CEO of Aster DEX said that the team plans to build a privacy-focused public chain with zero gas fees — Twitter
Mastercard partners with Ripple and Gemini to explore using the RLUSD stablecoin on the XRPL blockchain — The Block
Startale Labs, developer of Astar Network, to launch new stablecoin “Startale USD” offering 14% annual yield — Crypto News
BOB (BOB) becomes the first project on Gate Web3 Launchpad raising $4.6 million in the sale — Twitter
Bittrex’s bankruptcy filings revealed ~$500M in suspicious transactions, including multiple micro or duplicate withdrawals — DL News
Stripe-backed startup Tempo leads $25 million raise for crypto infrastructure firm Commonware — Fortune
Fraudulent apps impersonating Hyperliquid have been discovered in the Google Play Store — ZachXBT
Hyperliquid team is testing a new feature called BLP (likely BorrowLendingProtocol) on the Hypercore testnet — Twitter
Trust Wallet has launched a new P2P trading feature, allowing users to buy crypto directly from other users with local currency — Blog
Spain’s Civil Guard arrested “CryptoSpain,” head of Madeira Invest Club, for running a €260M crypto-linked Ponzi scheme — CoinDesk
Uniswap proposes sweeping ‘UNIfication’ with UNI burn and protocol fee overhaul — CoinDesk
BitMine's ETH holdings reached 3.5 million after acquiring 110,288 tokens over the past week — PR Newswire
Coinbase has ended acquisition talks with U.K.-based stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK — Fortune
JPMorgan rolls out deposit token JPM coin to institutional clients on Base blockchain — Bloomberg
Visa has launched a new pilot allowing businesses to send payouts directly in stablecoins, starting with USDC — The Block
Sonic Labs unveils fee monetization system to drive native token deflation — The Block