Is BlackRock Sidelining XRP? New Launches Shift Focus To Another Blockchain

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, has picked Ethereum over the XRP Ledger (XRPL) as it plans to launch two tokenized money-market funds. These funds will target stablecoin holders as BlackRock continues to expand its crypto offerings.  BlackRock Picks Ethereum Over XRP Ledger For New Funds According to a Bloomberg report, BlackRock has filed with the U.S. SEC to launch two tokenized money market funds. The first fund will be tokenized shares of its BlackRock Select Treasury-Based…

LMAX Group Launches Digital Asset Collateral Solution for Institutions

Global cross-asset marketplace LMAX Group has launched Kiosk, a hosted portal that lets institutional clients deposit digital assets into LMAX Custody and use them as collateral to trade across its FX, metals, derivatives and crypto markets. The product allows clients to post digital assets as collateral for spot foreign exchange, precious metals, contracts for difference, perpetual futures and digital assets, the company said Tuesday. Kiosk includes tools for deposits, withdrawals, API credential management, WalletConnect, security controls and treasury management, according to LMAX. The launch is part of LMAX’s broader push…

MoonPay Acquires Dawn Labs, Launches AI Tool in Prediction Markets Push

Financial technology company MoonPay announced the launch of an AI technology tool for trading strategies on prediction markets following its acquisition of Dawn Labs for an undisclosed amount. MoonPay said Monday that it had launched Dawn CLI in an effort to facilitate trading strategies “in plain English,” citing activity on prediction market platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi. Dawn Labs founder Neeraj Prasad said the tool will democratize trading “by general intelligence.” “Prediction markets are one of the fastest-growing categories, attracting a new generation of active traders across platforms like Polymarket…

BNY launches bitcoin and ether custody in Abu Dhabi’s ADGM

BNY is launching institutional Bitcoin and Ether custody from Abu Dhabi’s ADGM with Finstreet and ADI, paving the way for stablecoin and tokenized‑asset support. Summary BNY has launched institutional-grade digital asset custody in Abu Dhabi Global Market, initially covering Bitcoin and Ethereum for regional clients. The world’s largest custodian, overseeing $59.4 trillion in assets, plans to extend the platform to stablecoins and tokenized real‑world assets, deepening traditional finance’s regulated crypto footprint in the Gulf. The move is structured through a collaboration with Finstreet Limited and ADI Foundation, embedding digital assets…

DAPPOS launches xBubble: An AI agent that learns and uses AI for you

xBubble allows users to complete specific tasks with simpler prompts by automatically building and dispatching task-specific AI agents. Today, DAPPOS is launching xBubble, a low-prompt AI agent designed for users who want results, not prompt-tuning sessions. With xBubble, users can turn short requests into deliverable work across creating image/video, websites, documents, and scheduled solutions, without testing models, assembling tools, building solutions, or vibe coding skills themselves. xBubble is built around two core systems: Bubble Engine, which generates and tests task-specific SOPs that can be executed by AI agents, and Bubble…

Exodus Launches XO Cash Stablecoin for AI Agent Payments

Crypto wallet provider Exodus has launched XO Cash, a Solana-based stablecoin and software toolkit designed to let AI agents make payments and access services without directly controlling private keys. According to Friday’s announcement, the system, developed with MoonPay, allows developers to create agent-linked wallets, assign spending limits and issue virtual debit cards tied to Visa payment rails. XO Cash integrates with Exodus Pay and includes a software development kit that allows users to fund AI agent wallets using their Exodus Pay balances while maintaining custody of their private keys. Users…

World’s first live map of token concentration: InsightX launches Atlas Live

A new era of on-chain trading transparency. Atlas Live enables traders to analyze token concentration and spot potential rug pulls. Now in real time. Odense, Denmark, May 6, 2026 – InsightX, the on-chain safety and analytics platform, launches Atlas Live, the world’s first real time token holder map. InsightX is best known for Atlas, a holder visualization tool used by millions of traders each month. It simplifies token ownership at a glance, with clustering patterns revealing potential coordinated wallet activity. Atlas is integrated across major platforms including Pump.fun, Axiom, Terminal…

Gomining Launches GoBTC at Consensus Miami, Targeting Bitcoin’s Long-Awaited Payments Layer

Key Takeaways: Gomining launched GoBTC at Consensus Miami in May 2026, targeting 12-hour BTC settlement at a 0.2% fee. The 0.2% merchant fee undercuts card processors charging 1.5–3.5%, with fees split between wallets and miners. Any wallet provider can integrate GoBTC; Gomining is dedicating a mining pool to confirm its transactions. What GoBTC Is At checkout, GoBTC gives merchants instant authorization, meaning transactions register in real time. Onchain settlement on the Bitcoin network finalizes within 12 hours, using Bitcoin’s base layer directly rather than routing through a sidechain, payment channel,…

Prophet launches AI-powered prediction market with live $10,000 trading tranche

Cape Town, South Africa, May 5, 2026 — Prophet, an AI-native prediction market platform, has launched its first live trading tranche, introducing a system where an AI model acts as the counterparty to user trades using real capital. The initial deployment allocates $10,000 in USDC to an AI-powered trading system and opens participation to users on the platform. Instead of matching buyers and sellers, the system allows users to trade directly against the AI, which generates probability-based pricing for each market. What has launched Prophet’s “Tranche 1” is a limited-access…

Microsoft-backed Space and Time Launches Virtual Vaults for Institutional Lending

Space and Time (SXT), a level-1 data blockchain that secures onchain finance projects, has launched a virtual vault platform that it says is purpose-built for institutional lending. The Microsoft-backed blockchain said on Tuesday that its new virtual vaults can be configured by institutional lenders and borrowers to their specific agreement, with cryptographically verified, continuously updated visibility into borrower collateral across the centralized exchanges and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols where it actually sits. Real-time verification of collateral has long vexed the institutional lending sector, with generic solvency metrics falling short of…