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Circle’s Second Growth Curve: After Arc’s $222 Million Fundraise, CRCL or ARC?

Circle Announces $222 Million Funding for Arc Network's Native Token ARC. With USDC circulation reaching $77 billion, growing 28% year-over-year, Circle is building its own Layer 1 blockchain, Arc, to address unmet institutional needs like compliance, privacy, and predictable transaction costs. While USDC serves as Arc's gas token for stable payments, the newly issued ARC token is designed for network security (staking in the future PoS system) and governance, creating long-term alignment among participants. Circle (stock CRCL) retains its core revenue from USDC reserve interest and other business lines, plus holds 25% of ARC's total 10 billion supply, which will capture value from network fees. Arc's testnet is live ahead of a mainnet launch planned for Summer 2026. The funding round, led by a16z crypto with participation from BlackRock and others, values the network at $3 billion FDV. The article notes a competitive landscape with projects like Canton Network and Plasma, and advises that ARC's long-term value depends on real adoption and fee generation to offset its 2-3% annual inflation.

marsbit2 дня назад 14:03

Circle’s Second Growth Curve: After Arc’s $222 Million Fundraise, CRCL or ARC?

marsbit2 дня назад 14:03

My Pet Hooligan Unveils $HOOLI Token Launch Alongside Animated Series Finale

My Pet Hooligan, a transmedia franchise by AMGI Studios, has announced the launch of its $HOOLI token alongside the finale of its animated miniseries. The 30-episode "Hell or High Hooli: An Underdog Story" is available on social platforms and features a satirical take on crypto culture. The token is designed as a participation layer for the broader ecosystem—which includes gaming, animation, AI integrations, and future expansions into film and music—but is not an in-game currency. The franchise has over 600,000 downloads on Epic Games. The unique launch strategy ties a narrative milestone to the token's introduction, aiming to create a new model for digital asset releases in entertainment.

TheNewsCrypto05/14 13:13

My Pet Hooligan Unveils $HOOLI Token Launch Alongside Animated Series Finale

TheNewsCrypto05/14 13:13

XRP Network Sets New Record: 10,000+ Token Wallets At Highest Ever

XRP has achieved a new milestone with the number of wallets holding at least 10,000 XRP reaching an all-time high of over 332,000, according to data from Santiment. This suggests continued accumulation by mid-to-large investors despite recent market volatility. After a brief decline during a price crash in late January/early February, the wallet count resumed a gradual upward trend throughout March, April, and into May. Analysts view this sustained growth as a positive long-term signal for the network. In related news, treasury company Evernorth remains in a significant loss position on its $950 million XRP holdings, currently down approximately $389 million. At the time of writing, XRP's price is trading around $1.43.

bitcoinist05/14 13:02

XRP Network Sets New Record: 10,000+ Token Wallets At Highest Ever

bitcoinist05/14 13:02

Early Pricing Models Suggest Ozak AI Could Deliver Returns Exceeding 1,000% if AI-Driven Tokens Regain Momentum in 2026

Early pricing models suggest that Ozak AI's token, OZ, could achieve returns exceeding 1,000%, with projections as high as 30,000% (a 300x gain) by 2026 if AI-driven tokens regain market momentum. Initial estimates forecast returns between 71x and 300x upon and shortly after public listing, potentially raising the token's value from $0.014 to $7.2. This optimistic outlook is supported by internal factors like cross-chain functionality and token utility for governance and staking, as well as external strategic partnerships with entities like Meganet, which aim to enhance real-time financial insights and ecosystem growth.

TheNewsCrypto05/14 11:43

Early Pricing Models Suggest Ozak AI Could Deliver Returns Exceeding 1,000% if AI-Driven Tokens Regain Momentum in 2026

TheNewsCrypto05/14 11:43

ZK-Driven Bitcoin Privacy Solution Officially Launches on Starknet

Starknet has launched strkBTC, a ZK-driven privacy solution for Bitcoin. It uses Starknet's zero-knowledge technology to shield transaction details and balances on the public ledger, addressing growing security concerns like targeted robberies and AI-powered wallet tracking. The system is designed to be compliance-ready, featuring view keys for authorized audits and third-party screening to prevent illicit funds. Future plans include confidential DeFi activities on Starknet, quantum-resistant cryptography, integration with BitVM for enhanced security, and a long-term goal of a trustless bridge via a Bitcoin OP_CAT soft fork. The initiative aims to make Bitcoin function as private digital cash while maintaining necessary accountability.

marsbit05/14 11:09

ZK-Driven Bitcoin Privacy Solution Officially Launches on Starknet

marsbit05/14 11:09

MuleRun CTO: The Moat of Agents Lies in Data Density and User Memory

In a speech titled "Handing AI's Keys to the On-Chain Controllers," MuleRun CTO Shu Junliang discussed the evolution and security of AI Agents in finance and Web3. He outlined six dimensions for a complete AI assistant: dialogue, data input, agent capability, execution environment, user memory, and continuous learning. MuleRun's product integrates these through features like multi-platform IM bots, real-time multi-asset data, smart model routing, cloud sandboxes, persistent user profiles, and a shared knowledge network. Shu emphasized that while AI Agents are advancing from assisting to autonomously executing decisions—potentially enabling individuals to operate like small funds—safety remains paramount. He detailed MuleRun's security measures, including local key handling, isolated sandboxes, full audit trails, and strict permission controls. However, he acknowledged persistent risks like data exposure, model hallucinations, prompt injection, and the "black box" nature of AI decisions, advising manual confirmation for financial operations. He identified key trends: the shift from human-led to Agent-led on-chain interactions requiring infrastructure redesign; the erosion of information advantages replaced by competition in execution speed and strategy; and the balancing effect of Agents, which democratize access but ultimately advantage those with superior judgment. Shu concluded that an Agent's true moat lies in data density and accumulated user memory, not easily replicable technology, and that while Agents will reshape finance and Web3, human oversight over critical decisions must remain.

marsbit05/14 08:50

MuleRun CTO: The Moat of Agents Lies in Data Density and User Memory

marsbit05/14 08:50

Zero Funding Rate? The New Contract Design of HyperEVM That Foreigners Are Talking About

Jez, a prominent crypto trader, announced his new protocol PaperTrade on HyperEVM, sparking significant discussion. PaperTrade is a perpetual DEX with zero fees, no slippage, and no funding rates. The protocol's mechanism draws from the historical "bucket shop" model, where trades are settled directly against a public LP pool based on Hyperliquid's order book prices, without ever interacting with Hyperliquid's matching system. It combines perpetual contracts with P2P lending and DeFi Ponzi elements. User losses go into the LP pool, while a portion of user profits is taken as protocol fees. Crucially, the LP pool is seeded solely by user losses, not external deposits. If a user's profit exceeds the pool's balance, the profit enters an on-chain queue, to be paid out sequentially by subsequent user losses. The protocol mints its PAPER token based on user losses, with a minting rate that decays as the LP pool grows. Staking PAPER yields dividends from protocol fees and excess pool funds above a $5M cap. A key uncertainty is its deployment on HyperEVM. Since PaperTrade essentially uses Hyperliquid as a free oracle, its logic could be replicated on any high-performance chain with an external price feed, potentially offering better performance or incentives. The launch also serves as a stress test for HyperEVM's network capabilities.

marsbit05/14 03:15

Zero Funding Rate? The New Contract Design of HyperEVM That Foreigners Are Talking About

marsbit05/14 03:15

EASY Residency Season 3 Graduation List Released: Which Tracks is YZi Lab Focusing On?

YZi Labs has announced the 25 graduating projects from the third season of its flagship incubation program, EASY Residency. This cohort is focused on key Web3 sectors including the reconstruction of on-chain financial market structures, AI agents, tokenized real-world assets (RWA), prediction markets, and privacy/compliance infrastructure. The selected projects span a wide range of applications. In the AI and infrastructure domain, Bank of AI provides identity and payment infrastructure for AI agents on BNB Chain, while Cournot focuses on making AI probabilistic outputs verifiable. Functor addresses self-custody authorization for AI agent workflows. For decentralized finance (DeFi) and trading, several projects aim to enhance liquidity and user experience. LunarBase offers CEX-level on-chain liquidity, Möbius is building a unified margin layer, and Nemesis is a permissionless margin trading protocol. Others like LayerV and Vibe.fun are working on structured products and exotic derivatives. The RWA and asset tokenization category includes Renaiss, which provides liquidity infrastructure for physical collectibles, and Openstocks, a platform for tokenized private market exposure. Prediction markets and novel financial primitives are represented by Polysights (automation infrastructure for prediction markets) and PokerFi (an on-chain poker skill-games options market). Privacy and compliance are addressed by projects like 0xBow.io, which offers compliance-oriented privacy infrastructure, and SilentSwap, a cross-chain privacy swap protocol. The list also features projects targeting specific niches or improving core processes, such as Isaac, a non-interest stablecoin neobank for the Muslim market, Brief Tech, an AI-powered legal evidence indexing tool, and Flap, a programmable token launch infrastructure. Overall, this cohort reflects YZi Labs' investment thesis in foundational infrastructure layers, AI integration, sophisticated DeFi products, and real-world asset tokenization, aiming to advance the usability and capability of the on-chain ecosystem.

marsbit05/14 02:09

EASY Residency Season 3 Graduation List Released: Which Tracks is YZi Lab Focusing On?

marsbit05/14 02:09

EASY Residency Season 3 Graduation List Announced: Which Sectors is YZi Lab Eyeing?

YZi Labs has announced the 25 projects graduating from the third season of its flagship incubation program, EASY Residency. The cohort focuses on key areas such as rebuilding on-chain financial market structures, AI agents, tokenized real-world assets (RWA), prediction markets, and privacy/compliance infrastructure. Notable projects include: Bank of AI, building AI Agent identity and payment infrastructure for BNB Chain; Cournot, creating a verifiable reasoning platform for AI probability outputs; and LunarBase, a liquidity platform aiming for CEX-like execution quality on Base and BNB Chain. Other highlights are: Flap, a programmable token launch infrastructure; GEMINT, a marketplace for collectibles and IP assets; and Renaiss, providing liquidity infrastructure for physical collectibles as RWAs. In DeFi, projects like Möbius (unified margin layer), TermMax (fixed-rate lending), and LayerV (on-chain options) aim to enhance sophistication and capital efficiency. Several projects tackle AI automation, such as Newsliquid (automating news-based trading) and Taco AI (AI agent trading). Privacy and compliance are addressed by 0xBow.io (privacy infrastructure with compliance proofs) and SilentSwap (private cross-chain swaps). The selection reflects YZi Labs' focus on foundational infrastructure across AI, DeFi, tokenization, and next-generation financial primitives, supporting early-stage projects that aim to advance these critical sectors.

Odaily星球日报05/14 02:02

EASY Residency Season 3 Graduation List Announced: Which Sectors is YZi Lab Eyeing?

Odaily星球日报05/14 02:02

Wall Street Capital Enters ARC, Circle Sparks a System-Level Competition for Stablecoins

Wall Street Capital Enters the ARC Arena as Circle Launches a System-Level Battle for Stablecoin Dominance On May 11, Circle successfully raised $222 million in a pre-sale funding round for its new blockchain and native token, ARC, giving the network a fully diluted valuation of $3 billion. The investor lineup, featuring Wall Street giants like BlackRock and Intercontinental Exchange alongside top-tier venture capital firms such as a16z and ARK Invest, signaled a collective strategic bet on future financial infrastructure. This move marks Circle's significant evolution from a stablecoin issuer (notably USDC) to a designer of financial systems. While USDC operates on external blockchains like Ethereum, making Circle dependent on their performance, ARC aims to create a dedicated infrastructure for the circulation, payment, and clearing of stablecoins. This would integrate currency issuance and circulation into one system, potentially shifting Circle's business model from asset management to infrastructure provision. The convergence of traditional finance and crypto-native capital in this funding round underscores a broader industry shift: stablecoins are transitioning from being mere trading tools to becoming core components of financial infrastructure. By controlling both the issuance (via USDC) and the流通 pathway (via ARC), Circle could establish a closed-loop system from issuance to settlement. If successful, this infrastructure could optimize costs, lower barriers for institutional adoption, and promote standardization in on-chain finance. Ultimately, it has the potential to challenge traditional systems like SWIFT in areas such as cross-border payments, representing a possible step toward the重构 of global financial infrastructure.

marsbit05/13 14:54

Wall Street Capital Enters ARC, Circle Sparks a System-Level Competition for Stablecoins

marsbit05/13 14:54

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