Bitcoin activity nears record highs on microtransaction surge 
Goldman Sachs cuts year-end gold target by $500, doubting rate cuts 
El Salvador Adds to Bitcoin Reserve Again as Daily Buys Push Stack Past 7,680 BTC 
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Greenlights Crypto Tax of 0.2% on Every Transfer Starting 2027 
$82.53 Intraday Low: How STRC’s Drop Tests Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Credit Machine 
Despite Warsh Replacing Powell at the Fed, Traders See No Rate Cut Coming in June
Kevin Warsh cleared a Senate Banking Committee vote on April 29 and is expected to chair his first Federal Open...
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Coinbase Says Prediction Markets Are Maturing, CFTC Needs No New Mandate
Coinbase says prediction markets should stay under CFTC oversight, arguing event-based contracts already fit within federal derivatives law. The company...
XRP Reaches 5M+ Merchants Through Rakuten Wallet Integration
Rakuten Wallet added XRP access to one of Japan’s largest consumer payment networks, a rollout highlighted by a Ripple manager...
Tokenization Megatrend: Grayscale Names ETH, SOL, LINK in $30B Market
Grayscale Research said Ethereum, Solana, Canton, Avalanche, BNB Chain, and Chainlink are positioned to benefit as tokenized assets expand. The...
Strategy takes Bitcoin buying breather ahead of Q1 earnings report
Michael Saylor signaled a “pause” on BTC buying ahead of Tuesday’s earnings report, with Wall Street expecting a loss for...
A ‘Generational Play’ Arises Amid Economic Fury – Week In Review
This editorial is from last week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this...
Blackrock and Circle Lead Tokenized Treasuries as Market Value Climbs to $15.20B
At the outset of May, the total market valuation of tokenized U.S. Treasuries sits at $15.20 billion, following $1.06 billion...
Gareth Soloway Warns Bitcoin Could Drop to $50K as Bear Flag Tightens at $85,000
Gareth Soloway, chief market strategist and president of Verified Investing, told David Lin of The David Lin Report (TDLR) that...
Bitcoin Technical Setup Points to Key Breakout Zone Near $80K
Bitcoin is consolidating below a critical resistance zone on May 3, 2026, as mixed short-term signals meet strong underlying trend...
Bitcoin preps highest weekly close since January as BTC price nears $79K
Bitcoin canceled out the week's earlier losses to tease the highest BTC price weekly candle close since the end of...
Americans distrust crypto, AI as industry super PACs flood midterms, poll finds
A new Politico poll finds most Americans distrust crypto and AI, raising questions about whether candidates backed by industry super...
Wallets seized by OFAC may not be Iranian; other state actors instead: Analyst
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that wallets the US targeted as part of Operation Economic Fury were linked to Tehran,...
Strategy Skips Weekly Bitcoin Buy After 108 Total Purchases, 818,334 BTC Holdings
Strategy paused bitcoin purchases, shifting market focus to its 818,334 BTC exposure. Michael Saylor confirmed the halt after the company’s...
Bitcoin Difficulty Falls 2.3% as Hashrate Slips Below 1 ZH/s and Block Times Slow
This week, the Bitcoin network recorded its second consecutive difficulty reduction, easing another 2.3% on May 1 after the April...
Stablecoins Reach $321B Market Cap as $1B Inflows Lift Sector to New High
Following a week marked by an absence of both inflows and outflows, the stablecoin economy recorded $1.08 billion in inflows...
