Kevin Warsh has unloaded more than $100 million in investment holdings before taking the top job at the Federal Reserve, after his wealth and private assets became a major issue during his confirmation fight. According to an ethics filing made on May 16, the Office of Government Ethics provided him with a certificate of divestiture...

Tether has applied for seven trademarks in South Korea, including for its company name and logo, in a move that market observers see as a hint of the firm expanding into the South Korean market.  The issuer of the largest stablecoin in the world, USDT, is also expanding its reach into Africa and Asia by...

Lolli, the Bitcoin rewards platform that is part of Thesis*’s growing portfolio of Bitcoin-native products, has partnered with Kard, an independent commerce media network, to offer card-linked Bitcoin cashback rewards to its users. The integration is supposed to allow Lolli’s more than 600,000 account holders to earn Bitcoin automatically on qualifying purchases across Kard’s network...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced plans to accelerate physical AI innovation and expand the technology globally.

Flare Network and D’CENT Wallet partnered on Tuesday to launch a hardware-secured XRP Yield access. The initiative is also part of the firm’s new XRP Alliance Integration.  Flare Network stated that the initiative will allow holders to deposit into institutional-grade vaults directly from their hardware wallet in two signatures. The firm also confirmed that the...

Polymarket launched on Tuesday prediction markets linked to the performance of private companies, effectively providing investors with access to startups and unicorns with a combined valuation of over $5 trillion.

The recently failed coin trading platform Zondacrypto has had its license suspended by the financial authorities in Estonia, where its operator is based.

Hut 8 Corp is moving ahead to invest $16 million to improve water infrastructure in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. This comes amid the firm’s aim to develop its River Bend AI data center campus. The project includes a new water well, about eight miles of water main, and other upgrades. The infrastructure will reportedly be...

Crypto mining stocks endured worse than usual Q1 results for some of the leading mining companies.

BingX Research has seen traditional finance and digital assets come together much faster over the past year. What used to be just talk about connecting two separate systems is now clear in fund flows, payment systems, collateral, and how people access private assets. The main question now is not if crypto will stay separate from...

The cryptocurrency market is broadly facing headwinds on Tuesday as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East over the US-Iran conflict escalate, driving Oil prices above $103 for West Texas Intermediate (WTI).

Research firm Bernstein turned bullish on a group of publicly traded Bitcoin miners. The firm suggests that the companies with large power footprints could benefit from a surge in demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The firm assigned Outperform ratings to four miners, shows a public report citing Bernstein research. The list holds the names of...

Roughly one in four American workers use AI at work, according to the report's findings on the economic well-being of U.S. households in 2025.

Three French crypto industry figures warned that France's 2019 tax code penalizes stablecoin-to-bank transfers.

Pump.fun will introduce USDC pairings for new meme token launches, starting from May 21.

Gold and Silver prices tumbled as US inflation data turned out to be hotter-than-expected. The fresh data dampened expectations for near-term Federal Reserve rate cuts. It has also raised alarms for crypto markets that have rallied on hopes of easier monetary policy. Spot Gold price dipped below $4,500 an ounce after US consumer and producer...

Ripple (XRP) is trading above $1.37, struggling to find a solid footing at the time of writing on Tuesday amid a broad crypto market drawdown. The persistent decline marks the fifth consecutive day of sellers tightening their grip, leaving XRP vulnerable. 

Cryptocurrencies continue to navigate a period of heightened volatility, with major digital assets including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) holding firmly above key support areas at the time of writing on Tuesday.

The Ethereum Foundation saw an outflow of high-profile contributors in April and May, probably as a response to its recent Mandate document, and the goal of becoming less influential and more decentralized.

The United States is extending a sanctions waiver on seaborne Russian oil as the closure of the Hormuz Strait continues to pressure global markets.

HYPE rallied above $48 on increased interest for pre-IPO SpaceX stocks, as Hyperliquid turned into one of the main venues for quick permissionless access to traditional assets.

HYPE is up over 5% over the past 24 hours and extending its weekly gains to over 13%. The catalyst for this bullish momentum seems to be Bitwise’s newly launched Hyperliquid ETF and its latest news on the structural design of the ETF that dropped on Monday. Bitwise announced that 10% of the management fee...

South Korean investors, well-known for leading the Asian market's demand for Bitcoin (BTC), are returning to their domestic equity markets as the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) hits record highs amid increasing AI chip demand.

Bitcoin (BTC) steadies around the key technical support on Tuesday after its recent correction. The Crypto King’s next directional move could hinge on this key technical zone.

The Bitcoin DeFi project Echo fell victim to an exploit. The hacker minted 1k eBTC on Monad, and then collateralized 45 eBTC on Curvance to borrow 11.29 WBTC.

Pi Network (PI) holds above $0.1500 at press time on Tuesday, posting its fifth consecutive day of losses amid intense selling pressure as the mainnet migration of PI tokens offsets the 2.55 million outflows from Centralized Exchanges (CEXs).

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to release an “innovation exemption” framework for tokenized stock trading, which could create a 24/7, decentralized vertical.

The XRP Ledger architecture is evolving to prioritize user privacy. Developers, including those of Flare, are working on confidential transaction protocols. More recently, highlighting Flare Networks’ unique capabilities, crypto community figure Eri noted on X that the platform validates Bitcoin and XRPL activity without compromising confidential user metrics. She noted that Encrypted Finance, which adds...

Google and Blackstone are creating a standalone AI cloud company that will sell Google’s proprietary TPU chips to outside customers, with Blackstone contributing $5 billion in equity for a majority stake. Including leverage, the total investment reaches $25 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. Benjamin Treynor Sloss, a longtime Google executive, will run the unnamed...

Bitcoin (BTC) trades around $76,000 on Tuesday amid renewed stress on the US-Iran ceasefire. However, Ondo (ONDO) and Zcash (ZEC) have emerged as top performers over the last 24 hours, with a rebound driven by rising Total Value Locked (TVL) in tokenized stocks and social activity, respectively.