⚡️ gTrade goes live inside MegaETH Terminal, the ecosystem’s points program
Users can earn points and grab a share of 250M $MEGA by trading on gTrade across any of the 165+ markets, new pairs with multipliers every week, and providing liquidity to the gUSDM vault.
gTrade is an on-chain perpetual DEX for crypto & RWAs with up to 1000x leverage, low spreads, no ADL, and no scam wicks.
Cu valoarea activelor distribuite RWA depășind 30 miliarde de dolari, peste 762K de deținători și 60K+ de adrese active, sectorul activelor reale on-chain intră într-o nouă fază de scalare instituțională.
⚡️ Top Blockchains by Stablecoin Transaction Count
As the total stablecoin market cap continues to grow, onchain payment activity is accelerating, with over 1.69B stablecoin transactions recorded last month.
Total transfer volume exceeded $5.96 trillion, with Polygon, BNB Chain, and Solana hosting the majority of activity.
Among applications driving the most stablecoin transaction volume are PancakeSwap, QuickSwap, Polymarket, and Jupiter.
Monthly active users measure the number of distinct addresses interacting with blockchains' relevant contracts. According to the data from TokenTerminal, BNBChain, Solana, Tron, and opBNB have drawn the largest numbers of users lately.
În contextul planurilor Telegram de a înlocui TON Foundation ca forța principală a rețelei și de a deveni cel mai mare validator, ecosistemul TON continuă să se extindă în domeniile Finanțe, Jocuri, Social, Plăți și Unelte.
RedotPay, STON fi, Dogs și Catizen sunt printre proiectele de top care stimulează adoptarea reală a utilizatorilor la scară.
During the last 6 months, a16z crypto invested in 8 companies, committing over $100M in capital with a primary focus on trading and payment infrastructure. The firm recently closed its $2.2B Crypto Fund 5.
Recently funded projects: OpenTrade, The Better Money Company, Kled AI, Zodl, Kairos, Talos, Babylon, and Revolut. $BABY
⚡️ XRP Ledger connects to interbank settlement rails via Ondo, Mastercard, and Kinexys
Ripple, Ondo, Mastercard, and Kinexys by J.P. Morgan completed a landmark pilot connecting the XRP Ledger with interbank settlement rails. The transaction marks the first cross-border settlement of tokenized US Treasuries outside traditional banking windows.
Crypto card spending volume reached $654.4M in April 2026, with RedotPay maintaining its lead at $413M and 4.9% MoM growth, followed by KAST at $74.6M and ether fi Cash at $65.6M. Karta posted the strongest growth of the month at +60.8%, reaching $27.6M.
Combined volume across all tracked cards grew 4.4% month over month.
A range of major acquisitions marked the year, including moves from Chainlink, Kraken, Predict Fun, GSR, Mastercard, and Moonpay, alongside other platforms across exchanges, wallets, and infrastructure.
⚡️ Coinbase backs Centrifuge as Base's main tokenization partner
Through this integration, Centrifuge will act as the go-to platform for turning traditional assets like ETFs, credit funds, structured products and RWAs into onchain, tradable assets on Base. The financial terms of the investment were not disclosed, though sources close to the deal indicate it reached seven figures. $CFG
Aprilie 2026 a fost cea mai proastă lună pentru securitatea crypto din februarie, cu $635M pierduți în 31 de incidente - o creștere de +1,441% față de $41.2M din martie.
Două exploatări au generat 91% din daune: KelpDAO a pierdut $293M într-o exploatare a podului LayerZero pe 18 aprilie și Drift Protocol a pierdut $285M printr-o cheie de admin compromisă pe 1 aprilie.
⚡️ a16z crypto a strâns 2,2 miliarde de dolari pentru Fondul său Crypto 5
Firma plănuiește să investească în proiecte care leagă crypto de finanțele tradiționale și AI. Noua entitate ridică capitalul total al firmei în crypto la aproximativ 9,8 miliarde de dolari, împărțit în 5 fonduri.
Noua rundă de finanțare apare pe măsură ce firme precum Haun Ventures strâng 1 miliard de dolari, iar firmele de VC se adaptează la o schimbare a capitalului dictată de AI.