Starknet Rocks Bitcoin News With Private Wrapped BTC Launch
In Bitcoin news today, Starknet launched strkBTC on May 12, 2026, a wrapped, BTC-backed asset that runs on Starknet’s Bitcoin Layer 2 network and uses zero-knowledge cryptography to shield your balances and transaction history from public view. The real question…
Bitcoin Rejected at $80K as Inflation Fears Outweigh CLARITY Act Progress: Weekly Recap
BTC’s Thursday price spike came to a painful end on Friday. The past week was quite eventful once again, with headlines spanning different sectors: from the highly anticipated meeting between US President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping to inflation…
empowering retail investors with automated trading
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. AI trading bots gain wider retail adoption as investors seek automation in volatile 2026 markets. Summary AI trading bots…
Moscow Exchange eyes 24/7 crypto trading in push to rival foreign platforms
Moscow Exchange (MOEX), Russia’s top stock exchange, is exploring the possibility of launching round-the-clock crypto trading as the platform moves deeper into digital assets, RBC Investments reported, citing brokerage industry sources. According to the report, MOEX is holding discussions with…
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…
Pantera urges Satsuma to sell $50M Bitcoin and return capital
Some shareholders of Satsuma Technology Plc, including Pantera Capital, have asked the London-listed company to sell its Bitcoin holdings and distribute the proceeds to investors. Summary Pantera urged Satsuma to sell 646 BTC and return proceeds to shareholders after mounting…
ZachXBT Helped Freeze $800K After French Streamer’s Dad Was Kidnapped in Crypto Ransom Plot
Key Takeaways: ZachXBT and Binance Security froze $800,000 of a $2 million crypto ransom paid after a 2023 kidnapping in France. The father of French streamer TeufeurS was abducted in Sarthe by attackers posing as Amazon delivery workers and filmed…
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz over ceasefire breaches, complicating US talks
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz over ceasefire breaches has pushed odds for a Trump-Iran meeting by April 30 down to 3.2%, falling from 8% just a day ago. Market reaction The diplomatic meetings market dropped quickly after Iran’s…
Crypto Billionaire Justin Sun Files Lawsuit Against Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial Over ‘Wrongfully’ Frozen Tokens
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun says he’s filed a lawsuit against World Liberty Financial, alleging the project improperly froze his tokens and stripped his governance rights. Sun detailed the move in a new post on X. “Today, I filed a lawsuit…
Bitget and Block Scholes: Traders Increasingly Adopt 24/7 Tokenized Markets for Real-Time Macro Hedging
A new report from cryptocurrency platform Bitget and institutional research firm Block Scholes indicates a growing convergence between digital assets and traditional financial markets, driven by traders seeking to manage cross-class portfolios in real time. The report, titled “Tokenised Markets…
Strategy Could Overtake BlackRock Crypto IBIT in Bitcoin Holdings With STRC Raise
Strategy holds 780,897 BTC valued at over $59Bn. The BlackRock crypto IBIT fund holds 798,026 BTC. That gap, roughly 17,000 coins, could close this week. The detail most headlines are missing, though, is how the mechanics actually work: Strategy has…
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Adds 101,627 ETH Worth $233 Million in Its Largest 2026 Accumulation
Key Takeaways: Tom Lee’s Bitmine acquired 101,627 ETH worth $233 million from Bitgo, its largest weekly buy of 2026. The purchase brings Bitmine’s total ether holdings to approximately 4.97 million ETH across its treasury. Three newly created wallets received the…
Pi Network (PI) News Today: April 23
Here’s a look at the project’s latest developments, along with what’s expected to come next. The controversial crypto project has launched numerous features recently, aimed at improving the ecosystem and enhancing the user experience. The next few weeks are…
New York, Illinois ban state staff from prediction markets
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order 60 on April 22, barring covered state officials and employees from using nonpublic information gained through their jobs to profit or avoid losses in prediction markets. Summary New York and Illinois barred…
Robinhood Fund Invests $75 Million in OpenAI
Key Takeaways: Robinhood invested $75 million in OpenAI, expanding retail access to private AI firms. RVI targets $10 trillion private market gap as U.S. public listings have fallen from 7,000 to 4,000. OpenAI stake signals more retail exposure to AI…