Solana memecoin Moo Deng soared 533% over the past week, pushing its market cap to $242 million, as the broader crypto market rallied with Bitcoin up 10% — Decrypt

BNB surges ~5% on strong volume, signaling institutional accumulation, and could target $750 as global economic tensions reshape crypto markets — CoinDesk

Stablecoin transfer volume on Base hit about $3.81 trillion in Q1, setting a new all-time high — Token Terminal

BlackRock has filed to allow in-kind redemptions for its Ethereum Trust, enabling direct ETH buybacks — Nasdaq

Paradigm-backed Exponential has launched YO, a DeFi platform designed to optimize yield on Base, Ethereum and Solana — The Block

DeFi Development (DFDV), a Nasdaq-listed real estate tech firm, surged 20% as its Solana holdings topped $100 million following recent acquisitions — CoinDesk

Pump.fun has unveiled a revenue-sharing initiative that rewards token creators by returning a portion of transaction fees — Twitter

curve.fi DNS might be hijacked — Twitter

Animoca Brands unveiled plans to go public in New York — Financial Times

Gate.io Startup Prime is now Gate.io Launchpad, with its first project, Puffverse (PFVS), entering the commitment round — Gate

YZi Labs announced a 10-week in-person program for top Web3, AI, and healthcare founders — Twitter

TRUMP Memes to launch 'Trump Points' — an NFT marketplace where users trade NFTs using loyalty points or crypto — Website

Cointelegraph and The Block announce media partnership to strengthen global Web3 and virtual asset collaboration — Cointelegraph

Dubai’s Finance Department has signed an MOU with Crypto.com to accept crypto payments for government services, converting them to dirhams. The move aims to boost Dubai’s fintech economy by $2.1 billion annually — The Block

Binance will host its 16th TGE event for Privasea AI (PRAI) on May 14 at 10:00 AM UTC. Alpha Points requirements will be announced closer to the launch — Binance

U.S. CPI inflation declines to 2.3% in April following 2.4% forecast — Yahoo Finance

Native USDC and CCTP V2 are now available on Sonic following a Bridged USDC Standard upgrade — Circle

Yuga Labs has transferred the CryptoPunks NFT series IP to the non-profit Infinite Node Foundation — The Block

Nvidia has announced a strategic partnership with Humain (Saudi Arabia AI VC) to build AI factories in Saudi Arabia, following Riyadh’s $600 billion strategic partnership deal with the United States — Watcher Guru

Synthetix contributors have proposed acquiring Derive (formerly Lyra) via an SNX-for-DRV token swap. The proposal values Derive at $27 million, with one SNX exchanged for 27 DRV — The Block

eToro debuted on Nasdaq at $52 per ETOR share, raising about $310 million from 6 million shares and securing a $4.2 billion valuation — CoinDesk