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Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

As Bitcoin and altcoins continue to sell off, venture capital is raising millions for blockchain-based financial infrastructure, while real-world assets continue to draw capital.

The United States Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump could not use national emergency powers to levy tariffs during peacetime.

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that tariffs could help pay down the $38 trillion, and growing, US national debt.

Crypto illiquidity is pressuring DeFi lending companies, but Wall Street giants continue to increase their exposure to the world’s largest Ethereum treasury company.

The failure of the bulls to start a strong recovery in Bitcoin and the major altcoins suggests that the bears intend to remain active at higher levels.

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty climbed to 144.4 trillion after January storms briefly slashed hash rate, while some US miners offset downtime by selling electricity back to the grid.

After four years contributing, BGD Labs said it would be leaving the DAO, citing changes to the organization and taking an “adversarial position“ to its liquidity protocol.

Bitcoin stayed rangebound within a "downward trajectory" as the Supreme Court concluded that some US trade tariffs were illegal and liable for a refund.

Private equity, which has the second-highest risk weighting, carries a 400% weight under the current Basel III banking framework.

US Federal Judge Aleta Trauger granted Kalshi a preliminary injunction against Tennessee, finding its sports event contracts fall under CFTC jurisdiction.

Stablecoin ecosystem A7A5 has faced accusations of sanctions evasion and, according to some analysts, is creating an alternative, sanctions-free financial network.

House Democrats are pressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over World Liberty Financial’s push for a national trust bank charter, citing systemic risk.

Tether’s USDT is nearing its largest monthly supply drop since the collapse of FTX, with whales and smart money traders continuing to reduce their USDT holdings.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs are approaching a five-week outflow streak, with $2.7 billion in net redemptions year-to-date, as BTC posts one of its weakest starts to a year.

Metaplanet’s Simon Gerovich addressed critics who accused the company of hiding losses and key details of its Bitcoin bets, as investor anger over leveraged Bitcoin treasuries spreads.

Lawmakers criticize South Korea’s Financial Services Commission after Bithumb mistakenly credited 620,000 BTC and the probe faces delays.

The on-chain analytics firm‘s focus on decentralized finance and non-fungible tokens had fallen out of step with the industry‘s current trajectory.

White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt reportedly refocused crypto and bank lobby talks on a crypto bill to allow stablecoin rewards tied to transaction activity.

Bitdeer has launched its second-ever convertible senior note offering, which has seen its shares tumble 29% so far this year.

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari says crypto is “utterly useless” compared to AI, and that pro-stablecoin arguments are “a buzzword salad.”

Sanctions evasion networks, guarantee marketplaces, and large-scale money laundering schemes dominated illicit stablecoin use, says TRM Labs.

Bitcoin developer Matt Carallo says Bitcoiners are looking to “blame something” for the asset’s sluggish price, dismissing quantum fears as the culprit.

Jason Calacanis says he’s spending about $110,000 a year on an AI agent that runs at a fraction of capacity, raising doubts about replacing human workers.

Bitcoin may stay capped under $70,000 as traders deploy bearish options strategies, and spot BTC ETF outflows point to a retest of the yearly low.

Exclusive fourth quarter data shows 69.2% of issuers are live, while 84.6% report regulatory friction shaping tokenization rollout.

As has been typical in crypto markets of late, even the most modest move higher was met with immediate selling.

Crypto, real estate and politics collided at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club as insiders debated tokenization and regulation.

Bitcoin Cash (BCH), down 2.1% from Thursday, was also among the underperformers.

Technical traders see a compression setup, with $1.39 as key support and $1.44 as near-term resistance that could open a move toward $1.50 to $1.62 if reclaimed.

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Korean exchanges Upbit and Bithumb both added local currency pairs for the privacy-focused layer-2 token, triggering a sharp move in a thinly traded market.

Bitcoin rebounded above $68,000 as ETF outflows hit $6.8 billion and funding flips positive. A break above $72,000 is needed to confirm a bullish shift.

The bill would clarify which digital assets fall under securities law versus Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight.

Bitcoin difficulty rebounds to 144.4T as hashrate recovers to 1 ZH/s despite multi year low hashprice.

Geopolitical tensions and a cautious tone in U.S. stocks are keeping risk appetite in check, and some strategists warn of a potential retest of 2024 lows before a more sustained recovery.

Bitcoin is on course for its first ever back to back declines in January and February.

Simon Gerovich defends disclosure standards, options trading model, and hotel operations.

Sources familiar with the talks on stablecoin yields say the White House urged bankers to get on board with a deal that lets the market structure bill advance.

The average bitcoin ETF investor now sits on a 20% paper loss, leaving the market vulnerable to capitulation selling if prices slide further, a Wintermute trader said.

In the latest of a series of meetings hosted at the White House, bankers and crypto policy experts met to break down the wall halting the market structure bill.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump acknowledged bitcoin’s volatility but said its upside potential outweighs the risks as prices hover below $70,000.

The Chicago-based company said it was temporarily suspending client deposits and withdrawals last week due to recent market and financial conditions.

A deep look at predictions on Kalshi called such platforms valuable to policymakers and researchers, according to a new Fed paper.

The Minneapolis Fed president said stablecoins don’t beat Venmo and argued crypto fails basic real-world tests.

The cinema chain has stepped back from screening an award-winning AI short while Hollywood battles over the technology’s creative role.

Lawmakers in South Korea are intensifying scrutiny over the role of regulators after Bithumb accidentally gave out $43 billion in Bitcoin.

Lawmakers warned that approving World Liberty Financial's bank charter application could jeopardize the legitimacy of the U.S. banking system.

Dutch regulator the Netherlands Gambling Authority this week ordered the prediction market to halt operations immediately.

Base is taking their ball (onchain revenue) and going home (to their own chain).

Bitcoin ETF outflows near $4 billion over the past five weeks, as experts debate whether the streak signals a reset or structural weakness.

Three engineers are accused of stealing sensitive mobile processor and cryptography files from Google and two other companies.

At ETH Denver, Caitlin Long said the ethics controversy around Trump-linked crypto projects has complicated Senate support.

Capital is rotating out of DeFi into tokenized assets as experts say the shift reflects maturing markets, not capitulation.

U.S. prosecutors say the former defense contractor executive took about $1.26 million in crypto to transfer sensitive exploit tools tied to Five Eyes intelligence work.

Stablecoin incentives remain a key unresolved issue as lawmakers seek to advance digital-asset market-structure legislation.

The longtime Warhammer designer backed Games Workshop’s generative AI ban, arguing the technology undermines creative work.

“Silicon Valley” actor T.J. Miller joked that an AI bot “replaced” him as this week’s ETH Denver host, amid actual growing job fears.

Google AI music generator Lyria 3 is now available on the Gemini app. It works—mostly—but the competition has a big head start.

Sharplink is shaking up its branding as it reports additional Ethereum holdings and a rising number of institutional investors.

Crypto gaming metaverse platform The Sandbox is rolling out its Season 7 content push, making it easier than ever for players to jump in.

Consulting giant Accenture is monitoring senior staff logins to AI tools and tying career advancement to adoption rates—all while AI threatens to eliminate jobs.

Bitcoin's recent plunge has prompted a wave of investors and observers seeking answers about why the top cryptocurrency is cratering.

The longtime crypto critic warned against using taxpayer dollars to rescue investors and firms amid the current market slide.

Top derivatives marketplace CME will adopt 24/7 crypto trading on May 29, pending regulatory approval. The CFTC has indicated it supports such moves.

As AI systems grow more autonomous, Walrus argues that verifiable data infrastructure will determine which systems earn trust.

Base is designed to house Coinbase’s on-chain products and provide an open ecosystem for dapps, onboarding “billions of users.”

GLM-5 beat Claude in business simulation by pretending to be American. Claude fell for it, shared strategies with competitors, and lost. Wall Street's AI deployment just got more complicated.

OpenAI and Paradigm have released EVMbench—a framework for evaluating AI agents' ability to find vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts.

ECB Governing Council member Joachim Nagel argued a wholesale CBDC and euro-pegged stablecoins could boost the euro’s international role.

Brian Armstrong downplayed fears that quantum computing will break blockchain encryption, pointing to Coinbase’s new advisory council.

Optimism's OP token sank after Base announced it's moving away from the OP Stack to a unified, self-operated tech stack.

A new UNESCO report projects steep revenue losses for music and screen creators as lawyers say the fair use doctrine is buckling under AI’s scale.

Selling pressure across altcoins has continued to build, with net outflows now matching levels last seen in 2021

Research is casting prediction markets as policy-relevant forecasting tools just as state regulators escalate efforts to curtail their use.

ETH Denver founder John Paller says serious interest has replaced hype-driven crowds.

Coinbase signaled its crypto-backed lending product is expanding in the U.S., unveiling support for XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, and Litecoin.

OpenAI and Paradigm launched EVMbench, a tool that tests how capable AI agents are at finding and fixing smart contract vulnerabilities.

The quick foray to $0.065 has receded by 5.19% in under 8 hours.

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AVAX approaches the October 10 crash resistance as volume surges and taker buy pressure strengthens.

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Mapping RAVE crypto's journey past $0.65 amid 29% daily price surge.

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ARB’s decline initially stemmed from on-chain capital movement but has since evolved into a derivatives-driven downturn.

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Persistent whale buying and shrinking liquid supply will determine whether ETH forms durable floor or not.

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Lower activity, higher returns - Solana’s capital efficiency shines.

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Whales remove ETH from exchanges as accumulation pressure intensifies across major trading platforms.

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MYX prices rebound as leverage and bullish momentum align aggressively across derivatives markets.

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The H4 swing structure has shifted bullishly, and the $1.41 retracement level has been tested as support.

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In the early days of crypto, speed and accessibility were often prioritised over cost efficiency. […]

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Bitcoin's next few weeks will be worth looking out for.

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