Decentralised Finance

Circle is exploring ways to make USDC transactions reversible in cases of fraud or hacks while keeping settlements mostly final. The plan involves its new Arc blockchain, aimed at institutions, to add fraud protection without fully breaking blockchain rules.

For the first time, Binance has entered a country without using the binance branding, unlike the many other instances where the Binance branding has always been prominent, like Binance Japan(Japan), Gulf Binance (Thailand) or Binance France (France). Instead, it created an independent entity called Meda.

Binance Pay has teamed up with French fintech Lyzi to introduce cryptocurrency payments to over 80 businesses across the French Riviera, including the glamorous cities of Cannes, Nice, Antibes, and Monaco.

Garden Finance was accused of helping move stolen crypto linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, after earning $300,000 in fees in 12 days. An investigator said most of the funds came from the Bybit hack, but the platform’s founder denies any wrongdoing.

Bybit is launching Byreal, a new decentralised trading platform on Solana, with a testnet set for 30 June and mainnet in Q3 2025. It aims to combine the speed and liquidity of a centralised exchange with the fairness and openness of DeFi, using hybrid features like RFQ and CLMM routing.

Cryptocurrency wallet firm Tangem is collaborating with Visa to bring self-custody and mainstream payments together.

A U.S. court has sentenced a man to 30 years for funding ISIS with crypto—marking one of the harshest penalties in digital asset-linked terrorism cases.

The small Italian town of Fornelli is unveiling Italy’s first Satoshi Nakamoto monument on 1 May 2025, funded by the local government. The village, known for its high Bitcoin adoption, is positioning itself as a crypto-friendly destination.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said Ethereum could become outdated in the next 10 to 15 years due to poor design choices and weak governance. He claimed its current systems are flawed and not strong enough to support future growth.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has praised Bitcoin as a global currency beyond government control. He called it a smart and important step towards changing how the world handles money.