OKX and Korea Investment & Securities are reportedly in talks to acquire stakes in South Korean crypto exchange Coinone. The move could mark a major step in the opening of Korea’s tightly regulated digital asset market to global players.

Strategy plans to repurchase about $1.5 billion of convertible notes, with the final price tied partly to its stock performance. The filing also lists bitcoin sales as a possible funding source, renewing focus on its treasury strategy.

XRP Ledger activity climbed as XRP cleared $1.54, with Santiment reporting 48,453 active wallets and the strongest network growth reading since March. The surge pointed to renewed participation as price momentum returned.

Jerome Powell will remain Federal Reserve chair on a temporary basis as Kevin Warsh waits to take the oath. The board used a chair pro tempore designation after Warsh’s Senate confirmation left the leadership transfer unfinished.

Binance Research said tokenized assets could reach $1.6 trillion by 2030 as institutions test blockchain-based financial products. U.S. Treasury products, gold-backed commodities, and tokenized public equities remain key areas of adoption.

Antseed has launched a decentralized and peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace connecting consumers with providers.

The new iteration of China’s Jiuzhang photonic quantum computer prototypes solved the Boson sampling problem much more quickly than the world’s most powerful computer. The computer represents a major leap and opens the doors for further advancement in photonic quantum computing.

Bitcoin ETFs snapped back into positive territory on Thursday with $131 million in fresh inflows, signaling a renewed wave of institutional demand after two difficult sessions. Ether ETFs, however, remained under pressure with a fourth consecutive day of outflows, while XRP and solana products continued to attract steady capital.

Bitcoin’s drop below $79,000 was driven by a sharp swing in global risk sentiment after the U.S.–China summit ended without progress and fresh Middle East tensions rattled markets.

Monarq, Flare, and Upshift have launched MXRPY, a managed multi-strategy yield vault for XRP holders on the Flare network.

Onchain investigator ZachXBT has published a sweeping investigation into LAB, an AI trading terminal project with a $6 billion fully diluted valuation, alleging insiders control more than 95% of the token supply while running at least four simultaneous mechanisms to extract value from retail participants.

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Onchain data shows Multicoin Capital is now more than $40 million underwater on a large AAVE position built through Galaxy Digital’s over-the-counter (OTC) desk. The firm now appears to be selling.

Thorchain suffered an estimated $10 to $11 million exploit on Friday, after attackers used vault churn address poisoning to redirect funds during a routine migration process across multiple blockchains.

Three malicious versions of node-ipc, a foundational Node.js library used across Web3 build pipelines, were confirmed compromised on May 14, with security firm Slowmist warning that crypto developers relying on the package face immediate credential theft risk.