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

Binance Alpha has announced listings for two new Sui blockchain tokens: Bluefin (BLUE) and Sudeng (HIPPO) — Binance

NEXPACE (NXPC) will open for trading on Binance Alpha and Futures Zones on May 15 at 06:00 UTC — Binance

Sui is now fully integrated with Backpack Exchange, allowing users to trade, lend, earn yield, swap assets, bridge tokens across chains, and explore the ecosystem — Twitter

JPMorgan Chase, the $4 trillion asset manager, has settled its first public transaction of tokenized U.S. Treasuries using Chainlink and Ondo infrastructure — Fortune

The Ethereum Foundation has launched the Trillion Dollar Security initiative, an ecosystem-wide effort to enhance security across wallets, user interfaces, smart contracts, and other critical components — Blog

Binance Wallet will launch the Alaya AI (AGT) TGE event on May 16th, 7:00 AM UTC — Twitter

CoinMarketCap has launched its pre-TGE Launchpad, CMC Launch, debuting with Astar — a perpetual DEX backed by YZi Labs — CoinMarketCap

Bitlayer partnered with Sui to launch Peg-BTC, a Bitcoin-backed token, into Sui’s DeFi ecosystem — Twitter

According to JPMorgan analysts, Bitcoin is set to outperform gold in H2 2025, driven by increased corporate buying and expanding support from U.S. states — The Block

Sonic Labs secures a court order to liquidate the Multichain Foundation and recoup its share of the $210 million hack losses — The Block

0x, the company behind the Matcha exchange, has acquired Flood to boost its share of the $2.3 billion DEX aggregator market — CoinDesk

BlackRock has launched sBUIDL, a composable ERC-20 token built on Securitize’s sToken framework and integrated with Euler on Avalanche to expand on-chain tokenized products — The Block

Robinhood has unveiled new perks for Gold members, including zero Solana fees for transfers and swaps via Robinhood Connect, its wallet, and the main app — Robinhood