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Currently playing the new game in the Axie universe, @playAxieDOM and I can’t lie… this might be one of the most addictive mini-games they’ve dropped in a while. If you’ve ever played Maze of Gains by Onchain Heroes, you’ll instantly understand the gameplay loop and probably dominate from day one. My first impression 👇 -Runs are super fast, usually around 3–5 minutes, so it’s easy to keep queueing “just one more run.” -Entering a run require a key, which cost roughly $2 -The real excitement starts deeper in the dungeon 👀 Between floors 7–15, a special boss called the Werewolf can appear. Defeat it and you unlock a chance at instant rewards from the Blessing Pool: • Minor Blessing → 0.1% of the pool • Major Blessing → 0.5% of the pool • Mega Blessing → 2% of the entire pool 🤯 The deeper you go, the better your odds get… but the harder the fight becomes. And that’s only one reward system. The game currently has 3 different prize pools live: • Weekly USDC Prize Pool: earn Treasure during runs and cla

Today’s compromise on stablecoin yield marks meaningful progress in the CLARITY Act negotiations. Regulated payment stablecoins are accelerating global economic activity, strengthening both the digital asset and banking sectors, and unlocking dramatic new utility and velocity through the advent of programmable and natively digital money. As USDC has demonstrated, these instruments are scaling rapidly across domestic and global markets—powering cross-border payments, serving as a reliable store of value, enabling collateral mobility in capital markets, and supporting emerging models like agentic commerce. The GENIUS Act was a critical milestone in advancing institutional adoption of dollar-denominated payment stablecoins, and the CLARITY Act represents the next step in modernizing U.S. financial market infrastructure for a digital, global economy. We support today’s bipartisan compromise and commend policymakers for advancing a pragmatic, pro-innovation framework. We look forward to working with Congress to

Our recent @lablabai hackathon with @GoogleDeepMind brought in 227 submissions exploring what becomes possible when AI agents, APIs, content, and real-world services can all be monetized with sub-cent USDC payments on Arc. What stood out across the builds: → Agent-to-agent payments and autonomous economic activity → Pay-per-call APIs, content, and intelligence → Real-time settlement for trading, oracle, and security workflows → New monetization models for creators, researchers, and developers The quality and breadth of submissions made it clear that programmable dollars and nanopayments are unlocking new internet business models. Congrats to the winners below. On-site 1st Prize: Vertex Dynamic Ad Exchange A new kind of ad exchange where autonomous buyer and seller agents bid at sub-cent levels and settle impressions in real time. Demo: https://t.co/sxCwsCsx2j On-site 2nd Prize: Gyasss A pay-per-query oracle where AI agents pay $0.001 per gas price query and users can earn USDC back for reporting data. De

Issue #3 of the Converge newsletter is out: Big stories this week: ⇒ Tokenized stocks get real rights: @Securitize + @Computershare bring transfer agent infrastructure on-chain; @OndoFinance + @Broadridge unlock shareholder voting ⇒ @Meta starts paying creators in USDC ⇒ @PayPal reorganizes around crypto, giving PYUSD a seat at the merchant table Also worth watching: ⇒ @CoinbaseAssets taps @SuperstateInc Invest to put its stablecoin yield fund on-chain ⇒ @krakenfx launches crypto + tokenized stock bundles in a single trade ⇒ @stableseaHQ integrates @WisdomTreeFunds tokenized Treasuries for business cash management ⇒ @maplefinance SYRUP lists on @Revolut across the UK and EU ⇒ @AnchorageDigital + @m0 partner on a GENIUS Act-ready stablecoin issuance stack

💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 250,000,000 $USDC (249,983,750 USD) minted at USDC Treasury https://t.co/dgahaxBeBZ

At Consensus Miami, join Circle and @awscloud on May 5 from 2:30-3:30 PM EDT at the Miami Beach Convention Center for a session on agentic nanopayments. We’ll cover how USDC infrastructure can support sub-cent payments for APIs, datasets, compute, and other usage-based digital services, along with the secure architecture behind real-time verification and settlement. Space is limited. Register here: https://t.co/1c7E3PZJqJ