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A sharp jump in network activity has renewed debate over XRP's short-term price direction. XRP's network activity has jumped sharply, with active addresses rising more than 650% according to data cited by CoinGape and Finbold. The increase marks one of the more notable on-chain shifts reported for the token in recent weeks.

Jeremy Allaire points to near-total stablecoin dominance in emerging AI-to-AI transaction protocol x402 Circle's chief executive Jeremy Allaire has drawn attention to USDC's near-total control of payments flowing through x402, a protocol designed to let artificial intelligence agents pay one another without human intervention.

The Japanese firm shifted roughly $79.77 million in bitcoin, with reports framing the transfer as custodial rather than a liquidation. Metaplanet, the Tokyo-listed firm known for its bitcoin treasury strategy, has transferred 1,000 BTC to Coinbase Prime.

The pilot, run under the Monetary Authority of Singapore's BLOOM initiative, tests whether stablecoins can settle payments beyond standard business days. Visa and Nium are testing stablecoin settlement that operates beyond the limits of standard business days, according to reports from Fintech News Singapore and crypto.news.

Coinfomania and Bitcoin.com News give conflicting figures for Bitcoin's price at the moment a whale closed its long position. Coinfomania and Bitcoin.com News give conflicting figures for Bitcoin's price at the moment a whale closed its long position. What all sources agree on Two wallets, possibly linked to a single trader, closed Bitcoin long positions.

Analysts estimate roughly 87% of the stolen bitcoin, worth about $114 million, has not been moved since the breach Galaxy Research has published an estimate placing total losses from a hack involving Coldcard hardware wallets at 1,789 BTC.

The privacy coin's rally has drawn comparisons to AI-driven market enthusiasm, even as one analyst warns of overextension. Zcash, one of the earliest privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, has reached its highest price point in eight years.

CryptoBriefing and Yahoo Finance both cover Tuesday's dollar reaction to Iran sanctions and Treasury buybacks, but report opposite directional moves. CryptoBriefing and Yahoo Finance both cover Tuesday's dollar reaction to Iran sanctions and Treasury buybacks, but report opposite directional moves. What all sources agree on The reports cover U.S. sanctions on Iran and U.S.

CryptoBriefing and Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg) both report Lambda seeking up to $3B pre-IPO, but they give different expected IPO windows. CryptoBriefing and Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg) both report Lambda seeking up to $3B pre-IPO, but they give different expected IPO windows. What all sources agree on Lambda is in talks to raise up to $3 billion.

The payments firm says stablecoin-linked card usage is set for rapid growth over the next several years. RedotPay, a crypto payments company, has forecast that stablecoin card spending could climb to $50 billion a year by 2028.

State authorities are examining whether a data exposure tied to the Hugging Face platform implicates OpenAI's security practices. Alabama's state government has launched a probe into OpenAI, according to reporting from Daily Sabah Business.

The stablecoin issuer's failed South American mining venture now raises questions about its planned expansion into Brazil. Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin, poured roughly $120 million into a bitcoin mining operation in Uruguay. That bet has now unraveled following a dispute over power supply, according to reports from Bitcoin.com News and CryptoSlate.

Transaction counts surge to a yearly peak even as the average value per transfer stays pinned near four cents. Weekly payments processed by AI agents using stablecoins reached 8.7 million transfers, the highest level recorded in 2026.

Washington widens its sanctions net after accusing a broker network of using digital assets to move oil proceeds for Iran. U.S. regulators have broadened sanctions tied to an alleged scheme that used cryptocurrency to settle more than $100 million in Iranian oil payments.

A new design aims to shield validator deposits from future quantum computing threats. Ethereum developers have put forward a proposal to overhaul the network's deposit contract, aiming to make it resistant to attacks from quantum computers. The deposit contract is the smart contract validators use to lock up ETH and enter Ethereum's proof-of-stake system.

Prosecutors allege the scheme used digital asset investments to defraud victims out of tens of millions of dollars. A business owner based in Las Vegas is facing a potential maximum sentence of 280 years in prison. The case centers on an alleged cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say defrauded investors of roughly $24 million.

New 50% auto tariffs on Canada rattled trade markets, yet bitcoin pushed higher as investors treated it as a macro hedge. Bitcoin rebounded above $79,000 in the hours after President Trump threatened fresh tariffs on Canada. The announcement included a proposed 50% duty on automobiles, escalating an already strained trade relationship between the two countries.

The proposal would let smart contracts check whether a tokenized equity's underlying asset is still active, halted, or delisted. A newly published Ethereum improvement proposal, designated ERC-8391, has surfaced with a specific focus on tokenized stocks.