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Today โ€” 6 May 2026crypto.news

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says CLARITY Act could stall before midterms

6 May 2026 at 09:55
Brad Garlinghouse has warned that recent Senate progress on the CLARITY Act still leaves a narrow window for the bill to move forward. According to Brad Garlinghouse, the next two weeks will determine whether the digital asset market structure billโ€ฆ

Wall Street warns legacy markets lag crypto speed

6 May 2026 at 02:44
Wall Street executives warned at Consensus 2026 that legacy markets built for slower trading are breaking under 24/7 crypto pressure. Wall Street executives gathering at Consensus 2026 in Miami on May 5 warned that traditional financial infrastructure was not builtโ€ฆ

Anthropic venture targets private equity AI market

6 May 2026 at 01:44
Anthropic venture with Blackstone and Goldman Sachs will deliver enterprise AI tools to private equity-backed companies. Anthropic is close to finalising a $1.5 billion joint venture with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Hellman and Friedman, targeting private-equity-backed companies as its primaryโ€ฆ

GoMining unveils GoBTC payments protocol with 0.2% merchant fee

6 May 2026 at 01:00
GoMiningโ€™s GoBTC protocol promises instant authorization and on-chain Bitcoin settlement with a 0.2% merchant fee, positioning miner-run rails as a low-cost challenger to Visa and Mastercard. According toย Forbes, GoMining will formally debut its GoBTC payment protocol at this yearโ€™s Consensusโ€ฆ

Crypto ETPs log five straight weeks of inflows, topping $4B

6 May 2026 at 00:00
Crypto asset ETPs just notched a fifth straight week of inflows, lifting five-week net flows above $4B and pushing AUM near $155B despite sharp midweek outflows. CoinShares said that digital asset ETPs took in $117.8 million last week, extending theirโ€ฆ

Global Millennial Capital raises $100M IPO fund for AI and DeFi mid-caps

5 May 2026 at 23:00
Dubai-based Global Millennial Capital closes a $100M IPO Opportunities Fund to back overlooked AI and DeFi mid-cap tech names one to three years before exit. According to theย PR Newswireย announcement, Global Millennial Capital has completed a final close of $100 millionโ€ฆ

Bullish acquisition of Equiniti targets tokenized securities

5 May 2026 at 23:00
The Bullish acquisition of Equiniti, announced today, values the transfer agent at $4.2 billion The Bullish acquisition of Equiniti, announced on May 5, positions the crypto exchange as a core piece of infrastructure for tokenized securities markets. Equiniti currently servesโ€ฆ

Coinbase cuts 700 jobs and blames AI productivity

5 May 2026 at 22:30
Coinbase cuts 700 jobs today, with CEO Brian Armstrong saying AI is making small engineering teams far more productive Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced on May 5 that the company is eliminating roughly 700 employees, representing approximately 14% of itsโ€ฆ

Yesterday โ€” 5 May 2026crypto.news

Banking groups reject Clarity Act yield compromise

5 May 2026 at 22:10
Major US banking associations rejected the Clarity Actโ€™s stablecoin yield compromise, splitting publicly from Coinbase and Circle Major US banking associations publicly rejected the stablecoin yield compromise brokered by Senators Tillis and Alsobrooks in the Clarity Act. The banking groupsโ€ฆ

OnRe Finance raises $5M as Forward lines up $25M ONyc buy

5 May 2026 at 22:00
OnRe Finance raised $5M from Forward and RockawayX as Forward prepares up to $25M into ONyc, scaling Solana-based, tokenized reinsurance with DeFi integrations. OnRe Finance said it has closed a $5 million strategic funding round to accelerate development of itsโ€ฆ

Pi Network launches Protocol 23 push at Consensus 2026

5 May 2026 at 21:40
Pi Network co-founders took the Consensus 2026 stage in Miami, six days before Protocol 23 activates on May 11 Pi Network co-founders Dr. Chengdiao Fan and Nicolas Kokkalis both appeared at Consensus 2026 in Miami this week, speaking to overโ€ฆ

Garlinghouse defends Clarity Act Senate momentum

5 May 2026 at 21:10
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse defended Clarity Act progress at Consensus 2026, calling the past week a โ€œbig positive shift.โ€ Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse took the Consensus 2026 stage in Miami today and told attendees the Clarity Act is gaining genuineโ€ฆ

Ripple to share DPRK hacker intel with crypto industry after $577M in DeFi hacks

5 May 2026 at 21:00
Ripple is feeding North Koreaโ€“linked threat intelligence into Crypto ISAC, hoping shared context on DPRK operatives and DeFi exploits can blunt a 2026 hack wave led by Drift and KelpDAO. Ripple said it has begun sharing internal threat intelligence onโ€ฆ

How SHRMiner AI cloud mining is reshaping how to easily earn $9,997 in passive income in 2026

5 May 2026 at 20:17
AI cloud mining expands access as SHRMiner lowers barriers to crypto mining participation in 2026. As the global technological landscape continues to evolve in 2026, more and more people are exploring passive income opportunities in the digital economy. Technologies suchโ€ฆ

Bitcoin surges above $80,000 on $629m ETF inflows: AJC Mining offers free cloud mining, helping users boost their earnings potential

5 May 2026 at 20:02
AJC Miningโ€™s free cloud mining service gives global users an easy way to join the crypto market and explore higher earning opportunities amid Bitcoinโ€™s latest rally. The global cryptocurrency market is entering a new wave of momentum as Bitcoin recentlyโ€ฆ

Galaxy and State Street launch Solana-based SWEEP tokenized cash fund

5 May 2026 at 19:00
U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday, with major indexes gaining and AIโ€‘linked storage names outperforming, even as PayPal sank about 10% after disappointing profit guidance. According toย CoinDesk, State Street and Galaxy have rolled out SWEEP, a โ€œtokenized private liquidity fundโ€โ€ฆ

U.S. to review AI models from Microsoft, Google, xAI before public release

5 May 2026 at 18:45
Microsoft, Google, and xAI have agreed to provide the U.S. government with early access to upcoming artificial intelligence models, allowing officials to examine potential national security risks before the systems are released to the public. The arrangement will enable theโ€ฆ

Elastics raises $2M pre-seed to build AI OS for prediction markets

5 May 2026 at 18:00
Elastics, which describes itself as an โ€œAI predictive market operating system,โ€ announced it has raised $2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round led by early-stage investor Frst. Frst leads oversubscribed round into Elastics According to details shared by Menlo Timesโ€ฆ

Three reasons why Pi Network price eyes break above $0.20 soon

5 May 2026 at 17:50
Pi Network price is hovering near the $0.18 mark, holding steady despite recent volatility as a mix of event-driven catalysts and improving technical structure builds a case for a push toward the $0.20 resistance. According to data from crypto.news, Piโ€ฆ

Ark Invest sees Bitcoin hitting $16T and crypto $28T by 2030

5 May 2026 at 17:01
Ark Investโ€™s Big Ideas 2026 sees Bitcoin compounding about 63% annually to a $16T cap by 2030, anchoring a $28T crypto market dominated by BTC, Ethereum, and Solana. According toย Forbes, the Ark report estimates that Bitcoinโ€™s market value could climbโ€ฆ

UAE launches national AI testing lab to certify models and agents

5 May 2026 at 17:00
The United Arab Emirates has launched a national facility to test and certify artificial intelligence systems, as the country pushes ahead with large-scale AI deployment across government and industry. The UAE Cyber Security Council, in collaboration with Open Innovation AIโ€ฆ

Somnia taps Frax to launch USDso stablecoin for high-frequency DeFi

5 May 2026 at 16:43
Somniaโ€™s new USDso stablecoin, issued by Frax Finance and backed by tokenized Treasuries, routes reserve yield back into Somniaโ€™s high-throughput DeFi ecosystem. How USDso is structured on Somnia Somnia, a high-throughput L1 developed with Improbable and the Somnia Foundation, hasโ€ฆ

Cipher Digital secures $200M credit line to scale AI and HPC footprint

5 May 2026 at 16:37
Cipher Digital secures a $200M revolving credit facility to fund its pivot from Bitcoin mining to long-duration, AI and HPC data center revenues anchored by multi-campus leases. New credit facility underpins data center growth Cipher Digital said in its first-quarterโ€ฆ

Suspected Multicoin-linked wallets stake $82M in HYPE on HyperCore

5 May 2026 at 16:18
HyperCore staking by Arkham-flagged Multicoin wallets locks $82M in HYPE, deepening a concentrated, yield-bearing bet on Hyperliquidโ€™s DeFi-native L1. Arkham flags Multicoin-associated HYPE staking activity According to market monitors citing Arkhamโ€™s AI attribution engine, an address predicted to be associatedโ€ฆ

UAE Innovation City launches blockchain IDs for companies

5 May 2026 at 15:30
The United Arab Emirates Innovation City has rolled out a blockchain-based system that assigns every registered company a sovereign, verifiable digital identity on-chain. According to an official announcement from Innovation City, businesses incorporated in the Ras Al Khaimah free zoneโ€ฆ

Ethereum price confirms bull flag breakout, targets upside to $3,000

5 May 2026 at 14:19
Ethereum price is showing early signs of a confirmed breakout after pushing above a short-term consolidation pattern that had capped gains over the past week. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) climbed around 1% over the past day, tradingโ€ฆ

Bitcoin battles $80k resistance as BlockchainFX hits $14.44m: The leading crypto presale of May 2026

5 May 2026 at 14:16
Bitcoin tops $80,000 as BlockchainFX surpasses $14.44M in presale with rising investor demand. Bitcoin pulled off a swagger move this week, climbing back above $80,000 for the first time since January, only to get tugged sideways by every macro headlineโ€ฆ

CryptoProcessing by Coinspaid achieves crypto securityโ€™s highest standard with CCSS Level 3 Certification

5 May 2026 at 13:52
CryptoProcessing by CoinsPaid earns CCSS Level 3 certification for institutional wallet infrastructure security. CryptoProcessing by Coinspaid, a regulated crypto payment gateway serving enterprise and institutional merchants globally, has achievedย Level 3 certification under the Cryptocurrency Security Standard (CCSS) for its Institutional-Gradeโ€ฆ

Ripple begins sharing DPRK threat intel with crypto firms

5 May 2026 at 13:43
Ripple has begun sharing its internal threat intelligence on North Korean hacking operations with the crypto industry, expanding how firms respond to insider-driven attacks. According to Crypto ISAC, the move follows incidents where attackers bypassed code vulnerabilities and instead infiltratedโ€ฆ

Tom Lee says crypto market recovery has begun

5 May 2026 at 11:47
Bitmine chairman Tom Lee has said the crypto market may be entering an early recovery phase even as investor sentiment remains cautious. According to Bitmine Immersion Technologies chairman Tom Lee, recent market trends resemble past cycle transitions where prices beginโ€ฆ

Polygon rolls out private stablecoin payments with hidden transfers

5 May 2026 at 11:18
Polygon has introduced a privacy layer for stablecoin transfers, allowing transactions to remain hidden from public view while still meeting compliance checks. According to a statement released by Polygon on Sunday, the update adds a wallet feature that routes paymentsโ€ฆ

Bank groups challenge Senator Thom Tillis over stablecoin proposal

5 May 2026 at 11:01
U.S. banking groups have pushed back against the latest CLARITY Act language on stablecoin rewards, arguing it does not sufficiently prevent risks to bank deposits. According to a joint statement from the American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Consumer Bankersโ€ฆ

ZeroStack CEO claims CLARITY Act uncertainty is keeping larger players out

5 May 2026 at 03:30
ZeroStack CEO Daniel Reis-Faria says the CLARITY Act stablecoin deal reduces investor uncertainty but has not resolved institutional hesitation yet. The stablecoin deal was finalised on May 1 by Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks, drawing a clear line: cryptoโ€ฆ

US voters rank crypto last before midterms

5 May 2026 at 03:15
US voters ranked crypto last among election priorities in an April poll of 1,000 registered Americans. Public Opinion Strategies conducted the poll in late April on behalf of CoinDesk, surveying 1,000 randomly selected registered US voters with a credibility intervalโ€ฆ

Paradigm Bitcoin launches PACTs, a quantum proposal that could let Satoshi prove he is still alive

5 May 2026 at 02:55
Paradigm Bitcoin general partner Dan Robinson published a proposal on May 1 for Provable Address-Control Timestamps, or PACTs, a system that lets dormant Bitcoin holders privately timestamp proof of key ownership before quantum computers arrive, creating a potential rescue pathโ€ฆ

Why Morgan Stanley says Bitcoin on US bank balance sheets is coming but not yet

5 May 2026 at 02:44
Morgan Stanley head of digital asset strategy Amy Oldenburg said at the Bitcoin 2026 Conference in Las Vegas that Bitcoin on US bank balance sheets is โ€œnot totally out of the question,โ€ citing 16 months of regulatory progress while warningโ€ฆ

Why Pi Networkโ€™s Dr. Chengdiao Fan takes the Consensus 2026 stage with Protocol 23 six days away

5 May 2026 at 02:00
Pi Network co-founder Dr. Chengdiao Fan is set to speak at Consensus 2026 in Miami on May 6, delivering a session titled โ€œAligning Web3, AI, and Blockchain for Utilityโ€ at the Convergence Stage, six days before Protocol 23 brings fullโ€ฆ

Ripple Custody signs South Koreaโ€™s first insurance deal to pilot near real-time bond settlement

5 May 2026 at 01:55
Ripple Custody entered a strategic partnership with Kyobo Life Insurance on April 15, making Ripple Custody Koreaโ€™s first blockchain-based government bond settlement platform for a Tier 1 insurer, targeting a compression of the standard T+2 settlement cycle to near real-timeโ€ฆ

Bitcoin price reclaims $80,000 for first time since January as Consensus 2026 opens

5 May 2026 at 01:19
Bitcoin price broke above $80,000 on May 4 for the first time since January 31, reaching the level as Consensus 2026 opened in Miami and $630 million in US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows on May 1 gave the move institutionalโ€ฆ

Coinbase to open BILL-USD spot trading for Billions token

5 May 2026 at 01:00
BILL-USD pair to launch once liquidity is ready. According to Coinbaseโ€™s latest listing update, the exchange โ€œwill launch BILL (Billions) spot tradingโ€ and expects to open the BILL-USD order book later today in supported trading regions, contingent on sufficient liquidityโ€ฆ

Hyperliquid whales hold $4.016B with longs barely edging shorts

5 May 2026 at 00:00
Latest Coinglass data show Hyperliquid whale accounts holding a combined $4.016 billion in notional positions, with longs only marginally ahead of shorts on size but comfortably in the lead on PnL as one heavily leveraged ETH long dominates the winnerโ€™sโ€ฆ

BTC breaks $80k for the first time since January as Fox DeFi explains the capital driving the rally

4 May 2026 at 23:53
Bitcoin reclaims $80,000 as ETF inflows and spot demand signal potential start of a new capital cycle. Bitcoin has reclaimed the $80,000 level, and this time, the logic behind the rally is changing. After several weeks of consolidation, Bitcoin hasโ€ฆ

BTC/XRP rebounds, but more and more people are changing their participation methods

4 May 2026 at 23:42
Bitcoin and XRP regain focus as rising volatility drives trading activity and renewed market participation. With the recent resurgence of volatility in the crypto market, Bitcoin and XRP have once again become the focus of market attention. Trading volume hasโ€ฆ

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Kraken parent sues ex-custodian Etana over alleged $25M โ€œPonzi schemeโ€

4 May 2026 at 23:00
In a second amended complaint submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Payward Interactive and Payward Trading โ€” doing business as Kraken โ€” accuse Etana Custody Limited, Etana Custody Inc., CEO Dion Brandon Russell, and othersโ€ฆ

Brian Armstrong tells the Senate to โ€œmark it upโ€ after CLARITY Act stablecoin yield deal lands

4 May 2026 at 22:57
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted a three-word response on X on May 1 after Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks released the final stablecoin yield compromise text for the CLARITY Act: โ€œMark it up,โ€ urging the Senate Banking Committee toโ€ฆ

World Liberty Financial sues Justin Sun for defamation after his fraud claims go viral

4 May 2026 at 22:37
World Liberty Financial, the crypto project co-founded by President Trump and his family, filed a defamation lawsuit against Tron founder Justin Sun on May 4 in Miami-Dade County, Florida, alleging a โ€œcoordinated media smear campaignโ€ after Sun sued the projectโ€ฆ

Ondo joins DTCC tokenization working group for U.S. markets

4 May 2026 at 22:00
DTCC has formed a tokenization working group for U.S. markets and tapped Ondo alongside BlackRock, Goldman, JPMorgan, Circle, and others to help design how equities and Treasuries move on-chain. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has launched an industry workingโ€ฆ

DeFi Development launches $200M ATM to keep buying Solana

4 May 2026 at 19:00
Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development Corp has launched a $200M at-the-market equity program, pledging to issue stock only when it boosts โ€œSOL per shareโ€ and fuels its Solana reserve strategy. DeFi Development Corp, a Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury company focused on Solanaโ€ฆ

BTC breaks $80,000, emotions run wild, and the BTCEcosystem enters a frenzy

4 May 2026 at 18:36
BTCEcosystem gains attention as Bitcoin surge past $80,000 fuels renewed investor confidence in 2026. The global cryptocurrency market has reached a monumental milestone. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has decisively breached the $80,000 mark, setting a new all-time high forโ€ฆ

Solana Strategies buys privacy-focused cross-chain aggregator HoudiniSwap for $18M

4 May 2026 at 18:00
SOL Strategies is acquiring privacy-focused cross-chain aggregator HoudiniSwap for $18M in cash, notes, and stock as it builds an institutional Solana treasury and routing stack. According to reporting fromย The Block, SOL Strategies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HoudiniSwapโ€ฆ

Bitget CFD daily volume hits record $8B on gold surge

4 May 2026 at 17:00
Bitgetโ€™s CFD platform has logged a record $8B day, with gold-linked contracts driving 95% of the jump as Chinese-speaking, European, and Southeast Asian traders pile into metals. Bitget reported that daily trading volume on its CFD segment has broken throughโ€ฆ

WLFI sues Justin Sun over alleged smear campaign to crash token price

4 May 2026 at 16:31
WLFI alleges paid smear effort after token freeze. World Liberty Financial has announced it is suing Justin Sun for defamation, alleging that after a Sun-affiliated entity called Blue Anthem bought $WLFI tokens in November 2024 and then transferred some ofโ€ฆ

Rain adds Mastercard support as $1.95B stablecoin startup targets on-chain settlement

4 May 2026 at 16:27
Rain, a $1.95B-valued stablecoin infrastructure firm, is adding Mastercard support to extend its Visa-based model and plug on-chain settlement into legacy payment systems. Stablecoin payments startup Rain, fresh off a $250 million Series C at a $1.95 billion valuation, hasโ€ฆ

Tether Gold market cap tops $3.3B as reserves jump 36% in Q1 2026

4 May 2026 at 16:20
Tetherโ€™s latest attestation shows its Tether Gold token, XAUโ‚ฎ, swelling to more than $3.3 billion in value on the back of a 36% quarterly jump in physical bullion reserves. Tetherโ€™s latest reserve data show that its Tether Gold token, XAUโ‚ฎ,โ€ฆ

Korean crypto exchanges push back against strict 10M won AML trigger

4 May 2026 at 16:06
South Koreaโ€™s Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA), representing 27 registered virtual asset service providers, has lodged formal objections with the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Intelligence Unit over proposed amendments to the enforcement decree of the Specific Financial Informationโ€ฆ

Bitget and WIW3CH expand Blockchain4Her for women in Web3

4 May 2026 at 15:45
Bitget has entered a strategic partnership with women-focused Web3 collective WIW3CH to deliver more structured education, networking, and career support under its Blockchain4Her initiative. Bitget said it has formed a strategic alliance with WIW3CH, describing the group as a Web3โ€ฆ

Hut 8 unlocks $260M in Bitcoin as it refinances $200M FalconX loan

4 May 2026 at 15:37
Bitcoin miner Hut 8 has refinanced its $200 million Bitcoin-backed credit facility with FalconX at a 7% fixed rate, replacing its Coinbase loan and unlocking approximately 3,300 BTC worth $260 million from collateral. Bitcoin (BTC) miner and energy infrastructure firmโ€ฆ

DOGEBALL aims to beat Dogwifhat as the best crypto presale to buy in 2026 with low prices still live

4 May 2026 at 14:30
DOGEBALL presale gains traction as investors seek early-stage crypto opportunities ahead of market hype. Missed out on Dogwifhat when it was still cheap? That exact feeling of watching a low-priced token explode after ignoring it is what makes early-stage entriesโ€ฆ

Capital B secures $1.28M from Adam Back to build Bitcoin stash

4 May 2026 at 14:09
Capital B has secured fresh backing from Blockstream CEO Adam Back through a 1.1 million euro ($1.28 million) warrant issuance, deepening the cryptographerโ€™s exposure to the French-listed Bitcoin treasury firm. According to a Monday announcement from Capital B, Back subscribedโ€ฆ

Anthropic lines up $1.5B AI venture with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs

4 May 2026 at 13:40
Anthropic is close to finalizing a roughly $1.5 billion joint venture with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and several other Wall Street firms to distribute artificial intelligence tools to private-equity-backed companies. A report by The Wall Street Journal said the platform willโ€ฆ

North Korea denies TRM Labs data tying it to major crypto hacks

4 May 2026 at 13:19
North Korea has rejected allegations of state-backed cryptocurrency theft even as new data ties it to most global hack losses in early 2026. According to TRM Labs, actors linked to the Democratic Peopleโ€™s Republic of Korea were responsible for aboutโ€ฆ

Will Ethereum price break past $2,400 resistance as bullish MACD crossover approaches?

4 May 2026 at 12:23
Ethereum price is eyeing a breakout from the $2,400 resistance, which has capped the tokenโ€™s gains over the past week. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price rebounded 3.5% to $2,393 on May 4 before facing rejection at $2,400โ€ฆ

Kraken unlocks full U.S. derivatives play after Bitnomial buy

4 May 2026 at 11:31
Payward has completed its acquisition of Bitnomial, giving Kraken a regulated pathway to launch crypto derivatives in the U.S. According to a company statement released Friday, the deal hands Payward control of a full set of Commodity Futures Trading Commissionโ€ฆ

Coinbase urges CFTC to keep prediction markets under rules

4 May 2026 at 11:16
Coinbase has urged U.S. derivatives regulators to keep prediction markets under existing rules, filing a formal response as legal pressure builds around event-based contracts. According to a letter submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and addressed to Secretary Christopherโ€ฆ

Bitcoin price surges past $80K as Trump announces โ€œProject Freedomโ€

4 May 2026 at 11:05
Bitcoin price surged to a four-month high of $80,529 on Monday shortly after United States President Donald Trump revealed โ€œProject Freedomโ€ to help stranded cargo ships affected by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. According to data from crypto.news,โ€ฆ

5 leading free Bitcoin, Dogecoin cloud mining sites for 2026: Earn daily passive crypto income with zero investment

4 May 2026 at 09:53
Mobile cloud mining expands in 2026 as BM Blockchain attracts beginner interest in BTC and DOGE mining. As more people look up things like what Bitcoin mining is, how to mine Bitcoin, and whether any free cloud mining options stillโ€ฆ

CFTC prediction market rules spark industry debate

4 May 2026 at 09:22
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has received more than 1,500 public responses on its proposed rule for prediction market event contracts. According to the CFTC, the comment period for its March proposal closed Thursday after drawing submissions from predictionโ€ฆ

The reason May 2nd 2026 matters for anyone searching top 1000x crypto to buy

2 May 2026 at 20:46
The top 1000x crypto to buy right now is gaining serious traction as its presale deadline approaches. DOGEBALL is capturing attention with real utility, strong funding momentum, and a clearly defined launch trajectory that sets it apart from speculative plays.

Senate unanimously bans senators and staff from trading on prediction markets

2 May 2026 at 17:00
The US Senate voted unanimously to bar all senators and their staff from placing bets on political prediction market platforms including Polymarket and Kalshi, with the resolution authored by Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, who also set the end-of-May CLARITY Actโ€ฆ

Tether posts $1.04B profit and record $8.23B reserve buffer in Q1 2026

2 May 2026 at 16:10
Tether posted $1.04 billion in Q1 2026 net profit and a record Tether profit reserve buffer of $8.23 billion, backed primarily by $141 billion in US Treasuries, in a quarterly attestation published May 1 by accounting firm BDO, its mostโ€ฆ

Trump retirement order opens 401(k) plans to crypto and alternative assets for the first time

2 May 2026 at 15:55
President Trump signed an executive order on April 30 directing the Labor Department to allow Trump retirement account access to cryptocurrency, private equity, and other alternative assets inside US 401(k) plans, targeting the roughly $12.5 trillion defined-contribution market that hasโ€ฆ

Why Pete Hegseth believes Bitcoin battles China and gives the US classified leverage

2 May 2026 at 15:30
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the House Armed Services Committee on April 30 that the Pentagon is running classified Bitcoin programs on two operational tracks โ€” enabling the technology and countering it โ€” and that those efforts provide the Unitedโ€ฆ

Pi Networkโ€™s two co-founders set to speak at Consensus 2026 as sponsor amid Protocol 23 countdown

2 May 2026 at 15:10
Pi Network confirmed its sponsorship of Consensus 2026 in Miami on May 5 to 7, with co-founders Dr. Chengdiao Fan and Nicolas Kokkalis each scheduled to speak at the Convergence Stage, marking the projectโ€™s most prominent mainstream industry appearance asโ€ฆ

SEC schedules CLARITY Act roundtable in May as Senate markup targets week of May 11

2 May 2026 at 14:47
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has scheduled a CLARITY Act roundtable for May, bringing together SEC and CFTC officials with crypto industry representatives to debate digital asset market structure jurisdiction, one of the final regulatory steps before the Senateโ€ฆ

David Schwartz rejects XRP price promise claim and denies Ripple holds a โ€œmagic switchโ€

2 May 2026 at 14:01
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has pushed back against a resurfaced 2017 post in which he said XRP could not stay โ€œdirt cheap,โ€ rejecting the communityโ€™s reading of it as a price guarantee and separately dismissing claims that Ripple holdsโ€ฆ

Why Brad Garlinghouse believes the CLARITY Act will pass in May despite missing two deadlines

2 May 2026 at 02:50
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse declared at XRP Las Vegas that the CLARITY Act will pass by the end of May, his third public deadline for the bill after predicting 80% odds of April passage on Fox Business in February andโ€ฆ

137 Ventures reloads with $700m to chase AI agents and space

2 May 2026 at 00:00
137 Ventures has raised over $700m across two new funds, lifting AUM above $15b as it doubles down on AI agents, robotics, advanced industry and a $10bโ€‘plus SpaceX stake. San Franciscoโ€“based 137 Ventures has raised over $700 million for twoโ€ฆ

Kashkari tempers hopes for 2026 cuts as war muddies inflation path

1 May 2026 at 23:00
Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari has shifted from penciling in one or two 2026 cuts to a dataโ€‘dependent stance as the Iran war and higher oil muddy the inflation path. According to Jinshiโ€™s summary of recent remarks, Federal Reserve officialโ€ฆ

Mantleโ€™s 30,000 ETH loan for Aave enters vote as DeFi United tops $314m

1 May 2026 at 22:00
Mantleโ€™s proposal to lend up to 30,000 ETH to Aaveโ€™s DeFi United rsETH rescue has gone live on Snapshot, adding structured credit to a $314m multiโ€‘DAO war chest. Mantle Network has confirmed that its strategic credit facility proposal to supportโ€ฆ

OpenAI ends Microsoft exclusivity and can now sell its models on AWS and Google Cloud

1 May 2026 at 21:55
Microsoft and OpenAI restructured their landmark 2019 partnership on April 27, converting Microsoftโ€™s cloud license from exclusive to non-exclusive, allowing OpenAI to sell its full model suite on Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud for the first time, as Amazonโ€ฆ

Pi Network sets May 11 for Protocol 23, its first full smart contract launch

1 May 2026 at 21:30
Pi Network has set May 11 as the activation date for Protocol 23, the upgrade that introduces full smart contract functionality to the Pi blockchain and transforms the network from a mobile mining project into a programmable platform capable ofโ€ฆ

Coinbase XRP TAS launches today, making XRP the first altcoin with institutional settlement tools

1 May 2026 at 21:10
Coinbase activated Trade at Settlement for XRP futures on May 1, making XRP TAS the first altcoin to receive the same institutional block-trade execution mechanism already available for Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, and crude oil futures, following a CFTC filing onโ€ฆ

Bitcoin price targets $80,000 as Iran sends new peace proposal through Pakistan

1 May 2026 at 20:55
Bitcoin price rose nearly 3% to $78,700 on May 1 as Iran submitted a new peace proposal through Pakistani mediators to the United States, easing oil pressure and improving risk sentiment across global markets for the second time in aโ€ฆ

Huang Licheng levers up: $14.5m BTC long and $23.3m ETH long on the line

1 May 2026 at 20:30
According to monitoring shared by onโ€‘chain and derivatives trackerย HyperInsight, highโ€‘profile trader Huang Licheng has sharply increased his Bitcoin long exposure, pushing his total BTC long position to around $14.5 million with more than 40x leverage. HyperInsight flags fresh BTC andโ€ฆ

Banks push back on GENIUS Act rules as Agora races for a federal charter

1 May 2026 at 20:30
Major US banking trade groups have asked the Treasury Department and the FDIC to pause three GENIUS Act rulemaking comment periods until the OCC finalises its primary stablecoin framework, while stablecoin startup Agora simultaneously filed for a national trust bankโ€ฆ

Coinbase CUSHY fund brings institutional credit on-chain ahead of Q2 launch

1 May 2026 at 20:16
Coinbase Asset Management announced CUSHY on April 30, a tokenised stablecoin credit fund for qualified institutional investors running on Ethereum, Solana, and Base, with Apollo handling private credit origination, Superstate issuing tokenised shares via FundOS, and Northern Trust administering theโ€ฆ

Bittensor price climbs past $260, technicals signal more upside

1 May 2026 at 18:33
Bittensor price is showing renewed strength as it climbs above the $260 level, with improving momentum indicators hinting at a potential continuation of the recent recovery trend. According to data from crypto.news, Bittensor (TAO) price was trading around $263.19 atโ€ฆ

Ethereum liquidation map pins $874m long trapdoor and $403m short cliff

1 May 2026 at 18:08
Coinglass data show Ethereum longs face about $874m in liquidations below $2,206, while shorts risk roughly $403m above $2,412, creating two key forcedโ€‘flow bands. Derivatives analytics platformย Coinglassย is flagging fresh stress points on Ethereumโ€™s futures liquidation heatmap, with hundreds of millionsโ€ฆ

Curveโ€™s new badโ€‘debt pools turn losses into tradable claims

1 May 2026 at 18:05
Curve Finance is turning CRVโ€‘linked bad debt into tradable onchain claims via crvUSDโ€“debt pools, shifting bailouts from socialized rescues to market pricing of losses. Curve Finance has rolled out a bad debt recovery framework that formalizes what founder Michael Egorovโ€ฆ

Bitcoin open interest jumps nearly 6% as traders reโ€‘lever into futures

1 May 2026 at 18:01
Bitcoin futures open interest has climbed 5.92% to $57.621b, signaling traders are reโ€‘levering into BTC derivatives as open positions concentrate on a few major exchanges. The Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives market has seen a notable uptick in risk-taking over the pastโ€ฆ

Brazil shuts crypto out of its official crossโ€‘border payment pipes

1 May 2026 at 17:55
Brazilโ€™s central bank has barred crypto from settlement inside regulated eFX payment rails, forcing banks and fintechs back to fiat-only channels for crossโ€‘border flows. Brazilโ€™s central bank has introduced a foreignโ€‘exchange rule that prohibits regulated crossโ€‘border payment channels from usingโ€ฆ

Bithumb wins court stay on sixโ€‘month Korea FIU suspension

1 May 2026 at 17:51
Seoulโ€™s Administrative Court has stayed a sixโ€‘month partial suspension against Bithumb, halting Korea FIUโ€™s harshest crypto penalty while the exchange fights it in court. South Koreaโ€™s Seoul Administrative Court has sided with Bithumb, temporarily blocking the countryโ€™s Financial Intelligence Unitโ€ฆ

Fun raises $72m to wire fiat and crypto into the same checkout

1 May 2026 at 17:45
Fun raises $72m to power unified fiat and crypto rails for apps like Polymarket and Aave, after quietly processing over $18b in annual payment volume. Fun, a payment infrastructure startup that plugs both fiat and crypto rails into high-growth consumerโ€ฆ

Ripple investors turn to new profit opportunities, with SHRMiner offering returns of up to $57,000 per month

1 May 2026 at 17:40
XRP holders explore yield strategies as SHRMiner gains attention for cloud mining and passive income. As the cryptocurrency market evolves, many long-term XRP holders are re-evaluating their investment strategies. Instead of simply waiting for prices to rise, they are exploringโ€ฆ

MoonPayโ€™s AI-native debit card gives agents a live stablecoin rail

1 May 2026 at 17:32
MoonPay has launched the MoonAgents Card, a Mastercard-enabled debit product that lets AI agents spend stablecoins directly at the point of sale with onchain settlement behind the scenes. MoonPay has unveiled the MoonAgents Card, a Mastercard-network debit card designed soโ€ฆ

Tether reports $1.04B Q1 profit as reserves climb to $191.8b

1 May 2026 at 17:23
Tether posts $1.04B Q1 profit on a $191.8B reserve stack, leaning on US Treasuries while expanding into gold and bitcoin as stablecoin scrutiny rises. Tether International said in its Q1 2026 attestation that it generated more than $1.04 billion inโ€ฆ

Pentagon signs Nvidia, Microsoft, AWS for classified AI programs

1 May 2026 at 16:49
The U.S. Department of Defense has expanded its push into artificial intelligence, securing fresh agreements with several major technology firms to deploy advanced AI systems across classified military networks. According to a report released Friday, Nvidia, Microsoft, Reflection AI, andโ€ฆ

Will BNB price lose $600 support as a risky pattern forms?

1 May 2026 at 16:20
BNB price is consolidating within a descending triangle pattern, with a horizontal support near $600 and a series of lower highs pressing against a downward-sloping resistance trendline, pointing to a potential breakdown. According to data from crypto.news, BNB (BNB) priceโ€ฆ

Crypto market edges higher as short squeeze builds, Alphabet shares surge

1 May 2026 at 15:32
The crypto market rose around 1.2% on Friday, with total market capitalization ticking higher as a wave of short liquidations and stronger tech-led risk sentiment lifted prices despite persistent geopolitical tensions. Bitcoin (BTC) climbed roughly 1.5% to trade near theโ€ฆ

Strategy CEO Phong Le frames STRC as income despite payout risks

1 May 2026 at 15:08
Strategyโ€™s CEO has promoted its high-yield STRC stock as a way to cover personal expenses, drawing attention to the risks tied to its dividend structure. According to comments made by Phong Le on Natalie Brunellโ€™s show, the executive described STRCโ€ฆ

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Phong Le has presented STRC as a cash flow option for retail investors, despite Strategy filings allowing dividend suspension and no principal guarantee.

Bithumb wins court stay, dodges six-month suspension blow

1 May 2026 at 14:08
South Koreaโ€™s Seoul Administrative Court has granted Bithumb a temporary reprieve from a six-month suspension, allowing the exchange to continue operating while the case proceeds. According to Yonhap News Agency, the courtโ€™s 2nd Administrative Division under Judge Gong Hyeon-jin approvedโ€ฆ

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