Matter Labs open-sourced ZKsync's Prividium permissioning engine, letting institutions self-run the code, with Germany's Bundesbank the first to test it in its own infrastructure — The Block
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.5, a sharper image model with up to 50% faster generation plus new Sketch and comment-based edits, live across ChatGPT, Work and Codex — OpenAI
Canary Capital's TRXS, the first US staked TRON ETF, began trading on Cboe today, staking nearly all its TRX and folding rewards into the fund's NAV — The Block
Meta launched Muse, a personal AI agent now live in the US that runs tasks like emails, travel and purchases 24/7, isolating each user's data in a dedicated Secure VM — Meta
Etherscan launched Flow, turning a maze of onchain transactions into one clear map of how funds moved, with every hop verified onchain across 60+ EVM chains — Etherscan
Bybit launched Bybit AI, an in-app assistant that trades spot, derivatives and options and runs account tasks via natural-language chat, in a segregated sub-account — WuBlockchain
Renzo launched Renzo Basis on Hyperliquid, an onchain delta-neutral basis trade that earns funding-rate yield without directional bets, opening with BTC and HYPE — The Block
Hunter Biden's $LAPTOP memecoin launched on Base and collapsed about 95% within its first hour of trading, a textbook day-one launch spike and dump — crypto.news
Plume opened Factor, an RWA credit vault giving stablecoin depositors exposure to invoice-factoring and working-capital loans, targeting 14%+ net APY with weekly liquidity — Plume
a16z crypto released Lattice Jolt, a post-quantum rebuild of its Jolt zkVM on lattices instead of elliptic curves, 2 to 3 times faster with sub-100 KB proofs — a16z crypto
Nasdaq is investing $100M in Kraken's parent Payward at a $21B valuation, expanding their pact to build a tokenized-stock gateway on Kraken's xStocks — Bloomberg
The Boring Company raised $3B at a $23B valuation, led by the UAE, to bore 150km+ of tunnels across the Emirates plus new Vegas and Nashville Loops — The Boring Company
Bybit plans a European super-app merging crypto, regulated derivatives and stocks, seeking a MiFID II license via its Austrian arm Bybit X to serve the EEA — CoinDesk
Real Finance's $ASSET now has a MiCA whitepaper in ESMA's Interim MiCA Register across all 30 EEA markets, giving it one standardised EU disclosure for listings — Real Finance
Coinbase is renaming Base App back to Coinbase Wallet, a year after its social everything-app rebrand, after the SocialFi bet fell flat and it refocused on trading — The Block