Recent News on Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and Finance | Yellow

Federal regulators have quietly told the world's largest crypto exchange to obey its 2023 plea terms after fresh reports tied billions to Iran-linked wallets.

Toncoin climbed 7% in 24 hours to $2.48, with daily trading volume crossing $1 billion as the Telegram-linked Layer 1 network draws renewed trader attention.

Layer-2 network Polygon trimmed average block time by 250 milliseconds to 1.75 seconds, lifting throughput about 14% to roughly 3,260 transactions per second.

Florida gubernatorial candidate Frank Russo says the state could allocate pension funds to Bitcoin, launch a stablecoin, and use blockchain to reshape financial infrastructure.

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments now runs on Coinbase's x402 protocol, letting AI agents pay in USDC on Base and Solana.

Jan3 chief Samson Mow says Strategy needs the option to sell Bitcoin and that doing so does not undermine its corporate treasury thesis.

DeFi is shifting toward explicit risk pricing, a transition that could compress yields and unlock institutional adoption as markets mature beyond incentive-driven returns.

Payward, the company behind Kraken, agreed to buy Hong Kong stablecoin payments firm Reap Technologies in a cash-and-stock deal worth $600 million.

Matthew Sigel says Bitcoin could climb to $1 million within five years, calling the seven-figure target VanEck's base case scenario.

NEAR Protocol's NEAR token gained 4.6% in 24 hours and appeared on CoinGecko trending May 7 at rank 45 as the layer-1's developer ecosystem and AI integration.