#Newity secures $11M in a Strategic funding round led by CMT Digital. Additional participants, including private and institutional investors, remain undisclosed.
Newity is a fintech company designed to help small businesses access government-backed loans and financial services. The platform utilizes #AI -driven algorithms to automate underwriting and borrower scoring processes.
#Polymarket has acquired #Dome , a software interface designed for integration with prediction markets. The service acts as a single gateway to both decentralized and centralized platforms, while the toolkit enables developers to access aggregated data on events, odds, and probabilities and to execute trades using standardized protocols. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed.
CME Group to launch round-the-clock trading for cryptocurrency futures and options
#CMEGroup 's regulated cryptocurrency futures and options will be available for trading round-the-clock beginning on May 29th, pending regulatory review. The move is intended to improve market access and give investors continuous trading availability, reflecting rising demand for crypto products and the need for more flexible trading hours in digital asset markets.
Base is moving from the OP Stack to its own unified stack
#Base introduces its new unified stack, where all dependencies and future innovations are now consolidated into a single place. The team said each upgrade will use a single Base binary for nodes, streamlining the sequencer that validators rely on for transaction ordering. The transition will happen in four phases per the roadmap, with node operators needing to switch to the new Base client in the coming months to receive official updates.
The #Aptos network is shifting to performance-based tokenomics that tie token supply dynamics to actual network usage. The tokenomics update includes key proposals: cut staking APR from 5.19% to 2.6% via governance, raise gas fees 10x (paid in $APT and fully burned), set a 2.1B $APT protocol cap, and permanently lock and stake 210M $APT held by the Foundation. Future grants will shift to KPI-linked distributions, and a programmatic buyback may be introduced.
Aptos is a high-performance #Layer1 blockchain focused on speed, security, and scalability, designed to support decentralized applications for mass adoption.