Tether posts $1.04B profit and record $8.23B reserve buffer in Q1 2026
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 most…...
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Trump retirement order opens 401(k) plans to crypto and alternative assets for the first time
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 has…...
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Why Pete Hegseth believes Bitcoin battles China and gives the US classified leverage
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 — enabling the technology and countering it — and that those efforts provide the United…...
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Pi Network’s two co-founders set to speak at Consensus 2026 as sponsor amid Protocol 23 countdown
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 project’s most prominent mainstream industry appearance as…...
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SEC schedules CLARITY Act roundtable in May as Senate markup targets week of May 11
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 Senate…...
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David Schwartz rejects XRP price promise claim and denies Ripple holds a “magic switch”
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has pushed back against a resurfaced 2017 post in which he said XRP could not stay “dirt cheap,” rejecting the community’s reading of it as a price guarantee and separately dismissing claims that Ripple holds…...
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Why Brad Garlinghouse believes the CLARITY Act will pass in May despite missing two deadlines
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 and…...
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Crypto VC shrinks to $659m in April, lowest since 2024
Crypto VC funding slid to $659m across 63 April deals, a 74% drop from March that drags monthly flows back to 2024 lows even as DeFi and AI still attract capital. The crypto venture market hit a fresh air pocket…...
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137 Ventures reloads with $700m to chase AI agents and space
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 $10b‑plus SpaceX stake. San Francisco–based 137 Ventures has raised over $700 million for two…...
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Kashkari tempers hopes for 2026 cuts as war muddies inflation path
Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari has shifted from penciling in one or two 2026 cuts to a data‑dependent stance as the Iran war and higher oil muddy the inflation path. According to Jinshi’s summary of recent remarks, Federal Reserve official…...
Read MoreCLARITY Act window slams shut after May 21
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said at XRP Las Vegas on April 30 that if the CLARITY Act does not clear the Senate Banking Committee before the Memorial Day recess on May 21, the bill could be shelved until 2030, as…...
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Mantle’s 30,000 ETH loan for Aave enters vote as DeFi United tops $314m
Mantle’s proposal to lend up to 30,000 ETH to Aave’s DeFi United rsETH rescue has gone live on Snapshot, adding structured credit to a $314m multi‑DAO war chest. Mantle Network has confirmed that its strategic credit facility proposal to support…...
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OpenAI ends Microsoft exclusivity and can now sell its models on AWS and Google Cloud
Microsoft and OpenAI restructured their landmark 2019 partnership on April 27, converting Microsoft’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 Amazon…...
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Pi Network sets May 11 for Protocol 23, its first full smart contract launch
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 of…...
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Coinbase XRP TAS launches today, making XRP the first altcoin with institutional settlement tools
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 on…...
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Bitcoin price targets $80,000 as Iran sends new peace proposal through Pakistan
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 a…...
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Huang Licheng levers up: $14.5m BTC long and $23.3m ETH long on the line
According to monitoring shared by on‑chain and derivatives tracker HyperInsight, high‑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 and…...
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Banks push back on GENIUS Act rules as Agora races for a federal charter
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 bank…...
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Coinbase CUSHY fund brings institutional credit on-chain ahead of Q2 launch
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 the…...
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Bittensor price climbs past $260, technicals signal more upside
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 at…...
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Bitcoin reclaims the $78k handle on Gate
Bitcoin has reclaimed $78,000 on Gate’s BTC/USDT pair, extending a rebound from $76,000 and keeping the market within range of the closely watched $80,000 level. According to spot data from Gate, the BTC/USDT pair is currently changing hands around $78,004, marking…...
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Ethereum liquidation map pins $874m long trapdoor and $403m short cliff
Coinglass data show Ethereum longs face about $874m in liquidations below $2,206, while shorts risk roughly $403m above $2,412, creating two key forced‑flow bands. Derivatives analytics platform Coinglass is flagging fresh stress points on Ethereum’s futures liquidation heatmap, with hundreds of millions…...
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Curve’s new bad‑debt pools turn losses into tradable claims
Curve Finance is turning CRV‑linked bad debt into tradable onchain claims via crvUSD–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 Egorov…...
Read MoreBitcoin open interest jumps nearly 6% as traders re‑lever into futures
Bitcoin futures open interest has climbed 5.92% to $57.621b, signaling traders are re‑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 past…...
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Brazil shuts crypto out of its official cross‑border payment pipes
Brazil’s central bank has barred crypto from settlement inside regulated eFX payment rails, forcing banks and fintechs back to fiat-only channels for cross‑border flows. Brazil’s central bank has introduced a foreign‑exchange rule that prohibits regulated cross‑border payment channels from using…...
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China court rules companies can’t replace employees with AI to cut costs
A Chinese court has ruled that companies cannot legally dismiss employees solely to replace them with cost-saving artificial intelligence tools, setting a clear boundary on how far firms can go in using automation to reduce labour costs. On April 30,…...
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Bithumb wins court stay on six‑month Korea FIU suspension
Seoul’s Administrative Court has stayed a six‑month partial suspension against Bithumb, halting Korea FIU’s harshest crypto penalty while the exchange fights it in court. South Korea’s Seoul Administrative Court has sided with Bithumb, temporarily blocking the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit…...
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Fun raises $72m to wire fiat and crypto into the same checkout
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 consumer…...
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Ripple investors turn to new profit opportunities, with SHRMiner offering returns of up to $57,000 per month
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 exploring…...
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Crypto market recap: What happened today?
Crypto market rises as Bitcoin shorts face pressure, ETF inflows continue, and Strategy’s STRC dividend risks draw attention....
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MoonPay’s AI-native debit card gives agents a live stablecoin rail
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 so…...
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Solana price risks drop to $75 as MACD forms bearish crossover
Solana price is showing signs of weakness as the MACD forms a bearish crossover, with price hovering just above a key support zone that could determine the next move. According to data from crypto.news, Solana (SOL) price was trading around…...
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Tether reports $1.04B Q1 profit as reserves climb to $191.8b
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 in…...
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MoonPay targets AI payments with Mastercard stablecoin card
MoonPay launches MoonAgents Card, letting AI agents spend stablecoins while expanding institutional crypto services....
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WHITE TECH joins Croatia’s first MiCA-approved crypto firms
WHITE TECH gains MiCA approval in Croatia, allowing regulated crypto exchange, custody, and transfer services under EU rules....
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Pentagon signs Nvidia, Microsoft, AWS for classified AI programs
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, and…...
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XRP to $10,000? Ripple CTO emeritus rejects bold claim
David Schwartz rejects $10,000 XRP claims and denies hidden government deal theories as old XRP comments resurface....
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Will BNB price lose $600 support as a risky pattern forms?
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) price…...
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Bitcoin May rally ahead? $79K breakout could decide
Bitcoin trades near $77K as analysts watch $79K resistance, ETF flows, and exchange inflows for the next move....
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SBI adds Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP rewards in Visa card push
SBI and Visa launch a crypto rewards card for BTC, ETH and XRP as SBI pursues Bitbank subsidiary talks in Japan....
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Tom Lee’s Bitmine stakes $508M ETH as holdings top 5M
Bitmine stakes $508M in ETH as holdings top 5M ETH, with over 4M ETH staked and 10.5% of Ethereum’s staked supply....
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Crypto market edges higher as short squeeze builds, Alphabet shares surge
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 the…...
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Strategy CEO Phong Le frames STRC as income despite payout risks
Strategy’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 Brunell’s show, the executive described STRC…...
Read MoreAnalysis: Bitcoin’s 46-day funding drain set the stage for this week’s wipeout
Bitcoin funding rates stayed negative for 46 days, the longest since 2023, forcing shorts to pay longs daily. Bitcoin shorts didn’t just lose money when the squeeze hit; they had been losing money long before it arrived. For 46 consecutive…...
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Ethereum rebound at risk? Exchange data flashes warning
Ethereum holds near $2,280 as exchange supply data signals dip risk while negative funding raises short squeeze concerns....
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Bithumb wins court stay, dodges six-month suspension blow
South Korea’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 court’s 2nd Administrative Division under Judge Gong Hyeon-jin approved…...
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Brazil blocks crypto use in regulated cross-border payments
Brazil bars crypto settlement inside regulated eFX payment rails as its central bank tightens stablecoin oversight....
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Riot Q1 results show Bitcoin pressure and AI data center growth
Riot reports $167.2M Q1 revenue, sells 3,778 BTC, and expands AMD data center capacity to 50 MW....
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A fresh crypto presale pick, BlockchainFX rises next to Ethereum price prediction news
Crypto price forecasts remain central in 2026 as BlockchainFX gains investor attention amid market shifts. What makes a smart crypto price prediction matter in 2026? Today’s crypto market cap sits near $2.56T, 24h volume is about $129.43B, and Ethereum (ETH)…...
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Japan exchange giant JPX prepares for crypto ETF debut
JPX says crypto ETF listings may begin after Japan clarifies legal reforms, while Bitcoin ETFs return to inflows....
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