Across stablecoin adoption, exchange investment and AI infrastructure, this week shows how broadly crypto is expanding into mainstream finance and how quickly regulators are moving to keep pace.

🔎 Recent Updates & Developments

Across stablecoin adoption, exchange investment and AI infrastructure, this week showed how broadly crypto is expanding into mainstream finance and how quickly regulators are moving to keep pace.

– Samsung acquired 4% stake in Upbit operator Dunamu for $408M, deepening exposure to Korea’s crypto market

– Cash App rolled out native USDC support across Ethereum, Solana, Polygon and Arbitrum networks

– StablR lost $13.5M after an attacker gained control of its minting infrastructure and issued unbacked EURR and USDR tokens.

– Blockworks launched Transparency Alliance with Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple and Grayscale to standardize token disclosures

– Base launched MCP infrastructure connecting AI agents directly with onchain protocols and blockchain actions

– Hyperliquid launched CPI-based event markets settled through official government inflation data feeds