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Mastercard announced on Wednesday that it will expand its settlement capabilities to allow issuers and acquirers to settle certain card transactions using regulated stablecoins. The move intr
Key Highlights Private sector employment expanded by 122,000 positions in May according to ADP, surpassing economist predictions of 117,000–120,000 The previous month’s payroll data underwent
Key Takeaways T1 Energy plans to purchase KORE Power for approximately $32 million, marking its entry into battery energy storage systems and data center infrastructure KORE’s NRI business un
Key Highlights GameStop stock jumped approximately 9–12% following announcement of historic Q1 net income, 14% revenue increase, and $2B buyback authorization Marvell Technology climbed more
Stellar's (@StellarOrg) DeFi total value locked (TVL) crossed $200 million for the first time in late April 2026, with the on-chain figure printing $197.41 million on April 24 per DefiLlama,
Aster runs a two-layer staking system that pays users through two separate reward pools each week: a 150,000 ASTER Base APY pool for anyone delegating tokens to a validator, and a 300,000 AST
Polkadot's parachain model is not a Layer-2 scaling solution. A parachain is a specialized blockchain that connects to the Polkadot relay chain, benefiting from shared security, interoperabil
How Does Toncoin's Staking System Actually Work? Toncoin (TON) runs on a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus model where validators lock up TON to secure the network and earn block rewards in retu
Aster's buyback-and-burn program works by taking a portion of daily trading fees and using them to purchase ASTER from the open market, then permanently destroying those tokens. As of March 9
RLUSD is Ripple's U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, launched on December 17, 2024, and issued under a New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Trust Company Charter. It is pegged 1:1 to
Coinbase Wallet and the Coinbase exchange are two separate products that do fundamentally different things. Coinbase Wallet is a self-custody wallet, meaning you hold your own private keys an
The best crypto to buy right now in June 2026 is not necessarily the one with the biggest brand name or the loudest community. It is the one where the risk is understood, the product is built
