FOMO HOUR: A Daily Crypto & Web3 News Show

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.

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.  Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets  

Crypto majors are red and falling as yields spike, oil jumps; BTC -2.2% at $76.7k; ETH -4% at $2,110; SOL -3% at $84; HYPE +4% at $45.30. Stable (+7%), Dexe (+5%) and KTE (+5%) led top movers. Oil +1% at $102; Gold even at $4,540. Stock futures are slightly red with the Nasdaq down 0.3% as the US-10 year spikes over 4.6%. Aave restored WETH loan-to-value ratios to pre-exploit levels across Ethereum Core, Ethereum Prime, Arbitrum, Base, Mantle, and Linea, allowing users to once again borrow against WETH. Lombard Finance migrated its $1B+ in Bitcoin-backed assets from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP Friday, joining Kelp, Solv Protocol ($700M), Re, and Kraken. Gemini jumped 25%+ in premarket trading Friday after the Winklevoss twins injected $100 million into their company via Winklevoss Capital Fund, purchasing 7.14 million shares at $14 apiece, paid entirely in Bitcoin. SpaceX went live for pre-IPO trading on Hyperliquid, opening at $2.1T on $40M in volume. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are green but falling after the Trump Xi summit ended and yields spike; BTC +1.6% at $80.7k; ETH even at $2,260; SOL +1% at $91.6; HYPE +17% at $45.60. Flare (+12%), VVV (+4%) and ZEC (+3%) led top movers. Oil +2% at $99; Gold -3% at $4,560. Stock futures are very red with the Nasdaq down 1.2% as the US-10 year spikes over 4.5%. The CME plans to launch its first crypto market-cap-weighted index futures on June 8. Strive announced its SATA preferred stock will become the first US-listed security to pay daily cash dividends, starting June 16 at a 13% annualized rate, shifting from monthly payments to roughly 250 payments per year. Tether, Tron, and TRM Labs’ T3 Financial Crime Unit disclosed it has frozen over $450 million in illicit USDT since launching in September 2024. The CFTC issued a no-action letter Thursday waiving swap reporting and recordkeeping requirements for designated contract markets handling fully collateralized event contracts, directly benefiting prediction markets. Security startup Calif used Claude Mythos Preview to build the first public macOS exploit, capable of bypassing Apple's Memory Integrity Enforcement on M5 hardware - and they developed it in 5 days.  Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red after a PPI beat and big ETF outflows; BTC -1.6% at $79.5k; ETH -2% at $2,260; SOL -4% at $91; HYPE -1% at $39.03. CC (+8%), H (+5%) and QNT (+5%) led top movers. Oil -2% at $97; Gold even at $4,700. Stock futures are green with the Nasdaq up 0.2% as Tech continues rally. US Core PPI came in very hot, rising 1% in the past month (biggest gain since March 2022), up 5.2% on the year. Kevin Warsh was confirmed as the 17th Federal Reserve chair Wednesday in a 54-45 Senate vote, the most partisan confirmation of a Fed chair in the modern era; only Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) crossed party lines. UK Economic Secretary Emma Reynolds told Parliament that digital assets could bring a “transformation of markets” as the government prepares to implement its crypto regulatory framework; the UK is advancing stablecoin and crypto asset legislation separately from the EU’s MiCA framework, aiming to attract crypto firms post-Brexit while maintaining consumer protections. Ledger put its US IPO on hold due to market volatility, pausing plans for a listing that had been explored at a $4 billion valuation; the French hardware wallet maker joins Kraken and Consensys in reassessing timing due to market conditions. Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov argued Wednesday that quantum-proofing Bitcoin is a coordination problem, not a technical one; the post-quantum signature schemes exist and work, but getting the fragmented Bitcoin ecosystem (miners, wallet providers, exchanges, node operators) to upgrade simultaneously is the actual unsolved challenge.  Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are slightly green after a CPI beat and Trump’s China trip looming; BTC +0.2% at $80.8k; ETH +1% at $2,308; SOL even at $95; HYPE -3% at $39.50. INJ (+23%), TIA (+11%) and STX (+9%) led top movers. Oil -1% at $98; Gold +0.3% at $4,702. Stock futures are green with the Nasdaq up 0.7% as Nvidia leads chip stocks higher. Trump is taking over a dozen CEOs to China with him as he prepares to meet with Xi, including Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Larry Fink, Tim Cook and others. Kevin Warsh was confirmed to the Fed Board of Governors Tuesday in a 51-45 Senate vote, with Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman the sole crossover vote. The Senate Banking Committee received over 100 amendments to the Clarity Act ahead of tomorrow’s markup. Wintermute called the latest Bitcoin rally a short squeeze rather than a breakout, pointing to open interest and spot volumes as its indicators. Square crossed 1 million Bitcoin-enabled merchants Tuesday, six weeks after auto-enabling Lightning Network BTC payments for eligible US sellers on March 30; merchants receive USD by default with BTC converted instantly at checkout. DTCC selected Chainlink to power its Collateral AppChain Tuesday, integrating Chainlink’s Runtime Environment and data standard to enable 24/7 near-real-time automated collateral management. Franklin Templeton and Kraken parent Payward announced a strategic partnership Tuesday to bring tokenized equities, actively managed onchain funds, and BENJI money market fund integration onto Kraken’s platform.  Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are red ahead of today’s CPI print; BTC -0.4% at $80.7k; ETH -2% at $2,285; SOL even at $95; HYPE -2% at $40.92. H (+23%), STABLE (+12%) and INJ (+10%) led top movers. Oil rebounded another 3% at $99; Gold +1% at $4,696. Stock futures are red with the Nasdaq down 0.8%. MoonPay acquired Dawn Labs on Monday and launched Dawn CLI as an AI trading tool that lets users describe a strategy in plain English and have it automatically researched, coded, backtested, and executed; launching first on Polymarket with other venues to follow. Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade went live on Monday, with launch coming as soon as Q3 2026 if all goes well; Alpenglow reduces transaction finality from 12.8 seconds to 100-150 milliseconds and frees ~75% of current block space consumed by on-chain validator votes. Grayscale filed for the first-ever spot ETF for a privacy coin, converting its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF. Arthur Hayes argued that BTC bottomed at $60k and that new highs are inevitable in his latest blog.  Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are slightly green despite Trump rejecting the latest Iranian peace deal offer, leading to another oil spike; BTC +1% at $81k; ETH +1% at $2,330; SOL +1% at $95; HYPE -3% at $41.50. VVV (+15%), SUI (+11%) and H (+10%) led top movers. Oil rebounded 3% at $96; Gold -1% at $4,670. Stock futures are flat premarket. Strategy’s CEO Phong Le clarified that they will only sell BTC 1) to pay STRC dividends and 2) if its makes sense for tax optimization purposes. Coinbase suffered a service outage Thursday linked to an AWS cooling failure at a data center. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong sold $540 million in COIN stock across 88 trades between April 2025 and January 2026. Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg demanding full disclosure of Meta’s stablecoin integration plans before the Senate votes on the Clarity Act. SEC Chair Paul Atkins called for new rulemaking Friday to clarify how exchange, clearing agency, and broker definitions apply to onchain systems and DeFi protocols. Kraken parent Payward filed an application with the OCC for a national trust company charter, for institutional digital asset custody; if approved, Payward would hold the full CFTC derivatives stack, OCC trust charter, stablecoin payment rails in Asia (Reap), and retail trading (NinjaTrader) simultaneously. Rain’s head of strategic partnerships John Timoney told Consensus Miami that stablecoin card spend grew 105% year-over-year and stablecoin cards could hit double-digit market share in some Latin American markets within years; Rain, a Mastercard Principal Member valued at $1.95 billion, uses existing card infrastructure so merchants receive fiat while users spend stablecoins. ECB President Christine Lagarde warned Friday that even euro-denominated stablecoins could threaten financial stability and monetary policy transmission. XRP network active addresses and active supply fell sharply in Q1 2026, with new wallet creation down roughly 40% quarter-over-quarter despite XRP ETF inflows of $1.24 billion since late 2025. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 

Crypto majors are green, up 1-4%; BTC +2% at $80.7k; ETH +1.5% at $2,375; SOL +1% at $85; HYPE +5% at $43.5. TON (+35%), Morpho (+12%), and ZRO (+9%) led top movers. Oil -1% at $104; Gold -0.3% at $4,40. Stock futures are slightly green as treasury yields ease, ships pass in Hormuz. GameStop submitted a non-binding $55.5 billion offer to acquire eBay at $125/share, 50% cash, 50% GME stock, with $20B in TD Bank financing and $9.4B in cash on hand; CEO Ryan Cohen’s pitch is that eBay under tighter cost controls becomes “a legit competitor to Amazon”. Kraken parent Payward completed its $550 million acquisition of Bitnomial Monday, securing all three CFTC licenses (DCM, DCO, and FCM), making it the only crypto-native firm with the full US derivatives stack. Bullish announced that it’s going to tokenize its entire cap table today at Consensus, and then also announced an acquisition of Equiniti for $4.2B. All Decrypt Media News and Content is Powered by myriad.markets

Crypto majors are red down another 1-2%; BTC -1% at $80.2k; ETH -2% at $2,290; SOL -1% at $88.5; HYPE -1% at $42.4. Ondo (+15%), NEAR (+6%), INJ (+5%) and VVV (+4%) led top movers. Oil rebounded 2% at $94.5; Gold -0.2% at $4,720. Stock futures are green ahead of the April jobs report. The Senate Banking Committee is expected to present a Clarity Act markup as early as tomorrow, with draft legislative text already circulating to select industry stakeholders ahead of a potential Thursday vote. Tether Head of Government Affairs Jesse Spiro warned at Consensus Miami that the November midterms could have a "seismic impact" on the industry's trajectory, potentially reversing the regulatory progress made over the past year if the balance of power in Congress shifts. Kraken parent Payward agreed to acquire Hong Kong-based Reap Technologies for $600 million, a stablecoin payments and corporate card infrastructure firm operating across Southeast Asia. Tether has frozen $515M of USDT across Ethereum and Tron over the past 30 days. JP Morgan analysts project that Saylor’s Strategy could buy $30B worth of BTC this year.

Crypto majors are red down 2-4%; BTC -2% at $80.7k; ETH -4% at $2,320; SOL -1% at $87; HYPE -4% at $42.5. VVV (+19%), TON (+16%), Virtual (+8%) and ICP (+6%) led top movers. Oil -1% at $92; Gold +1% at $4,735. Stock futures are flat premarket. The CME Group will offer crypto futures and options around the clock starting May 29, extending its digital asset derivatives trading to a 24/7 schedule for the first time. A new quantum report from Project Eleven warned that Q-day is likely by 2033 and possibly as early as 2030. OKX announced perpetual futures tied to OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic valuations, with synthetic price exposure with no equity rights or issuer approval. Bermuda Premier David Burt announced another USDC airdrop to residents tied to next week’s Bermuda Digital Finance Forum, alongside onboarding local merchants to accept stablecoin payments; the government is working with Coinbase and Circle to build the world’s first fully onchain national economy. ICE, OKX, and Securitize executives warned at Consensus Miami that offshore synthetic tokenized stocks use public company names without issuer approval and don’t represent real equity. Tokenized US treasuries on Ethereum have doubled over the past 6 months, now at $8B.

Crypto majors are green on renewed peace hopes, up 2-5%; BTC +2% at $82.4k; ETH +1.5% at $2,410; SOL +5% at $89; HYPE +2% at $44.5. ZEC (+37%), TON (+28%), VVV (+23%) and NEAR (+13%) led top movers. Oil -14% at $89; Gold -0.3% at $4,40. Stock futures are very green with NAS up 1.6% and DOW back to 50k. Bullish agreed to acquire Equiniti for $4.2 billion, the regulated transfer agent serving 3,000 public companies and $500B in annual payments, creating the first end-to-end tokenized securities platform. Kelp DAO announced it is migrating rsETH to Chainlink following the $292M exploit, while releasing screenshots alleging LayerZero personnel approved the 1-of-1 DVN setup that enabled the hack; LayerZero disputed the claim. CME Group announced Bitcoin Volatility futures launching June 1, letting traders bet on how much BTC will swing by tracking CME’s 30-day implied volatility index (BVX). Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned Tuesday of a 6-12 month window to patch tens of thousands of vulnerabilities found by its Mythos model before Chinese AI catches up. The Solana Foundation and Google Cloud launched Pay.sh, letting AI agents pay for APIs using stablecoins on Solana per request, with no accounts or subscriptions. Figure CEO Mike Cagney told Consensus Miami that Figure is targeting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac directly using blockchain-based origination that cuts costs 91%, from $11K to $1K.

Crypto majors are green, up 1-4%; BTC +2% at $80.7k; ETH +1.5% at $2,375; SOL +1% at $85; HYPE +5% at $43.5. TON (+35%), Morpho (+12%), and ZRO (+9%) led top movers. Oil -1% at $104; Gold -0.3% at $4,40. Stock futures are slightly green as treasury yields ease, ships pass in Hormuz. GameStop submitted a non-binding $55.5 billion offer to acquire eBay at $125/share, 50% cash, 50% GME stock, with $20B in TD Bank financing and $9.4B in cash on hand; CEO Ryan Cohen’s pitch is that eBay under tighter cost controls becomes “a legit competitor to Amazon”. Kraken parent Payward completed its $550 million acquisition of Bitnomial Monday, securing all three CFTC licenses (DCM, DCO, and FCM), making it the only crypto-native firm with the full US derivatives stack. Bullish announced that it’s going to tokenize its entire cap table today at Consensus, and then also announced an acquisition of Equiniti for $4.2B.

Crypto majors are green, up 1-4%; BTC +2% at $80.7k; ETH +1.5% at $2,375; SOL +1% at $85; HYPE +5% at $43.5. TON (+35%), Morpho (+12%), and ZRO (+9%) led top movers. Oil -1% at $104; Gold -0.3% at $4,40. Stock futures are slightly green as treasury yields ease, ships pass in Hormuz. GameStop submitted a non-binding $55.5 billion offer to acquire eBay at $125/share, 50% cash, 50% GME stock, with $20B in TD Bank financing and $9.4B in cash on hand; CEO Ryan Cohen’s pitch is that eBay under tighter cost controls becomes “a legit competitor to Amazon”. Kraken parent Payward completed its $550 million acquisition of Bitnomial Monday, securing all three CFTC licenses (DCM, DCO, and FCM), making it the only crypto-native firm with the full US derivatives stack. Bullish announced that it’s going to tokenize its entire cap table today at Consensus, and then also announced an acquisition of Equiniti for $4.2B.

Crypto majors fell after FOMC and odds of a rate cut in 2026 went to 0; BTC -2% at $76k; ETH -3% at $2,260; SOL -2% at $83; HYPE -4% at $39. LUNC (+3%), POL (+2%), and TRON (+1%) led top movers. Oil +2% at $105; Gold +2% at $4,640. Stock futures are green after earnings beats from Big Tech and Eli Lilly. Jack Maller’s Twenty One Capital surged on Wednesday after majority owner Tether proposed merging XXI with Strike and Bitcoin miner Elektron Energy, uniting treasury, mining, payments, and capital markets under one public company; XXI holds 43,514 BTC (~$3.3B), third among public companies. Visa expanded to nine blockchains on Wednesday, adding Base, Polygon, Canton, Circle’s Arc, and Stripe’s Tempo to its stablecoin settlement pilot; the program has hit a $7 billion annualized run rate, up 50% from last quarter. MoonPay acquired Israeli firm Sodot for $100 million in stock and used the deal to launch MoonPay Institutional, a new division for banks and asset managers led by former CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham. Alex Mashinsky was permanently banned from crypto under a $10 million FTC settlement on Wednesday; a $4.72 billion judgment was entered but largely suspended.

Crypto majors rebounded 1-2% ahead of FOMC today; BTC +1.5% at $77.6k; ETH +2% at $2,330; SOL +2% at $86; HYPE +2% at $40.50. H (+16%), DOGE (+11%), and PUMP (+8%) led top movers. Oil +4% at $103; Gold -1% at $4,570. Stock futures are slightly green ahead of FOMC and despite surging oil. The CFTC sued Wisconsin Tuesday, making it the fifth state the agency has taken to federal court in less than a month over prediction market jurisdiction. Tether announced Tuesday it is building a new class of modular, high-density Bitcoin mining systems in partnership with Canaan and ACME Swisstech. Localhost Research announced a new Post Quantum Cryptography Group Tuesday, partnering with Stanford cryptographers Benedikt Bünz and Dan Boneh to fund dedicated research into Bitcoin-specific post-quantum signature schemes. Canada announced plans to ban crypto ATMs to protect its citizens from fraud.

Crypto majors deeper in the red as oil surges; BTC -1.5% at $76.6k; ETH -1.5% at $2,280; SOL -2% at $84; HYPE -5% at $40. LUNC (+13%), H (+13%), and PI (+8%) led top movers. Oil +4% at $99.6; Gold -2% at $4,610. Stock futures are flat ahead of the Monday open. Arthur Hayes called for $125k Bitcoin by end of year at the BTC Conference in Vegas, driven by liquidity from war spending. The Solana Foundation shared a new post-quantum solution called Falcon that Anza and Jump researchers independently found. MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel announced the MARA Foundation at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas on Monday, pledging to fund Bitcoin protocol research, open-source development, quantum resistance work, self-custody infrastructure, and policy advocacy.

Crypto majors deeper in the red as oil surges; BTC -1.5% at $76.6k; ETH -1.5% at $2,280; SOL -2% at $84; HYPE -5% at $40. LUNC (+13%), H (+13%), and PI (+8%) led top movers. Oil +4% at $99.6; Gold -2% at $4,610. Stock futures are flat ahead of the Monday open. Arthur Hayes called for $125k Bitcoin by end of year at the BTC Conference in Vegas, driven by liquidity from war spending. The Solana Foundation shared a new post-quantum solution called Falcon that Anza and Jump researchers independently found. MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel announced the MARA Foundation at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas on Monday, pledging to fund Bitcoin protocol research, open-source development, quantum resistance work, self-custody infrastructure, and policy advocacy.

Crypto majors are slightly red after an overnight selloff; BTC -0.1% at $77.8k; ETH -0.5% at $2,320; SOL -1% at $85; HYPE +3% at $42.3. Pengu (+8%), Stable (+6%), and JUP (+4%) led top movers. Oil -1% at $95; Gold +0.1% at $4,710. Stock futures are flat ahead of the Monday open. Bitcoin notched its highest weekly close since January last night at $78,450. Chainlink listed its Data Feeds, Data Streams, and Proof of Reserve services on the AWS Marketplace Thursday, giving millions of AWS developers direct access to blockchain oracle infrastructure through standard cloud procurement. Morgan Stanley Investment Management launched the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio (MSNXX) Thursday, a government money market fund built specifically for stablecoin issuers to park the reserves backing their tokens. More quantum progress as an independent researcher broke a 15-bit elliptic curve cryptography key on a publicly accessible IBM quantum computer Thursday, winning Project Eleven’s 1 BTC Q-Day Prize.

Crypto majors are flat; BTC +0.4% at $77.7k; ETH even at $2,320; SOL even at $85; HYPE even at $40.80. Stable (+15%), H (+10%), and ZEC (+11%) led top movers. Oil +3% at $97; Gold -0.4% at $4,680. Stock futures are mixed with the Dow red but Nasdaq +1% premarket despite oil jumping all week. Wisconsin sued 5 prediction markets (Kalshi, Coinbase, Polymarket, Robinhood and Cryptocom) alleging that they operate as unlicensed gambling vs financial platforms. Pavel Durov (Telegram founder) announced that TON will cut its transaction fees by 6x, and soon most transactions will have no fees at all.

Crypto majors are red as oil concerns rise; BTC -1% at $77.4k; ETH -3% at $2,320; SOL -3% at $85; HYPE even at $40.80. Stable (+15%), DEXE (+5%), and JST (+2%) led top movers. Oil +4% at $94; Gold -1% at $4,700. Stock futures are red after making another new ATH yesterday. GSR launched the first actively managed multi-asset crypto ETF in the US on Wednesday, the GSR Crypto Core3 ETF (BESO) on Nasdaq, offering exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana with weekly rebalancing and staking rewards on ETH and SOL holdings. Russia’s State Duma passed the first reading of its long-awaited crypto bill Wednesday, recognizing cryptocurrency as property and permitting its use in foreign trade settlements, explicitly as a mechanism to bypass Western sanctions; domestic use of crypto for payments remains banned, with the ruble staying the sole legal tender inside Russia. Robinhood Ventures Fund I (NYSE: RVI) closed a $75 million investment in OpenAI common stock on April 17, making it one of the fund’s largest positions to date. OpenAI launched workspace agents in ChatGPT Wednesday, replacing custom GPTs with a more powerful team-oriented successor powered by Codex; workspace agents can handle complex, long-running tasks like preparing reports, writing code, and responding to messages, while operating within organization-set permissions and role-based access controls.

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