Solana declares payment volume leadership across Web2 and Web3 at Consensus Hong Kong, backed by 750% growth, $15B in stablecoins, and institutional heavyweights.

Banks arrived at the White House with a principles document demanding a blanket prohibition on stablecoin yield. Crypto negotiators came to compromise. Neither side budged.

Stripe adopts the x402 payment protocol on Coinbase

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek bought the AI.com domain for $70M in crypto, then debuted an autonomous AI agent platform to 100M+ Super Bowl viewers.

The New York Fed reports U.S. household debt delinquencies surged to 4.8% in Q4 2025, driven by a record 16.3% student loan default rate and $18.8 trillion in total debt.

The UK FCA has launched High Court proceedings against HTX (formerly Huobi) for illegal crypto ads, marking its first enforcement under the 2023 promotions regime.

LayerZero launches Zero, a Layer-1 blockchain designed for Wall Street with 2 million TPS, backed by Citadel Securities, Ark Invest, DTCC, ICE, and Google Cloud.

Aave V4 passes a new Trail of Bits security audit, bringing its Hub-and-Spoke architecture and unified cross-chain liquidity one step closer to mainnet launch.

Gemini launches staking for New York residents, offering ETH and SOL yield in the state that has blocked crypto staking services for years.

Jupiter Ultra V3 introduces Iris router, ShadowLane transaction landing, and Predictive Execution to Solana, cutting MEV exposure 34x and landing trades in under 400ms.