Sam Altman’s World project is launching in the U.S. — The Block

Ubisoft announces the launch of Decentralized Verification Network with LayerZero’s protocol — Twitter

Ethena has partnered with the TON Foundation to introduce USDe and sUSDe for Telegram ecosystem — Twitter

Tether acquires 70% stake in Adecoagro, a South American agribusiness company — Tether

Microsoft has surpassed Apple to become the world’s largest company by market capitalization. Its latest earnings of $3.46 per share topped analysts’ expectations of $3.21 — Forbes

Binance Wallet now supports Sonic Chain and will airdrop exclusive S tokens and other Sonic ecosystem assets to active Binance Alpha traders on Sonic — Binance

Tether is nearing $120 billion in U.S. Treasuries and confirmed a Q1 2025 operating profit exceeding $1 billion — Tether

The Sky community is considering a final proposal to replace MKR with SKY as the sole governance token, enabling staking and USDS rewards — The Block

Coinbase will suspend trading for Movement (MOVE) on May 15, 2025 — Twitter

Aztec Network has launched public testnet for privacy-focused L2 — Twitter

Privasea AI introduced PRAI token ahead of its TGE — Twitter

Movement Labs suspended co-founder Rushi Manche — CoinDesk

Kraken’s revenue hit $472 million in Q1, a 19% year-over-year increase driven by Trump-era market volatility ahead of its planned IPO — CoinDesk

Google adds zero-knowledge proofs to Wallet for age verification, enabling users to prove they’re old enough to access restricted apps without disclosing any additional personal data — CoinDesk

Under sweeping new AML regulations, Europe will ban anonymous crypto accounts and privacy coins starting in 2027, targeting service providers and token anonymity — CoinDesk

Tether is eyeing U.S. expansion with a new stablecoin as its CEO courts Washington crypto stakeholders — CNBC

The US added 177,000 nonfarm jobs in April, while the unemployment rate held at 4.2%, unchanged from March and matching expectations. Bitcoin edged toward $97,000 as the US labor market surpassed growth forecasts — Financial Times

China has quietly begun exempting certain US goods from tariffs, likely covering around $40 billion in imports — Bloomberg

eToro is considering launching its US IPO as soon as next week, after pausing its listing plans amid tariff-related market volatility — Bloomberg

Following Apple’s legal defeat, the U.S. App Store will allow apps to avoid the 30% fee on NFT and crypto sales — The Block

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $1.8 billion in weekly inflows, extending their positive streak from the previous week’s $3.06 billion — The Block