Meme coins, including Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and Pepe (PEPE), risk erasing earlier gains as buying pressure and broader market sentiment weaken. 

Pi Network (PI) is trading below $0.1800 at press time on Friday, extending its third straight day of steady decline. Retail interest in Pi Network continues to decline, despite its co-founders' speeches at Consensus 2026 on Thursday, suggesting further buying pressure.

Bitcoin is taking market share from gold as investors hedge against fiat currency debasement, JPMorgan analysts said in a research note this week. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have recorded inflows for three consecutive months through May, while gold ETFs are still struggling to recover the outflows that followed the March Iran conflict, according to The Block....

Data from Artemis shows that prediction markets notched up over $74 billion in volume in Q1 this year, an increase of around 76% from the previous quarter and the strongest one by a long shot. The numbers show that adoption has shot through the roof but until now, there hasn’t been a solid intelligence layer...

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading below $80,000 at press time on Friday, retracing after a bearish close the previous day. The renewed military action between the US and Iran risks breaking the ceasefire, weighing on investor interest.

Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Ripple (XRP) are showing signs of near-term weakness as key technical resistance comes into play. BTC faced rejection at its 200-day EMA earlier this week and has slipped below the $80,000 mark on Friday.

Stablecoins are emerging as one of the most closely watched developments in global finance, as banks, payment firms, and technology companies explore blockchain-based alternatives to traditional payment rails. Once mainly used by traders moving funds between cryptocurrency exchanges, stablecoins are now expanding into cross-border remittances, merchant settlements, treasury management, and machine-to-machine payments. The shift is...

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Meta is urging the Canadian government to amend Bill C-22 to remove provisions that could force technology companies to build third-party surveillance capabilities into their systems. The company’s executives testified at a parliamentary hearing on Thursday, May 7, the day after Apple issued a public statement opposing the same provisions. Meta’s position separates Part 1...

About 100K Bitcoin has left Binance, OKX, and Gemini since February 2026, pushing exchange reserves to their lowest level in years.

OpenAI launches Trusted Contact for ChatGPT, alerting designated contacts when self-harm concerns surface.

Tom Lee suggests a shift towards buying ETH as BitMine approaches a significant 5% milestone. 

Coinbase saw a net loss of $394 million in the first quarter of the year as lower crypto prices and softer trading activity pressured its global business, according to its Q1 report on Thursday.

OpenAI launched three real-time voice models, bringing GPT-5-class reasoning, 70-language translation, and live transcription to its API.

Ethereum (ETH) is down 2% on Thursday following signs of selling pressure across key onchain metrics.

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has received a takeover offer from GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), but this is not a friendly deal with both sides already at the table. GameStop sent the proposal without any earlier talks with eBay, and the offer is not binding. But for those of us familiar with CEO Ryan Cohen’s personality,...

AWS launched AgentCore Payments, letting AI agents make stablecoin micropayments through Coinbase and Stripe.

IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) has announced revenue fell to $144.8 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2026, down from $184.7 million in the prior quarter, as weaker Bitcoin economics collided with its ongoing buildout of AI Cloud capacity. The drop was $39.9 million, tied to a lower average Bitcoin price and the removal of...

AI startups are increasingly struggling with a type of fraud that barely existed a few years ago: automated users signing up in bulk to drain expensive computing resources before companies can stop them. Stripe Chief Executive Patrick Collison said the problem has become widespread among AI firms using the company’s payment infrastructure. Speaking on the...

A Guelph woman lost $14,000 to scammers who used deepfake MrBeast ads and phone calls to push a fake crypto investment.

CoreWeave (CRWV) reported a huge first-quarter sales jump, but the company still burned through far more money as it spent heavily on AI cloud infrastructure. Revenue hit $2.08 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from $982 million a year earlier. Analysts tracked by LSEG expected $1.97 billion, so CoreWeave came in...

Binance is facing renewed pressure from the U.S. Treasury Department after reports alleged that more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency transactions tied to Iranian entities moved through the exchange in 2024 and 2025, according to reports. The outreach marks the latest challenge for the world’s largest crypto exchange, less than three years after it agreed...

Block (NYSE: SQ) gave Wall Street a messy first-quarter report. The payments company beat adjusted profit expectations and lifted its 2026 gross profit forecast, but it also reported a $308.7 million net loss for common stockholders. The Jack Dorsey-led company now expects $12.33 billion in full-year gross profit for 2026. Its old forecast was $12.20...

Bitwise is set to take over management of Superstate's $267 million Crypto Carry Fund, marking its entry into the tokenized funds market. The transition is expected to be completed on June 1, according to a statement released on Thursday.

Large companies are moving away from traditional surveys and turning to AI-generated replicas of real people, a shift that offers faster insights but also sparks concerns about employment and data privacy. A viral TikTok can make a brand famous in hours, but many companies still rely on twelve-week research cycles. By the time results arrive,...

Coinbase Global (COIN) missed Wall Street’s first-quarter numbers after crypto prices cooled and customers traded less on spot markets. Coinbase reported a $394.1 million net loss for the quarter ended March 31, compared with $65.6 million in profit a year earlier. The loss came to $1.49 per share, while analysts tracked by LSEG expected a...

Solv Protocol has announced that it is migrating its entire $700 million tokenized Bitcoin portfolio from LayerZero to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP). This makes it the second major protocol to leave LayerZero’s bridging infrastructure following the controversy that surrounded its role in the $292 million KelpDAO exploit. Solv’s decision comes just two days after...

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have lifted their bans on U.S. military use of their bases and airspace, removing the main obstacle to resuming Project Freedom, the American naval operation to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The reversal comes just days after both Gulf states blocked U.S. access to key military infrastructure. Saudi...

Key Takeaway: BRETT, or Based Brett, is a meme cryptocurrency launched in February 2024 on the Base blockchain, an Ethereum Layer 2 solution. Inspired by the character Brett from Matt Furie’s “Boys’ Club” comic series, BRETT aims to engage users through humor and community interaction. It has quickly gained popularity, boasting a market cap exceeding...

The Bank of England is showing signs that it may ease parts of its proposed stablecoin framework after strong criticism from crypto companies, legal experts, and digital asset advocates who argue that some of the rules could make sterling-backed stablecoins commercially unattractive and drive innovation outside the UK. At the center of the debate is...