Ship seized off UAE coast, heading toward Iran amid regional tensions
## Market Snapshot The “Strait of Hormuz Ship Transit” market currently shows 45.5% YES for 20 ships transiting by May 31, down from 76% a week ago. The “Strait of Hormuz Traffic by May” market reflects 0.2% YES for normal…
Ripple CTO Emeritus Issues Urgent Warning About XRP Scams
This is far from the first instance in which bad actors have targeted the XRP Army. The undeniable growth of the overall cryptocurrency industry over the past decade has, unfortunately and expectedly, led to an increasing number of scammers…
Nakamoto revenue jumps, but Q1 loss hits $238.8M
Nakamoto reported $2.7 million in first-quarter operating revenue after completing its acquisitions of BTC Inc. and UTXO Management on Feb. 20. Summary Nakamoto reported $2.7 million in Q1 revenue after closing BTC Inc. and UTXO deals. The company’s $238.8 million…
United Arab Emirates conducted secret military strikes on Iran, Wall Street Journal reports
The United Arab Emirates quietly entered the shooting war against Iran, conducting covert military strikes that included hitting a major oil refinery on Iran’s Lavan Island in early April, according to The Wall Street Journal. What happened The Wall Street…
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…
Bitcoin Attempts Bottom as Analyst Flags $79K and $65K Levels
Bitcoin is nearing a key price test that could confirm a bottom or expose this move as another failed attempt. The outcome will shape whether improving market conditions translate into a sustained recovery or stall again. Key Takeaways: Willy Woo…
Bitcoin’s April price drop linked to leverage liquidations: CryptoQuant
CryptoQuant attributes Bitcoin’s late-April price drop to leverage liquidations. The market predicting Bitcoin will reach $80,000 in April sits at 10.5% YES, down from 30% a day ago. Market reaction The market predicting Bitcoin reaching $80,000 dropped from 56% to…
3 Binance Updates for XRP and Other Altcoin Traders: Details
Here are the latest listings and delistings announced by the exchange. Rarely does a week pass without the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange introducing some kind of platform adjustments. Most recently, it added new trading pairs to one of its…
Judge Kaplan Denies Sam Bankman-Fried’s Bid for a New Trial, Calling Claims Baseless
Key Takeaways: Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) Rule 33 motion on April 28, 2026, calling the new evidence claims “baseless.” The ruling closes the district court chapter for SBF, who still faces a live Second Circuit appeal from…
Bitcoin 2026 Conference Divides Its Community
The Bitcoin 2026 Conference drew more than 40,000 attendees to The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas from April 27 to 29, but the institutional-heavy speaker lineup sparked a sharp backlash from early adopters who accused the event of abandoning its…
Iran blames US for failed peace talks during Putin visit
Iran blamed the US for the breakdown in peace talks, citing excessive demands during Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Russia. The market for a US-Iran nuclear deal by April 30 sits at 0.5% YES, down from 2% yesterday. ## Market reaction…
Lightspark CEO Launches Grid Global Accounts at Bitcoin 2026 Las Vegas
Key Takeaways: Lightspark CEO David Marcus launched Grid Global Accounts at Bitcoin 2025 Las Vegas, connecting users to 175 million Visa merchants. Grid reaches 65 countries in real time, with Marcus targeting 75 countries and 100 Visa markets before year-end…
Trump’s Meme Coin Is a Major Roadblock to the CLARITY Act
According to critics, half of crypto’s most influential people were at Trump’s recent meme coin dinner, which is why they can’t say anything. The CLARITY Act, the most consequential crypto legislation working through the US Senate, is stalling partly…
Over Protocol’s lights go out, leaving a “decentralized” shell behind
Over Foundation has shut down all Over Protocol infrastructure, abandoning OverWallet, nodes and explorers, and leaving block production to any validators stubborn enough to keep running. Summary Over Foundation says “insurmountable financial constraints” forced it to permanently cease operations, killing…
Polymarket Targets Full US Return as CFTC Talks Advance – Bitcoin News
Key Takeaways: Polymarket held discussions with the CFTC in recent weeks to lift its 2022 ban and bring its main exchange to U.S. users. A full U.S. return could pit Polymarket directly against Kalshi, deepening competition in a sector processing…