Bitcoin
View all →Bitcoin pulls back to $76,600 as rising oil price and Iran risks stall the rally
Bitcoin pulled back to $76,600 as geopolitical tension and rising oil prices cooled momentum that had pushed the asset toward $80,000. Short-term hold…
Bitcoin loses $77,000, ether, solana slide as Hormuz standoff lifts oil to 3-week high
Bitcoin dropped to $76,923 on Tuesday morning, sliding 2.4% in 24 hours after failing to hold $79,400 the day before. The entire top 10 traded red as …
Bitcoin pressured by Fed uncertainty, oil, and AI slowdown
Bitcoin faces pressure from three converging headwinds. Fed uncertainty keeps macro traders cautious, oil-driven inflation constrains risk appetite, a…
DeFi
View all →Curve founder pitches market-based fix for $700K bad debt in contrast to Aave bailout
Curve's founder is proposing a market-based solution to the protocol's $700K bad debt problem instead of accepting a bailout like Aave did. The plan l…
Aven Launches Bitcoin-Backed Visa Card Offering Up to $1 Million Credit Lines Without Asset Sales
Aven launched a Bitcoin-backed Visa card that lets holders borrow against their BTC without selling it. Credit lines reach up to $1 million. The produ…
DeFi United push hits $300M as Consensys and Joseph Lubin contribute 30,000 ETH
DeFi United just crossed $300 million in commitments. Consensys and Joseph Lubin threw 30,000 ETH at the effort, marking a major show of force from th…
NFTs
View all →Pudgy Penguins rally coincides with token unlock as analyst flags exit liquidity risk
Pudgy Penguins token (PENGU) rallied recently, but DNTV Research analyst Bradley Park connected the bounce to a liquidity trap. The ecosystem delivere…
Morning Minute: NFTs Storm Back, Led by Bored Apes
Bitcoin hit its highest weekly close since January, signaling renewed strength after months of consolidation. The move reflects broader market momentu…
Should Cardano invest more into Bitcoin while top Cardano marketplaces like JPG Store shut down?
JPG Store, the leading Cardano NFT marketplace, entered restriction mode on April 23 and will shut down completely by May 23. The shutdown forces user…
Layer 2
View all →Paystand Launches USDb Stablecoin on Bitcoin Layers for $100T B2B Payments
Paystand launched USDb, a USD-backed stablecoin designed for Bitcoin's layer 2 networks. The coin lives on Blockstream's Liquid and Rootstock, targeti…
Exchanges
View all →Crypto Exchange Gemini Launches Agentic Trading Feature for AI Agents
Gemini rolled out automated trading powered by AI agents. The exchange integrated Claude and ChatGPT into an open protocol that lets these models exec…
Kalshi Says Bitcoin Payments and Prediction Markets Are Building a New Exchange for Big Money
Kalshi is positioning itself as an institutional-grade exchange built on Bitcoin payments and event-based prediction contracts. John Wang pitched the …
Gemini rolls out Agentic Trading allowing AI bots to directly manage crypto exchange trading account
Gemini launched agentic trading, letting AI bots directly manage crypto trading accounts on the platform. The exchange claims this is the first tool o…
Regulation
View all →Israeli regulators approve shekel-pegged stablecoin
Israeli regulators green-lit BILS, a shekel-pegged stablecoin issued by local exchange Bits of Gold. The approval caps a two-year pilot program runnin…
MiCA-licensed Banking Circle joins bank stablecoin settlement race in Europe
Banking Circle landed its MiCA license and now launches a stablecoin settlement service in Europe. The move puts them in direct competition with SocGe…
Massive Coinbase News! Bitcoin Rips to $96,750! Football.Fun TGE Interview with Founder!
Bitcoin hit $96,750 on a 2% rally, marking a new two-month high. Ethereum gained 2% to $3,360 while Solana held steady at $145. Monero printed a new a…
Institutional
View all →Western Union eyeing stablecoin launch to settle global transactions without SWIFT, CEO says
Western Union is building a stablecoin to bypass SWIFT and settle global transactions directly on blockchain. CEO Devin McGranahan confirmed the play.…
Cross-border B2B stablecoin payments to hit $5 trillion by 2035, says Juniper Research
Juniper Research projects stablecoin B2B cross-border payments will reach $5 trillion by 2035, with international business transactions representing 8…
Kbank teams with Ripple on overseas blockchain remittance trial
Kbank, a South Korean bank, partnered with Ripple to pilot blockchain-based overseas remittances. The trial arrives as South Korea prepares new regula…
Mining & Staking
View all →Bernstein sees IREN pivoting from Bitcoin mining to $3.7B AI cloud business
IREN is abandoning Bitcoin mining for AI cloud infrastructure. The miner inked a Microsoft deal and plans major GPU expansion to chase the $3.7 billio…
Bernstein sees IREN pivoting from Bitcoin mining to $3.7B AI cloud business
Bitcoin miner IREN is pivoting hard into AI cloud infrastructure. Bernstein analysts project the shift will generate a $3.7 billion business opportuni…
Security
View all →Industry leaders are pouring hundreds of millions into a rescue plan for Aave users after massive cr
Industry heavyweights mobilized hundreds of millions to rescue Aave users hit by a major crypto hack. The DeFi recovery fund grew beyond Aave itself, …
Solana clients Anza and Firedancer introduce post-quantum solution Falcon
Solana's Anza and Firedancer clients just rolled out Falcon, a post-quantum cryptographic solution. Jump Crypto, the team building Firedancer, says Fa…
Scammers use Gmail dot alias trick to spoof Robinhood in phishing scam
Scammers are running phishing attacks against Robinhood users through a Gmail loophole. They exploit Gmail's dot alias feature, which treats emails wi…