba Inu is drawing fresh attention from crypto traders after a market analyst said the meme token could enter a high-momentum breakout phase if it clears a long-running resistance structure that has capped its valuation since late 2024.The token was trading near $0.000006 on Friday, with a market value of roughly $3.4 billion and a circulating supply of more than 589 trillion SHIB. The latest technical focus is on whether the asset can push decisively above a market-capitalisation zone near

Sui has launched gasless stablecoin transfers on its mainnet, allowing users and businesses to send supported dollar-pegged tokens without paying network fees or holding SUI separately for gas.The protocol-level feature, backed at launch by Fireblocks, marks a push by the layer-1 blockchain to strengthen its role in payments, treasury movement and on-chain settlement. The change applies to supported stablecoins including USDC, USDsui, suiUSDe, AUSD, FDUSD, USDB and USDY, with qualifying peer-to-peer transfers carrying a stated network fee of $0.00.The move

DipCoin has completed its first year on the Sui blockchain, seeking to strengthen its position in decentralised multi-asset trading after building its platform around perpetual contracts, self-custody, transparency and faster execution.Launched on May 21, 2025, the Sui-based decentralised exchange has used its first anniversary to highlight what it describes as a zero-incident operating record, a key claim in a market where security failures, liquidity shocks and smart-contract vulnerabilities continue to shape user confidence. The platform’s development has focused on crypto

Singapore’s central bank has revoked Bsquared Technology’s major payment institution licence after finding serious regulatory breaches, barring the local crypto liquidity provider from offering digital payment token services in the city-state.The Monetary Authority of Singapore said the revocation took effect on 14 May 2026, marking a firm enforcement step in one of Asia’s most closely watched digital-asset markets. Bsquared Technology Pte Ltd, also referred to as BSQ, had been licensed on 1 January 2025, meaning the company lost its authorisation

Washington regulators are preparing a major shift in digital-asset oversight that could allow tokenised versions of stocks to trade on crypto platforms, opening a new front in the contest between blockchain firms and traditional exchanges.The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to unveil an “innovation exemption” during the week of 18 May, giving selected market participants limited relief from existing securities rules while they test tokenised equities and related trading models. The proposal is being shaped under SEC

AI Financial has warned that it may not remain viable over the next year after a steep fall in the value of its World Liberty Financial token holdings exposed the fragility of a balance sheet built around a volatile crypto treasury.The Nasdaq-listed company, formerly known as ALT5 Sigma, disclosed that it held 7,283,585,650 WLFI tokens at the end of its first quarter, carrying them at a fair value of about $706.4 million against a cost basis of nearly $1.46 billion.

Cardano’s payments push is moving into Japan through a partnership linking EMURGO, SecondFi and Slash Vision Labs, in a move designed to bring stablecoin spending into one of Asia’s most sophisticated cashless markets.EMURGO, a co-founding entity of the Cardano blockchain, has tied its consumer finance strategy to Slash Vision Labs’ payments infrastructure to make the Cardano Card available to users in Japan through the SecondFi app. The arrangement is expected to allow customers to order the card and use stablecoins

Tehran has moved to turn the Strait of Hormuz crisis into a new insurance and payments channel, with an Iran-linked platform branded Hormuz Safe offering maritime cargo cover tied to cryptocurrency settlement for vessels using the strategic waterway.The initiative targets shipowners, charterers and cargo interests facing sharply higher war-risk costs, disrupted routing and mounting legal uncertainty across a corridor that remains central to global energy trade. Details available so far indicate that the platform offers digitally verifiable policies for

Strategy has moved to buy back about $1.5 billion of its 2029 convertible notes, sharpening a capital-management push that sits alongside its ambition to build one of the world’s most dominant Bitcoin reserves.The Virginia-based company, formerly known as MicroStrategy, agreed on May 14 to repurchase roughly $1.50 billion in principal amount of its 0 per cent convertible senior notes due 2029 for an estimated cash price of about $1.38 billion. The transaction is expected to settle around May 19, subject