Argentina's main stock index, the S&P Merval, experienced a decline of over 5

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, Animoca Brands, and HKT have formed a joint venture to apply for a license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority under its new regulatory framework to issue a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin

Multiple reports indicate that the Twitter account @SaudiLawConf has been hacked and is being used to promote fraudulent meme coins

Metaplanet, a Japanese company, has expanded its Bitcoin holdings

Citi and State Street, leading financial institutions with assets of $4 trillion and $6 trillion respectively, are moving into cryptocurrency custody services as President Trump quickly loosens regulations, including the repeal of SAB 121 in January

Memecoins have evolved into a substantial sector within the cryptocurrency market, now accounting for one-third of all investor interest in 2024, with a total market capitalization of approximately $120 billion

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the founder of Binance, has confirmed that multiple wealth funds in Abu Dhabi, as well as other global sovereign wealth funds, are likely in the process of accumulating Bitcoin

Hyperliquid, a decentralized exchange (DEX), has launched 'Unit', a decentralized asset tokenization layer that enables users to trade and hold spot Bitcoin (BTC) directly on-chain through a self-custodial BTC/USD spot market

The cryptocurrency token $KAITO is currently trading in the pre-market at a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of approximately $1.5 billion to $1.7 billion

Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala, has disclosed a $436 million investment in Bitcoin ETFs during the first quarter of 2025