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Ether could rise as high as $3,500 in the coming days, fueled by rising balances in Ethereum accumulation wallets and a strengthening technical structure.

Bitcoin price action failed to revisit the $83,000 mark after US-Iran war tensions took over to steer the crypto market mood.

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.

The Wall Street bank is charging 50 basis points per crypto trade, below basic retail pricing at Coinbase, Robinhood and Charles Schwab.

The crypto industry in the UK has come out against the Bank of England’s proposed policy that would ban custodial wallets for stablecoins.

OpenTrade raised $17 million to expand its stablecoin yield platform, bringing total funding above $30 million as it scales stablecoin yield infrastructure for global clients.

Remittance firms are using crypto to bypass parts of traditional settlement infrastructure, but this does not mean SWIFT is disappearing.

The Korea Securities Depository platform is expected to go live by February 2027, aligning with South Korea’s incoming security token framework.

Robinhood’s ZEC listing, easing US–Iran tensions and a shrinking liquid supply of tokens are further strengthening the bullish outlook for Zcash in the coming weeks.

Bubblemaps said it identified a large wallet cluster that accumulated 90% of the Mystery token’s supply at launch, raising concerns around the token’s distribution.

Linea Consortium board director Declan Fox said the move gives its technology a neutral, foundation-governed home.

Bitcoin’s onchain data suggests that the upside may not be over for BTC price, but resistance at $84,000 could delay the recovery.

The plaintiff says Coinbase froze traceable assets from a 2024 DAI phishing theft but refused to return them without a court order.

CME to launch CFTC‑regulated Bitcoin Volatility futures in June, giving institutions an onshore way to trade implied BTC volatility.

Bitcoin price analysis saw $84,000 as bulls' "most critical" reclaim target as the risk of new $50,000 lows returned to the radar.

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US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $999 million in inflows over two trading days as Bitcoin moved back above $80,000.

OKX Card data shows most crypto spending in Europe is on groceries and dining, signaling growing everyday use over luxury purchases.

BG Wealth Sharing, according to authorities, claimed to provide guidance on crypto trading, advertised heavily on social media and offered “daily profit opportunities.”

Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto investment arm said its new fund would seek to back projects that “people keep using when the hype fades.”

SIX Group received FINMA approval to provide crypto custody through the same regulated infrastructure used for traditional securities settlement and post-trade services.

The crypto exchange said eligible US users can now access up to 10x leveraged spot crypto trading through a CFTC-registered entity.

Anchorage’s new product enables AI agents to have compliant access to capital across traditional finance and crypto payment rails.

The Colombian president pointed to the impact Bitcoin mining has had in Paraguay, which is now the fourth-largest Bitcoin mining country by hashrate.

Bryan Pellegrino, co-founder and CEO of LayerZero, disputed Kelp DAO’s accusations and said a postmortem by external security firms will be published soon.

Erik Reppel, who created the x402 protocol, said that the web economy depends heavily on advertising revenue generated from humans. AI agents bypass that system entirely.

O’Leary says institutional investors still see tokenization as too risky without clear U.S. crypto regulation and compliance standards.

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Maxime Seiler notes that weak crypto prices mask adoption, making yield strategies the main trade. Then, Kavita Maharaj‑Alexander writes on crypto’s next phase being driven by proving compliance in practice, elevating the infrastructure providers that enable it.

When digital assets are frozen, holders can suddenly be deprived of access to their legitimate assets or income. Here’s what to know to keep your digital holdings safe.

Also: Alpenglow upgrade update, Ripple on North Korea hacking threat, Cloudflare on AI agents and web economics

Bitcoin miner expands into AI infrastructure with long-term hyperscale contract in Texas, which includes options that could increase the total value of the agreement to over $25 billion.

It's day two of Consensus Miami 2026 on Wednesday. Stay tuned for updates throughout the day.

Offshore synthetic tokens may not represent the underlying equity, use company names without approval, and exploit regulatory arbitrage.

Near Protocol (NEAR) surged 16% and Internet Computer (ICP) gained 10.4%, leading index higher.

The a16z-backed stablecoin yield and RWA lending platform’s funding round was led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital.

The BONK core contributor argued memecoins skipping ETF and public-company rails end up rinsing retail.

President Gustavo Petro said Colombia's Caribbean coast could host bitcoin mining facilities powered by surplus renewable energy, following a path similar to Paraguay.

The privacy coin extended its multi-month rally on Tuesday with $46.7 million in shorts liquidated, after Multicoin Capital disclosed a significant ZEC position.

The bank is rolling out crypto trading on E*Trade with lower fees than Coinbase, Robinhood and Schwab, according to Bloomberg.

Compass Point took a more cautious stance, reiterating a Neutral rating and $36 target, saying much of the expected growth is already priced in, though it acknowledged potential upside.

Your day-ahead look for May 6, 2026

Executives from Ondo, Robinhood and Babylon Labs said at Consensus Miami 2026 that banks and traditional finance firms are embracing crypto infrastructure, though institutional adoption remains constrained.

The purchase marks a shift from Multicoin’s 2019 view, as ZEC has surged over 1,500% in the last year.

BTC climbed above $82,00 as a weaker dollar lifted crypto markets, while privacy coins and AI-linked tokens led an altcoin rally.

Bitcoin climbed toward $82,000 alongside a more than 1% rise in Nasdaq futures amid reports of progress toward a U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding.

The wild world of space simulation game Eve Online will soon become an AI research destination for Google DeepMind thanks to a new deal.

The 21Shares exchange-traded note gives U.K. investors exposure to preferred shares of top Bitcoin treasury firm, Strategy.

Farage insisted that the gift from Christopher Harborne was for his personal security and had been reviewed “from every legal angle.”

Anthropic released 10 ready-to-run templates targeting some of finance's most time-consuming tasks—from building pitchbooks to closing the books at month-end.

Hut 8’s second hyperscale AI campus lease deal covers the first phase of a sprawling Nueces County complex that was originally meant to fuel Bitcoin mining.

Tech giant Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle claims it misled consumers about its AI system's capabilities.

Oil is down 14% and broader markets are soaring. Coinbase is cutting 14% of its workforce. And is Michael Saylor going to finally sell some Bitcoin?

Bitcoin's jumped as WTI crude fell 10%, on reports that the U.S. has prepared a on-page memorandum of understanding to end the war in Iran.

MultiCoin Capital disclosed a significant ZEC position, citing wealth seizure risks as a catalyst for private assets.

The largest corporate Bitcoin holder is reconsidering its “never sell” stance, with analysts weighing the ripple effects.

The protocol shift comes as a $71 million court fight continues to unfold.

CME's upcoming futures product will track whether the market thinks the price of Bitcoin is about to swing wildly or stay steady.

Experts warn that AI is exposing software bugs at scale, raising the risk of faster cyberattacks.

Solana's Drift Protocol says most of the stolen funds linked to North Korean hackers remain traceable—and it has a plan to make victims whole.

AI native memes, meet AI-generated frogs and classic Brazilian nursery rhymes.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy continues to bet big on Bitcoin even as falling prices deliver a punishing quarter for the treasury giant.

Solana’s new service lets AI agents pay for Google Cloud and community APIs on a per-request basis, bypassing traditional accounts.

A Cambridge-led study finds AI is not turning hackers into superhackers. It’s mostly helping them write blog spam.

GPT-5.5 Instant is now the default ChatGPT model. It makes fewer things up, answers more concisely, and finally remembers what you told it last week.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said the lawsuit targets AI bots that misrepresent themselves as licensed medical professionals.

Sequans Communications liquidated nearly half its Bitcoin treasury as mounting losses and debt obligations forced a strategic reversal.

Investors allege the rapper misled buyers about the token’s real-world utility.

GameStop's $55.5 billion eBay bid broke the Berkshire-style thesis the “Big Short” investor had bet on since January.

The lawsuit against Coinbase appears to be filed by the victim of a $55 million stablecoin phishing attack pulled off in 2024.

NYSE-listed crypto exchange operator Bullish will merge blockchain infrastructure with a transfer agent serving traditional equity markets.

Google, Microsoft, and Elon Musk’s xAI have agreed to run their models by the U.S. government as Trump weighs an AI executive order.

Bitcoin funds are flying high again after a short-lived stretch of outflows nearly wrecked their recent run of green weeks.

Andreessen Horowitz's latest fund signals institutional confidence in crypto as the investment landscape shows signs of recovery.

Shorts have paid a 12% annualized carry for 66 days amid Bitcoin's climb—analysts say the driver is institutional hedging, not fear.

The crypto exchange is restructuring around artificial intelligence and flattening its org chart, CEO Brian Armstrong said.

Bitcoin is firmly over $80k. The DTCC is about to tokenize everything. And World Liberty Fi countersues Justin Sun.

Toncoin has jumped on Pavel Durov's pledge to slash fees to near-zero, with TON meme coins piling on gains of up to 150%.

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