Highlights
- Crypto firms in the UAE continued operating despite regional geopolitical tension
- Mastercard is acquiring stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for up to $1.8 billion
- Nasdaq received approval to pilot tokenized securities trading
- Institutional investors plan to increase crypto exposure while tightening risk controls
- Polymarket acquired Brahma to strengthen infrastructure reliability
- Kraken paused IPO plans due to market conditions
- OP_NET launched to bring DeFi-style functionality to Bitcoin
- Opera is seeking a major stake in the Celo ecosystem
This wasn’t a week with a headline everyone talked about. No big launch, no dramatic announcement, nothing that immediately pulled attention.
Instead, the updates came from different…
