🇧🇷🤝💰 Braza Group Announces Launch of USDB Stablecoin on the XRP Ledger

Braza Group has just announced the launch of the new USDB stablecoin on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a decentralized layer-1 blockchain designed for efficient tokenization and the exchange of real-world assets. Pegged 1:1 to the US dollar, USDB is 100% backed by assets such as U.S. and Brazilian government bonds and is regularly audited. The digital asset combines the stability of traditional currency with the benefits of blockchain technology. Its goal is to offer secure and cost-effective solutions for digital transactions by individuals and companies.

With over 15 years in operation and currently ranking 6th in Brazil’s interbank operations according to BACEN, Braza moved USD 1.079 billion in just 24 hours this April—nearly BRL 6 billion transacted in the interbank market. The leading foreign exchange bank already includes another stablecoin in its portfolio, the BBRL, launched earlier in 2025. Both BBRL and USDB are issued on the XRPL giving Braza a unified, scalable infrastructure to support real-world financial use cases onchain.

According to Marcelo Sacomori, CEO of Braza Group, launching another digital asset is a way to foster new business models and add value to both the Latin American and global markets. “With USDB, Brazilian individuals and companies gain new alternatives to hedge against volatility and speed up their operations. We are committed to offering a stablecoin that not only meets but exceeds the highest standards of security and compliance. Our mission is to contribute to a more inclusive and efficient financial ecosystem,” says Sacomori.

https://ripple.com/ripple-press/usdb-stablecoin-on-xrp-ledger/

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💰 Kraken launches tokens to offer 24/7 trading of (tokenized) U.S. equities

Powered by Backed’s new xStocks offering, we will soon offer tokenized versions of popular U.S. listed stocks and ETFs to clients in select jurisdictions.

https://blog.kraken.com/news/tokenized-equities-coming-soon

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/22/kraken-opening-digital-tokens-of-apple-tesla-and-nvidia-outside-us.html

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🛫🛬🇵🇦🤝🇻🇪Panama confirms resumption of commercial air operations with Venezuela

https://x.com/aacivilpty/status/1925589272926535882

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🇺🇸🇮🇱❌🇮🇷-According to Axios Israeli officials believe the window for effectively targeting Iran’s nuclear infrastructure could be closing in the near future.

➡️Ron Dermer and the head of Mossad are scheduled to meet with Witkoff in Rome this Friday, coinciding with the ongoing nuclear negotiations.

🇺🇸🔍🇷🇺 ☢️— Russia is arming its aircrafts with new nuclear missiles, according to US intelligence.

➡️A report issued by the US Defense Intelligence Agency states that these missiles are being mounted on MiG and Su-35 fighter jets.

➡️US intelligence has determined that Russia maintains an estimated 1,500 deployed strategic warheads and up to 2,000 non-strategic warheads, and is expanding its nuclear forces in Belarus.

🌑🚔👮 SafeMoon CEO Braden Karony has been found guilty of securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.

He faces up to 45 years in prison.

Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, a federal jury convicted Braden John Karony on all counts of a three-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. The charges arose from the defendant’s and his co-conspirators’ roles in defrauding investors in a decentralized finance digital asset called “SafeMoon,” issued by their company SafeMoon LLC. As alleged, the defendant agreed with his co-conspirators to lie to SafeMoon investors about whether SafeMoon executives could access the liquidity pool and whether they were using the assets from the liquidity pool for their personal benefit. As SafeMoon’s market capitalization grew to more than $8 billion, the defendant fraudulently diverted and misappropriated millions of dollars’ worth of liquidity from the SafeMoon liquidity pool for their personal benefit. The verdict followed a 12-day trial before United States District Judge Eric R. Komitee. When sentenced, Karony faces up to 45 years in prison. The jury also issued a verdict to forfeit one residential property and the proceeds from the sale of another residential property, amounting to approximately $2 million.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/chief-executive-officer-digital-asset-company-found-guilty-multi-million-dollar-crypto

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TODAY : 💰 A user just paid a 1.1 $BTC ($120,000) transaction fee, one of the highest fees seen this year.

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🇵🇾💰 ⛏️MASSIVE Crypto-Miner Delivery: 182,270 kg of Antminers Land in Paraguay 🛬₿

Two of the world’s largest cargo planes, the Boeing 747-400F - also known as the 'Queen of the Skies' - have just landed in Paraguay ✈️

Each was fully loaded with crypto-mining hardware: Antminer ASIC miners from Bitmain 📦
🔹 One plane carried 91,276 kg
🔹 The other 90,994 kg

The hardware was imported by a Paraguayan company preparing to launch a large-scale mining operation in Hernandarias later this year.

Thanks to its abundant, clean and affordable hydroelectric power, Paraguay is quickly becoming a global hotspot for Bitcoin mining ⚡️

Would you set up a mining farm in Paraguay? 🤔

https://x.com/paraguay_invest/status/1925636503956316636

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🇾🇪💥❗️ — Saudi outlet Al-Hadath reports a massive explosion at a Houthi weapons depot northeast of Sanaa.

Dozens were reportedly killed or injured in the blast.

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 Various reports from Ukrainian sources indicate a large-scale buildup of Russian troops along the Belgorod-Kharkov international border, indicating a possible offensive in Kharkiv.

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🇺🇸🪖🇰🇷 — The Trump administration is considering removing thousands of US troops from South Korea.

An option being developed by the Pentagon is to relocate approximately 4,500 service members to different areas within the Indo-Pacific region, including Guam.

— The Wall Street Journal

🇨🇭👁👁‍🗨📸Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US

In Switzerland, a country known for its love for secrecy, particularly when it comes to banking, the tides have turned: An update to the VÜPF surveillance law directly targets privacy and anonymity services such as VPNs as well as encrypted chat apps and email providers. As an encrypted email provider ourself, we at Tuta Mail call on Swiss politicians to revise this dangerous update!

The proposed update to Switzerland’s Ordinance on the Surveillance of Postal and Telecommunications Traffic (VÜPF: Verordnung über die Überwachung des Post- und Fernmeldeverkehrs) represents a significant expansion of state surveillance powers, worse than the surveillance powers of the USA. If enacted, it would have serious consequences for encrypted services such as Threema, an encrypted WhatsApp alternative and Proton Mail as well as VPN providers based in Switzerland.

While Swiss privacy has been overhyped, legislative rules in Switzerland are currently decent and comparable to German data protection laws. This update to the VÜPF, which could come into force by 2026, would change data protection legislation in Switzerland dramatically.

Why the update is dangerous

If the law passes in its current form,

➡️Swiss email and VPN providers with just 5,000 users are forced to log IP addresses and retain the data for six months - while data retention in Germany is illegal for email providers.
➡️ID or driver’s license, maybe a phone number, are required for the registration process of various services - rendering the anonymous usage impossible.
➡️Data must be delivered upon request in plain text, meaning providers must be able to decrypt user data on their end (except for end-to-end encrypted messages exchanged between users).

What is more, the law is not introduced by or via the Parliament, but instead the Swiss government, the Federal Council and the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP), want to massively expand internet surveillance by updating the VÜPF - without Parliament having a say. This comes as a shock in a country proud of its direct democracy with regular people’s decisions on all kinds of laws. However, in 2016 the Swiss actually voted for more surveillance, so direct democracy might not help here.

https://tuta.com/blog/switzerland-surveillance-plan

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🇺🇸🪙 No more pennies: In big change, Treasury will stop minting them

The Trump administration hopes to save big bucks by phasing out the penny.

The Treasury Department has placed its last order for blank pennies and plans to stop minting the one-cent coins as soon as that's exhausted.

Each penny costs nearly four cents to produce, so the move is expected to result in immediate savings of $56 million a year. A Treasury spokeswoman confirmed the decision, which was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

President Trump called for the phase-out back in February. Canada, New Zealand and Australia have also eliminated their one-cent coins.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/nx-s1-5407493/no-more-pennies-one-cent-treasury-stop-minting

💸 So much currency is going to be printed over the next decade.

The $5 foot long passes into legend.

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🇺🇸🏛 Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students

The Trump administration has barred Harvard University from enrolling international students, in a major escalation of its attacks on one of America’s most prestigious Ivy League schools.

Secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem sent a letter to Harvard on Thursday telling its administration that the university’s student and exchange visitor programme certification had been revoked, “effective immediately”.

The decision comes amid a deepening crackdown in recent months by US President Donald Trump on elite institutions which he accuses of promoting “woke” ideology and failing to tackle antisemitism.

https://www.ft.com/content/300e00a7-54e1-4902-a84f-ec9e4117ffc3

https://archive.is/wFGwc