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ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, May 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a sovereign Layer 1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives trading, has officially commenced the operation of its L1 Mainnet, signaling a definitive end to the era of trade execution compromised by general-purpose blockchain congestion. Engineered for the world’s most demanding participants, AFX introduces the Sovereign Trading Layer—a dedicated financial environment where the non-custodial transparency of a Perp DEX meets the uncompromising speed and depth traditionally reserved for institutional-grade centralized entities. At launch, the protocol supports a high-liquidity suite of perpetual markets across both digital and traditional macro assets, featuring BTC, ETH, Gold…

In brief Arc is a blockchain built by USDC issuer Circle for stablecoin-focused applications. It uses USDC for gas, features a built-in FX engine, and enables opt-in privacy. The mainnet beta is expected to launch in 2026, plus an ARC token has been announced. Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has launched a new blockchain platform called Arc. Unlike blockchains like Ethereum or Solana, Arc is a layer-1 network designed specifically to support stablecoin-based applications.Stablecoins are tokens whose value is tied to fiat currencies such as the dollar. Arc is Circle’s effort to address the infrastructure challenges that limit…

Ted Hisokawa May 17, 2026 17:47 Michael Saylor hints at another Bitcoin purchase while urging retail holders to vote on Strategy’s STRC dividend proposal, with key market implications. Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), has signaled another Bitcoin purchase this week, according to his post Sunday on X (formerly Twitter). Saylor also urged retail investors to vote on a key proxy measure affecting the company’s STRC preferred stock dividend. Saylor’s tweet, which included a bubble chart tracking Strategy’s Bitcoin accumulation, strongly hinted that the firm’s current 818,869 BTC holdings—worth roughly $67.2 billion—could soon grow. StrategyTracker.com data places Bitcoin’s…

State-linked Fars News reported that Iran’s economy ministry has been working on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait with payments in bitcoin.

OpenSim’s land area and active users both increased this week, despite the fact that a couple of large grids didn’t report stats. The public metaverse gained the equivalent of 591 standard-sized regions this month, and 1,275 active users for a total of 149,536 regions and 48,376 actives. The total number of registered users went down, by about 15,000, mostly due to the fact that EdMondo — an educational grid that had over 10,000 registered users last month — was down. In addition, Logicamp, which had over 7,000 registered users last month, did not report any user numbers this month. OpenSim…

Bitcoin price started a fresh decline below the $78,500 zone. BTC is consolidating and might struggle to stay above the $76,500 support. Bitcoin failed to stay above $78,500 and extended losses. The price is trading below $78,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $77,700 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might extend losses if it stays below the $77,700 and $78,500 levels. Bitcoin Price Dips Further Bitcoin price failed to stay above the $78,500 support zone. BTC remained in a bearish…

In brief Crypto trading platform KuCoin is building out its presence in the Australian market through regulated compliance and new products. With recent research finding that some 22% of Australians now hold digital assets, the firm has launched crypto debit card KuCard in Australia, enabling users to make direct payments through Mastercard’s global network. Initially launched as a virtual card, KuCard enables transactions to be completed using USDC, with 37 trading pairs involving the stablecoin accepted at launch. Crypto trading platform KuCoin is betting big on Australia, ramping up investment and unveiling new products designed to help consumers use digital…

New York, USA, May 15th, 2026, Chainwire E Estate Group Inc. announced that it will host E-Estate 1 Year Live: Washington DC Summit on June 13, 2026, bringing together company leadership, agents, buyers, strategic partners, and guests interested in the future of blockchain-based real estate ownership. The summit will take place at The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. and will mark one year since the launch of the E-Estate platform. The event is designed as a milestone gathering for the E-Estate ecosystem and a broader discussion on how real estate tokenization is moving from early adoption into structured infrastructure. The…

Victoria, Seychelles, May 15th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, announced the successful conclusion of its inaugural USD1 event series on May 13. The event attracted more than 161,773 participants, while new users generated a cumulative Futures trading volume of $2.4 billion, highlighting strong market demand for the USD1 ecosystem. Event Recap Since launching in April, MEXC has rolled out a comprehensive USD1 event ecosystem spanning trading, yield opportunities, and user incentives. The event drew strong market attention from the outset. In early April, MEXC became one of the first exchanges to launch the USD1 Launchpool,…

Eightco treasury composition as of May 12, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 11,068 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $129M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $340 million World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes New independent data shows OpenAI’s coming social network will land in a category already 15–43% non-human, reinforcing demand for Worldcoin’s Proof of Human network New data shows that bot, AI-generated, and inauthentic activity now ranges from 15% to 75% of activity across eight core internet domains, including 75% of Polymarket trading volume, 53% of…