Senate advances Kevin Warsh nomination for Fed Chair, Powell exit unlikely by May
## Market Snapshot Jerome Powell’s exit from his role as Fed Chair by May 14 is currently priced at 0.7% YES, while the likelihood of Kevin Warsh’s confirmation by May 15 is at 97% YES. Recent developments have slightly influenced…
XRP Ledger Foundation Names Ripple’s David Schwartz Honorary Board Member
Key Takeaways David Schwartz joined the XRP Ledger Foundation as an honorary board member. Foundation leaders are assigning engineering, operations, and community responsibilities across defined roles. Schwartz will support the Foundation’s technical stewardship as it expands its leadership structure. XRP…
Bitcoin Price Prediction: US-Iran Peace Talks Stall Before Trump-Xi Meeting – Can BTC Replicate the U.S China $88K Rally?
Bitcoin price is trading at $81,000, up by nothing despite the collapse of US-Iran peace talks that sent prediction and sentiment back below the bullish line. when President Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal as “totally unacceptable.” Oil prices surged by…
Tron in Trouble? ‘Glaring Divergence’ Flagged Behind TRX’s Latest Surge
TRX’s latest upward momentum appears increasingly disconnected from actual blockchain usage and transaction activity levels. Tron’s (TRX) performance so far in 2026 has been solid. In the past five months alone, the crypto asset has climbed more than 23%….
Crypto Correlations Hit Record Highs as BTC-SOL Reaches 0.99
Ethereum emerged as the most connected asset, showing strong alignment with Cardano, Solana, and Dogecoin. Analytics platform DefiLlama has reported an elevated degree of price synchronization among leading cryptocurrencies. Over the past week, several major trading pairs showed correlation…
Galaxy Digital and Sharplink Launch $125 Million Institutional DeFi Yield Fund
Key Takeaways Galaxy Digital and Sharplink formed a $125M fund, moving DeFi to institutional treasuries. Holding 870K ETH, Sharplink proves large firms can safely access onchain market yields. Next, Galaxy will manage the $125M pool to generate risk-managed ETH returns…
Sumsub CEO warns AI fraud is outpacing crypto
Crypto compliance demand is surging as AI fraud evolves faster than firms can respond, Sumsub CEO Andrew Sever says. Summary Sumsub CEO Andrew Sever told Consensus Miami that sophisticated AI fraud attacks on crypto firms increased 180% year over year….
Bitcoin Pulls In $706M as Traders Abandon Short Positions in Massive Sentiment Shift
While Bitcoin dominated headlines, Solana and XRP investment products also recorded sharp increases in activity. Digital asset investment products posted inflows of $857.9 million, and extended six straight weeks of positive flows – the highest weekly figure since April…
Tokenized RWA market reaches $30.9B, up 44% year-to-date as government bonds dominate
The market for tokenized real-world assets just crossed $30.9 billion, a 44% jump since the start of the year and a 203% increase compared to the same period last year. Those are not speculative DeFi protocol numbers. That is the…
OCC Gives Augustus Conditional Approval to Build AI-Native Clearing Bank in the US
Key Takeaways The OCC conditionally approved Augustus Bank N.A. this week, making it the first AI-native stablecoin clearing bank to reach this stage in the U.S. Ferdinand Dabitz, 25, a Thiel Fellow, will become the youngest CEO of a federally…
