JUST IN: The Maldives have signed an $8.8 billion deal to build a blockchain-based financial hub in Malé, aiming to become a global digital asset center.
RECENTLY: According to report, Tron founder Justin Sun has called for a full investigation into First Digital Trust, alleging that $500 million in customer assets were improperly transferred to Dubai banks by company executives.
JUST IN: South Korea's 4th Virtual Asset Committee has set new rules for crypto sales by nonprofits and exchanges, effective June 1, according to report.
JUST IN: Over $389 million worth of tokens are scheduled for release between May 5 and May 12, with LAYER leading cliff-style unlocks and Solana topping linear unlocks, according to data from Tokenomist.
JUST IN: Binance announced an airdrop in connection with the listing of BOOP tokens on Binance Alpha, with rewards allocated based on users' Alpha Points scores.
OPINION: Kraken Co-CEO Dave Ripley calls BTC "anti-fragile" and the bedrock of the crypto economy saying that innovations from other networks will eventually flow into Bitcoin.
RECENTLY: VanEck filed a registration statement with the US SEC to launch the first US-registered BNB ETF, which would offer direct exposure to BNB and potentially include staking features pending regulatory approval, according to report.
JUST IN: Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has announced the launch of Tether AI, an open-source, hardware-agnostic AI runtime called “Personal Infinite Intelligence,” enabling decentralized development and seamless USDT and Bitcoin integration.
JUST IN: The Solana-based memecoin gork surged briefly over 70% after Elon Musk posted on X saying “sup gork” and changed his profile picture to gork’s.
JUST IN: President Donald Trump said he would give social-video platform TikTok another extension of a deadline to sell to a US owner if it was needed to reach a deal, per Bloomberg.
JUST IN: OKX CEO Star Xu has responded to Tron founder Justin Sun’s accusation that the exchange ignored a law enforcement freeze request after a May 3 hack of Tron’s official X account.
