Israel strikes Lebanon, ceasefire extension prospects dim
## Market Snapshot In the “Israel Ceasefire Extension” market, the May 16 sub-market is currently priced at 51.0% YES, down from 65% 24 hours ago. The “Israel Airspace Closure” market is priced at 29.0% YES, a slight increase from 28%…
3 AIs Reveal What Might Trigger a Big Revival
“SHIB often benefits from sector-wide speculative flows rather than needing its own news first,” Perplexity stated. It was late 2021 when the self-proclaimed Dogecoin killer shocked the crypto world with a massive price surge, pushing its market capitalization above…
Cerebras IPO nearly doubles on Nasdaq debut
Cerebras IPO shares nearly doubled on their first day of trading, opening at $350 after pricing at $185 per share on Wednesday evening. Summary Cerebras raised $5.55 billion at $185 per share and opened Thursday at $350, the largest US…
US CFTC expands oversight of prediction markets, collaborates with major sports leagues
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is no longer just watching prediction markets from the sidelines. Chairman Mike Selig confirmed on May 12 that the agency is in active discussions with every major professional sports league in the US, including the…
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 surges past $77,000 as Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz
Bitcoin’s price surged above $77,000, its highest since January, after Iran announced it would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The Bitcoin Price in April market has shifted more bullish as risk-on sentiment returned. Market reaction The Bitcoin Price in April…
Why Crypto Traders Are Turning on the TRUMP Memecoin
The official TRUMP memecoin is down more than -95% from its January 2025 peak of $75, and the traders who rode that wave up are done pretending the story has a second act. The upcoming Mar-a-Lago conference for the token’s…
France Charges 88 Over Crypto Kidnappings as Attacks Average One Every 2.5 Days in 2026
Key Takeaways: France’s anti-organized crime prosecutor charged 88 people, including over 10 minors, linked to 12 cryptocurrency kidnapping cases. More than 135 crypto kidnapping incidents have been recorded in France since 2023, with 41 attacks logged in 2026 at a…
Bitcoin (BTC) Drops Below $78K, MemeCore (M) Crashes by 15%: Weekend Watch
BTC’s share of the total crypto market is still holding above 58%. The cryptocurrency market saw a minor decline over the last 24 hours, with some leading digital assets entering red territory. Bitcoin (BTC) slipped under $78,000, whereas trending…
Chainlink Tokenizes $11B Arizona Copper-Gold Mine
BridgeTower Capital has officially deployed Chainlink’s full infrastructure stack to tokenize securities tied to the DOM X Arizona Copper-Gold Project, an $11 billion US natural resource initiative, in what the companies describe as live production infrastructure rather than a pilot….
TON Price Prediction April 2026: Why $1.24 Is the Level to Watch Before Any Recovery — and What Could Change That
Toncoin is at a crossroads. After a brief rally that pushed the asset toward $1.41 earlier this week, the token has since retreated to $1.35, printing a 2.7% weekly loss and leaving traders asking the same uncomfortable question: is this…
Drivechain Architect Paul Sztorc Unveils August Bitcoin Hard Fork With 1:1 BTC Coin Split
Key Takeaways: Paul Sztorc announced eCash, a new Bitcoin hard fork dropping in August 2026, with a 1:1 BTC coin split for holders. The fork activates BIP300/301 Drivechains, targeting 8 billion users across 7 Layer 2 chains in development. Sztorc…
Iran resumes Tehran flights after US-Israel strikes, signaling stability
Iran has reopened commercial flights from Tehran’s airport for the first time since US-Israel strikes two months ago. The Polymarket contract on the Iranian regime falling by April 30 now trades at 0.4%. Traders read the flight resumption as a…
Is Ripple (XRP) About to Drop to $0.70 Before Breaking Multi-Year Resistance?
Getting from the current price of around $1.43 to the base zone would mean a drop of anywhere between 35% and 50%. A closely watched analyst has argued that XRP may drop to $0.70-$0.90. However, this is not a…
Malta’s Gaming Shield Faces Second EU Legal Setback in a Week
Key Takeaways: AG Emiliou found Malta’s Bill 55 incompatible with the EU’s Brussels I bis Regulation on April 23. Malta’s iGaming sector accounts for 10.1% of the national economy per MGA’s 2024 report. Emiliou said Maltese gaming licenses are, in…