Aerodrome voting opens May 28. Mainnet Launch: June 4.

This quarter, AI started writing its own exploits. Tea is shipping the trust layer underneath it. Code Is Abundant. Trust Is Not.

In the span of seven days, the ground beneath the software shifted twice. On May 4, The Conversation published the most widely-circulated post-mortem yet of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview, the frontier model Anthropic itself declined to release, because it can autonomously discover zero-days, generate working exploits, and execute multi-step cyber operations with minimal human oversight.

Days later, Google’s Gemma 4 landed inside Android’s AICore and Google AI Edge, putting agentic code generation, function calling, and offline reasoning on every developer’s phone and laptop under an Apache 2.0 license.

The implication is unavoidable. When any device can generate, execute, and weaponize software autonomously, trust cannot live in the binary. It has to live at the source.

Tea: the value layer for open source

Tea is the provenance, attribution, and verification layer for a world where code is written by agents faster than humans can audit it. Every package, every contribution, every dependency, cryptographically attributed, continuously verified, and economically aligned with the people and systems that built it.

Tea goes live on Aerodrom: the liquidity engine of base meets the trust layer of software

The moment Tea lists on Aerodrome, the two fastest-moving primitives in crypto collide: Base’s deepest liquidity venue and the first on-chain provenance layer built for the agentic AI era. Working with Aerodrome is a statement. It’s known as the place where Base’s most serious assets route. Tea chose Aerodrome because a trust layer for software should launch into the most battle-tested, transparent, community-governed market structure on-chain, not a centralized orderbook pretending to be neutral.

From block one, $TEA liquidity on Aerodrome means: verifiable on-chain routing, deep vote-directed emissions, and a price surface every trader, investor, and builder can see in real time. Aero flywheel + Tea provenance = a launch where the market structure is as credible as the technology’s pricing.

“Code is abundant. Trust is not,” said Tim Lewis, leading Tea’s launch. “Mythos showed us AI can write its own exploits. Gemma 4 put that capability in every pocket. The question isn’t whether agents will ship software (because they already are). The value of contribution will be weighed in inference and tokens and whether anyone can verify what they shipped. That’s what Tea is for.”

About Tea

Tea is building the software verification layer for the agentic era, serving as a decentralized protocol for provenance, attribution, and trust in open-source software. With open source running almost everything today, TEA provides the essential economic infrastructure to help people support it. Validated directly at the source, the protocol enables the community to verify work, understand dependency graphs, and govern what truly matters, ultimately empowering AI agents to build with better context.

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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is supporting the latest version of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY) ahead of the US Senate’s markup of the crypto market structure bill on Thursday. 

“I don’t think it’s ever been in a stronger or more bipartisan position,” he said about the latest iteration of the market structure bill.

Armstrong said that the banking and crypto industry lobbies have reached a “healthy compromise” on stablecoin yield, which was one of the main issues that stalled the market structure bill in January. He added:

“I think there was a healthy compromise there, brokered by Senators Tillis and Alsobrooks. And you know, it was a good compromise because both sides left a little bit unhappy, but at least we got to a place that we can all live with.”

The latest version of the CLARITY bill also improved provisions surrounding decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenized stocks, and the authority of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to regulate crypto markets, he said.

Source: Brian Armstrong

The comments and the bill’s pending markup follow months of back-and-forth negotiations between the banking sector and the crypto industry over the bill, which stalled in January 2025 after crypto industry players, led by Coinbase, rejected the initial draft.

Related: Latest version of crypto market structure bill raises eyebrows ahead of Senate markup

About 20% of the US population owns crypto, according to industry advocacy groups

About one in five Americans, or 20%, owns cryptocurrency, according to the National Cryptocurrency Association’s 2025 State of Crypto Holders report, which surveyed 54,000 US residents.

The survey found that about 67% of US crypto owners are below the age of 45, while about 15% are over 55 years old.

A demographic breakdown of crypto users in the United States. Source: National Cryptocurrency Association

The top-ranked use case for cryptocurrency was as an investment, with 52% of holders indicating that they use digital assets to “invest in their financial future,” according to the survey.

A HarrisX poll conducted earlier this month also found that 52% of the 2,008 registered US voters surveyed supported passing the CLARITY Act into law, while just 11% opposed the passage of the legislation.

Magazine: Will the CLARITY Act be good — or bad — for DeFi?

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Crypto wallet provider Ledger put its plans to go public in the U.S. on hold due to difficult market conditions, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Ledger has not filed any draft S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), one of the people said. A confidential filing is typically the first formal step in the IPO process.

The French cryptocurrency security firm has a number of options, and could decide to raise capital privately, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter is not public.

In January, reports emerged that Ledger had hired U.S. investment banks for a potential IPO valued at around $4 billion. Goldman Sachs (GS), Jefferies (JEF) and Barclays (BARC) were said to be advising on the offering, which could have come as early as this year.

A Ledger spokesperson declined to comment.

Ledger is best known for its hardware wallets that let people securely store cryptocurrencies offline. Its core business is protecting users’ private keys, the cryptographic credentials that control access to digital assets like bitcoin (BTC and ether (ETH).

After a wave of crypto listings in 2025, several digital-asset firms began rethinking their IPO timelines as weaker token prices, lower trading volumes and volatile equity markets weighed on investor appetite.

Kraken, one of the largest U.S. crypto exchanges, paused its multibillion-dollar IPO plans earlier this year despite having confidentially filed with the SEC in late 2025.

BitGo (BTGO), the only crypto-native company to go public in 2026, offered an early test of investor appetite for digital asset listings. It raised about $213 million in its January IPO, pricing shares above the marketed range at $18 and briefly surging more than 20% in its New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) debut.

The momentum proved short-lived. After an initial rally, BitGo shares retreated below their IPO price, underscoring the volatility and uneven investor sentiment facing crypto firms seeking to tap public markets.

The shares are currently trading about 36% below their IPO price.

In March, Ledger appointed former Circle Internet (CRCL) executive John Andrews as chief financial officer and opened an office in New York City as part of a broader expansion of its U.S. operations.

Andrews, who previously led capital markets and investor relations at Circle, joined the crypto security firm as demand from banks, asset managers and stablecoin issuers for digital asset infrastructure continues to grow.

The company said the New York office was part of a multimillion-dollar investment in its U.S. footprint and would serve as a hub for Ledger Enterprise, its institutional infrastructure platform. Ledger also said the expansion would create dozens of new jobs across enterprise and marketing functions.

Read more: Kraken parent Payward seeks fresh funding at $20 billion valuation ahead of planned IPO

Crypto wallet firm Ledger has paused its initial public offering (IPO) after getting spooked by tanking crypto stocks.

As reported by CoinDesk today, unnamed sources familiar with the listing claim that “difficult market conditions” were behind the pause, and that Ledger still hasn’t filed an S-1 application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 

CoinDesk previously reported that crypto exchange Kraken was delaying its IPO until “market conditions improve.” Kraken’s parent company, Payward, privately filed a draft S-1 registration with the SEC in November 2025. 

Across the crypto industry, recently listed firms have seen far from stellar performance. 

Stablecoin issuer Circle was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in June 2025 and the price of its stock shot up to $263 within a month. However, it’s since fallen -52% to $126 today. 

Read more: Anthropic’s non-existent blockchain shares are tripping up investors

Elsewhere, trading platform eToro, which went public in May 2025, has seen the price of its stock fall almost -42% since its listing, while Peter Thiel-backed exchange Bullish has endured a 53% fall in its stock price since it went public in August 2025. 

BitGo went public in January 2026 and has since seen its stock plummet by almost -47%, and bitcoin firm Fold went public in February 2025 and has recorded a drop of 64%.  

Greyscale, which filed for an IPO in November 2025, revealed at the time that it had suffered a 20% revenue drop within the first nine months of 2025. 

The Winklevoss twin-controlled crypto exchange Gemini also filed for an IPO in June 2026. 

However, bucking the trend is Galaxy Digital, which, since it was listed on the US market in May 2025, has enjoyed a 41% rise to $31.

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A flurry of relatively small-scale hacks continues to wreak havoc on smaller crypto projects, despite flying under the radar when compared to recent mammoth losses.

So far this year, Protos’ hack tracker shows 77 entries, totaling over $1.1 billion in losses. 

April was a particularly rough month; the losses across its 33 incidents totalled over $600 million. However, just two incidents, namely the Drift Protocol and rsETH bridge hacks, made up 95% of the month’s losses between them.

While May hasn’t kept up such a devastating pace, an uptick in hacker activity has seen almost $6 million stolen from six projects this week alone.

Read more: Crypto hackers snatch over $1B in 68 incidents this year

Monday May 11: Two (smaller) hacks

On the Polygon network, Ink Finance’s Workspace Treasury Proxy contract was exploited for $140,000 on Monday.

According to crypto security firm SlowMist’s analysis, the root cause was the lack of access control in the PayrollDistribution function.

Huma Finance lost $100,000 the same day, also on Polygon. The team’s statement insists that the losses were from (now-paused) “legacy v1 contracts” and that its Solana-based v2 is a “complete rewrite and this issue does not apply.”

Read more: Hyperbridge exploited less than two weeks after April Fools’ day hack prank

Tuesday May 12: Four hacks

On Tuesday evening, TAC, a “purpose-built blockchain for EVM dApps to access TON,” alerted users to a “security incident affecting the TAC bridge,” which had been paused.

Third-party reports estimated losses at $3 million worth of USDT, BLUM and other tokens.

The following day, security auditor Peckshield drew attention to a hack of Transit Finance, which also occurred on Tuesday, with $1.9 million of DAI held by the exploiter.

Read more: LayerZero among bridges Lazarus using to launder loot

The team issued an announcement, explaining the losses came from “historical vulnerabilities” in a contract deployed on TRON which had been “deprecated since 2022.”

It said users “do not need to take any action” and affected users will be compensated.

The project was previously attacked in October 2022 for over $20 million, though the majority of funds were later returned. According to Decurity, Tuesday’s loss was due to the same vulnerability as in 2022, three and a half years later.

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Also on Tuesday, DeFi projects Aurellion and BoostHook were reportedly attacked, losing approximately $455,000 and $200,000, respectively.

Wednesday May 13: One hack, so far…

During the writing of this article, another project was reportedly hacked on the Arbitrum network.

Blockaid flagged the loss of $130,000 from FOX Colony, before highlighting a further $50,000 nabbed by a copycat. The thread notes that other similar contracts are “exposed.”

This latest hack follows today’s news that Code4rena, a long-running audit contest platform, announced it would “wind down.”

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Bug bounty platform ImmuneFi stated it will take over Code4rena’s bounty programs going forward.

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As Wall Street firms race to bring stocks, bonds and credit products onto blockchain rails, a new Ethereum-based marketplace backed by Animoca Brands is aiming to turn tokenized assets into something crypto investors can use across decentralized finance (DeFi).

NUVA, developed by Animoca and Nuva Labs, is connecting around $19 billion worth of tokenized real-world assets originating on the Provenance blockchain ecosystem, including private credit and Treasury-linked products tied to Figure Technologies Solutions (FIGR), the blockchain firm founded by former SoFi CEO Mike Cagney.

Read more: Mike Cagney’s second act: Turning blockchain into Wall Street’s new plumbing

Tokenized real-world assets have become one of crypto’s fastest-growing sectors. Asset managers and fintech firms view blockchain rails as a way to modernize how financial products are issued, traded and used as collateral. The broader market for tokenized assets could reach trillions of dollars over the next decade, according to multiple industry forecasts.

NUVA was designed as a distribution layer for tokenized assets, allowing them to move beyond closed financial networks and into DeFi markets, giving average retail users access to assets often limited to institutional investors.

It debuts with two flagship products: a Treasury-linked yield vault called nvYLDS, tied to Figure’s SEC-regulated stablecoin YLDS with more than $500 million supply, and nvPRIME, a token tied to Figure’s $18.4 billion portfolio of home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). While the former gives investors money market yield, the latter offers high single-digit yield — more than 7% currently — that is mostly accessible to institutions and accredited investors in traditional finance.

Anthony Moro, CEO of Nuva Labs and a former BNY executive, said the goal is to create a marketplace for blockchain-native financial assets rather than wrapped versions of traditional products.

“Nobody really has that unified global distribution layer for blockchain-native assets,” Moro said in an interview. “We thought what was missing was a platform where users could access institutional-grade assets in a simple, composable format.”

Users deposit stablecoins into vaults and receive ERC-20 tokens representing ownership in the underlying assets. Those tokens can then be traded, lent or posted as collateral across Ethereum-based DeFi protocols.

As the NUVA platform expands, Moro said to “look for a wide range of assets to be available to everyone in an easy to use, self-directed and self custodial manner, eliminating Wall Street’s limited access, time lag and high fees.”

Moro argued that many existing tokenization models still rely too heavily on offchain infrastructure and manual reconciliation.

“The way to tokenize assets isn’t a digital twin,” he said. “The Figure loan itself is digitally native. There’s no filing cabinet somewhere keeping the real record.”

Figure has become one of the largest issuers of blockchain-based private credit products through the Provenance network. Moro said the broader vision is to eventually bring a range of tokenized assets onto NUVA from multiple issuers and expand to other blockchains beyond Ethereum.

“Cheaper, faster and safer will win,” Moro said. “That’s how all financial assets eventually come onchain.”

The latest dogecoin price prediction data shows Dogecoin holding a bullish structure after whale wallets loaded a record $11.6 billion worth of tokens earlier this month, and the breakout above every major moving average still holds two weeks later.

Capital continues rotating into altcoins as Bitcoin stays above $80,000, and Pepeto is pulling fresh presale attention with nearly $10 million raised, the presale 97% filled, and a Binance listing expected ahead.

According to Santiment data, the 149 largest Dogecoin wallets now hold 108.52 billion tokens worth $11.6 billion, the highest on record. Dogecoin trades at $0.1103 today after clearing every major moving average in early May for the first time since October 2025, and the breakout structure is holding.

Several dogecoin price prediction models point to a test of $0.118 resistance next, and CoinMarketCap confirms whale accumulation hit a six month high again on May 12.

Dogecoin Price Prediction and Pepeto Lead the Crypto Entries Worth Watching in 2026

Pepeto Builds a Working Exchange Before Listing Day While the Market Chases Price Targets

The crypto market rewards people who enter before the rest of the crowd catches on, and that is exactly what is happening with Pepeto right now at $0.0000001868 before the expected Binance listing changes that number for good.

The PepetoSwap exchange already runs zero fee trading, the cross chain bridge already sends assets between networks at zero cost, and 173% staking APY is already compounding tokens for holders who arrived first, which means the platform that most presales promise to build after launch is the platform Pepeto built before asking anyone to buy in.

SolidProof audited every contract, and the Pepe cofounder who took the original PEPE token to an $11 billion market cap with zero tools is steering this one with a full suite of working tools behind it. The presale has pulled in nearly $10 million, stages are clearing in under 48 hours, and the smart contract is 97% filled.

When the last token sells the buy window closes automatically with no warning and no countdown, and the Binance listing follows within days. The exchange price takes over at listing, and the presale buyers are the ones sitting on the returns that the rest of the market will spend the cycle calculating.

Dogecoin Price Prediction

The dogecoin price prediction for the rest of 2026 carries real weight right now. Dogecoin trades at $0.1103 with a market cap of $17 billion according to CoinMarketCap, and the token is holding above its 50 day and 100 day exponential moving averages after printing a cup and handle pattern on the daily chart.

Resistance sits at $0.118 where the 0.618 Fibonacci level lines up with a long term descending channel, and clearing that opens a path toward $0.155 by year end based on CoinCodex models. Support holds at $0.087.

The outlook gets stronger if spot ETF inflows stay positive and the X Money integration or the June SpaceX IPO turn speculation into real announcements, because that could push Dogecoin back toward its 2025 high near $0.27.

Conclusion

The dogecoin price prediction points to Dogecoin running toward $0.15 by late 2026, and that kind of move from a large cap delivers about 40% returns over months of waiting. The original PEPE token reached an $11 billion market cap with zero products behind it, and Pepeto was built by the same cofounder with a working exchange, bridge, and 173% staking already in place, so the math from presale to listing points at returns that a 40% large cap move will never touch.

Nearly $10 million already flowed in, the smart contract is 97% filled, and when the last token sells the buy window closes automatically with no warning. That means the gap between today’s presale price and tomorrow’s listing price could disappear overnight, and every wallet that waited will spend the rest of the cycle calculating what they lost by hesitating over a decision that cost nothing but a few minutes.

The wallets that entered early on PEPE, Shiba Inu, and BNB all say the same thing: the hardest part was not finding the project, it was pressing the button before the crowd arrived. Pepeto is that moment right now, and the listing is days away.

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FAQ

What is the latest dogecoin price prediction for 2026?

Dogecoin trades at $0.1103 with analysts targeting $0.155 by year end if the cup and handle breaks $0.118 resistance. Whale wallets hold a record $11.6 billion.

Why are analysts watching Pepeto alongside the dogecoin price prediction?

Pepeto raised nearly $10 million with a working exchange, 173% staking, and the Binance listing days away. The 97% filled presale closes automatically.

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Crypto adoption in the United States is continuing to accelerate, with digital assets increasingly moving beyond speculation and becoming part of everyday financial life, according to the National Cryptocurrency Association’s newly released 2026 State of Crypto Holders Report.

The study, conducted with The Harris Poll among 10,000 U.S. cryptocurrency holders, found that more than 67 million Americans now own crypto, representing roughly one in four U.S. adults. That figure marks an increase of 12 million holders compared to 2025.

Beyond the growing number of holders, the report points to a broader transformation in how Americans are actually using crypto. While investing remains a major driver, usage is rapidly expanding into payments, peer-to-peer transfers, gaming, donations, and business activity.

Speaking with Crypto Breaking, Ali Tager, VP of External Affairs at the National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA), said the industry is entering what she describes as an “everyday utility” phase.

Crypto Usage Is Expanding Beyond Investing

One of the report’s standout findings is that 54% of crypto holders say digital assets have increased their financial independence.

According to Tager, this shift reflects a much deeper evolution in the relationship people have with money and financial systems.

“Crypto usage patterns are diversifying beyond investing and entering a phase of everyday utility,” Tager said.

The report found:

• 40% of holders now use crypto for shopping and payments
• 41% use it to send money to family and friends
• 19% have made charitable donations using crypto

Tager explained that many users are increasingly attracted to crypto because it offers:

• 24/7 access to assets
• faster transactions
• greater financial control
• alternative ways to participate in the economy

“Just like with any other innovation, from AI to smartphones to the internet, these tools become mainstream when we stop focusing on the technology itself and start using it because it solves our everyday problems more efficiently,” she added.

The “Everyday Utility” Era Has Arrived

According to the NCA, crypto’s evolution is no longer theoretical.

Tager shared several examples from the report showing how Americans across different states and professions are using blockchain technology in practical ways:

• ranchers in Wyoming using blockchain to verify humane livestock treatment claims
• artists in California earning royalties directly through blockchain marketplaces
• investors accessing tokenized real estate opportunities
• families using crypto to help manage everyday expenses and medical bills

“Crypto is benefitting people from all walks of life in all kinds of ways,” Tager said.

The report also revealed:

• 54% of holders use crypto in relation to groceries
• 41% connect crypto with travel-related spending
• 39% use it to help cover fuel costs

“When a technology stops feeling novel and starts feeling useful, you don’t notice it crossing over, it just does,” Tager added.

At the same time, she acknowledged that challenges remain, including volatility, trust concerns, and friction around onboarding new users.

Female Participation in Crypto Continues Rising

The report also highlighted a major demographic shift among newer crypto adopters.

Female participation has increased significantly compared to previous years. Among people who entered crypto between 2025 and 2026, women represented 42% of new holders, compared to 34% among earlier adopters.

According to Tager, increasing accessibility and integration with familiar financial systems are helping reduce barriers to entry.

“As crypto becomes integrated into trusted platforms and financial services, it feels more familiar and less complex,” she explained.

The report found that trust tends to rise when crypto becomes connected to mainstream financial brands and platforms such as PayPal, Visa, and traditional banks.

The study also challenges several stereotypes around crypto ownership:

• 90% of holders earn less than $500,000 annually
• 23% earn less than $75,000 per year
• adoption is spreading across construction, manufacturing, retail, technology, and finance sectors
• ownership is growing across Gen Z, Gen X, Boomers, and older generations

Education Remains One of the Industry’s Biggest Challenges

Despite rising adoption, education remains one of crypto’s largest barriers.

According to the report, many Americans still avoid crypto because they simply do not understand how it works or how to use it safely.

Tager said this is one of the core reasons the NCA was created.

“The number one barrier to entry for non-crypto holders in America is that they don’t understand it,” she said.

The organization currently offers:

• free crypto education courses
• interactive beginner lessons
• wallet simulators
• educational podcasts focused on simplifying crypto concepts

Even among existing users, demand for education remains high. Roughly one-third of current crypto holders said they still want more learning resources and practical guidance.

“Accessible resources focused on real-world use cases is what moves the needle,” Tager added.

Regulation, Stablecoins and Payments Could Drive the Next Wave of Adoption

Looking ahead over the next several years, the report suggests mainstream adoption will likely be driven by a combination of:

• payments
• stablecoins
• clearer regulation
• institutional integration
• broader merchant adoption

According to the study:

• 84% of holders expect crypto payments to become common within five years
• 42% believe traditional finance integration would increase trust
• 39% say clearer regulation would strengthen confidence in crypto

Tager believes all of these factors are likely to work together rather than independently.

“Consumers are increasingly looking for practical, everyday ways to use their crypto,” she said.

The report also found that many large retailers in the United States are already accepting crypto payments at checkout.

At the same time, Tager warned that public perception remains heavily influenced by misinformation and sensationalized narratives online.

“When the loudest voices reduce crypto to a caricature, it becomes harder for people to separate fact from fiction,” she said.

“Some may jump in too quickly without understanding it. Others may dismiss the tool entirely without realizing the benefits.”

The National Cryptocurrency Association said it plans to continue expanding educational initiatives and partnerships designed to help Americans better understand how crypto works and how it can be used responsibly in everyday life.