Stablecoin supply rose by about $8 billion to a record $315 billion in Q1, as stablecoins captured 75% of total crypto trading volume and transaction volume exceeded $28 trillion. Retail-sized transfers fell 16% while bots represented roughly 76% of stablecoin transaction volume. USDC supply increased by around $2 billion, whereas USDT supply declined by about $3 billion.

S&P Dow Jones Indices has placed its iBoxx US Treasuries Index on the Canton Network, turning the fixed-income benchmark into a tokenized digital asset for institutional use. The move, announced Tuesday with Kaiko, is meant to let firms pull index pricing and levels onchain via tokens rather than traditional data feeds. S&P said the token is permissioned and not an investable product.

Circle shares fell 20% on Tuesday after reports that a draft CLARITY Act could limit certain stablecoin reward structures, while Bernstein argued the sell-off may be mispriced. Separately, Deloitte Canada and Stablecorp said they are working to integrate the Canadian dollar–pegged stablecoin QCAD into bank payment and settlement flows, as Canada moves toward a formal framework for fiat-backed digital assets.

Polymarket said in a Monday announcement it updated market integrity rules for its global DeFi platform and its US exchange to better match regulatory expectations. The company outlined tighter market-design standards, clearer outcome resolution criteria, expanded surveillance, and limits on markets it considers easily manipulated or ethically sensitive.

Forward Industries said Thursday it will repurchase 6,164,324 common shares from an unnamed institutional investor for about $27.4 million, cutting shares outstanding to 76,977,809. The buyback is financed by a $40 million loan from Galaxy Digital LLC at 3.4% interest, secured by 7,013,536 SOL worth roughly $613 million at current market prices.

Digital asset wealth manager Abra has signed a definitive agreement for a reverse merger with New Providence Acquisition Corp. III, valuing the company at a pre-money equity figure of $750 million. After the transaction closes, the combined entity is expected to list on Nasdaq under the ticker ABRX, with existing backers rolling their stakes into the new public company.

Artificial intelligence and data center expansion are driving renewed interest in nuclear power across the United States, with Bitcoin miners identified as early adopters of nuclear-supplied high-performance computing. Industry data indicate nuclear energy’s share of Bitcoin mining rose from about 4% in 2021 to nearly 10% in 2022, while overall sustainable sources now provide just over half of the network’s electricity use.

On Thursday, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce told the Investor Advisory Committee that public companies face overly complex disclosure rules and urged regulators to scale back market micromanagement. She said staff are examining a possible "innovation exemption" to permit limited trials of tokenized securities, as the SEC advances work on blockchain-based settlement infrastructure and tokenization policy.

Cryptio, a digital asset accounting and data platform, has secured $45 million in a Series B round co-led by BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global. The company reports serving more than 400 enterprise customers and processing over $3 trillion in transaction volume as institutions adopt tokenized assets and seek systems to reconcile blockchain activity with traditional financial reporting.