Bitget Wallet has launched QR-based crypto payments across Asia-Pacific, letting users pay with stablecoins like USDT and USDC at local merchants directly from their self-custodial wallets.

South Korea’s financial authorities have ordered all cryptocurrency exchanges to check user balances against actual holdings every five minutes and set up automatic trading halts for large mismatches.

Michael Saylor's latest X post hints that MicroStrategy is resuming Bitcoin purchases after a short pause. The company could use recent funding from its preferred stock to buy at least 1,500 more BTC.

The Solana Foundation has released a new toolkit that lets AI programs make transactions on its blockchain using ready-made modules. Despite this, use of AI-driven payments is still very low, with activity on similar protocols falling sharply.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson warned that the U.S. CLARITY Act could take years to implement and may favour established cryptocurrencies while making it harder for new projects to grow.

Yupp.ai is closing less than a year after launch despite raising $33 million and gaining 1.3 million users. The startup struggled to turn crowdsourced AI feedback into a sustainable business as the market and models evolved too quickly.

P2P.me apologised for betting on its own fundraising round on Polymarket, saying the move caused confusion and hurt trust. The company made under $15,000 in profit, and MetaDAO is offering refunds to investors who want out before the public fundraise closes.

KuCoin’s operator, Peken Global Limited, has been banned from serving U.S. users after settling with regulators and agreeing to pay a $500,000 fine. The order makes its earlier U.S. exit permanent, following a separate criminal case where the firm paid nearly $300 million for operating without proper licences.

South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions raised $400 million in a pre-IPO funding round, valuing the company at $2.34 billion and planning to expand into the US. The company also launched two new AI infrastructure platforms, RebelRack and RebelPod, to support large-scale, energy-efficient AI deployments.

Mitsubishi will use JPMorgan’s blockchain to speed up global payments. The network also supports asset tokenisation, showing rising corporate use of blockchain.