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Major U.S. Labor Unions Urge Senators to Oppose the Crypto Bill
Major U.S. labor unions, including the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and others, are urging senators to oppose the Digital...
Bhutan Moves Another 100.44 BTC as 2026 Outflows Hit $230M
On May 12, 2026, the Bhutanese government transferred another 100.44 BTC, worth $8.2 million, from Druk Holding and Investments’ wallets to an unlabeled address. The move pushed the kingdom’s total...
DTCC and Chainlink Expand Blockchain Push in Finance Systems
Major financial institutions are using more tokenized assets in post-trade and investment systems as blockchain becomes more common in traditional finance. DTCC, Chainlink, Kraken, and Franklin Templeton are developing systems...
Wall Street Banks Push Blockchain Into $13T Repo Market
Wall Street banks are expanding blockchain use across the $13 trillion repo market, a system that provides short-term funding between financial institutions. JPMorgan and other major lenders are testing tokenized...
GameStop’s $56B Bid for eBay Rejected Over Funding Fears
eBay rejected GameStop’s $56 billion takeover proposal on Tuesday, calling the unsolicited offer “neither credible nor attractive.” The move sets up a setback for GameStop’s attempt to acquire the online...
US Senate to Vote on CLARITY Act Markup, Leaves Crypto Stakeholders Optimistic
Crypto community opinion leaders seem impressed with the latest CLARITY Act markup, with many of them going public with their admiration of sections addressing matters that have come under debate...
ZachXBT Exposes Threat Actor Tied to $19 Million Social Engineering Thefts
On-chain investigator ZachXBT has exposed a threat actor, Dritan Kapllani Jr., linked to the theft of $19 million through social-engineering attacks targeting crypto holders. In his latest thread on X,...
Stellar Partners With Bermuda to Build the World’s First Fully On-Chain Economy
Stellar moved deeper into government-backed finance this week after Bermuda unveiled plans to migrate major payment activities onto the blockchain network. The initiative marks Bermuda’s first operational step toward becoming...
Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City Launches Fast-Track Licensing
Bhutan’s ambitious Gelephu Mindfulness City plan has introduced a fast‑track licensing process to draw in global finance and crypto firms. This is another clear sign the country is angling to...
Florida Crypto CEO Charged in $328M Fraud Case
Goliath Ventures founder Christopher Alexander Delgado has publicly acknowledged responsibility for investor losses tied to the cryptocurrency investment operation after federal prosecutors previously charged him with wire fraud and money...
Arthur Hayes Says Trump-Iran War and AI Spending Could Fuel Crypto Bull Case
Arthur Hayes, the co-founder and former CEO of BitMEX, has linked the Trump-Iran war, artificial intelligence spending, and rising fiat liquidity to a broader bull-market thesis in crypto. In his...
Dalio Questions BTC Volatility; Saylor Fires Back with Digital Capital
A new clash over Bitcoin’s place in global finance flared up this week after billionaire Ray Dalio cast doubt on its status as a safe-haven asset, quickly drawing a sharp...
ZachXBT Accuses Bitget Stakeholder of Enabling Scams on the Platform
Renowned blockchain investigator, ZachXBT, has launched an attack on Bitget over a recent exploit on the centralized exchange. ZachXBT accused the exchange of inflating LAB’s value to bait retail. He...
Bitcoin Retail Demand Turns Positive After Six-Week Recovery
Bitcoin retail demand has shifted back into positive territory for the first time since early April, according to on-chain data tracked by analyst Axel Adler Jr, though absolute transfer volumes...
ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, and Gemini Predict Scenarios of XRP Breakout Ahead of May 14 CLARITY Act Vote
The price of XRP is drawing attention ahead of the May 14 Senate Banking Committee markup of the CLARITY Act. Several major AI models outline bullish and bearish scenarios tied...
Housing Proposal Found Inside Major Crypto Bill Moving Through Congress
Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett has drawn attention to a surprising section in a major crypto bill currently moving through Congress. In a post on X, Terrett said a housing proposal...
Musk’s AI Ambitions Face Pressure as Grok Struggles to Keep Pace
Elon Musk launched Grok in late 2023 with plans to challenge OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google in the AI market. Two years later, the numbers show the gap is widening instead...
FBI Charges Three Men for Kidnapping and Robbing Crypto Holders
A federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted three men from Tennessee on charges of conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, attempted robbery, and attempted kidnapping following...
Bitcoin and Gold Debate Resurfaces After Dalio Comments on BTC’s Role
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio renewed discussion around Bitcoin’s role in global markets after questioning whether the cryptocurrency has functioned as a reliable safe-haven asset compared with gold. Dalio stated...
Senate CLARITY Act Vote Puts Crypto Rules and Bank Pressure in Focus
The US Senate Banking Committee will vote on the CLARITY Act on May 14 at 10:30 am ET, pushing one of the biggest crypto market structure bills seen in Washington...
Markets, AI Rally Rattled as Trump Calls Iran Ceasefire “On Life Support”
Global markets turned cautious on Tuesday after President Trump declared the US-Iran ceasefire was “on life support,” describing Tehran’s latest counterproposal to end the war as “garbage.” Oil responded immediately....
US April CPI Report Sparks Fresh Fears of Fed Rate Hikes in 2026
The upcoming release of the U.S. April Consumer Price Index (CPI) report has raised attention on the Federal Reserve’s next policy move, as financial markets continue to price in a...
Dollar Holds Steady as Middle East Peace Talks Fade
The US dollar held steady on Tuesday even as hopes for a Middle East peace deal weakened and oil prices climbed higher. Markets are now balancing two opposing forces, i.e.,...
OCC Grants Conditional Approval to Augustus for First AI-Native US National Bank Charter
A 25-year-old just received OCC approval to build America’s first AI-native clearing bank, Augustus, has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish Augustus...
XRP Price Pullback: Can Bulls Reclaim $1.58-$1.85 Resistance Zone?
XRP price slipped from highs near $1.50 and traded around $1.46 as geopolitical tension weighed on crypto markets. The pullback followed weaker risk sentiment after recent bullish momentum failed to...
