CLARITY Act Faces Wave of Amendments Ahead of Markup
Stand With Crypto says its advocates have contacted lawmakers nearly 1.5 million times in support of the CLARITY Act. The Senate Banking Committee’s CLARITY Act is heading into Thursday’s markup, buried under opposition. According to reports, Senator Elizabeth Warren…
Anthropic rejects PreStocks tokens as shares void
Anthropic and OpenAI have declared PreStocks tokens backed by their shares worthless, sending the Solana products down up to 39%. Summary Both companies said any transfer of their stock to special purpose vehicles without board approval is void, meaning buyers…
River integrates OKX DEX for one-tap swaps to satUSD
River, the protocol formerly known as Satoshi Protocol, just made converting assets into its native stablecoin satUSD considerably less painful. The platform has integrated OKX DEX’s X Routing algorithm directly into the River App, allowing users to swap virtually any…
Bitcoin ETF IBIT outpaces gold GLD by 33 points as $13B capital rotation accelerates
Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas reported that the Bitcoin spot ETF iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has significantly outperformed the gold ETF SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) since March, outpacing it by roughly 33 percentage points in performance. Summary Bloomberg ETF…
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…
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…
Solana and Google Cloud Team Up for Stablecoin-Powered AI Agent Payments
Developers can link a Solana wallet to AI tools like Claude Code or Gemini and have an agent accessing paid APIs within one minute. The Solana Foundation has partnered with Google Cloud to launch Pay.sh, a platform that allows…
Wall Street Giant Morgan Stanley Enters Crypto Race With Pricing Edge: Report
Morgan Stanley is bringing Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana trading to E*Trade clients soon. One of the world’s largest wealth management firms, Morgan Stanley, is all set to introduce cryptocurrency trading on its E*Trade platform, which it acquired for $13…
Israel strikes Hezbollah command HQ, military buildings in Lebanon
## Market Snapshot In the “Israel withdraws from Lebanon” markets, the current pricing is 0.1% YES for April 30, 2026, 2.8% YES for May 31, 2026, and 9.0% YES for June 30, 2026. These figures represent a decline in the…
Shiba Inu Whale Moves 800B SHIB, Sparks Market Focus Shift
In the past 24 hours, a whale holding approximately 16–17% of the Shiba Inu (SHIB) supply moved about 800 billion SHIB tokens (equivalent to nearly $4.9 million) to the CoinMENA exchange, according to EmberCN. The transaction was executed through multiple…
Bitcoin community launches Bitcoin Beyond 66 AI tool to counter energy concerns
A Nordic Bitcoin education group has released an open-source AI database designed to generate evidence-backed responses to common criticisms about Bitcoin’s environmental impact and energy use. Summary Bitcoin Beyond 66 has launched an AI database that generates evidence-based responses to…
US Debt Nears $39T GDP Mark for First Time Since 1946, Validating Bitcoin
Key Takeaways: U.S. national debt topped 100% of GDP for the first time since 1946, eclipsing the nation’s entire annual economy. Bitcoin’s fixed 21 million supply makes it a direct hedge against debt-driven dollar debasement. Institutional BTC demand has held…
Solana sees $40M net inflows in April 2026 amid geopolitical tensions
## Market Snapshot Solana Price in April market is currently focused on the question of whether Solana will reach $150 in April 2026. The market lacks specific odds data at the moment, and sub-markets have reached their resolution point. ##…
U.S. Senate votes to ban members from using prediction markets
The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution banning senators and Senate staff from using prediction markets. Summary Senate approved a rule banning members and staff from using prediction markets, with the change taking effect immediately. Lawmakers cited risks of insider…
Silence Labs Launches Quantum-Safe Vault to Secure Crypto Custody
Key Takeaways: Silence Laboratories launched a quantum-safe vault using NIST’s 2024 ML-DSA standard. Bitgo and Infosys join early tests, signaling rising institutional focus on quantum risk. Silence Labs targets gradual adoption, with MPC upgrades to prep crypto for future threats….
Iran regime solidifies power under IRGC control after US-Israeli strikes
## Market Snapshot The market for an Iran leadership change by December 31 is currently priced at 39.5% YES, slightly down from 40% 24 hours ago. The odds for Reza Pahlavi entering Iran by June 30 are priced at 5.5%…
Lithosphere Deploys Full-Stack Development Environment for AI-Native Applications
Seattle, Washington–(Newsfile Corp. – May 1, 2026) – Lithosphere has deployed a full-stack development environment designed to support the end-to-end creation of AI-native decentralized applications. The environment integrates tooling, testing frameworks, and execution layers into a unified system, enabling…
Bitcoin Price Forecast: BTC USD Dips Under $76k – Is the ‘Fed-Iran’ Double Whammy a Buying Opportunity?
Today’s Bitcoin price forecast makes for uneasy reading as BTC USD cratered to an intraday low of $75,100 today, after two catalysts hit simultaneously: the Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate steady at 3.5–3.75%, and President Trump publicly rejected Iran’s…