HashStack #031

Strategy acquired 22,337 BTC for $1.57 billion, bringing total holdings to 761,068 BTC worth approximately $56 billion. (source)

Strategy also announced a new $21B STRC ATM program and $21B MSTR ATM program. (source)

Metaplanet raised $255 million, with warrants potentially unlocking up to $531 million in funding, to accelerate its 210,000 BTC accumulation plan. (source)

Metaplanet also launched its $26M venture arm to invest in Bitcoin infrastructure, stablecoin settlement, and Lightning Network projects among others over a 2-3 year horizon. (source)

H100 proposed acquiring Moonshot and Never Say Die in bitcoin-for-bitcoin deals to triple holdings and position it as Europe's largest BTC treasury at 3,500 BTC. (source)

Bitcoin surpassed 20 million coins mined, crossing 95% of its 21 million total supply cap. (source)

Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped 7.8% as miners exit amid an accelerating pivot toward AI infrastructure. (source)

OP_NET launched on Bitcoin mainnet, delivering a native DeFi stack including a Bitcoin L1 DEX and permissionless smart contracts. (source)

Morgan Stanley filed an S-1 for a spot Bitcoin ETF on NYSE Arca under the ticker MSBT, with Fidelity named as custodian. (source)

NYSE exchanges completed an industry-wide removal of crypto ETF options position caps, treating them identically to commodity-based ETF options. (source)

Bitcoin mining pool, Foundry Digital plans to launch a Zcash mining pool next month. (source)

BlackRock's iShares Staked Ethereum Trust (ETHB) topped $250 million in AUM in its first week after launching on Nasdaq. (source)

Ethereum Foundation proposed a Fast Confirmation Rule targeting 13-second L1-to-L2 bridge times, a 98% reduction, without requiring a hard fork. (source)

Ethereum Foundation deposited an additional $7.5 million in ETH into Morpho as part of its updated treasury management policy. (source)

OP Labs cut 20% of staff as Optimism narrows focus amid shifts in the broader Ethereum scaling landscape. (source)

Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager, launched a tokenized swap fund on Ethereum and Stellar using Chainlink oracles for NAV data. (source)

Starknet introduced the STRK20 privacy token standard, integrating privacy features into ERC-20 tokens on its platform. (source)

Celo proposed a one-time 160 million CELO grant to Opera, replacing quarterly grants with a three-year strategic stakeholder partnership. (source)

Hyperliquid's S&P 500 perpetual contract, licensed from S&P Dow Jones Indices via TradeXYZ, hit $100 million in volume within 24 hours of launch. (source)

Grayscale filed for a HYPE ETF on Nasdaq under the ticker GHYP, tracking decentralized perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid. (source)

Tempo's payments-focused Layer 1 launched on mainnet with a Machine Payments Protocol and integrations including Stripe. (source)

Solana Foundation President Lily Liu declared that crypto gaming 'is not coming back,' signaling a strategic retreat from the sector. (source)

Aster launched a privacy-focused Layer 1 using ZK proofs to keep perpetual futures trades private, as the second-largest perp DEX by volume. (source)

Algorand Foundation cut 25% of its workforce, citing macroeconomic uncertainty and depressed crypto market conditions. (source)

Resolv Labs' USR stablecoin was exploited via a privileged minting role, allowing an attacker to mint 80 million unbacked tokens and extract $25 million in ETH. (source)

Aave launched 'Aave Shield' as a protective feature following a trader's $50 million USDT-to-AAVE swap loss due to illiquid market conditions. (source)

Polymarket acquired Brahma and partnered with MLB as its exclusive prediction market partner, while signing an information-sharing deal with the CFTC. (source)

Venus Protocol suffered a $3.7 million exploit on BNB Chain after an attacker used Thena tokens to bypass supply caps and borrow multiple assets. (source)

Across Protocol proposed converting its DAO into a private company, offering ACX holders equity or a 25% cash premium exit. (source)

Lido launched EarnUSD, its first stablecoin vault, allowing users to earn yield on USDC and USDT deposits. (source)

Jupiter Exchange adds pre-IPO trading to their platform. (source)

World Liberty Financial launched AgentPay SDK, giving AI agents self-custodial wallets with policy-enforced spending on EVM chains using USD1. (source)

Visa Crypto Labs launched an experimental CLI payment tool letting AI agents make crypto payments without API keys or pre-funded accounts. (source)

Circle launched gas-free USDC nanopayments on testnet, designed specifically for AI agent micropayment use cases. (source)

World launched AgentKit, integrating with Coinbase's x402 protocol to let platforms verify a real human backs an AI agent without revealing identity. (source)

BNB Chain surpassed Ethereum and Base by the number of registered AI agents using the ERC-8004 standard. (source)

Pumpfun launched an automated buyback tool for tokenized AI agents, directing onchain revenue toward buying back and burning their tokens. (source)

MoonPay launched Open Wallet Standard to give AI agents a secure, universal way to transact across major blockchain platforms without ever exposing a private key. (source)

Mastercard agreed to acquire stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for up to $1.8 billion to bridge on-chain payments with fiat rails. (source)

Wells Fargo filed a trademark for 'WFUSD,' signaling potential ambitions to launch a USD stablecoin. (source)

Brazil's finance minister shelved a divisive crypto tax consultation that would have classified some transactions as foreign exchange operations. (source)

Global insurance broker Aon accepted USDC and PYUSD stablecoin payments for insurance premiums, working with partners Coinbase and Paxos. (source)

Senators and the White House reached an 'agreement in principle' on stablecoin yield treatment to advance the sweeping Clarity Act crypto bill. (source)

Hyperliquid launched fiat onramping in the testing phase. (source)

The World Gold Council and Boston Consulting Group proposed a shared 'Gold as a Service' platform to standardize tokenized gold issuance and custody. (source)

SEC approved Nasdaq to enable tokenized securities trading on its platform. (source)

Electric Capital mapped 501 real-world yield sources and found 93% remain untouched by DeFi, identifying stablecoin growth as the key bridge. (source)

LayerZero partnered with Centrifuge to expand multichain access for tokenized funds, with the JTRSY fund among the first to adopt the protocol. (source)

Kamino's RWA Market on Solana reached $1 billion in TVL just one year after launch. (source)

Nasdaq partnered with Boerse Stuttgart's Seturion to advance blockchain-based tokenized settlement across European trading venues. (source)

Coinbase launched stock perpetual futures for Magnificent 7 companies including Apple, Tesla, and Nvidia for non-US users. (source)

Moody’s launched Token Integration Engine to bring credit analysis onchain. (source)

Aptos and Archax partners to bring tokenized securities to the network starting with Tokenized Global Reinsurance Income Fund. (source)

Kalshi raised $1 billion from Coatue Management at a $22 billion valuation, doubling its worth in three months. (source)

BVNK was acquired by Mastercard for up to $1.8 billion to integrate stablecoin infrastructure into Mastercard's global payments network. (source)

KAST raised $80 million Series A co-led by QED Investors and Left Lane Capital at a $600 million valuation to expand its stablecoin payments platform. (source)

Bluesky raised a $100 million Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto. (source)

Zcash Open Development Lab raised $25 million in seed funding from Paradigm and a16z to expand ZEC protocol development and its Zodl wallet. (source)

Cryptio raised $45 million Series B co-led by Sentinel Global and BlackFin Capital Partners to scale its crypto accounting and compliance platform. (source)

GSR acquired Autonomous and Architech for $57M to launch an integrated capital markets and treasury platform for crypto. (source)

Polymarket acquired DeFi automation startup Brahma as it seeks to further abstract away blockchain complexity to broaden its user base. (source)

Brevis has been selected as one of four teams in the Ethereum Foundation's On-Prem Proving Initiative through ETH Proofs

Cysic launched ai.cysic.xyz, which allows users to setting up their AI agents

Plume partnered with EtherFi to integrate RWA yields via Nest vaults.

Animoca Brands launched Animoca Minds, a no-code platform for creating and deploying AI agents (e.g., market, research, strategy Minds) that collaborate like a team, accelerating agentic commerce on blockchain.

Babylon integrated into Ledger wallets, brings native Ledger support to Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults.