Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan projects Circle could be worth $75 billion by 2030, driven by stablecoin adoption and regulatory momentum.

Hyundai Card ran a live pilot moving $20,000 between Hyundai Motor subsidiaries through Avalanche, completing the transfer and conversion cycle in about seven minutes. The company said a Europe-focused follow-up pilot is scheduled later this month.

On-chain sleuth Specter flagged a suspected Hedera exploit on July 11, with more than $3.7 million bridged to Ethereum through LayerZero. The stolen WBTC is being swapped into ETH, while Hedera and LayerZero had not responded by publication.

El Salvador launched Bitcoin Diploma 2.0 on Feb. 24, making bitcoin and financial literacy part of public school education with three required hours per week and Grok AI tutors in 5,000 schools.

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital, faces renewed scrutiny over a 2011 poker scandal involving identity fraud, multi-accounting, and chip-dumping. The controversy was reignited after a co-founder publicly disputed Qureshi's account of the firm's early history. Some industry players cite Qureshi's past as a reason to approach collaboration with Dragonfly cautiously.

Anthropic is reportedly acquiring stealth biotech startup Coefficient Bio in a $400 million stock deal, adding a six-person team as it expands its push into AI drug discovery and life sciences.

Kaskad has confirmed a phased rollout: mainnet opens on May 24 at 12:00 UTC, KSKD deposits and TGE claims go live the same day, trading starts on MEXC on May 25, and withdrawals open on May 26.

Kraken announced listing of Pi Network's PI token, triggering a 30% surge and 300% volume spike. Bybit's CEO had rejected PI earlier citing a Chinese police fraud alert, reigniting debate.