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Blockchains
Tether Mints $1 Billion USDT, Raising Circulating Supply Above $151 Billion on TRON Network
Tether has minted 1 billion USDT, equivalent to 1 billion US dollars, at its treasury

CeFi
Coinbase Rejects $20 Million Ransom, Offers Equal Bounty After Breach Hits Under 1% of Users
Coinbase Global Inc. disclosed that cybercriminals bribed a small group of its overseas customer-support agents to obtain personal data

Markets
Hong Kong's Avenir Discloses 14.7 Million Shares Worth $691M in BlackRock Bitcoin ETF IBIT, Asia's Largest Holder
Hong Kong-based investment firm Avenir disclosed in its latest 13F filing that it owns 14

Regulation & Politics
Ukraine Drafts Bill for 40,000 BTC National Reserve With Binance, Led by MP Zheleznyak and IMF Coordination
Ukraine's parliament is preparing draft legislation to establish a national strategic Bitcoin reserve, with Member of Parliament Yaroslav Zheleznyak, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy, confirming that work on the bill is underway and expected to be submitted soon

TradFi & Fintech
Mastercard Enables Bitcoin Payments for 1.5 Billion Users at 150 Million Merchants via MoonPay Stablecoin Cards
Mastercard, valued at $500 billion, is partnering with MoonPay to launch stablecoin-powered payment cards that enable global payments with instant fiat conversion

Markets
Russia's Central Bank Recognizes Bitcoin as Highest Performing Asset with 11.2% April and 17.6% YTD Returns Amid Turkish Lira Collapse
Russia's Central Bank has officially recognized Bitcoin as the highest performing asset, highlighting its strong performance in April 2025 with an 11

Blockchains
Al Abraaj Restaurants Group Becomes First Public Company in Bahrain, Middle East to Adopt Bitcoin Treasury Strategy
Al Abraaj Restaurants Group has become the first publicly listed company in Bahrain and the broader Middle East region to adopt a Bitcoin treasury strategy

Blockchains
Nasdaq-Listed BTCS Secures $57.8 Million to Expand Ethereum Validator Operations and Increase ETH Holdings
Nasdaq-listed blockchain company BTCS has arranged a financing facility of up to $57

TradFi & Fintech
VanEck Launches $NODE Onchain Economy ETF Targeting Blockchain and Digital Asset Adoption
VanEck has launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) called the Onchain Economy ETF, trading under the ticker $NODE

Blockchains
$4 Trillion JPMorgan Settles Tokenized U.S. Treasuries Using Chainlink, Ondo in First Public Blockchain Transaction
JPMorgan Chase, a $4 trillion asset manager, has executed its first public blockchain transaction, settling a tokenized U





