Institutional capital, tokenized finance, and payment infrastructure expansion continue reshaping the crypto landscape as traditional players deepen integration.

🔎 Recent Updates & Developments

– OpenAI Closes $110B funding round at a $730B valuation, including $50B from Amazon, $30B from SoftBank, $30B from NVIDIA

– ZachXBT accused Axiom Exchange of insider trading practices and improper internal data handling

– Meta signs a five-year $100B AI infrastructure agreement with AMD to secure long-term compute capacity

– Stripe explores a potential PayPal acquisition while expanding global stablecoin-powered payment infrastructure

– Coinbase launches commission-free stock and ETF trading, integrating equities into its crypto platform

– Ethereum introduces Strawmap outlining protocol upgrades through 2029 focused on scalability and decentralization

– OKX pre-listed Opinion (OPN) ahead of its token generation event, signaling growing demand for early exchange launches

– Kalshi fined a MrBeast editor for insider trading tied to event-based prediction market contracts

– Tether acquires a strategic stake in Whop to strengthen USDT-powered digital commerce infrastructure

– RedotPay considers a U.S. IPO targeting over $1B to scale global crypto payment operations

– World Liberty Financial alleged coordinated market attacks targeting stability of its USD1 stablecoin

Stablecoin adoption, equity tokenization, AI-driven security tools, and exchange-level upgrades signal structural maturation across global markets.