What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
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SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual futures price the stock about 29% above the $135 IPO reference, implying a $2.2 trillion valuation.
Citigroup launches tokenized shares of private companies on the FINMA-licensed SDX platform, initially only for non-US investors.
Ripple launches a toolkit for agentic payments on the XRPL with the x402 protocol, XRP and RLUSD.
MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho plan to jointly issue a yen stablecoin by March 2027, backed by the FSA pilot program and an LDP recommendation.
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 with automatic fallback across three high-risk areas, the first publicly available Mythos-class model.
Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Coinbase are planning a stablecoin consortium – a direct attack on Circle’s USDC.
XRP Ledger 3.2.0 renames the core software rippled to xrpld. Node operators must update; the release is planned for around 15 June.
JPMorgan urges Strategy to rebuild its dollar reserves after the first Bitcoin sale since 2022 and grades digital assets as cautious.
What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
The Zcash Orchard bug went undetected for four years and theoretically allowed unlimited ZEC counterfeiting. The price crashes by over 40%.
ADA crash below 20 cents for the first time in over five years, as Cardano founder Hoskinson announces a break and warns of more failures.
Zcash Orchard had a critical double-spending vulnerability, fixed via soft fork and hard fork, with no exploit and supply impact.
Strategy’s first Bitcoin sale since 2022 sparks a USD 60M Polymarket UMA dispute and puts the token-voting oracle to the test.
Mt. Gox moved Bitcoin worth USD 739 million to two addresses, the first major wallet transfer by the insolvent exchange since March 2026.
Bitcoin ETF outflows continue: US spot funds post eleven straight losing days, with BlackRock’s IBIT alone accounting for $440 million.
More than 50% of the bitcoin supply now sits at a loss. K33 sees parallels to earlier bear market lows that followed within weeks.
A Reuters analysis estimates the Trump family’s crypto gains at $2.3 billion, while investors incurred book losses of the same amount.
