#May CPI Incoming#
This Wednesday, the U.S. will release May CPI data — a key test for rate cut expectations. Cleveland Fed forecasts 2.4% YoY CPI (up from 2.3%), with core CPI flat.
💬 If inflation beats expectations, will the Fed still cut in June? Will you stay on the sidelines or take early action?
#Tech Giants Eye Stablecoins#
Apple, Google, Airbnb, and X are in talks to integrate stablecoins into their payment systems, aiming to cut fees and streamline global payments. Following Circle’s IPO surge, stablecoins are quickly gaining traction across tech and finance.
💬 Could stablecoins be
COTI Blockchain Finally Live in Mainnet: Details
COTI launches its mainnet as L2 for private transactions
According to the official statement by its team, COTI, a blockchain infrastructure platform, secured an impressive accomplishment for its 2025 roadmap. The platform's mainnet is finally operable as an extra privacy layer for confidential crypto transfers.
Designed to allow Web3 applications to enhance security and privacy for their customers, COTI’s high-speed layer 2 utilizes an implementation of Garbled Circuits, developed in partnership with Soda Labs
This technology offers speeds up to 3,000x greater than incumbent solutions and supports Privacy-on-Demand across all major chains.
COTI CEO Shahaf Bar-Geffen highlights the critical importance of the mainnet launch for all dApps interested in the enhanced privacy layer:
COTI’s mainnet bridges the gap between privacy and compliance, a critical component in mainstream adoption. The absence of viable privacy solutions has proven a major impediment for institutions especially, which are constrained from participating in sectors such as Real World Assets (RWAs) due to the need to protect sensitive data to meet compliance.
COTI celebrates mainnet launch with airdrop
COTI’s mainnet goes live with support from a broad range of ecosystem partners. Prominent players such as Bancor and its Carbon DeFi platform, Band Protocol, MyEtherWallet (MEW) and PriveX are already integrating with COTI’s privacy layer, with many more to follow in the weeks ahead.
Alongside high-profile Web3 partners, COTI is actively extending its footprint to governments and CBDC initiatives, including the Digital Shekel pilot project with the Bank of Israel. A major forthcoming announcement will reveal the expansion of these efforts further afield.
To support COTI’s mainnet launch, the COTI Foundation will be dropping 100 COTI tokens into tens of thousands of wallets. Users who add COTI’s layer-2 network to MetaMask will be eligible to claim. The mainnet release will include a new Explorer and Bridge so users can upgrade from COTI V1 to V2 without delay.