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Coinbase Payments Is Supporting Checkout's New Feature @Checkout launches acceptance of stablecoins for its network of over 1,000 retailers, allowing eligible businesses to accept $USDC and $USDT payments globally. The integration, powered by @Coinbase Payments, enables businesses to receive native USD payments without direct crypto infrastructure or technical integration. The service is currently active in nearly 50 countries, providing a high-speed alternative to traditional credit card channels for international commerce.

Over $350 million in long crypto positions have been liquidated... Over $350 million in long crypto positions were liquidated in the past hour as $BTC dropped 4.92% to $67,933. On-chain data confirms this sudden spike in volatility has pushed $BTC's market dominance to 57.89%, signaling a major risk-off event as capital flows out of high-beta assets...

Franklin Templeton and MoonPay Collaborate to Expand On-Chain Capital Markets @FTDA_US and @MoonPay have established a strategic partnership to advance the deployment of tokenized financial products and institutional trading infrastructure. The collaboration focuses on integrating stablecoin liquidity and on-chain capital market rails to modernize institutional investment flows. This move leverages Franklin Templeton's existing expertise in tokenizing RWA alongside MoonPay's payment infrastructure to connect traditional financial systems with public ledgers.

Movement Is Entering a New Era @Movement_xyz officially shifts focus to cross-border payments and stablecoin payments, ensuring licensed payment channels across the United States, Canada, and the European Union. This expansion allows neobanks and fintechs to build compliant remittance products for the global Southern Hemisphere market worth 685 billion USD without needing to obtain independent licenses. The Movement Network Foundation fund has also executed a strategic token buyback, repurchasing about 19% of tokens allocated to investors, equivalent to 4.2% of the total supply.

Turkish Lira surpasses euro in stablecoin usage At Standard Chartered's crypto division, Zodia Markets, the second most used stablecoin last year was neither the euro nor any other major currency. It was the Turkish lira. Co-founder Nick Philpott said this result was surprising, with lira-pegged tokens outperforming all G10 currencies among the company's clients. The reason is payments, not speculation. Clients use lira stablecoins instead of transferring lira through correspondent banks because the token offers faster, cheaper, and more reliable payments. The scale remains modest compared to the dollar: Zodia processed $110.5 billion in dollar-pegged stablecoin transactions in 2025, compared to $3.4 billion in lira transactions and only a few tens of millions in euro transactions.

Ondo sets June 9 as the launch date for perpetual futures contracts on tokenized stocks Ondo Finance (@OndoFinance) has set June 9 as the launch date for Ondo Perps (@OndoPerps), their perpetual futures platform on tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs, and commodities. Traders outside the U.S. will have continuous 24/7 access to tickers like Nvidia, Apple, and Tesla with leverage up to 20x, while U.S. users are prohibited. Ondo Perps is designed to accept tokenized securities as collateral assets, not just stablecoins, so a position can be backed by tokenized stocks or Ondo Treasury products instead of idle cash. This is the capital efficiency message that other on-chain stock derivatives platforms lack.

Warren and Sanders push to repeal the regulation opening 401(k) plans to cryptocurrency Senators Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) and Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) are pressuring the Department of Labor (@USDOL) to repeal a proposed rule that would relax the inclusion of alternative assets, including cryptocurrency, in 401(k) plans. They argue that the "safe harbor" provision of this rule would remove protections and push savers toward riskier, more expensive products. However, the rule is narrower than that. It does not add cryptocurrency to anyone's plan; it only provides legal protection for managers who follow a documented evaluation before considering any alternative asset. The cryptocurrency industry sees it differently, arguing that savers should not be excluded from an entire asset class.

Securitize launches first tokenized fund on TRON @Securitize has launched Hamilton Lane's private credit tokenized fund, HLSCOPE, on TRON (@trondao), marking the first asset issued on this network. The fund offers qualified investors onchain access to Hamilton Lane's senior secured lending strategy through a regulated conduit, with Wormhole handling cross-chain transfers. HLSCOPE has been operating on Ethereum, Polygon, and other chains. Adding TRON brings it to a network built around stablecoin payments and high transfer volume, expanding the fund's reach to where a significant portion of onchain capital already exists.

Fireblocks launches Flow to enable payment companies to accept any stablecoin Fireblocks (@FireblocksHQ) has launched Flow, a stablecoin acceptance infrastructure for payment providers and fintech companies, announced today at Money20/20 Europe. It integrates into the company's existing payment processes and allows all their merchants to accept any digital asset while paying with the stablecoin of their choice, with coverage from day one for over 800 wallets on EVM, Solana, and Bitcoin. Flutterwave (@theflutterwave), Africa's largest payment company, is one of the launch customers. Fireblocks does not interfere with the flow of funds and does not hold custody rights, even during conversion, leaving the business with the brand and relationship with their merchants. This is a significant advancement from a platform that has secured over $14 trillion in digital asset transactions, targeting emerging markets where consumers are already paying with stablecoins.

Zcash rises 54% in one month as privacy trading gets serious @Zcash is trading near $614, up about 12% for the day and 54% for the month, elevating it to the 11th largest cryptocurrency by market cap at around $10 billion. The price surge has pushed zcash:native past Monero to become the largest privacy coin. This is not a pure momentum-driven rally. The SEC concluded its investigation into Zcash in January, and Grayscale has filed to convert its Zcash Trust into the first US spot privacy crypto ETF. On-chain, about 30% of the supply is now in shielded pools, up from 8% in 2024. The throughline is a revaluation of financial privacy from a regulatory liability to something institutions are willing to hold.