The Smarter Web Company (AQUIS: SWC | OTCQB: TSWCF) has added 325 Bitcoin to its treasury for £27.1 million at an average price of £83,525 per BTC, bringing total holdings to 1,600 BTC with an aggregate cost of £127.3 million and an average price of £79,534. The company reported a year-to-date BTC yield of 39,258% and a 30-day yield of 419%, with approximately £4 million in cash remaining for further acquisitions. Notably, SWC introduced a new valuation metric called P/BYD (Price to Bitcoin Yield) designed to help investors assess the value of holding Bitcoin as a corporate treasury asset, similar to the P/E ratio for traditional equities. According to its P/BYD document, an investor swapping BTC for Smarter Web shares would currently be 'overpaying' 5.58x for Bitcoin, but at the current BTC yield delivery rate, would need to wait only 0.09 years (~32 days) to earn cumulative Bitcoin equivalent to their investment. The company launched its Bitcoin-focused 10 Year Plan in April 2025 and went public on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market on April 25, 2025, raising up to £2 million via institutional and retail subscriptions, with a minimum investment of €500 through the Winterflood Retail Access Platform. Since 2023, SWC has accepted Bitcoin as payment, underscoring its long-term belief in Bitcoin as a core part of the global financial system.

OpenAI has released a policy proposal suggesting a shift of tax burden from labor to capital, including a robot tax, a national public wealth fund, subsidies for a four-day workweek without pay cuts, and accelerated energy infrastructure expansion. Before the proposal, CEO Sam Altman faced a New Yorker exposé alleging deception on safety protocols, leading to his 2023 firing. Meanwhile, OpenAI's stock is losing favor in the secondary market as investors pivot to rival Anthropic.

Monad has integrated Unlink, a zero-knowledge privacy layer that allows institutions to hold, move, and use capital on-chain without exposing balances, counterparties, or transaction history. Deployed as a smart contract with no separate chain or bridge, Unlink supports deposit, transfer, withdraw, and execute operations while providing scoped audit views. Monad's high performance (10,000 TPS, near-zero fees) ensures the privacy layer operates without penalty, preserving composability with Aave, Uniswap, and other DeFi protocols. This integration addresses a key barrier for institutional adoption by combining privacy, liquidity, and composability on a single EVM chain.

Invesco has filed with the U.S. SEC to register a tokenized fund named Invesco Stablecoin Reserves Onchain Fund. The fund will invest in cash and short-term U.S. Treasuries to support stablecoin reserves. Tokenization firm Superstate will serve as sub-transfer agent, maintaining a blockchain-integrated shareholder registry. This move signals major traditional asset managers accelerating into on-chain finance.

Crypto infrastructure firm BitGo has laid off 15% of its workforce as part of a strategic realignment toward artificial intelligence and stablecoins. Co-founder and CEO Mike Belshe stated the move is a one-time action and that the company does not foresee further cuts. The layoffs reflect a broader industry trend of resource concentration in high-growth sectors.

ByteDance's AI assistant Doubao officially launches a Pro version, built on the latest Doubao 2.1 series models. It debuts an office task Agent mode that can directly control the local computer and browser for cross-app automation. Pricing starts at 68 yuan/month for the standard plan, with a discounted student rate of 38 yuan/month.

Jaredfromsubway.eth, a well-known sandwich bot on Ethereum, fell victim to a custom phishing attack, losing over $7.5 million. The attacker exploited the bot's automated execution logic, tricking it into granting ERC-20 approval to a malicious contract. This incident highlights the often underestimated fatal risk of on-chain approval mechanisms.

Franklin Templeton's tokenized version of the Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF (USPX), ticker $USPXx, has launched on the Mantle network and is tradable 24/7 on its decentralized exchange Fluxion. Issued by xStocksFi, the tokenized asset represents approximately $2 billion of U.S. equity market exposure.