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Meta Pays Creators in USDC – Uses Solana and Polygon
Meta is now offering payouts in the stablecoin USDC to content creators in Colombia and the Philippines, via the Solana and Polygon networks with Stripe as the payment layer.
Meta Pays Creators with USDC in Colombia and the Philippines
Meta has launched a pilot program where content creators in Colombia and the Philippines receive payments in the stablecoin USDC via Stripe – over the Solana and Polygon networks.
British Giant Tokenizes $68 Billion in Money Market Funds
Legal & General Asset Management is moving $68 billion in money market funds under management onto the blockchain via Calastone's tokenization network — one of the largest institutional tokenization moves to date.
Fake Ledger App Stole $9.5M – Apple Under Pressure
A fake version of Ledger Live was available in the Mac App Store for nearly two weeks, draining over 50 victims of crypto assets worth approximately 90 million Norwegian kroner (around $9.5 million USD). Apple defends its procedures, but the security community is critical.
SpaceX Holds $6 Billion in Bitcoin – Despite Billion-Dollar Losses
Elon Musk's space company holds 8,285 bitcoin worth over $600 million, even as the company swings from an $8 billion profit to nearly a $5 billion deficit – and approaches an IPO.
HSBC and Standard Chartered Secure Hong Kong's First Stablecoin Licenses
Hong Kong's monetary authority HKMA has awarded its first two stablecoin licenses to banking giants HSBC and Standard Chartered — selected from a total of 36 applicants.
Trump Pressures Senate: Aims to Force Crypto Bill Before Election
The Trump administration is launching a coordinated multi-agency campaign to get the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act — legislation intended to provide the crypto industry with a clear regulatory framework in the U.S.
Stablecoins Could Move $719 Trillion – Visa and Mastercard Go All In
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis predicts that adjusted stablecoin volume could reach $719 trillion by 2035, while Visa, Stripe, and Mastercard are aggressively positioning themselves in the payment infrastructure.
Morgan Stanley Launches Cheapest Bitcoin ETF on the Market
Financial giant Morgan Stanley is set to launch its own spot Bitcoin ETF on NYSE Arca on Wednesday, April 8 – with a record-low management fee of 0.14 percent.
Morgan Stanley Launches Cheapest Bitcoin ETF at $71,400 — Fear Index at 11/100 as Market Holds Its Breath
Morgan Stanley enters the spot Bitcoin ETF market with a 0.14% annual fee — the lowest in its class — while BTC trades at $71,400 and the Fear & Greed Index touches extreme fear at 11/100. A potential fee war with BlackRock and Fidelity is underway.
Moody's Rates Historic Bitcoin Bond — Ba2 and Zero Taxpayer Risk
New Hampshire issues the world's first bitcoin-backed municipal bond with an official credit rating. Moody's assigns it a Ba2 rating — speculative grade, but with no taxpayer exposure.
Ripple connects to DTCC — Wall Street's heart opens to crypto
Ripple integrates with DTCC, the very backbone of US financial market infrastructure, in a move that could reshape how securities settlement works in the USA.
NYSE Owner Completes Billion-Dollar Deal: Total of $1.6 Billion Invested in Polymarket
Intercontinental Exchange, the company behind the New York Stock Exchange, has completed an investment totaling approximately $1.64 billion in the prediction market Polymarket – one of the strongest signals yet that traditional finance is taking the sector seriously.
Morgan Stanley Ready to Sell Its Own Bitcoin ETF Directly to Clients
Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley is set to launch its own Bitcoin ETF – the first bank-issued product of its kind in the US. The NYSE has already published the listing notice.
Australia's Central Bank: Tokenization Could Yield NOK 140 Billion in Gains
The Reserve Bank of Australia estimates that the tokenization of financial assets could provide the Australian economy with an annual efficiency gain equivalent to 140 billion Norwegian kroner — and says the question is no longer if, but how.
Franklin Templeton tokenizes five ETFs with Ondo Finance
Asset manager Franklin Templeton partners with Ondo Finance to make five equity and gold ETFs available on the blockchain — targeting crypto users who want to trade via a digital wallet.
Bitmine Buys ETH for $1.5 Billion: World's Largest Ethereum Treasury
Tom Lee's company Bitmine has added $145 million worth of Ethereum in its latest buying round, solidifying its position as the world's largest corporate owner of ETH.
Ethereum Becomes Yield Machine for Institutional Investors
Ethereum is establishing itself as a yield-generating instrument for large institutional players, but the path is fraught with regulatory requirements, technical challenges, and significant staking queue times.