The CLARITY Act’s bipartisan 15–9 Senate Banking vote moves a bill that could finally split SEC–CFTC jurisdiction and give crypto its first bespoke market‑structure law, a16z argues. According to a16z, the CLARITY Act is designed to build a bespoke legal framework…

Bitget’s AI trading ecosystem now spans 58 tools, over 1 million users and $1.2B in volume, as the exchange leans into “agent‑native” trading as a core Universal Exchange pillar. Bitget has launched a dedicated Bitget AI landing page and disclosed…

OpenAI’s Siri alliance frays over money and control. OpenAI is exploring legal options against Apple over their two‑year‑old deal to weave ChatGPT into Siri and iOS, amid frustration that the integration has failed to deliver the subscriber growth and commercial…

Poland’s lower house has approved a long‑delayed crypto assets bill to align national rules with the EU’s MiCA framework. Parliament backs MiCA bill under pressure from Zondacrypto scandal With lawmakers under pressure to act before a July implementation deadline and…

Visa’s WeFi pilot lets self‑custodied stablecoins fund everyday card payments across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Visa and WeFi have launched a collaboration to explore on‑chain banking and stablecoin‑based payment use cases in selected markets, expanding the card network’s stablecoin…

RedStone’s new “Settle” layer is the first sober attempt to fix DeFi’s RWA paradox. RedStone has launched “RedStone Settle,” a dedicated DeFi settlement layer built to make tokenized real‑world assets usable as collateral in lending protocols, targeting roughly $30 billion…

State Street is wiring its Luxembourg fund stack so tokenized fund units run on the same custody, NAV and TA rails as traditional funds, turning RWAs from brochure‑ware into production infrastructure. State Street is wiring its Luxembourg fund stack to…

Gemini’s “agentic trading” lets AI models like ChatGPT and Claude plug into user accounts via MCP, executing crypto trades autonomously and turning AI from signal vendor into primary CEX client. Gemini has rolled out “agentic trading,” a feature that lets…

Polymarket’s push to lift its CFTC ban is not just a venue story; it’s a fight over whether “reality markets” on war, pandemics and macro become a regulated US asset class or stay an offshore grey zone. Polymarket is in…

TON’s new Agentic Wallets standard lets Telegram AI bots hold user‑funded wallets on TON, spending within tight limits as semi‑autonomous financial actors inside chat. TON Tech — the infrastructure team behind The Open Network — rolled out Agentic Wallets on…

The bond market is pre‑emptively hiking for incoming Fed chair Kevin Warsh, yanking yields above the policy band and quietly margin‑calling every “lower for longer” narrative in crypto. The short version: the bond market is front‑running Kevin Warsh’s dovish instincts,…

Crypto Fear and Greed Index sits at 42 today, up 9 points from yesterday and well off April’s “extreme fear” lows, but still shy of neutral as risk appetite grinds back. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index compiled by CoinGlass…

Musk accuses OpenAI of hijacking his $38M “safe, open AI” nonprofit into a closed AGI cash machine for Altman and Microsoft; a jury now weighs trust, timing and power. In his closing for Musk, attorney Steven Molo told the nine‑person…

The company said the program is designed to promote institutional yield generation and cross-chain returns for a wider range of users through stablecoin-based lending and liquidity strategies. TownSquare announced the launch of a $100 million liquidity program tied to the…

CoinList’s Passage pitches itself as an “access layer” for on‑chain capital markets, wiring compliant distribution, allocation, and infra so tokenized assets can actually circulate instead of rotting in silos. CoinList has rolled out Passage, a new platform it describes as…

Aptos says it is the first L1 to support AI‑assisted formal verification for dynamically scheduled Move contracts, pitching Move Prover as an “oracle” between markets and machine agents. Aptos has declared that its network is now “the first L1 to…

Grove’s Basin liquidity network can supply up to $1 billion in daily stablecoin liquidity to support redemptions for tokenized U.S. Treasury funds. Blockchain credit infrastructure company Grove has launched a liquidity network called Basin aimed at supporting instant redemptions for…

The new futures product will be CME Group’s first market capitalization-weighted cryptocurrency futures contract and will be available in both standard and micro contract sizes. CME Group announced plans to launch Nasdaq CME Cryptocurrency Index Futures on June 8, expanding…

Bullish also reported adjusted EBITDA of $35.1 million, missing analyst estimates of $38 million. Crypto trading platform Bullish reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter 2026 financial results as softer digital asset trading activity weighed on revenue and profitability. According to a report from…

The stablecoin issuer said Hyperliquid is evolving beyond perpetual futures trading into outcome-based markets. Circle announced it is deepening its partnership with Hyperliquid by becoming the technical deployment partner for USDC on the decentralized trading platform, further embedding the stablecoin…

The sharp move highlights ongoing instability in global currency markets as traders adjust positions amid shifting expectations around monetary policy divergence between the United States and Japan. The U.S. dollar briefly weakened against the Japanese yen on Wednesday, with USD/JPY…

Ethereum’s price action has been closely tied to macro liquidity conditions and institutional risk appetite. Ethereum (ETH) is currently positioned at a critical juncture as broader crypto markets attempt to sustain bullish momentum alongside improving equity market sentiment. After Bitcoin…

The agreement also includes Native Markets granting Coinbase purchasing rights for USDH-branded assets. Coinbase has become the official USDC treasury deployer on Hyperliquid, strengthening the crypto exchange’s push to expand the stablecoin’s presence deeper into decentralized finance infrastructure. According to…

Bitcoin briefly reclaimed $80,000 as traders weigh cooling ETF inflows, macro cross‑currents, and frothy derivatives positioning to decide whether BTC rallies or mean‑reverts. Bitcoin briefly traded above the $80,000 mark on Wednesday, extending its presence near historic highs even as…

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has accused the LAB project of orchestrating a large-scale market manipulation scheme that allegedly left retail investors exposed while insiders maintained control over more than 95% of the token supply. According to reports published by ChainCatcher, the…

Aave CEO Stani Kulechov has said the newly released draft of the U.S. Clarity Act could mark a turning point for decentralized finance regulation, offering long-awaited legal protection for developers building non-custodial protocols. Aave CEO Stani Kulechov has said the…

U.S. semiconductor equities rallied on May 13, with major chipmakers posting strong gains as investors rotated back into high-growth technology exposure following recent macro data surprises. Micron Technology climbed nearly 5%, ON Semiconductor rose close to 5%, and NXP Semiconductors…

Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock STRC may be playing an increasingly important role in shaping Bitcoin’s mid-month liquidity dynamics, according to K33 Research director Vetle Lunde According to reports, STRC’s structure creates predictable capital flow behavior, with dividends paid at the…

In a recent podcast appearance, investor Ray Dalio argued that fiat currencies are unlikely to remain the dominant form of global money, framing the current financial system as part of a long-term “debt and monetary cycle” that is beginning to…

American defense technology company Anduril has raised $5 billion in a Series H funding round at a post-money valuation of $61 billion, underscoring accelerating investor appetite for AI-enabled defense infrastructure and autonomous warfare systems. The round was led by Thrive…

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) said he prefers investing in the underlying infrastructure powering artificial intelligence rather than AI applications themselves, framing the current boom as an “infrastructure-first” investment cycle. Speaking during a Binance online livestream, CZ described his preferred…

Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas reported that the Bitcoin spot ETF iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has significantly outperformed the gold ETF SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) since March, outpacing it by roughly 33 percentage points in performance. According to Balchunas,…

A member of the European Central Bank Governing Council has indicated that the upcoming June meeting will determine whether interest rates are raised or left unchanged, underscoring growing uncertainty over the next phase of eurozone monetary policy. According to Kocher,…

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on May 13 for a formal state visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The visit marks a renewed high-level diplomatic engagement between the world’s two largest economies amid ongoing strategic…

A stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation print has complicated the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook, with markets rapidly repricing the likelihood of rate cuts this year after April’s Producer Price Index (PPI) came in at 1.4%. A stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation print has complicated…

Whale positioning on decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid has reached $4.236 billion in total exposure, with large traders showing an unusually balanced stance between bullish and bearish bets. Long positions account for roughly $2.099 billion, or 49.55% of total whale exposure,…

Legendary Labs and Jinlian Capital Foundation have announced a strategic merger aimed at building a broader decentralized prediction-market ecosystem, combining licensed gaming infrastructure with Web3 interoperability and AI-driven forecasting tools. The deal was first reported by ChainCatcher, which said the…

Binance will roll out a new suite of U-margined perpetual futures contracts tied to traditional financial assets on May 15, adding exposure to Oracle, Disney, Uber, Cisco, Home Depot and Litecoin as the exchange accelerates its push into hybrid crypto-TradFi…

Solana has officially deployed its long-awaited P-Token upgrade on mainnet, delivering a major throughput increase that developers say could make token-related transactions up to 20 times more efficient across the network. The launch was first reported by ChainCatcher, citing ecosystem…

Latest exploit marks another setback for decentralized finance infrastructure, notably cross-chain systems that have remained a prime target for hackers. Transit Finance, a decentralized cross-chain aggregation protocol, suffered an exploit that drained roughly $1.88 million from the platform on May…

21Shares’ Matt Mena says Bitcoin’s refusal to dump on hot CPI shows inflation is priced in, leaving the CLARITY Act vote as the next major catalyst for a push toward $90K. 21Shares analyst Matt Mena argued in a note published…

Kraken parent Payward will plug Franklin Templeton’s BENJI tokenized money market fund into its platform as collateral and cash management, letting clients earn yield on idle dollars on‑chain. Kraken’s parent company Payward and Franklin Templeton have announced a strategic partnership…

SKYAI jumps 44% to top the day’s top‑100 gainers as ONDO sinks 10%, highlighting a rotation from RWA and yield infra into AI‑adjacent tokens riding the agentic AI narrative. According to CoinMarketCap data, SKYAI is Tuesday’s standout performer among the top 100…

Coinbase now lets users borrow up to $100K against SOL via Morpho on Base, turning Solana into its third major collateral pillar as the token eyes a retest of $200. Coinbase has expanded its on-chain crypto lending product to include Solana as…

Ethereum’s new ERC‑7730 Clear Signing standard replaces hex gibberish in wallet prompts with human‑readable, auditable transaction summaries to slash phishing and blind signing losses. The Ethereum Foundation’s Clear Signing working group has published a new open standard designed to replace…

Poland’s Sejm is reviewing four rival crypto bills while the PiS opposition dangles a separate ban proposal, turning MiCA implementation into a high‑stakes regulatory brawl. Poland’s lower house of parliament, the Sejm, is now reviewing four simultaneous and competing cryptocurrency…

Dogecoin sits near $0.195, 70% below its 2025 peak, as altseason signals from SUI and ETH collide with Musk‑driven sentiment and a fragile path toward the $0.50 level. Dogecoin (DOGE) is currently trading around $0.195, a level that places it roughly…

With the CLARITY Act heading to committee and a July 4 signing window, Bitcoin sits near $82K as ETF flows, corporate treasuries and post‑halving supply all align for a $100K test. Senator Cynthia Lummis confirmed on X that the U.S.…

Spot XRP ETFs have quietly amassed $1.35 billion in net inflows on the back of Ripple’s JPMorgan‑backed tokenized Treasuries tests. Five U.S.-listed spot XRP (XRP) ETFs pulled in a combined $25.8 million on Monday, the biggest single-day haul since January…

The Graph has activated x402 payments inside its Graph Gateway, allowing developers and AI agents to purchase on-chain data queries on a pay-per-request basis using USDC, according to an announcement from the project’s official X account. The team said that “Graph Gateway…

WLFI team wallets burned 100M tokens worth $6.68M as part of a Lockbox unlock, a cosmetic squeeze against a looming 62B‑token overhang and choppy price outlook. Team-linked wallets for World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the DeFi project associated with the Trump…

Bermuda is moving government payments onto Stellar, piloting USDC‑based rails with Circle and Coinbase as it chases a fully on‑chain national economy and cheaper cross‑border flows. The government of Bermuda is moving elements of its public payment infrastructure onto the…

Elliptic raised $120M at a $670M valuation as Deutsche Bank, Nasdaq and JPMorgan bankroll blockchain surveillance tools amid surging crypto crime and regulatory heat. Blockchain analytics and compliance firm Elliptic has secured a $120 million funding round at a $670…

CertiK, Chainalysis and Elliptic all say DPRK‑linked hackers stole about 60% of 2025’s $3.4B crypto theft, including an estimated $2.02B taken by North Korean groups. Blockchain security firm CertiK says North Korean state-linked hacking groups were responsible for roughly 60%…

Gemini, Bitget & Neyro lead agentic AI trading push as market forecast hits $139B by 2034, bringing autonomous agents into crypto & DeFi infrastructure. Agentic AI are systems that do not just classify data but monitor environments, make decisions and…