Meta Enables Content Creators to Receive USDC Stablecoin Earnings via Solana, Polygon

Strive Inc. announced the purchase of 789 Bitcoin for $61.45 million, increasing their total holdings to 14,557 BTC valued at approximately $1.1 billion. The company's True North subsidiary is hosting a Bitcoin for Business summit to educate CFOs and business leaders on corporate Bitcoin adoption strategies.

Gemini has launched Agentic Trading, the first U.S. exchange to offer direct AI agent integration for automated trading via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Traders can connect AI models like Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT to execute various strategies.

A bug in Litecoin allowed an attacker to exploit a vulnerability in the MimbleWimble Extension Block, resulting in a reorganization to rectify the issue. The reorg reversed invalid transactions caused by the bug, preventing the attacker from profiting.

Fidelity Digital Assets highlighted improving conditions in the digital assets market, focusing on metrics like unrealized profitability, momentum, and network usage. Bitcoin remains resilient, with dominance metrics showing concentration of capital. Despite choppy performance and regulatory scrutiny, momentum and profitability indicators suggest a corrective period for a more stable market structure.

BitMine Immersion Technologies recently acquired over 100,000 ETH, surpassing 5 million total holdings. The company's rapid accumulation has reached $11.75 billion in value, aiming to secure 5% of the ETH supply.

Strategy's Bitcoin holdings increased by 3,273 Bitcoin for $255 million, bringing their total to 818,334 Bitcoin worth $63.6 billion. The company issued 1.4 million common shares and emphasized the role of their variable-rate preferred share, STRC, in driving business decisions.

Evan Tangeman, a 22-year-old from Newport Beach, California, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for laundering millions of dollars in stolen cryptocurrency proceeds for a criminal enterprise that stole over $263 million. Tangeman's involvement in the RICO conspiracy led to the seizure of luxury vehicles and highlighted the enterprise's extravagant spending habits.

Bitcoin ETFs have seen a surge in inflows, with BlackRock's IBIT leading the charge, but on-chain data suggests the rally may lack genuine spot demand. Short liquidations and negative funding rates indicate a potential imbalance in the market, calling for stronger spot demand for sustainability.

KBank, the exclusive banking partner for Upbit, is testing onchain cross-border remittances with Ripple. The partnership aims to improve speed, cost, and transparency for remittance customers by settling transactions in minutes.

The recent rally of Pudgy Penguins may have been influenced by ecosystem momentum, benefiting long-term holders unexpectedly. Bradley Park suggests that a large token unlock in mid-April provided liquidity for major holders to sell, with on-chain data supporting this pattern.