On Wednesday, the Injective team announced via X that it has partnered with Microsoft to launch the biggest developer program in Asia.

State Street Investment Management and Galaxy Asset Management have launched the State Street Galaxy Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund (SWEEP), a tokenized private liquidity fund, powered by Chainlink.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suggested that Bitcoin mining could become a major driver of economic growth in the country’s Caribbean region.

Bitcoin (BTC) continued to trade near three-month highs on Wednesday, holding just below the $82,000 level as strong institutional demand and improving market sentiment reinforced bullish momentum.

AmericanFortress, the company building what it calls a “Universal Privacy Layer” for blockchain, has closed an $8 million seed funding round co-led by SAVA Digital Asset Fund, Moon Pursuit Capital, and 0G Labs.

Space and Time, the blockchain platform focused on securing onchain finance data, has launched Virtual Vaults, a new infrastructure platform designed for institutional digital asset lending.

Strategy reported a staggering $12.54 billion net loss in the first quarter, largely driven by a $14.46 billion unrealized markdown on its bitcoin holdings.

Kelp DAO is overhauling its cross-chain infrastructure in the wake of last month’s $292 million exploit, replacing LayerZero with Chainlink.

Hardware wallet provider Ledger is expanding its capabilities by integrating Yield.xyz as it rolls out perpetual (perps) trading within its wallet ecosystem.

KalqiX has launched its mainnet, introducing a CLOB-based DEX designed to eliminate DeFi tradeoffs by combining CEX-level speed, security, and scalability with self-custody.