#Bullish announced an agreement to acquire #Equiniti in a transaction valued at $4.2B. Bullish will pay roughly $2.35B in stock and take on about $1.85B of Equiniti’s debt as part of the deal. Following the deal, the companies plan to provide corporate issuers with end-to-end tokenization services, including 24/7 securities trading and stablecoin-based payment and settlement solutions. The transaction is expected to close in January of 2027, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
Western Union's Solana-based stablecoin #USDPT is now live. Fully backed by U.S. dollars and issued by Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. on the #Solana blockchain, $USDPT is built for real-world payments, combining blockchain settlement with Western Union’s global compliance, risk, and distribution network.
$USDPT will support several use cases across Western Union’s ecosystem, including exchange access, connections between crypto platforms and its global payout network, consumer payments in over 40 countries through Stable by #WesternUnion , and near-instant agent settlements to improve liquidity efficiency.
Upbit unveils a partnership with Optimism on GIWA Chain
Upbit partners with #Optimism to develop #GIWA Chain, an #Ethereum #Layer2 built on the #OPStack . GIWA Chain is now live on testnet, with a mainnet launch planned next. GIWA Layer 2 will launch under the Self-Managed tier of OP Enterprise, giving Upbit direct control over network operations, including the sequencer and transaction fees. Optimism Foundation will provide monitoring, failover support, and technical guidance, helping GIWA balance operational independence with institutional-grade resilience.
#FoundersFund has raised $6B for a new fund to invest in later-stage companies. $4.5B comes from limited partners, including sovereign wealth funds, according to a source familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously due to the private nature of the information. The remaining $1.5B is being contributed by senior management and employees at Founders Fund.
The fund will target #AI , defense tech, and deep tech, planning to deploy capital into roughly a dozen companies over the next 2-3 years through large late-stage investments rather than a broadly diversified portfolio.
#Billions $BILL has been listed on Binance Alpha, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, KuCoin, MEXC, Bitget, and other exchanges, on May 4th at 8:00 UTC.
Current $BILL price is $0.030 Current market cap is $73.33M Current FDV is $303.03M
Billions is a global verification platform that enables both humans and #AIagents to establish trusted, privacy-preserving identities using only a smartphone and government-issued ID.
April saw major crypto exploits totaling about $651M in losses, including ~$3.5M from phishing. It marks the worst month since March 2022 (excluding the Bybit hack in February 2025).
#Polymarket partners with #Chainalysis , a blockchain data and analytics company that provides software, data, and research. The partnership will leverage Chainalysis’s investigative and on-chain security tools to detect suspicious trading activity, probe potential violations, and share findings with regulators when needed.
Polymarket is a decentralized prediction market platform that enables users to speculate on the outcome of real-world events using cryptocurrency.
The Seoul Administrative Court approved #Bithumb’s request to suspend enforcement, putting the Financial Intelligence Unit-imposed six-month partial business suspension on hold. The Financial Intelligence Unit issued Bithumb a suspension notice in March over alleged AML violations, restricting new users’ deposits and withdrawals, and fined the exchange ₩36.8B ($25B) for around 6.65 million identity verification failures.
The six-month suspension was set to start March 27. Bithumb filed a lawsuit and stay request on March 23, and with the court granting the stay, enforcement remains paused, allowing normal operations until a final ruling.