A new report from Bitcoin lending platform Ledn is putting a big number on a market that barely exists yet: $1 trillion. The company released research showing that the consumer Bitcoin-backed loan market — currently worth around $3 billion — could grow 300 times larger within the next decade. To put that in context, Galaxy
AI’s surging demand for power-hungry data centers is turning listed Bitcoin miners into strategic infrastructure plays, with Bernstein flagging nearly $90 billion of announced AI partnerships that could redraw the sector’s economics. Summary Bernstein says “Follow the Gigawatts” as miners pivot power capacity into AI data centers. Bitcoin miners control more than 27 GW of
Crypto exchange Ouinex has raised $3.5m from its own traders, lifting total funding to $9m to build a “Non‑Centralized Order Book” designed to shield retail from market makers. Summary Ouinex secures $3.5m, bringing total funding to $9m Round funded solely by retail and professional traders on the platform New capital will build a “No‑CLOB” model
Bitget Wallet has integrated xStocks infrastructure, giving users access to more than 130 tokenized stocks and ETFs through its self-custodial wallet. Summary Bitget Wallet added xStocks infrastructure, opening access to more than 130 tokenized stocks and ETFs. The integration expands Bitget Wallet’s RWA offering to over 300 products across equities and commodities. RWA.xyz data shows
The SEC is finalizing this week an “innovation exemption” framework that would allow regulated crypto platforms to list tokenized versions of stocks like Apple and Tesla, trading 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without ever touching the New York Stock Exchange. On the surface, that sounds like the biggest bridge ever built between
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says AI agents could create an economy larger than human commerce as machine-to-machine payments move onto crypto rails. Summary Brian Armstrong says machine-to-machine payments could lift demand for digital dollars beyond current estimates. x402 recorded 75.41 million transactions and $24.24 million volume over the last 30 days. Base and USDC remain
The Bitcoin-focused DeFi protocol suffered an attack whereby about 1,000 unauthorized eBTC $77 million were minted on the Monad blockchain Source link
BNB Chain has tested a post-quantum cryptography upgrade for BSC, but the trial showed a clear cost: larger data loads and lower throughput. Summary BSC tested ML-DSA-44 signatures, but larger transaction data cut TPS about 40% in tests overall. Signature size rose from 65 bytes to 2,420 bytes under BSC’s post-quantum migration test report. BNB
Capital B, the Paris-listed Bitcoin Treasury Company formerly known as The Blockchain Group, has completed the purchase of 192 bitcoin for €13.0 million, bringing its total holdings to 3,135 BTC — one of the largest bitcoin reserves held by a European public company. The acquisition, announced May 18, 2026, was funded through three capital raises
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reportedly prepared an “innovation exemption” that could allow blockchain platforms to offer tokenized versions of publicly traded stocks, including tokens issued without direct approval from the underlying companies. Summary The SEC is reportedly preparing an exemption that could allow tokenized trading of public company shares on blockchain platforms.
