FOMO HOUR: A Daily Crypto & Web3 News Show

Crypto majors are slightly red; BTC -1% at $63.8k; ETH -2% at $1,880; SOL -1% at $73.50; HYPE +3% at $54.70. Top alt movers include UNI (+7%), PUMP (+5%) and ADA (+4%). Oil +1% at $85; Gold +1% at $4,115. Stock futures are green as tech stocks and memory go higher; DOW +0.5%, Nasdaq +1.2%. Strategy booked an $8.2 billion Q2 loss as Bitcoin fell below its $75,476 cost basis, far worse than the $2.15 billion Wall Street expected, though it added 11% to its stack and said its cash reserve covers two-plus years of dividends. Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest sold BitMine while adding to Coinbase and Circle, trimming about $4.4 million across BitMine, Robinhood, Block, and Bullish after their shares fell, while recently buying roughly $43.5 million of Coinbase and Circle. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act, accusing Democrats of stalling for political reasons and closing his appeal by quoting Satoshi Nakamoto: “If you don’t believe me or don’t get it, I don’t have time to try to convince you, sorry.”. The Bitcoin quantum threat inched closer as IBM claimed a “trusted quantum advantage,” a milestone that renews urgency around hardening Bitcoin’s cryptography. Elon Musk’s xAI sued Minnesota to block the US’s first AI nudification law, challenging it on free-speech grounds. Ondo Finance is weighing an acquisition worth up to $500 million, as the real-world-asset tokenization firm looks to expand through M&A. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mostly flat; BTC even at $64.4k; ETH even at $1,920; SOL even at $74; HYPE -3% at $53.20. Top alt movers include INJ (+4%), NEAR (+4%) and ZEC (+3%). Oil even at $83; Gold +1% at $4,080. Stock futures are green and rebounding after a post-FOMC selloff; DOW +0.3%, Nasdaq +1.2%. The Fed held rates steady at 3.50–3.75% in a 9-3 vote, with three regional presidents dissenting for a hike, the most dissents since 2016; Warsh’s commentary was fairly hawkish and markets sold off afterwards. Coinbase heads into Thursday’s earnings with Wall Street trimming estimates, as a spot-trading slump left Q2 volume near $152 billion, well below the $178 billion expected. Morgan Stanley executives said the traditional 9-to-5 banking day is dying, arguing that stablecoins and tokenization are pushing finance toward always-on, 24/7 settlement. SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the agency is “ready, willing, and able” to write crypto market rules itself if the CLARITY Act flounders. OpenAI’s rogue AI hacked four more platforms besides Hugging Face, per a quietly updated incident post, widening a containment failure that has alarmed security researchers. Crypto scams cost Americans an estimated $80.7 billion in 2025, with crypto over half of all cybercrime losses, per a Consumer Federation of America report. Stablecoin firm Brale said a new protocol removes a major hurdle to scaling custom tokens, making it easier for businesses to issue their own branded stablecoins. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are green and rebounding ahead of FOMC; BTC +2% at $64.4k; ETH +2% at $1,910; SOL +1% at $74; HYPE +1% at $54.80. Top alt movers include Kaito (+9%), JUP (+8%) and UNI (+7%). Oil +4% at $83; Gold even at $4,030. Stock futures are mixed ahead of FOMC today; DOW -0.3%, Nasdaq +0.3%. BlackRock, Fidelity, and other Wall Street giants publicly backed the CLARITY Act, with BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, and SoFi all urging passage, even as JPMorgan splits from the group over stablecoin-yield rules and the Senate’s window shrinks. Wall Street veteran Don Wilson said regulators are getting perps all wrong, arguing that crypto’s biggest trading innovation, perpetual futures, is being misunderstood by the CFTC and CME as they fight over onchain oversight. Ondo dropped its tokenized-asset blockchain plans in favor of a private, high-speed trading network, a notable pivot for one of the biggest names in real-world-asset tokenization. Ethereum startup EthSystems is betting privacy is the key to getting banks onchain, building tools so institutions can use public blockchains without exposing their activity. Michael Saylor called Bitcoin's code "a constitution," arguing that changes like BIP-110 are attacks on "economic rights". Morgan Stanley launched spot Ethereum and Solana ETPs under tickers MSSE and MSOL, each staking a portion of holdings and passing rewards to investors. 1inch launched its Aqua shared-liquidity layer publicly on 13 chains, letting LPs keep tokens in their own wallets while backing several positions at once, in what it calls the first “risk-controlled” DeFi liquidity venue. Russia charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism and placed him on an international wanted list, with the FSB alleging Telegram won't remove channels used to coordinate attacks inside Russia. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are very red amidst memory stock selloff and South Korean market slide; BTC -2% at $63.5k; ETH -4% at $1,875; SOL -4% at $73.1; HYPE -9% at $54.50. Oil -2% at $81; Gold -1% at $4,030. Stock futures are mixed as memory stocks selloff but others pump on strong earnings; DOW +0.7%, Nasdaq -0.9%. The US Senate put off the CLARITY Act for now, focusing its limited pre-recess bandwidth elsewhere, effectively confirming the crypto market-structure bill misses its August window despite weeks of last-minute negotiation. Circle bought nearly 1,000 blockchain patents from IBM, a defensive intellectual-property move to arm itself as stablecoin competition from Open USD, Visa, and Stripe intensifies. Kalshi and Polymarket won a pause against Minnesota’s prediction-market ban, a legal reprieve as the platforms keep fighting state-level challenges across the country. Fanatics bought a regulated exchange to grow its prediction-markets business, bringing the $30 billion sports-merchandise giant directly into the space alongside Kalshi and Polymarket. Kraken parent Payward acquired Magic Labs' embedded wallet business, absorbing a platform that's created over 60 million wallets since 2018, while Magic rebrands to Newton Labs to focus on its onchain-finance authorization layer. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are very green as oil fell 7% on Iran peace progress; BTC +1% at $65k; ETH +4% at $1,960; SOL +2% at $76.5; HYPE +2% at $59.90. PUMP (+18%), ZRO (+10%) and LIT (+10%) led top movers. Oil -7% at $83; Gold +1% at $4,100. Stock futures are very green with Oil dropping; DOW +1.1%, Nasdaq +1.5%. Crypto exchange BitMart is shutting down after nine years, with its BMX token crashing 58% on the news, the second exchange closure in a week after BitMEX. Strategy overhauled its Bitcoin metrics to show net exposure after senior claims, pegging its “Net Reserve” at $36.6 billion once $22.3 billion of preferred stock and convertible debt is stripped out, and permanently anchoring the equity-issuance threshold at 1.0x mNAV. A $5 billion cluster has formed in Bitcoin options, which analysts read as a bullish setup heading into the Fed week. A US regulator warned prediction markets against cutting corners on event contracts. Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, plans crypto trading infrastructure by December. Institutional trading platform LMAX is exploring a sale or IPO, working with Morgan Stanley and KBW to weigh its options. Brazilian farmers tokenized dairy cows to get loans, bypassing bank lending limits, in the latest real-world tokenization use case. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are slightly red as interest rate hike odds rattle markets; BTC -1% at $65k; ETH -2% at $1,880; SOL -3% at $75; HYPE -1% at $58.40. INJ (+3%), ZRO (+2%) and AERO (+2%) led top movers. Oil even at $90; Gold -1% at $4,060. Stock futures are slightly green; DOW +0.4%, Nasdaq +0.1%. The CLARITY Act is expected to miss its window before the summer recess, with Majority Leader Thune saying he’d like to “at least get Clarity started” but conceding the August 7 deadline likely slips. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon backed the CLARITY Act despite the banking industry’s objections to its stablecoin yield rules, breaking with peers who’ve lobbied against those provisions. Brian Armstrong warned that if the Clarity Act doesn’t pass, part of Coinbase would have to move offshore. Coinbase opened AI agent payments to corporate customers, letting businesses accept money from autonomous agents. Uniswap pushed deeper into tokenized assets with permissioned trading pools, letting regulated real-world assets trade in gated venues rather than open liquidity. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mostly flat despite red stocks and rising oil; BTC -0.6% at $65.6k; ETH even at $1,930; SOL even at $78; HYPE +1% at $59.40. Stable (+13%), WLFI (+12%) and ENA (+3%) led top movers. Oil +4.5% at $90; Gold -1.5% at $4,090. Stock futures are red after rough earnings calls from TSLA and Google; DOW -0.4%, Nasdaq -0.5%. Senate Republicans published a new CLARITY draft that would impose limits on Trump’s crypto empire along with other updates. Seven key Senate Democrats said the draft “falls short” on ethics, consumer protection, illicit finance, and market integrity. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warned that some DeFi vaults and onchain lending products may fall under securities laws, a notable caution from the agency’s most crypto-friendly commissioner. Franklin Templeton's Sandy Kaul called blockchain the next AI trade, arguing that as autonomous agents transact in fractions of a cent, card networks become uneconomical and blockchains win the machine-to-machine payment layer. BitMEX (co-founded by Arthur Hayes) announced it will permanently close on Sept 23, 2026, and has stopped accepting new users. Ethereum’s validator exit queue has fallen from a peak of 2.6M ETH to 0, while its staking queue now has 2.48M ETH and a 43-day waiting period. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mostly flat, Hype sells off; BTC -0.2% at $66k; ETH even at $1,930; SOL even at $78; HYPE -6% at $58.80. JTO (+5%), GRAM (+4%) and PYTH (+3%) led top movers. Oil +3.5% at $87; Gold +1% at $4,120. Stock futures are red as oil continues to rise; DOW -0.1%, Nasdaq -0.7%. Senate Democrats balked at the Trump ethics deal, with the sticking point now who enforces the ban; Democrats want state attorneys general, while the White House insists on the US attorney general. The White House pushed Senate Democrats to accept what it called “the most comprehensive and wide-ranging ethics provision in history,” while arguing Democrats would be to blame if CLARITY stalls. Kraken is expanding xStocks into Hong Kong, the UK and South Korea, partnering with GTN for investment infrastructure. The S&P Dow Jones and Pantera launched a new Digital Asset Index focused on projects with revenue generation and fundamentals; top holdings include ETH, BNB, SOL, TRX and HYPE. Movement Labs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, months after the token scandal that upended the project and after raising over $40M in private funding. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are green up 2-3% as ETF flows heat up; BTC +3% at $66.2k; ETH +3% at $1,930; SOL +2% at $78; HYPE +3% at $62.70. ONDO (+15%), LDO (+14%) and VVV (+10%) led top movers. Oil +1% at $84; Gold +1% at $4,064. Stock futures are green; DOW +0.3%, Nasdaq +1.2%. Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo joined OKX's board, bringing regulatory and public-sector credentials as the exchange expands in the US on the back of ICE's $25 billion-valuation investment. Fluidstack, a builder of large-scale AI infrastructure, raised an $830M Series A at a $7.5B valuation, led by Situational Awareness, and has partnered with Bitcoin miners to repurpose their facilities for AI compute. Polymarket has referred ~100 wallets to law enforcement as it cracks down on potential inside trading. AI compute stocks bounced as Hut 8 and IREN landed billions in new contracts, easing fears about data-center demand. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors closed the week green up 2-5%; BTC +3% at $64.6k; ETH +6% at $1,885; SOL +1% at $76.60; HYPE -7% at $60.80. PUMP (+27%), INJ (+10%) and VVV (+9%) led top movers on the week. Oil -4% at $80 after progress on Iran talks; Gold +1% at $4,024. Stock futures are green as oil sells off; DOW +0.2%, Nasdaq +0.7%. Michael Saylor called Bitcoin's BIP-110 proposal "a bad idea," arguing the anti-spam plan would set a censorship precedent and that "the proposed cure is more dangerous than the condition”. Galaxy Digital signed a 15-year naming-rights deal to rename Texas Tech’s football stadium “Galaxy Stadium,” extending crypto’s march into college sports. Project Eleven unveiled a technique to let users prove wallet ownership even after quantum computers can derive private keys. The GENIUS Act hit its one-year anniversary with regulators having missed their rule-writing deadlines, though the framework takes full effect by July 2028. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red, down 2-3%; BTC -2% at $63k; ETH -2.5% at $1,835; SOL -2% at $75; HYPE -8% at $60. CRO (+5%), ARB (+3%) and LDO (+3%) led top movers. Oil +2% at $81; Gold -1% at $3,997. Stock futures are deep red as the chip selloff continues; DOW -0.6%, Nasdaq -1.7%. Visa launched a stablecoin platform backing Open USD, piling more competitive pressure on Circle as the payments giants line up behind the 140-firm consortium. Alpaca raised $135 million to build tokenized-stock infrastructure. Keyrock acquired BlockFills’ trading assets, expanding the market maker’s institutional crypto business through consolidation. An open-standards body for AI payments launched, aiming to build a financial system for AI bots to transact autonomously, the latest push into agentic commerce. Galaxy launched institutional stablecoin-yield vaults, targeting DeFi returns for institutions chasing yield on idle stablecoins. Polygon Labs announced layoffs as it pivots from a blockchain foundation to a blockchain payments company, with CEO Marc Boiron saying it's in the final stage of acquiring Coinme and targeting profitability in 2027. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mostly red in midweek pullback; BTC -1% at $64k; ETH +-.3% at $1,885; SOL -2% at $76; HYPE -3% at $65.75. ONDO (+15%), PYTH (+7%), VIRTUALS (+6%) and Mantle (+3%) led top movers. Oil even at $80; Gold even at $4,035. Stock futures are mixed; DOW +0.2%, Nasdaq -0.7%. Stripe bid $53 billion to acquire PayPal alongside Advent, a deal that would merge Stripe's Bridge and Tempo stablecoin rails with PayPal's PYUSD. Strategy’s CEO said the company feels “very secure” until Bitcoin hits $8,000-$10,000. Trump is expected to attend a White House meeting later today to hash out the CLARITY Act’s contested ethics section. Cantor Fitzgerald and Securitize are collaborating on blockchain-based IPOs, pushing tokenization from secondary trading into primary issuance. South Korea will modify a 76-year-old law to classify crypto as national assets, a foundational step toward integrating it into the financial system. Japan reclassified crypto as a financial asset, paving the way for a flat 20% capital-gains rate. Chamath published a 73-page report on crypto privacy, evaluating the models of Monero and ZCash amongst others. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are very green after a cold CPI print; BTC +3% at $64.5k; ETH +4% at $1,870; SOL +2% at $77; HYPE +7% at $68. PUMP (+15%), GNO (+13%), ZEC (+12%) and Virtuals (+8%) led top movers. Oil -1% at $80; Gold -1% at $4,035. Stock futures are slightly green; DOW flat, Nasdaq +0.4%. The SEC Crypto Task Force met with Hyperliquid’s Policy Center on Tuesday to discuss crypto regulation and how Hyperliquid fits in. Several Senate Democrats came out against the CLARITY Act, calling it a “corrupt bill” at a press conference, escalating opposition over its failure to bar Trump and his family from profiting off crypto. The CFTC moved to stop Kalshi from canceling trades as ordered by a Michigan court, siding with the prediction-market platform in a jurisdictional clash between the federal regulator and the state. The US and UK moved to align rules for tokenized finance, linking the world’s two largest financial markets in a coordinated push to set shared standards as tokenization scales. JPMorgan said Hyperliquid’s rise threatens Circle’s USDC economics, creating a “prisoner’s dilemma” that pits Circle and Coinbase against each other for distribution. Mizuho downgraded Circle to underperform and cut its price target to $50 on the Open USD threat, warning the 140-backer consortium endangers USDC’s core reserve-yield economics. Meanwhile, Circle signed an MOU with JCB, Japan’s largest card network, to explore stablecoin payments across roughly 40 million merchants. Coinbase’s Head of Platform said that 95-100% of its code is now written by AI or AI-assisted. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mixed ahead of CPI; BTC -1% at $62.7k; ETH +1% at $1,790; SOL -1% at $75; HYPE -2% at $64. CRV (+7%), ENA (+5%), INJ (+4%) and UNI (+3%) led top movers. Oil +10% at $81; Gold -1% at $4,020. Stock futures are mixed as oil spikes and June CPI data comes this AM; DOW -0.7%, Nasdaq +0.3%. June CEX volumes fell 5% from May, while derivatives trading rose by 4%. BTC and ETH social media posts have fallen to their lowest level since 2020. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong admitted Base "messed up" on content coins, saying they didn't work and that Base pivoted away early this year, with resources now going toward trading, payments, and AI agents. BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan joined a 54-firm UK tokenization taskforce backed by the government, starting with tokenized repo, with a Treasury report projecting up to £33 billion in annual economic output by 2035. TeraWulf’s CEO said “not all megawatts are created equally” in the AI race, stating flatly that “we’re not involved in Bitcoin” anymore as its $19 billion Anthropic hosting deal completes its shift from miner to AI infrastructure company. SBI Holdings’ blockchain initiative pivoted to Solana for tokenization and stablecoin issuance, moving off R3’s Corda and bringing the Solana Foundation into its joint venture, with plans including payment infrastructure for AI agents. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are down 1-3% after an overnight selloff; BTC -1% at $63k; ETH -1% at $1,780; SOL -1% at $76; HYPE -3% at $65. JTO (+13%), PUMP (+8%) and PYTH (+6%) led top movers; ARB (+18%) and ZEC (+16%) were biggest winners of the week. Oil +3.5% at $74; Gold -1% at $4,070. Stock futures are red as the Iran War escalates again; DOW flat, Nasdaq -0.9%. Bitcoin’s BIP-110 soft fork faces an early-August deadline with miner support at zero, the proposal to cap non-financial data on the chain never having drawn above 1%. Meta’s chief data officer called agentic commerce the potential “next tier of business” for the company, saying stablecoins are central to a future without physical wallets, with over a million weekly active businesses already using Meta’s AI agents. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are green up 2-3%; BTC +3% at $64.3k; ETH +3% at $1,790; SOL +2% at $79; HYPE +3%% at $69. Morpho (+10%), ARB (+10%) and ZEC (+7%) led top movers. Oil -2% at $72; Gold even at $4,110. Stock futures are mixed; DOW +0.2%, Nasdaq -0.2%. Circle stock is up 8% premarket after the company received OCC approval for a U.S. National Trust Bank charter. Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal is departing the crypto giant, ending a high-profile run in which he led Coinbase’s legal fights against the SEC and became one of the industry’s most visible advocates. SWIFT’s blockchain network is attracting major banks with 24/7 token transfers, a notable step as the backbone of global bank messaging moves onto blockchain rails. A new draft of the CLARITY Act could drop as soon as next week, sources say, in a final push for a late-July Senate vote, though it still lacks the bipartisan buy-in needed to pass before the August 7 recess. New Hampshire’s Executive Council rejected a $100 million Bitcoin-backed bond proposal, a setback for state-level efforts to gain Bitcoin exposure through public financing. BitGo introduced tools to help institutions reduce quantum computing risk in their Bitcoin holdings, letting clients migrate to quantum-resistant setups as the Q-Day debate intensifies. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are slightly green and rebounding; BTC +1% at $62.6k; ETH even at $1,740; SOL even at $77; HYPE -1% at $67. ARB (+14%), LIT (+9%) and SKY (+8%) led top movers. Oil even at $74; Gold +1% at $4,110. Stock futures are green as oil cools and Iran tensions ease; DOW -0.1%, Nasdaq +0.5%. The US struck Iran for a second straight night, hitting IRGC boats near the Strait of Hormuz as Iran claimed strikes on 85 US installations, but Trump said Iran called to make a deal after. Bitwise’s Top 10 Crypto Index ETF dropped DOT and AVAX and added HYPE after its strong H1 performance. Kraken leads all MiCA-regulated exchanges in liquidity and market coverage, per DefiLlama data, with $399.7 million in spot and $206.9M in perp liquidity plus 1,704 markets covered, ahead of Coinbase at $305.2M spot and 1,074 markets. Adam Back’s Bitcoin Standard Treasury scrapped its SPAC merger with Cantor and is seeking a new deal. Ripple put the XRP logo on Kansas Jayhawks jerseys in a multi-year sponsorship, extending crypto’s march into college sports. Russia's largest private bank, Alfa-Bank, plans to become a regulated crypto custodian and offer digital-asset services once Russia's new crypto law takes effect, joining Sberbank and T-Bank in the push. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red down 2-5% after the US struck Iran overnight and declared the ceasefire over; BTC -2% at $62k; ETH -2% at $1,735; SOL -5% at $77; HYPE -5% at $68. Morpho (+4%), Stable (+4%) and Uni (+3%) led top movers. Oil +5% at $74; Gold -2% at $4,060. Stock futures are also very red on the ceasefire ending news; DOW -1%, Nasdaq -1.3%. The SEC plans to introduce its long-awaited crypto rules as soon as this month, a “Regulation Crypto” proposal that would create safe harbors and exemptions shielding activities like tokenized securities and DeFi from enforcement. Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve remains a work in progress, with the White House still weighing whether the Treasury or Commerce Department has the legal authority to hold the government’s Bitcoin. India's central bank said it "leans toward prohibiting" crypto, recommending in government documents that banks and financial institutions be barred from holding, trading, or gaining exposure to crypto assets and private stablecoins to limit risk spillover. Kraken is aiming to secure a full banking license in Europe, which would let the exchange offer bank-like services across the EU. Wintermute called Bitcoin’s recent jump a temporary relief rally rather than a durable bottom. The Coinbase Premium has been negative for 50 straight days, meaning Bitcoin has traded cheaper on the largest US exchange than offshore for nearly two months, a clear sign of weak domestic demand behind July’s rally. The combined market cap of USDT and USDC fell to $257 billion from $268 billion over two months, while Tether burned $2.5B of USDT on Ethereum on July 7 in the latest major reduction. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mostly even after a volatile Monday; BTC +1% at $63.1k; ETH even at $1,770; SOL even at $81; HYPE even at $71. JTO (+8%), LIT (+5%) and Morpho (+5%) led top movers. Oil +1% at $69; Gold -1% at $4,140. Stock futures are red as oil rises and chip stocks struggle; DOW +0.2%, Nasdaq -1%. Bernstein reaffirmed its $150K Bitcoin target for this year as BTC reached a two-week high, arguing the setup still points higher despite the brutal first half. Ripple went fully MiCA-compliant after Luxembourg upgraded its preliminary license, letting it passport crypto payment services across all 30 European Economic Area countries. Ethereum developers rallied behind Vitalik's "Lean Ethereum" roadmap but urged faster execution, warning the challenge is speed, not vision. Coinbase’s AI erroneously published a World Cup result before kickoff, drawing backlash and prompting CEO Brian Armstrong to investigate and roll out fixes. SK Hynix is pricing one of 2026’s largest IPOs this week at a ~$1.16 trillion valuation, more potential for the AI-memory trade pulling money away from crypto. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are green up 1-3%, with HYPE leading; BTC +1% at $62.8k; ETH +1% at $1,770; SOL +1% at $81; HYPE +3% at $71. ZRO (+7%), LIT (+6%) and AAVE (+6%) led top movers. Oil even at $68; Gold +1% at $4,170. Stock futures are green as chip stocks rebound; DOW flat, Nasdaq +1%. President Trump defended his crypto ventures after his disclosure showed over $1 billion in 2025 earnings, pushing back on conflict-of-interest criticism as Democrats renew calls to bar politicians and their families from the industry. Odds of the CLARITY Act passing briefly surged to 55% after two major law enforcement groups shifted their stance, but has since retraced to 44%; now only 1 month remains until the key Aug 7 deadline marking the Senate summer break. Vitalik Buterin outlined Ethereum's "Lean Ethereum" roadmap, a 3-4-year plan to make recursive STARKs a native verification layer, swap remaining quantum-vulnerable cryptography for post-quantum alternatives, introduce a "scalable state" type reaching 100 TB by 2030 to cut some transaction costs more than 10x, and explore RISC-V or leanISA VMs for programmable privacy. Bitcoin miner stress hit a historically rare level, with the Miner Cycle Stress Composite falling to a new 2026 low and entering its "undervalued" range, a level that previously showed up near major bottoms in 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are very green, with SOL leading; BTC +4% at $61.2k; ETH +5% at $1,650; SOL +10% at $82; HYPE +3% at $64.60. LIT (+15%), PUMP (+11%), VVV (+10%) and ZEC (+10%) led top movers. Oil -1.5%at $67.50; Gold -0.3% at $4,070. Stock futures are slightly mixed; DOW +0.2%, Nasdaq -0.4%. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire responded to the Open USD launch, arguing USDC's decade-built liquidity and network moats are too deep to copy and that consortium stablecoins have a "dismal" track record. A new institutional-focused Ethereum nonprofit launched with backing from Joe Lubin, BitMine, and SharpLink, the second Ethereum initiative from the same trio in recent weeks. Cantor Fitzgerald analysts see a potential crypto market bottom forming in the coming months, pointing to the cycle and urging investors to focus on networks with durable value accrual. Standard Chartered announced a partnership with Circle to allow their institutional clients to access USDC. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are slightly red; BTC -1% at $58.6k; ETH even at $1,570; SOL +2% at $75; HYPE -4% at $62.80. JUP (+15%), XLM (+11%) and CC (+9%) led top movers. Oil -1%at $69; Gold even at $4,040. Stock futures are slightly red after the strongest H1 in 5 years; DOW -0.2%, Nasdaq -0.4%. Binance and CZ were sued for nearly $200 million by British investors in a new UK lawsuit, per Reuters, tied to claims involving the FCA. Citi cut its 12-month price targets for Bitcoin from $112k to $82k and ETH from $3,175 to $2,240, citing outflows, slow regulatory progress and DAT concerns. TD Cowen cut Strategy’s price target by 35%, citing the company’s new framework that opens the door to selling Bitcoin. The SEC opened a 60-day comment period on novel ETFs, asking 27 questions about how it should handle funds built around crypto assets, event contracts, and other nontraditional holdings, after pausing roughly two dozen prediction-market ETF filings. New York Life Investment Management teamed with Centrifuge for a tokenized bond fund, bringing one of America’s largest asset managers further into onchain real-world assets. CRCL was removed from several Russell Growth Indexes in the annual reconstitution process in June. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mixed with HYPE leading; BTC -1.5% at $59k; ETH even at $1,570; SOL +1% at $73.3; HYPE +3% at $65.50. LIT (+10%), KAS (+8%) and SKY (+6%) led top movers. Oil even at $70; Gold even at $4,040. Stock futures are slightly green ahead of the quarter close; DOW +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.2%. The Supreme Court ruled that Trump can fire SEC and CFTC commissioners at will, overturning a 91-year precedent and handing the president direct control over the two agencies that regulate crypto at a crucial moment for legislation. The White House is talking to law enforcement about concerns with the CLARITY Act, according to a report, as worries persist that the bill’s developer protections could be exploited for illicit finance. JPMorgan backed the Clarity Act in a major pivot, but warned that new rules should close regulatory gaps. Galaxy Digital lowered its odds of the CLARITY Act passing in 2026 to 50%, citing the narrowing legislative window and mounting opposition to the crypto market-structure bill. BNY added USDC to its custody platform, expanding the bank’s digital-asset services to meet growing institutional demand for stablecoin custody. A JPMorgan report highlighted low institutional interest in crypto perpetual futures, finding big players have largely stayed on the sidelines of the product at the center of the CME-CFTC fight. Vitalik Buterin highlighted the importance of obfuscation in crypto, pointing to it as a foundational tool that could unlock powerful new privacy and functionality for onchain applications. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mostly flat over the weekend; BTC even at $59.9k; ETH even at $1,570; SOL +2% at $73; HYPE +1% at $63.25. ENA (+4%), AAVE (+4%) and AVAX (+4%) led top movers. Oil even at $69.80; Gold -1% at $4,050. Stock futures are green after a new US-Iran truce; DOW +0.5%, Nasdaq +1.3%. Brian Armstrong responded to criticism that the Coinbase app promotoes gambling on BTC price action and sports betting, stating that users are free to act how they want but that Coinase shouldn’t be aggressively promoting. Coinbase and OKX are going after Binance’s Euro customers as their MiCa license is set to expire on July 1. Strategy’s enterprise mNAV fell below 1 for the first time, meaning the market now values the company at less than its Bitcoin holdings, erasing the premium that for years gave Saylor the flexibility to raise capital and buy more BTC. Securitize, the BlackRock-backed tokenization firm, is set to go public this week under the ticker SECZ through a SPAC merger on the NYSE. Cardone Capital is using real estate income to buy Bitcoin during price drops, with Grant Cardone funneling rental cash flow into BTC on dips. Binance founder CZ blamed crypto’s 2026 performance on a mix of AI, global tension, and the four-year cycle, saying there’s no single cause for the market’s roughly 50% decline over the past year. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mostly red down 1-5%; BTC -3% at $59.4k; ETH -5% at $1,550; SOL +1% at $68.68; HYPE -1% at $62. JTO (+12%), INJ (+9%) and VVV (+4%) led top movers. Oil even at $69.60; Gold +0.5% at $4,070. Stock futures are red as the tech selloff continues; DOW -0.1%, Nasdaq -1.1%. Strategy’s STRC hit a new low as Bitcoin got slammed again, the preferred stock sliding further as BTC broke toward 2026 lows, keeping pressure on Saylor’s funding engine. Tether flipped ETH in fully diluted market cap to become the 2nd biggest crypto after the recent ETH slide. OpenAI executives are reportedly pressuring Sam Altman to push the IPO back to 2027 based on the market’s reaction to SpaceX. Coinbase’s Base network recovered from a block-production issue that briefly halted the chain before resuming normal operation after the outage. SBI Holdings struck a $289 million deal to acquire Bitbank, creating Japan’s largest regulated crypto exchange. CoinEx denied any involvement in an alleged $38 billion Iranian sanctions-evasion scheme, pushing back on claims tying the exchange to the operation. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red but rebounding after Micron smashed earnings, lifting markets; BTC -2% at $61.2k; ETH -2% at $1,630; SOL -1% at $68; HYPE +1% at $62.60. SEI (+10%), AAVE (+10%) and STABLE (+9%) led top movers. Oil -2% at $69.40; Gold -0.2% at $4,000. Stock futures are big green after Micron’s earnings beat; DOW +0.3%, Nasdaq +2.2%. Trump refused to sign the housing bill containing the CBDC ban and abruptly cancelled the signing celebration, demanding Congress approve an elections bill first, a move that pauses the CBDC prohibition and could delay or imperil the CLARITY Act. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said more acquisitions are possible after its $2.9 billion Deribit deal, with a focus on international targets that can speed up product and business growth. Binance withdrew its MiCA license application in Greece and said it will pursue approval in another EU state, scrambling to preserve its European access before its current permissions lapse on June 30. Binance founder CZ said he’s been misunderstood and hopes to help boost the US crypto industry. A New York man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for scamming investors by impersonating well-known crypto influencers to solicit funds. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are flat after a red open to the week; BTC even at $62.4k; ETH even at $1,660; SOL +1% at $69; HYPE -2% at $62. JTO (+10%), JUP (+7%) and AAVE (+4%) led top movers. Oil -2% at $71.40; Gold -2% at $4,060. Stock futures are slightly green after a big tech selloff; DOW even, Nasdaq +0.3%. Vitalik Buterin said the Ethereum Foundation will cut its budget by 40% in a major reset, landing the same day the EF confirmed a 20% headcount reduction and the resignation of co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang, the ninth senior figure to leave since January. BNY said FOMO is pushing asset managers into tokenized funds, with fund issuers exploring blockchain-based ETFs out of fear of missing an early foothold in tokenized finance. Chainlink teamed up with 47 South Korean and European banks on an alliance called Project Pangea, which will use stablecoins to settle multimillion-dollar currency trades between the two regions in near real time. BlackRock formally recommended a 1-2% Bitcoin portfolio allocation for investors. Brazil blocked political parties and candidates from accepting crypto donations. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are very red this morning alongside stocks; BTC -3% at $62.3k; ETH -5% at $1,650; SOL -7% at $68.50; HYPE -7% at $62.50. DEXE (+37%), OKB (+2%) and ZRO (+2%) led top movers. Oil -3% at $73.80; Gold -1.5% at $4,140. Stock futures are very red as big Tech sells off; DOW -0.5%, Nasdaq -2.75%. The US Senate passed a housing bill carrying a four-year ban on a Fed CBDC, a win for crypto advocates who oppose a government-issued digital dollar on surveillance grounds. OKX and the NYSE formed a joint venture led by Andrew Cuomo to bridge traditional and crypto markets, aiming to give OKX’s 120 million users access to ICE futures and NYSE tokenized equities. Trump signed two executive orders accelerating US quantum computing and the shift to quantum-resistant encryption ahead of “Q-Day,” a push that also underscores the long-term threat quantum poses to Bitcoin’s cryptography. MoneyGram joined Solana as a validator, deepening its push into stablecoin payments by helping secure the network it’s increasingly building on. Bitcoin OG Adam Back has made a bet that Bitcoin will make it to $500k-$1M by 2028 and believes its market cap will eventually catch gold. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are very red this morning alongside stocks; BTC -3% at $62.3k; ETH -5% at $1,650; SOL -7% at $68.50; HYPE -7% at $62.50. DEXE (+37%), OKB (+2%) and ZRO (+2%) led top movers. Oil -3% at $73.80; Gold -1.5% at $4,140. Stock futures are very red as big Tech sells off; DOW -0.5%, Nasdaq -2.75%. The US Senate passed a housing bill carrying a four-year ban on a Fed CBDC, a win for crypto advocates who oppose a government-issued digital dollar on surveillance grounds. OKX and the NYSE formed a joint venture led by Andrew Cuomo to bridge traditional and crypto markets, aiming to give OKX’s 120 million users access to ICE futures and NYSE tokenized equities. Trump signed two executive orders accelerating US quantum computing and the shift to quantum-resistant encryption ahead of “Q-Day,” a push that also underscores the long-term threat quantum poses to Bitcoin’s cryptography. MoneyGram joined Solana as a validator, deepening its push into stablecoin payments by helping secure the network it’s increasingly building on. Bitcoin OG Adam Back has made a bet that Bitcoin will make it to $500k-$1M by 2028 and believes its market cap will eventually catch gold. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mixed this morning; BTC even at $64.3k; ETH +1% at $1,750; SOL -1% at $73.60; HYPE -1% at $67.50. DEXE (+17%), VVV (+7%) and LIT (+7%) led top movers. Oil +1% at $77; Gold -0.5% at $4,225. Stock futures are flat and unchanged since Thursday. Franklin Templeton filed for ETFs that reinvest US stock dividends into Bitcoin, a novel structure that funnels the dividend income from equity holdings into Bitcoin accumulation instead of paying it out in cash. Strategy’s STRC fell to an all-time low of $83 on Thursday before rebounding to $88. The Federal Reserve proposed customer identification rules for stablecoin issuers, moving to require issuers to verify who their customers are as the federal framework for dollar-backed tokens takes shape. Jaredfromsubway.eth, Ethereum's most notorious MEV sandwich bot, was drained of more than $7.5 million after an attacker spent weeks luring it into approving fake trading routes built from spoofed tokens and pools, then used those approvals to siphon out its WETH, USDC, and USDT and wash some through Tornado Cash. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red down 1% after a hawkish FOMC despite stocks rebounding; BTC -1% at $64k; ETH -1% at $1,745; SOL -1% at $71; HYPE +1% at $71.80. H (+17%), ENA (+7%) and XLM (+7%) led top movers. Oil -2% at $75; Gold -2.5% at $4,270. Stock futures are green and rising with the Nasdaq up 1.4% and DOW +0.3%. Saylor’s STRC fell as low as $89.30 yesterday, marking a new low; meanwhle the Strategy X account posted how it has “32 years of dividend coverage through our BTC reserve”. The CME is suing the CFTC over their approval of perp futures in the US, allowing players like Kalshi and Coinbase to roll out the product. Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego, who keeps about 70% of his investment portfolio in Bitcoin, called it a better store of value than real estate. Fidelity and State Street entered the stablecoin market with compliant reserve-management funds. Moody’s launched onchain credit ratings on Solana, bringing one of the big three rating agencies directly onchain. BitGo shares popped after the crypto custodian announced a $50 million buyback plan. Grayscale said AAVE could rise to $175 (+130%) over the next year if regulatory clarity accelerates.

BTC: 62,660  | BTC.D: 58.5%. ETH: 1,653  | BNB: 596  | SOL: 65. Fear & Greed: 13 | 24h Liq: $380m. BTC ETFs: -$214M | ETH ETFs: -$36M. Top Gainers: VELVET, BEAT, SKYAI, CRV, CVX. Odds of BTC 100K+ by 2027 hit lows of 18%. We will be largest buyer of BTC: Strategy CEO. $400B tech IPOs driving BTC decline: Saylor. CryptoQuant sees BTC bottom near $53.6K. Fold sells $45M BTC to repay debt, fund growth. HYPE decline linked to rise of Kalshi perps. BlackRock files yield BTC ETF amendment. Bitmine adds $41M ETH, Fidelity buys hit 2-mo high. XRP transaction demand down 91.5%. Q2 worst ICO quarter in 5 years: CryptoRank. Stellar unveils quantum defense plan. Raydium legacy AMM exploited for $1.34M. Circle unveils Arc Privacy for institutions. Coinbase urges scrapping stablecoin spend tax. Coinbase first in US with global perp futures. CFTC proposes sports contracts framework. Mastercard launches Agent Pay for machines. DBS to launch tokenised gold for retail. Teen admits $13M crypto scam, bought jets. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red ahead of CPI this morning; BTC -2.5% at $61k; ETH -3% at $1,620; SOL -4% at $63.40; HYPE -10% at $56. Stable (+13%), Morpho (+11%), and WLF (+7%) led top movers. Oil even at $89; Gold -2% at $4,180. Stock futures are red as chip stocks fall and ahead of CPI with the DOW -1% Nasdaq -1.5%. Gold and Silver have erased their YTD gains after their recent downfalls. The CME Group launched its CME Crypto Index Futures covering the price of BTC, ETH and SOL. Wintermute blamed the recent crypto selloff not on Saylor’s selling but on institutional outflows, and said there are no signs of that capital returning. Humanity Protocol lost $36M after an employee laptop holding its multisig keys was compromised; attackers took 3 of 6 keys on Ethereum and 3 of 5 on BSC, drained 141.2M H, and minted 200M more. Kraken was named Official Crypto Exchange Supporter of the FIFA World Cup 2026, kicking off June 11. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mostly flat; BTC -0.5% at $62.7k; ETH even at $1,670; SOL even at $66.40; HYPE +1% at $62.10. ZEC (+12%), WLD (+11%), and CC (+5%) led top movers. Oil -5% at $89; Gold +1% at $4,357. Stock futures are green after Iran announced end of military operations against Israel, with the Nasdaq up 0.7%. CME Group launched Bitcoin Volatility Index futures on Monday, letting traders bet on how much BTC will swing rather than which direction. BlackRock-backed tokenization firm Securitize received SEC approval for its merger with Cantor Fitzgerald’s SPAC, combining Securitize’s institutional tokenization platform with Cantor’s balance sheet and distribution. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) published an op-ed opposing government stablecoin payments, arguing that allowing federal agencies to accept stablecoins for tax payments and government fees would enable tax evasion by making transactions harder to trace. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks said she will not support the Clarity Act on the Senate floor without resolution of ethics provisions, specifically language preventing government officials from personally profiting from crypto markets. The UK FCA added Hyperliquid and the Hyper Foundation to its unauthorized firms warning list on May 21, flagging them for potentially offering financial services to British consumers without authorization. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are mostly flat; BTC -0.5% at $62.7k; ETH even at $1,670; SOL even at $66.40; HYPE +1% at $62.10. ZEC (+12%), WLD (+11%), and CC (+5%) led top movers. Oil -5% at $89; Gold +1% at $4,357. Stock futures are green after Iran announced end of military operations against Israel, with the Nasdaq up 0.7%. CME Group launched Bitcoin Volatility Index futures on Monday, letting traders bet on how much BTC will swing rather than which direction. BlackRock-backed tokenization firm Securitize received SEC approval for its merger with Cantor Fitzgerald’s SPAC, combining Securitize’s institutional tokenization platform with Cantor’s balance sheet and distribution. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) published an op-ed opposing government stablecoin payments, arguing that allowing federal agencies to accept stablecoins for tax payments and government fees would enable tax evasion by making transactions harder to trace. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks said she will not support the Clarity Act on the Senate floor without resolution of ethics provisions, specifically language preventing government officials from personally profiting from crypto markets. The UK FCA added Hyperliquid and the Hyper Foundation to its unauthorized firms warning list on May 21, flagging them for potentially offering financial services to British consumers without authorization. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are green and rebounding from Friday’s selloff; BTC +1.4% at $63.3k; ETH +3% at $1,680; SOL +3% at $66.50; HYPE +5% at $61.55. NEAR (+12%), WLD (+11%), and LIT (+8%) led top movers. Oil +4% at $94; Gold -1% at $4,326. Stock futures are mixed with the DOW flat but Nasdaq up 0.7%. Gold fell below its 200 day moving average for the first time since October 2023. Crypto shorts lost over $500M on Sunday in the worst day for bears since April. JPMorgan analysts said that Bitcoin’s H2 performance is dependent on how Saylor will fund his $1.7B in annual debt obligations. Bybit launched IPO Express and a tokenized SpaceX subscription in partnership with xStocks, allowing users to subscribe to SPCX ahead of the June 12 Nasdaq listing. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

 Crypto majors are mixed; BTC +0.2% at $62.3k; ETH -4% at $1,670; SOL -2% at $66; HYPE -5% at $61.65. WLD (+9%), JST (+9%), and DEXE (+8%) led top movers. ZEC fell 40% to $324 after the exploit was published, wicking as low as $250. Oil -1% at $93; Gold -0.2% at $4,490. Stock futures are mixed with the DOW green but Nasdaq down 1%. Crypto longs saw $830M in liquidations over the past day, includng $336M in BTC longs, $277M in ETH and $117M in ZEC longs. Coinbase and Better Home & Finance funded the first Fannie Mae-backed Bitcoin mortgage in US history, completed by a married couple in Ann Arbor who used their Bitcoin as collateral to purchase their first home without triggering a taxable sale. Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) announced plans to add prediction market restrictions to the House’s stock ban bill, barring members of Congress from betting on elections and public policy on Kalshi and Polymarket. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said humanity is standing in the “foothills of the singularity” and predicted AGI will arrive around 2030, possibly as early as 2029. The DOJ’s “Disruption Week” operation froze more than $3.8 million in stolen crypto with help from Coinbase, SpaceX, Meta, Apple, Google, and Microsoft. A fast-growing gray market for peptides has become one of cryptocurrency’s newest high-volume markets, processing more than $100 million annually primarily through Bitcoin and stablecoin payments. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are very red down 7-10% in one of the worst days of the year; BTC -7% at $62.2k; ETH -8% at $1,740; SOL -10% at $67.5; HYPE -11% at $64.90. Recent alt movers ZEC (-12%), NEAR (-18%), and VVV (-12%) all fell double digits. Siren (+24%), BEAT (+12%), and H (+2%) led top movers. Oil -1% at $94.30; Gold +1% at $4,500. Stock futures are very red with Nasdaq down 1.25%. Arthur Hayes sold his entire HYPE and NEAR position, citing higher energy prices due to Iran, the 3 AI IPOs and that markets will peak between now and September. Tether and Fasset launched the world’s first gold-backed Visa card, letting users spend fiat globally while earning up to 6% cashback in XAUT (Tether Gold). Mastercard launched 24/7 stablecoin settlement across its global network, supporting USDC and other stablecoins on Ethereum, Solana, and a variety of chains with intraday, weekend, and holiday settlement now available alongside traditional rails. A physical Casascius Bitcoin coin containing 25 BTC was redeemed Tuesday for $1.78 million, 12 years after it was minted in December 2011 when those coins were worth less than $100 total. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red again down 3-5%; BTC -3% at $67.2k; ETH -5% at $1,880; SOL -5% at $75.45; HYPE +1% at $73.05. LIT (+27%), ENA (+22%), and WLD (+21%) led top movers; NEAR and VVV +10% as well. Oil +5% at $96; Gold -1% at $4,490. Stock futures are mixed with the Nasdaq up 0.1% and DOW down 0.4%. Bitmine’s Tom Lee predicted Ethereum will reach $250,000 as corporate treasury firms, institutional stakers, and sovereign wealth funds increasingly take over network validator control. Andrew Yang’s Noble Mobile acquired Helium Mobile Tuesday; Noble will use the Helium Network’s 137,000 community-operated hotspots for expanded coverage (HNT -9%). MoneyGram launched a USDC stablecoin payment service on the Stellar network Tuesday, letting consumers send dollar-pegged transfers across borders using Stellar’s rails. Franklin Templeton partnered with MoonPay to let institutional investors swap stablecoins for yield-bearing assets around the clock, pairing Franklin Templeton’s $1.74 trillion in AUM and tokenized money market funds with MoonPay’s institutional settlement infrastructure. Galaxy Research entered the institutional prediction markets space by facilitating a $10 million Arca trade Tuesday, the first nine-figure institutional prediction market position brokered by a major crypto research firm. NewLimit, the anti-aging biotech co-founded by Brian Armstrong, closed a new $435M Series C funding round backed by Founders Fund, Thrive, Greenoaks, and others, while also announcing it has developed a prototype drug that reverses the biological age of human cells by restoring function they had when younger. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red again down 3-5%; BTC -3% at $67.2k; ETH -5% at $1,880; SOL -5% at $75.45; HYPE +1% at $73.05. LIT (+27%), ENA (+22%), and WLD (+21%) led top movers; NEAR and VVV +10% as well. Oil +5% at $96; Gold -1% at $4,490. Stock futures are mixed with the Nasdaq up 0.1% and DOW down 0.4%. Bitmine’s Tom Lee predicted Ethereum will reach $250,000 as corporate treasury firms, institutional stakers, and sovereign wealth funds increasingly take over network validator control. Andrew Yang’s Noble Mobile acquired Helium Mobile Tuesday; Noble will use the Helium Network’s 137,000 community-operated hotspots for expanded coverage (HNT -9%). MoneyGram launched a USDC stablecoin payment service on the Stellar network Tuesday, letting consumers send dollar-pegged transfers across borders using Stellar’s rails. Franklin Templeton partnered with MoonPay to let institutional investors swap stablecoins for yield-bearing assets around the clock, pairing Franklin Templeton’s $1.74 trillion in AUM and tokenized money market funds with MoonPay’s institutional settlement infrastructure. Galaxy Research entered the institutional prediction markets space by facilitating a $10 million Arca trade Tuesday, the first nine-figure institutional prediction market position brokered by a major crypto research firm. NewLimit, the anti-aging biotech co-founded by Brian Armstrong, closed a new $435M Series C funding round backed by Founders Fund, Thrive, Greenoaks, and others, while also announcing it has developed a prototype drug that reverses the biological age of human cells by restoring function they had when younger. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red on the day with BTC falling 4% after Saylor sold; BTC -4% at $69.4k; ETH even at $1,980; SOL -2% at $79.1; HYPE -1% at $72.25. NEAR (+15%), WLD (+11%), and RENDER (+9%) led top movers. Oil -1% at $91; Gold +1% at $4,560. Stock futures are red and down slightly after the S&P hit a new ATH yesterday. Pavel Durov announced Telegram is rebranding Toncoin to GRAM, its original planned name before the SEC forced Telegram to abandon the project in 2020; TON +6%. The CME saw $50M in volume in its first weekend of 24/7 trading for its crypto futures and options. Charles Schwab is targeting a 2027 roll out of its crypto spot trading for wealth advisors. SpaceX added dilution language to its amended IPO filing Monday, disclosing it “may issue a significant amount of equity in connection with future transactions,” widely read as preparation for an eventual Tesla merger. Vitalik proposed using options contracts in DeFi as a structural fix for liquidation cascades - the mechanism behind most major 2026 DeFi losses; his model would let borrowers pay a premium for a “soft liquidation” option that reduces collateral requirements gradually rather than triggering an instant forced sale. A crypto wallet recovery team recovered more than $2 million in Ethereum that had been inaccessible for over a decade. Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party formally proposed legalizing crypto ETF trading,, calling for a legal framework that would allow crypto ETFs on Japanese exchanges by 2027. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red on the day and week with HYPE the lone standout; BTC -6% on week at $72.6k; ETH -6% at $1,980; SOL -5% at $81; HYPE +17% at $73.35. H (+90%), WLD (+15%), and SIREN(+10%) led top movers; KNTQ jumped 28% on the day and 56% on the week. Oil +4% at $90; Gold -1% at $4,535. Stock futures are green with the Nasdaq up 0.2% and DOW +0.5% at 51,340. Binance announced plans to allow non-US users to trade stocks, with more than 7,000 US stocks and ETFs offered. Citi projected that tokenized RWAs could hit $5.5T by 2030, more than 250x from here. Republican fintech entrepreneur Michael Carbonara liquidated 10 BTC for $800,000 in USDC to self-fund his congressional bid for Florida’s newly redrawn 22nd District. Grayscale published a 26-page report titled “Hyperliquid Breaks the Mold,” concluding that Hyperliquid generated $800M in revenue in 2025 and is rapidly evolving from a crypto perp exchange into broader financial infrastructure. Gnosis Pay was hacked related to its “delay module”, with the founder promising to cover any user losses. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are slightly green with HYPE leading; BTC +0.3% at $73.5k; ETH +1% at $2,010; SOL +2% at $82; HYPE +9% at $62.15. XLM (+20%), DEXE (+13%), and INJ (+13%) led top movers. Oil -4% at $87; Gold +1% at $4,570. Stock futures are slightly green with the Nasdaq up 0.1%. The CEO of ICE (NYSE parent) called Hyperliquid “bigger than Nasdaq” and talked about how their institutional clients are watching price action on Hyperliquid on weekends. FalconX confidentially filed an S-1 with the SEC Thursday and hired bankers for a US IPO, making it oAne of the few crypto firms still pushing forward while Grayscale, Kraken, Ledger, and ConsenSys have all delayed listings; FalconX is a prime brokerage for institutional crypto traders, processing $1.5T+ in lifetime volume; the firm raised at a $4B valuation in 2022 and has been profitable since 2024. Meanwhile, Grayscale paused its IPO preparations Thursday and is unlikely to restart before Q4 at the earliest. Tether’s Argentine peso-pegged stablecoin USAT saw circulating supply surge more than 500% over a short window, reflecting accelerating adoption of dollar-alternative stablecoins in Argentina’s high-inflation economy. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red down 3-4%; BTC -3% at $73.3k; ETH -4% at $1,980; SOL -4% at $81; HYPE -9% at $56.80. XLM (+20%), STABLE(+1%), and NIGHT (+1%) led top movers. Oil +2% at $92; Gold -1.5% at $4,380. Stock futures are red with the Nasdaq down 0.5%. SoFi launched SoFiUSD on Wednesday. a dollar-backed stablecoin on Ethereum and Solana, becoming the first US national bank to offer a bank-issued stablecoin directly in a consumer banking app to its 15M members. Block began rolling out USDC stablecoin payments to Cash App's nearly 60 million users on Wednesday, supported on Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum. Mastercard secured a New York BitLicense on Wednesday, clearing the path for stablecoin and tokenized deposit settlement across its global payments infrastructure. Fold debuted its Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card on Wednesday after securing a $150 million revolving credit facility from Encina Lender Finance. A plaintiff called "Noah Doe" filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court on May 1 seeking ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets holding approximately 3.79 million BTC (~$286 billion), after using a proprietary algorithm to identify them as abandoned, physically bringing USB drives to the NYPD's 17th Precinct as "lost property," and spending a year attempting to return the coins to their owners with no response. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red with HYPE leading; BTC -2% at $75.9k; ETH -2% at $2,080; SOL -2% at $84; HYPE +2% at $63. LUNC (+12%), SEI (+11%), and ICP (+7%) led top movers. Oil -2% at $90.7; Gold -2% at $4,450. Stock futures are green with the Nasdaq up 0.6% after Micron’s +20% day and oil falling. Trump posted that the CFTC must retain authority over prediction markets and the sector be allowed to thrive. A dark pool trader sold $1.3B in IBIT shares in a single transaction on Monday, one of the biggest single sales ever. TeraWulf acquired the Muskie Data Campus in Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday, a 285-acre hyperscale AI and HPC development site capable of supporting more than 1 gigawatt of data center capacity; WULF surged 13% on the announcement. The UK sanctioned Huobi Global S.A. (HTX) on Tuesday, part of an 18-entity Russia-focused package targeting crypto exchanges alleged to have helped Moscow move $1.5 billion. Indonesia blocked access to Polymarket on Tuesday citing gambling regulations, joining South Korea, China, and Thailand in a growing Asian crackdown on prediction market platforms. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are flat on the day and week; BTC even at $77.2k; ETH even at $2,120; SOL -1%at $85; HYPE +26% at $61. NEAR (+80%), WLD (+60%), and FET (+31%) led weekly top movers. Oil -5% at $92; Gold +0.3% at $4,535. Stock futures are green with the Nasdaq up 1% slightly as the US and Iran signal more peace progress. Vitalik outlined a leaner, more opinionated Ethereum Foundation focused on long-term survival over breadth in a lengthy X post, noting that the EF will shrink, sell less ETH, and concentrate exclusively on the things no one else will do: censorship resistance, privacy, formal verification, intermediary minimization, and quantum resistance. The SEC approved Nasdaq to list Bitcoin index options covering BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, LINK, and XLM; it will be the first multi-asset crypto index options on a regulated US exchange. The Senate returns from Memorial Day recess June 2, with a Clarity Act floor vote expected within 30 days per Senate leadership. Robinhood Crypto COO Tanya Denisova is leaving after more than five years, citing personal reasons; her departure adds to a string of crypto industry C-suite exits in 2026 including Gemini’s CFO, COO, and CLO and Block’s CEO. Ondo Finance founder Nathan Allman passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are flat while HYPE leads again; BTC even at $77.1k; ETH even at $2,120; SOL +1%at $87; HYPE +8% at $59.55. NEAR (+30%), FET (+12%), TIA (+12%) and WLD (+12%) led top movers. Oil -2% at $98.50; Gold even at $4,513. Stock futures are green with the Nasdaq up slightly as the US and Iran signal some peace progress. Blockchain.com confidentially filed an S-1 with the SEC Thursday for a US IPO expected before year-end, joining SpaceX, Kraken, and Grayscale in the 2026 crypto listing wave; it previously considered going public at a $14B valuation in 2022 before a 2023 Series E round reset that figure significantly lower. a16z-backed Syndicate Labs announced it is shutting down Thursday after five years building Ethereum rollup developer infrastructure, citing a structural collapse in demand for reusable rollup tooling. Terraform Labs’ bankruptcy administrator filed an amended complaint Monday alleging Jane Street used a private Telegram group called “Bryce’s Secret” (run by a former Terraform intern who later joined Jane Street) to receive non-public information about the health of TerraUSD before selling its entire $192 million UST position on May 7, 2022, hours before the stablecoin lost its peg. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red while HYPE steals the spotlight; BTC -0.4% at $77.1k; ETH +1% at $2,110; SOL +1%at $86; HYPE +15% at $57.40. ZEC (+13%), LIT (+13%), MNT (+7%) and WLD (+6%) led top movers. Oil -1% at $100; Gold +0.4% at $4,517. Stock futures are red with the Nasdaq down 0.6% after positive NVDA earnings but bad news out of Walmart. Fairshake went 6-0 in Tuesday’s primaries across Kentucky, Alabama, and Georgia, and the PAC’s highest-profile win was ousting Iran war critic Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky; Fairshake has $193M in its 2026 war chest. Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing the Fed and federal financial regulators to review rules restricting crypto and fintech firms from accessing US payment rails and Fed master accounts. Tether bought out SoftBank’s full stake in Twenty One Capital Wednesday, taking uncontested majority control of the NYSE-listed Bitcoin treasury company; XXI holds 43,514 BTC (~$3.4B); Tether is simultaneously pursuing a three-way merger of XXI with Strike and Elektron Energy to create the most vertically integrated public Bitcoin company in existence. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are slightly green with Hype leading; BTC +1% at $77.5k; ETH +1% at $2,130; SOL +1%at $85; HYPE +3% at $49.70. VVV (+23%), LIT (+20%), DASH (+12%) and JUP (+7%) led top movers. Oil -2.5% at $101.5; Gold -0.3% at $4,497. Stock futures are green with the Nasdaq up 0.6% ahead of NVDA earnings today. The White House teased an “imminent” update on the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, citing progress on the legal framework. Truth Social withdrew its spot BTC ETF filing, as competition from major players like Morgan Stanley heats up. JPMorgan analysts warned that ETH and the broader altcoin market may struggle to catch up with BTC without a meaningful recovery in network activity, DeFi adoption, and real-world use cases and that ETH has been lagging since October 2025 in price and flows. TD Cowen raised its MSTR price target to $400 citing faster-than-expected Bitcoin accumulation and accretive deleveraging. Solana perp DEXs hit a record $20 billion in weekly trading volume over the past seven days, a new all-time high for the ecosystem.

Crypto majors are mostly flat with Hype leading; BTC even at $76.7k; ETH even at $2,110; SOL even at $84; HYPE +5.5% at $47.80. Ondo (+12%), INJ (+10%) and ZEC (+7%) led top movers. Oil +1% at $103.5; Gold -0.25% at $4,533. Stock futures are red with the Nasdaq down 0.6%, approaching 3 red days in a row. Citi warned Bitcoin faces greater quantum risk than Ethereum because its conservative governance makes protocol upgrades slow and difficult to coordinate. The Prime Trust bankruptcy estate filed a $970M clawback suit against Swan Bitcoin alleging Swan used inside information to withdraw 11,994 BTC before Prime’s 2023 collapse. Vitalik Buterin argued at Japan Dev Conference that AI can formally verify and audit smart contracts, turning it into a security tool rather than a threat. HIVE Digital hit its highest stock price of 2026 Monday after announcing a 125-acre Northern Ontario site for an AI gigafactory scaling to 3 gigawatts co-located with hydroelectric power.