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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.

Blockchain-based versions of US stocks are drawing growing investor activity, with onchain wallets and cross-venue trading expanding rapidly.

Analysis by Bitcoin services company River forecasts a transaction surge as individuals and businesses experiment with AI agentic payments.

Bitcoin is on course to lock in another negative month, but one analyst says major differences in the current market structure could be a sign of a pending trend reversal.

Paul Atkins and Hester Peirce spoke at ETHDenver on Wednesday on the future of regulation at the SEC and its response to crypto market volatility.

A transaction-level analysis of 92 community banks found $78.3 million in net deposits moved to Coinbase over 13 months, with money market accounts losing most outflows.

The Bollinger Bands indicator has narrowed to its tightest level on record, a rare technical setup that analysts say is a sign of a pending directional move.

The ETF invests exclusively in short-term US Treasurys and is structured for potential use by stablecoin issuers under US reserve requirements.

Trump administration officials held a similar event last week to discuss stablecoin yield within a market structure bill under consideration in Congress.

Heavy outflows haven’t erased the success of spot Bitcoin ETFs, which still hold $53 billion in cumulative inflows, according to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas.

Bitcoin trades in a tight demand zone that formed in 2024, but previous bear market data suggests the channel will break and lead to new lows.

New Bitcoin price analysis set out key safety nets for bulls ahead of a potential showdown with Binance traders' aggregate deposit cost basis.

As both the SEC and CFTC explore 24/7 trading hours for US capital markets, several traditional financial exchanges file to expand hours in anticipation of such a move.

Public Bitcoin miners are developing 30 gigawatts of AI-focused power capacity, nearly triple current levels, as post-halving margin pressure reshapes the industry.

Bitcoin fed into “extreme bearish sentiment” as a tight BTC price range fueled daily crypto liquidations of over $200 million.

Initial features will support basic transfers, setting the stage for subsequent upgrades, including privacy features for tokenized real-world assets.

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Crypto’s reputation is improving, but investors still complain that their banks are blocking their accounts for interacting with digital assets.

Voltage has launched a US dollar‑settled revolving credit line that plugs directly into Bitcoin and Lightning payment flows, letting businesses send instant, Lightning‑style payments.

Carlo Kölzer says tokenization is not threatening but is reshaping traditional markets after the company's 360T platform integrates Kraken-backed xStocks.

“Bitcoin going to zero” Google searches have spiked to their highest level since the FTX collapse, even as institutional buyers accumulate BTC and macro uncertainty hits record highs.

Larger crypto payments to darknet markets were linked to higher stimulant hospitalizations and deaths in Canadian health data.

Polymarket’s lawsuit challenges state authority and could redefine whether the CFTC controls US prediction markets or whether states set their own rules.

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.

Centralized exchanges are moving forward building their own blockchain infrastructure even as the broader Ethereum ecosystem debates its future.

Crypto bank Anchorage Digital is launching U.S.-compliant stablecoin rails for international banks, offering faster movement of assets across borders.

Crypto vaults explained: Learn about risk layers (smart contract, redemption), composability and how RWAs will change DeFi yields.

The companies are working to structure and tokenize loan revenue tied to the Trump Organization's Maldives resort project.

Market analysts said the extreme downside scenario risked influencing real capital flows, prompting a heated public debate over bitcoin’s macro outlook.

Royal family-linked mining rigs are producing about 4 BTC a day, turning state-backed infrastructure into a steady sovereign bitcoin machine

The Singapore-based bitcoin miner and AI data center firm is raising capital to repurchase notes and fund expansion.

Legislators must choose whether America leads the next generation of finance or watches from the sidelines.

Binance Coin (BNB) was also among the underperformers, down 0.5% from Wednesday.

History suggests the current move could lead to consolidation around the $60,000 region in the months ahead before the next leg upward.

The FGRD token represents common shares of the company issued natively onchain with instant settlement and built-in lending tools.

The French banking giant expands its euro stablecoin to a third blockchain, deepening institutional use of XRPL for compliant digital assets and onchain settlement

Sanctions-related activity accounted for 86% of illicit crypto flows last year, with most of those flows routed through stablecoin platforms, according to TRM Labs.

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Bitcoin and ether tick higher, but weak altcoin breadth, heavy liquidations and elevated options hedging suggest traders remain cautious.

“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.

An activist investor said Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms needs a "renewed sense of urgency" in order to capitalize on the major AI opportunity.

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel and Founders Fund held a 7.5% stake in Ethereum treasury company ETHZilla last year—but not anymore.

Ethereum layer-2 network Base is leaving behind the Optimism technology stack as it seeks faster upgrades and reduced overhead.

The first Sui ETFs are now trading as Canary and Grayscale bring staking-enabled crypto exposure to traditional markets.

The organization is led by industry veteran Jake Chervinsky and backed with $29 million worth of HYPE.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon backed Treasury Secretary Bessent, who recently had harsh words for companies like Coinbase that said no crypto legislation is better “than a bad bill.”

Sai Perps launches alongside ‘Let’s Go Saicho,’ an onchain trading competition with $25,000 in prizes up for grabs.

Crypto's next major use case has arrived: powering autonomous AI agents. And they're already using "natural selection" to evolve onchain...

Built into social media platform X, Grok is Musk’s edgy AI chatbot—real-time, irreverent, and mired in controversy.

Trump-backed DeFi project World Liberty Financial is up on whale buying and a short squeeze, amid scrutiny over its $500 million UAE deal.

MemeCore isn’t in the safe zone yet.

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ETF investors and self-custody holders are feeling the heat!

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Bitcoin's Sharpe Ratio fell to -38 levels last witnessed during major cycle bottoms.

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Something strange is happening inside Bitcoin as prices stagnate between $60K and $70K.

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TD Cowen warned that states may win the legal fight against the CFTC.

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Bitcoin’s pullback is drawing steady accumulation from small holders, who have added over 1% BTC since the October.

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From tech stocks to crypto: Is AI driving the next big rotation?

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The main intent is to counter stablecoins and global card giants.

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Bitcoin stalls as rate cut odds fade and fear narratives intensify.

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Brad Garlinghouse has put the odds of the CLARITY Act passing by April is at 80%.

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AI can now drain crypto contracts in seconds, so why is finding bugs still its biggest weakness?

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