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Ethena will integrate its sUSDe stablecoin into the TON blockchain under the name tsUSDe, making it available for Telegram’s one billion users. Announced during the Token2049 on May 1, Ethena (ENA) Labs founder Guy Young and The Open Platform CEO Halil Mirakhmed declared that Ethena’s synthetic stablecoin USDe and its yield-generating counterpart sUSDe will be available on the Telegram ecosystem. As part of its collaboration with TON (TON) Foundation, USDe (USDE) and sUSDe will be directly embedded into Telegram’s native wallet as well as in the TON Space wallet, a self-custodial wallet integrated into the messenger. Introducing the product for a billion people:Today we announce our partnership with @ton_blockchain to power finance's most powerful use case:To send, save and pay with a globally accessible dollarInternet money, now available for @Telegram's billion usersDetails below: pic.twitter.com/oFjUvVX1CN— Ethena Labs (@ethena_labs) May 1, 2025 Telegram users will be able to mint, burn, transfer, and stake Ethena’s synthetic stablecoins without having to leave the messaging app. According to the official Ethena Labs’ announcement, its partnership with the TON Foundation will be rolled out in three phases throughout May 2025. You might also like:Ethena Labs exits Germany, abandons MiCA license effort First, is the integration of Ethena tokens into all major non-custodial TON wallets, including TON Space, Tonkeeper and MyTonWallet. The next phase will integrate Ethena into Telegram’s built-in custodial crypto wallet. Finally, Ethena will be integrated into all major TON DeFi applications, where it will support trading, saving and lending use cases throughout the ecosystem. “Starting in May, we will go live on TON with USDe and TON-native sUSDe (tsUSDe) on TON Space, alongside other major TON wallets,” wrote Ethena Labs in its official post. Not only that, eligible holders of Ton Staked USDe or tsUSDe will stand a chance to receive an additional 10% annual percentage yield paid weekly in TON on top of native sUSDe rewards. Each TON user can gain up 10,000 tsUSDe. At press time, Ethena USDe is the fourth largest stablecoin by market cap, falling behind Tether’s USDT (USDT), Circle’s USDC (USDC) and Dai’s USDS (USDS). Its market cap currently stands at $4.6 billion. Meanwhile, TON’s market cap sits at $7.9 billion with a daily trading volume of $145 million. It is currently trading hands at $3.18. Price chart for TON, the native cryptocurrency of The Open Network, May 1, 2025 | Source: crypto.news You might also like:TON teams up with cross-chain bridge LayerZero to get access to 100+ chains

Nexo 2 月 11 日表示，作为其 2025 年增长计划的一部分，它已将其 Nexo 卡扩展到新的欧洲市场。 据 crypto.news 独家报道，这两个国家是瑞士和安道尔，正值欧洲对数字支付解决方案的需求持续增长之际。 Nexo 卡结合了借记和贷记功能，在欧洲经济区内符合条件的用户中已实现 62% 的采用率。该卡允许用户利用稳定币来对冲通胀。 Nexo 希望通过其双模卡和行业首个个人美元、英镑和欧元账户，扩大其在数字支付创新领域的领先地位。 阅读更多：Nexo 推出美元账户以简化加密货币集成 全球认可的支付解决方案 Nexo 卡结合了借记和贷记功能，在欧洲经济区内符合条件的用户中已获得 62% 的采用率。该卡允许用户利用稳定币对冲通胀，保护超过 13 亿美元的比特币 (BTC) 和以太坊 (ETH) 免受市场波动的影响，同时产生近 600 万美元的现金返还奖励。 Nexo 卡已获得多项行业奖项，包括 INATBA 大奖中的“2025 年最激动人心的支付解决方案”。该卡还被评为 2024 年金融科技突破奖中的“消费者支付创新奖”。 作为 2025 年增长计划的一部分，Nexo 希望在今年年底前让 Nexo 卡在全球范围内普及。即将向用户推广的功能包括借记卡使用现金返还奖励、订阅折扣和独家品牌活动，以加强其在奢侈品市场的地位。

韩国国家养老金服务机构是全球第三大公共养老金基金，管理的资产超过 8000 亿美元，该机构正在寻求利用区块链技术进行交易。 据当地《首尔经济日报》报道，韩国国家养老金服务局计划探索在其基金交易中使用区块链来增强透明度，该机构的资产规模超过 1,224 万亿韩元，约合 8,360 亿美元。 NPS 此前表示，目前没有购买加密货币的计划，但押注了比特币 (BTC) 购买公司 Strategy 的股票，据报道，该公司热衷于区块链网络的潜在利益。该基金经理还投资了加密货币交易所巨头 Coinbase 的股票。 除了透明度之外，公共养老基金还致力于提高安全性。据《首尔经济日报》报道，NPS 将利用区块链来管理存款、客户取款和投资。 你可能还喜欢：巴基斯坦任命币安创始人 CZ 为国家加密货币委员会顾问 NPS 将通过初步披露启动该计划，并计划寻求业内顶尖区块链专家的意见。反馈阶段将支持旨在评估项目可行性的研究。 一旦该阶段结束，NPS 将正式公布该项目，成功将区块链技术功能与韩国领先的公共养老基金整合在一起。根据该报告，区块链的优势将成为解决其管理的记录被篡改相关挑战的关键。 NPS 进军区块链的尝试并非它首次考虑的冒险。它已经利用区块链功能来追踪外国客户的养老基金交易。 NPS 举措出台的背景是该国投资加密货币的人数激增。 正如 crypto.news 最近强调的那样，韩国的加密货币投资者数量已超过 1600 万，2024 年 3 月达到 1400 万，11 月唐纳德·特朗普在美国大选中获胜后，投资者数量超过 1500 万。 你可能还喜欢：South Korea sets timeline to finalize path for institutional crypto deals

一项新调查发现，香港对加密货币的兴趣没有减弱的迹象，25％的成年人计划投资。 据《标准报》报道，香港科技大学 2024 年 11 月的一项调查发现，四分之一的受访者计划持有加密货币，比 2023 年 9 月进行的民意调查增加了 6%。 这项为期三周的调查共访问了 5,863 名成年人，调查还发现，不确定性仍然很高。香港科技大学研究团队表示，在所有三项调查中，至少有 40% 的受访者表示不确定未来是否持有加密货币。 与此同时，尽管 2022 年 11 月 FTX 崩盘，但更多受访者仍表示有信心使用受监管的交易所。调查发现，如果加密货币交易所受到监管，香港人明显更愿意使用它们，有 20% 的受访者表示，与不受监管的平台相比，将钱存入受监管的平台会更安全。 你可能还喜欢：香港证监会批准 HashKey、博时资本发行代币化货币市场 ETF 比特币（BTC）仍然是最受欢迎的加密货币，超过 80% 的受访者表示感兴趣，比第一次调查增加了 7%。与此同时，对非同质化代币的兴趣有所下降，自第一次调查以来下降了 11%。 调查显示，虽然越来越多的香港人表示有兴趣购买加密货币，但公众对代币化货币的了解似乎有限，72% 的受访者表示不熟悉央行数字货币，其次是电子港币（65%）、稳定币（61%）和代币化存款（81%）。 香港已大步迈向加密货币中心，即通过向加密货币交易所发放牌照，并使公司能够发行代币化投资产品。2024 年 8 月，香港金融管理局启动了一项名为“Project Ensemble Sandbox”的沙盒计划，旨在测试和改进代币化货币在银行间结算和涉及代币化资产的交易中的使用。 阅读更多：冒充行政长官账户推广假“香港币”

FalconX has entered a strategic partnership with global banking group Standard Chartered to expand its institutional crypto offerings.  This is the prime broker’s first partnership with a major traditional bank. The move demonstrates the growing demand from large investors looking to access digital assets through regulated financial infrastructure. According to a May 14 press release, FalconX will integrate Standard Chartered’s banking and foreign exchange services as part of the partnership. This will enable it to give its clients access to a wide range of currency pairs and facilitate faster, more reliable cross-border settlement. The initial rollout will start in Singapore, with plans to spread throughout Asia, the Middle East, and the U.S. Matt Long, general manager for APAC and the Middle East at FalconX, said the partnership is a major step in bridging traditional finance and digital assets.  “At FalconX, we support trading and financing for some of the world’s largest institutions in digital asset markets, and this relationship strengthens our ability to deliver robust banking and FX solutions to clients who rely on us to operate in crypto markets.” – Matt Long, general manager for APAC and the Middle East at FalconX You might also like:FalconX and StoneX execute first block trade of CME’s SOL futures FalconX, headquartered in California, serves some of the world’s largest hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, and asset managers. By combining traditional banking support with digital asset trading and financing capabilities, the company hopes to widen its institutional reach through this partnership. FalconX has processed over $1.5 trillion in crypto trades to date and was valued at $8 billion in its most recent funding round, backed by investors such as GIC, Wellington Management, and Tiger Global. Standard Chartered, meanwhile, has been growing its presence in the cryptocurrency sector. The bank has opened spot trading desks for Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC), partnered with OKX to make it easier to use cryptocurrency collateral, and launched custody services in the UAE. It expects the digital asset market to reach $10 trillion in value by 2026. Both companies see the partnership as a foundation for future growth. In the future, it may extend into additional services tailored to institutional clients as digital assets continue to move into the financial mainstream. Read more:Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered explore deeper crypto foothold in US: report