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🧩 Crypto-Style Perps Bring AI Compute to Derivatives Markets

Crypto-native derivatives are entering the AI compute sector before traditional exchanges, with perpetual futures and prediction markets already tracking GPU pricing ahead of planned regulated offerings.

According to Bernstein, CME and ICE are targeting late 2026 for regulated GPU futures. In the meantime, platforms like Hyperliquid are already seeing activity — a prediction market contract on Hyperliquid reaching $100 by December 31, 2026 is currently priced at 30% YES.

The development signals growing crossover between crypto-native financial infrastructure and AI compute markets, with decentralized venues moving faster than their regulated counterparts.

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🏦 SBI Holdings acquires majority stake in Singapore's Coinhako

Japan's financial conglomerate SBI Holdings has completed a majority acquisition of Coinhako, a Singapore-based crypto exchange, following approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

Coinhako holds a digital payment token license in Singapore and serves approximately 400,000 users. The deal folds the exchange into SBI's expanding digital asset network across Asia, strengthening its foothold in Southeast Asia.

SBI has indicated the acquisition could accelerate its plans in stablecoins, tokenized assets, and cross-border digital finance — areas of growing regulatory and institutional focus across the region.

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🔐 UK Gang Jailed for $5.4M Crypto Impersonation Scam

A UK criminal gang has been sentenced to prison after stealing over £4 million (~$5.4M) in cryptocurrency by impersonating police officers.

The group used convincing fake police websites to deceive eight victims into handing over their crypto holdings. By posing as law enforcement, the gang exploited victims' trust in official institutions to carry out the fraud.

The case is a reminder that legitimate police and regulatory bodies will never contact individuals to request cryptocurrency transfers.

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🏦 Tether Invests $20M in Argentine Neobank Ualá

Tether has taken a $20 million strategic stake in Ualá, the Argentine neobank, as part of a broader $197 million funding round completed in March that valued the company at $3.2 billion.

The investment is purely financial — Ualá has confirmed no operational integration with Tether's stablecoin products is planned, citing regulatory hurdles facing banking institutions seeking to bring such assets to Latin American markets.

The move signals Tether's continued push to deepen its presence in Latin America, where stablecoin adoption has been growing steadily amid currency volatility across the region.

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💵 Aptos Launches Open USD with Mastercard, Visa and Stripe

Aptos has announced the launch of Open USD (OUSD), a stablecoin initiative developed in partnership with Mastercard, Visa, and Stripe.

The collaboration brings together three of the world's largest payments networks on the Aptos blockchain, aiming to accelerate stablecoin adoption in global finance. No further details on token mechanics, issuance structure, or regulatory status were disclosed in the available source material.

The involvement of major traditional finance players signals growing institutional interest in on-chain dollar infrastructure.

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🟠 Dormant Bitcoin Wallet Moves $383M After 8 Years

A Bitcoin wallet inactive for over eight years transferred 5,908 BTC — worth approximately $383 million — to a new address on Wednesday.

The movement was flagged by blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain, citing Arkham data. The wallet is described as belonging to an early Bitcoin holder, with the funds sitting untouched since before 2017.

Large movements from long-dormant wallets are closely watched by market participants as potential signals of selling intent, though the destination and purpose of this transfer have not been publicly confirmed.

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🟠 BIP-110 Splits Bitcoin Community Over Non-Financial Data

A new Bitcoin Improvement Proposal — BIP-110 — is dividing developers, miners, and industry leaders by seeking to restrict non-financial data from being stored on the Bitcoin network.

The debate has reached a key activation deadline, with prominent figures on both sides clashing over whether Bitcoin's blockchain should be limited strictly to financial transactions or remain open to arbitrary data storage. Supporters argue the restriction would protect network efficiency and preserve Bitcoin's core purpose; opponents see it as a governance overreach that could set a dangerous precedent.

The conflict is being compared to the Blocksize Wars, Bitcoin's most contentious governance battle, raising fresh questions about how protocol-level decisions get made — and who has the power to make them.

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