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CME plans to launch Bitcoin Volatility futures on June 1.
The BVI contracts will settle in cash against the BVX index, which tracks 30-day implied Bitcoin volatility from CME options data.

CME Group is preparing to launch Bitcoin Volatility fut

Western Union launches USDPT, a Solana-based, dollar-backed stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, to streamline settlement and enhance its payments network, with plans for exchange access and a consumer spend product.
Abstract: Western Union introduces USDPT, a regulated USD-denominated stablecoin on Solana issued by Anchorage Digital Bank. The token is designed to integrate blockchain settlement with existing compliance and distribution infrastructure to improve treasury and agent settlement, reduce idle balances, and enable exchange access and a consumer spend product (Stable by Western Union) planned for 2026 in over 40 countries.

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New research has revealed that 76.82 billion XRP from 5.6 million accounts would be at risk of access by quantum computers.
The quantum threat is lower for XRP than for Bitcoin, where genesis coins belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto and early adopters wo

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Stellar now has its first regulated yield-bearing dollar product after Figure launched YLDS on the network.
Last year, the network processed over $55 billion in stablecoin payments as tokenized RWAs surged to $2 billion. 

Figure Technology

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Following some key partnerships in recent days targeting institutional use cases, XRP has shown notable on-chain activity.
Investors anticipate market-moving announcements at

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IOTA has activated Starfish consensus on Mainnet through the v1.21.1 release and protocol version 24.
The upgrade moves IOTA beyond its earlier Mysticeti setup and brings a new BFT consensus design into live production.

IOTA has pushed Starfish

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The State Street Galaxy Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund plans an expansion to the Stellar and Ethereum networks.
The fund will enable around-the-clock onchain cash management for large players.

The Stellar network has confirmed that the State Stre

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Polygon’s strong week included new integrations by Visa and Meta, as well as a new prediction market and native payments expansion.
POL’s sideways movement as it trades in a tight range fails to reflect the network’s growth.

Polygon recorded on

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GraniteShares is now aiming for a May 7 launch of its 3x XRP ETFs after five delays from the initial April window.
The proposed funds would offer daily 3x long and short XRP exposure through derivatives, not direct XRP holdings.

GraniteShares h

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Bitcoin hit $80,000 earlier today for the first time since January on the back of strong ETF inflows and increasing leverage.
Veteran trader Peter Brandt says that the BTC bottom is not in yet and expects it to drop to $50,000 before recovering to s

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IOTA’s Starfish sends key data early, helping validators avoid long waits for missing blocks when the network comes under pressure.
IOTA uses Reed-Solomon encoding and DAG checks to recover payloads without pushing full transaction data to every val

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Ripple, Mastercard, J.P. Morgan and Ondo Finance have completed the first 24/7 tokenized treasury settlement.
By combining the traditional financial infrastructure with the XRP Ledger, institutions execute cross-border transactions in

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Ripple celebrates 48,108 classroom projects and 2,300 new teachers supported through its $25 million donation.
The fintech company hopes to inspire more institutions to be involved in supporting the education sector.

Last year, Ripple made a $2

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A new poll shows that 52% of Americans are in support of the CLARITY Act, with another 70% saying crypto regulations are long overdue.
However, crypto executives say that the industry has a short window, as there is no telling what Congress will

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Pi Network founders have talked about AI, crypto utility, and the future of Pi at Consensus 2026 Miami.
The team has called on node operators to complete the Protocol 23 upgrade.

Pi founders Chengdiao Fan and Nicolas Kokkalis spoke at the Conse