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Kraken parent Payward is acquiring Hong Kong-based Reap Technologies for up to $600 million to expand its B2B infrastructure business and stablecoin payments.

The combined migrations by Solv and Kelp shift nearly $1 billion in assets to Chainlink's CCIP, reflecting an industry "flight to quality."

In the growing agentic economy, stablecoins are emerging as a key payment rail because of their low cost and programmability.

Polygon reduced block production time to 1.75 seconds in its first such upgrade since genesis, seeking to reach a larger throughput to scale for mainstream-facing applications.

XRP is retesting a key support zone near $1.30–$1.40, with analysts saying the long-term trendline could act as a launchpad for another major rally.

The firm said institutional trading volume surged 800% over six months on the platform, while annualized trading hit $178 billion despite growing regulatory scrutiny.

The lending giant is expanding its asset listing criteria beyond financial risk to include cybersecurity and architecture, and wants the rest of DeFi to follow.

Google's new Multi-Token Prediction drafters can make Gemma 4 run up to 3x faster on your own hardware—no cloud required, and no quality lost.

A Unitree Robotics humanoid joins the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect.

A related MVRV indicator hit overheated levels last seen before bitcoin's late-2024 push to $100,000.

Kalshi reached a $22 billion valuation after a $1 billion Series F, as institutional volume surged 800% since November 2025.

Stratum v2 Working Group announces new cohort of members, including ANTPOOL, Foundry, and others.

The Ethereum co-founder, who has spent months campaigning against toxic MEV with proposals for encrypted mempools, just had one of his own swaps front-run and back-run by the network's most notorious sandwich bot.

USCC will be renamed the Bitwise Crypto Carry Fund while keeping the same ticker, smart contracts, and token address.

The deal marks Kraken's largest acquisition as it pushes into Asian cross-border payments through stablecoin infrastructure.

South Korea confirmed the 22% crypto tax will take effect in January 2027, with the National Tax Service finalizing guidance with major exchanges ahead of the rollout.

Core Scientific posted a $347.2 million Q1 loss as Bitcoin mining revenue fell and high-density colocation became its largest business.

Kraken parent Payward agreed to buy Hong Kong stablecoin payments firm Reap Technologies for $600 million in another acquisition.

It's day three of Consensus Miami 2026 on Thursday. Stay tuned for updates throughout the day.

Sui processed over $1 trillion in stablecoin volume since August as Mysten Labs' Abiodun eyes a zero-fee and private payments rollout.

The crypto asset manager will take over Superstate’s $267 million USCC fund as tokenized investment products gain traction with institutions.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs hit $108.76 billion in net assets as five weeks of inflows and fading put skew signal institutional demand is back.

Kraken owner Payward will acquire Hong Kong-based Reap Technologies as the crypto exchange expands its stablecoin and payments infrastructure business in Asia.

VanEck’s Matthew Sigel says Bitcoin could reach $1 million within five years, comparing its adoption curve to the video game industry’s mainstream rise.