Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin slides below $70k as energy‑price worries spark $1.8B in liquidations
Bitcoin fell under $70,000 amid heightened energy‑price uncertainty linked to U.S.–Iran tensions. The dip triggered roughly $1.8 billion in crypto liquidations, while institutional investors pulled more than $4.2 billion from digital‑asset positions.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
How a Crypto Pro Uses AI
In this episode, Real Vision hosts Chief Crypto Analyst Jamie Coutts to discuss the latest AI developments and how they intersect with the cryptocurrency market. Jamie shares his practical workflow, using AI tools to analyze blockchain data, generate trading signals, and streamline personal productivity. He also offers insights on the risks and ethical considerations of relying on AI in high‑volatility crypto trading. The conversation highlights real‑world applications of AI that can give crypto professionals a competitive edge.
Anchorage Is Stepping Back From Robinhood and Kraken-Backed Stablecoin Group
Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, announced it will step back from a front‑line role in the Global Dollar stablecoin (USDG) consortium, which includes Robinhood and Kraken. The firm will adopt a more neutral...
Why the TradFi Takeover of Crypto Might Not Be the Death Blow Analysts Expect
Morgan Stanley is adding crypto trading to its E*Trade platform with a 50‑basis‑point fee, undercutting rivals such as Coinbase, Robinhood and Schwab. Analysts warn the move could compress margins for U.S. crypto exchanges, while industry leaders argue that global platforms...
CME to Launch 24/7 Crypto Futures Trading on May 29, Covering Nine Major Coins
CME Group announced that its Crypto Complex will begin continuous 24‑hour, seven‑day trading of cryptocurrency futures on May 29, expanding to nine digital assets that represent over 75% of market cap. The move follows the recent launch of Avalanche and...
Crypto.com CMO Steven Kalifowitz Exits After Nearly Six Years
Crypto.com confirmed that chief marketing officer Steven Kalifowitz will leave the firm after nearly six years at the helm. Kalifowitz guided the exchange through a period of rapid user growth and high‑profile partnership deals, making his exit a significant leadership...
Circle Secures $222 Million for Arc Blockchain, Valuing Platform at $3 B
Circle closed a $222 million token presale for its Arc public blockchain, giving the network a $3 billion valuation. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from BlackRock, Apollo and other institutional investors, marking Circle's expansion beyond its USDC stablecoin...
Promises of DOGE Dividends and Job Cuts Proved Illegal
This is the same man who said he would pay you a DOGE dividend and cut federal jobs, all to find out that those job cuts were, in fact, illegal, like I told you they were. If you want real...
Bitcoin Dominance Rises, But It’s Not All Bad for Altcoins
Bitcoin surged past $80,000 and held that level for several days, lifting its market‑dominance gauge to 61.3%, the strongest reading in over six months. While the metric suggests investors are favoring Bitcoin, altcoins have begun to stabilize after a prolonged...
These Forces Could Push Bitcoin Higher This Week Even as US-Iran Tensions Continue to Rattle Markets
Bitcoin is trading in a tight $78,000‑$82,000 band as Middle‑East tensions lift oil prices and stoke inflation concerns. The upcoming April CPI report, expected to rise 0.6% month‑over‑month and 3.7% year‑over‑year, could keep the Federal Reserve on hold and pressure...
Hybrid Fund Boosts Bullish Outlook for Early Crypto Era
The fund team traveled to @consensus2026 last week. It's been a fruitful week, and despite not running a market-neutral strategy, I'm very positive about the future of this industry. Our directional hybrid fund is perfectly positioned to navigate the constantly changing market...
Circle Raises $222M To Launch Arc Blockchain Network
Circle announced a $222 million presale that values its new Arc blockchain network at roughly $3 billion on a fully diluted basis. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with a $75 million commitment, joined by BlackRock, Apollo, Intercontinental Exchange, SBI Group and other institutional...
Mr Richi × Serc: The NFC 2026 Ticket FREE MINT Drop Is Here. Find the Pink Dragon, Win Rewards. 🐉
The NFC Summit 2026 is issuing a free, generative‑art NFT ticket collection created by artists Mr Richi and Serc. One thousand unique tickets are being minted on Transient Labs, each featuring an NFC dragon motif. Holders of the ultra‑rare pink...
BTC - Weekly RSI Levels Now at 50
Bitcoin’s weekly Relative Strength Index (RSI) reached the neutral 50 mark as of May 11 2026, signaling a balance between bullish and bearish pressure. Analyst Paul Webborn notes that he has been positioning his portfolio since February 5 2026, using a 26‑minute multi‑timeframe Elliott Wave...
Crypto and AI Could Be Dirty Words on 2026 Midterm Campaign Trail
Crypto and AI lobbyists have poured millions into U.S. political action committees, accelerating policy wins such as the pending CLARITY Act. Yet recent Politico‑commissioned polls reveal deep voter skepticism: only 17% trust crypto platforms and 43% view AI as more...
Report Predicts Tokenization Will Change Financial Infrastructure by Intermediaries Stay
Moody’s Investors Service published a report forecasting how tokenization will reshape U.S. financial infrastructure. It outlines three scenarios—steady growth, low growth, and rapid growth—with the steady‑growth base case deemed most likely, keeping banks and asset managers as key intermediaries. Tokenized...
The Biggest Consensus Overhaul in Solana History Is Officially Live for Testing
Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade, the platform’s most extensive consensus overhaul, is now live on a community test cluster, allowing validators to experiment with the new architecture. The test enables an “Alpenswitch,” where nodes transition from the existing Proof‑of‑History and TowerBFT system...
XRP Already Clear: Regulation, Infrastructure, and Price Upside
XRP does not need the Clarity Act. It already has clarity. FinCEN classifies it as a currency. Binance lists it as a commodity. Tax treatment is settled. Counterparties know exactly how to use it. Brad Garlinghouse said institutions just need...
DeFi Protocol Aave Teams Up with LatAm Fintechs to Enable Greater Financial Inclusion
Aave has deepened its foothold in Latin America by embedding its lending protocol into several regional fintech apps, allowing users to earn dollar‑denominated yields on stablecoins without direct blockchain interaction. The initiative targets inflation‑hit economies such as Argentina, Brazil, Mexico...
Crypto Market Makers Solve the Cold‑Start Liquidity Gap
Crypto Market Making & The Cold Start Problem with John Gu (Caladan) My guest today is John Gu, founder and CEO of Caladan, one of the most active market makers in crypto and a firm that has provided liquidity to more...
Bitcoin's Bear Thesis Overcrowded; Fundamentals Remain Strong
The most overcrowded thesis right now is that #Bitcoin makes a bear flag and that we're going to bottom out in October '26. Literally all over my timeline. I don't think that it's a feasible thesis to expect when everybody expects it. Aside...
Bitcoin’s Recovery Is Gaining Strength
Bitcoin is testing the critical 200‑day moving average and has held above it, signaling a strengthening recovery. The price has not yet broken the level despite a macro backdrop marked by elevated inflation, sharply higher oil prices, and expectations of...
Strategy's Bitcoin Sale Panic Signals Bullish Outlook
Strategy holds 818,869 Bitcoin. Last week they said they’d sell some. The internet panicked… I break down why this is bullish — and why Bitcoin sitting 30% below its all-time high while stocks hit records might not last long. New...
Crypto.com Teams with Bookit to Offer In-App Hotel Bookings for VIP Traders
Crypto.com has launched a partnership with travel platform Bookit that lets its Level Up subscribers book hotels, flights and luxury experiences directly within the app. The service, initially limited to premium members, taps more than one million global listings and...
Starknet’s Upgradable Design Enables Future‑Proof Post‑Quantum Security
Read this well: Post-quantum wallets are already live on Starknet. But not every app is built from day 1 with every feature and property it will need in the future (post-quantum security included). And rihgt here is one of Starknet's biggest...
Ronin Set to Transition to Ethereum Layer 2 From Independent Sidechain
Ronin, the blockchain powering Axie Infinity and other games, will hard‑fork on May 12 to migrate from its independent sidechain to an Ethereum layer‑2 built on the OP Stack. The transition will pause all transactions for roughly ten hours and introduce a...
Crypto Funds Log $858M in Sixth Straight Week of Inflows: CoinShares
Crypto exchange‑traded products (ETPs) recorded a sixth consecutive week of net inflows, the longest streak since the April‑July 2025 period, totaling $4.9 billion. Bitcoin‑focused products led the surge with $706 million in new capital, helped by the digital asset breaking the $80,000...
BTC Price Target Becomes $85K Next: Five Things to Know in Bitcoin This Week
Bitcoin held the $80,000 support level this week, prompting several traders to project an $85,000 price target in the coming days. Volatility spiked after the US‑Iran conflict resurfaced, pushing BTC briefly above $82,000 before liquidity grabs forced a retreat. Analysts...
Bitcoin Holds $80K, Yet EMA Threatens 30% Drop
Mon May 11 crypto take: Goldman just pushed Fed rate cuts to December 2026. Oil is above $103. Consumer sentiment hit a record low. And Bitcoin is sitting at $81,053, holding $80K like nothing happened. That resilience under real macro...
UPI Thrives; Dollar‑stablecoins May Harm India, Regulator Praise.
UPI has been incredible for India to say the least. Also to all the smart folk, some friends of mine who champion the need for a dollar backed stable coins(I’m speaking for dollar backed stablecoin specifically), this seems like a bad...
Obsidian Plugin Abuse Delivers New PHANTOMPULSE RAT to Finance and Crypto Targets
Security researchers have identified a highly targeted campaign that weaponizes the Obsidian note‑taking application to drop a previously undocumented Remote Access Trojan, PHANTOMPULSE, against financial‑sector and cryptocurrency professionals on Windows and macOS. The attack leverages malicious community plugins and a...
Bitcoin Breaks 6‑Month SMMA Barrier, Buyers Rally
#Bitcoin Yesterday was the first daily candle close above 99smma since November 2nd. Buyers are making new accomplishments for the first time in over 6 months. Promising signs, especially if price can hold above here. https://t.co/5dnQWiDdDM
Community Banks Alarmed as Senate Backs Unregulated Crypto Interest
Community banks are freaking out now that the Senate is poised to let crypto pay interest on deposits while being unregulated. Shoulda listened to Elizabeth Warren. https://t.co/FTwxTCdwZj
Capital B Raises $17.8M to Expand Its Bitcoin Treasury
Capital B, a France‑listed Bitcoin treasury firm, secured €15.2 million ($17.8 million) from strategic investors such as Blockstream CEO Adam Back and asset manager TOBAM. The private placement includes four warrants per share at $0.78, giving the company the option to raise...
L1 Founders Launch to Get Rich, Not Solve Problems
The Blockchain not Bitcoin/crypto crew launching their L1s is the funniest, and in hindsight perhaps the most obvious, developments. What problems do they solve? Easy: Their founders are simply not rich enough.
BTC Stuck Below CME Gap Top, Consolidation Expected
#BTC Bitcoin has Weekly Close beneath the top of the Weekly CME Gap Thus, this level will continue to figure as resistance for now This also means price could be sentenced to additional consolidation between the bottom & top levels of the...
Dutch Blockchain Week 2026: Amsterdam Gets Serious About Institutional Crypto
Dutch Blockchain Week 2026 runs June 22‑28 in Amsterdam, centering on a two‑day summit at Johan Cruijff Arena that expects more than 1,000 professionals each day. The event has secured heavyweight partners such as Visa, Mastercard, Kraken, OKX and ZeroHash,...
TAN's V-Shaped Recovery Points to Strong Upside
$TAN Crazy V recovery. Lots of green months in a row. If it can reclaim this horizontal then it should fly high https://t.co/LaYRCB0KK1
New Blockchains Set to Attract Unprecedented Capital
The scale of capital that will be raised for new blockchains in the next few years will surprise people.
Fuutura Launches Non-Custodial Multi-Asset Trading Protocol With Three Products Ready
Fuutura, a blockchain infrastructure firm, unveiled a non‑custodial multi‑asset trading protocol that bundles three core products: Fuutura Identity, Fuutura Wallet, and Fuutura Trade. The protocol enables users to trade a range of digital assets—including cryptocurrencies, tokenized securities, and NFTs—without the...
Explore Circle Agent Stack for Humans and AI
Circle Agent Stack - if you are a human or an AI Agent, check it out - https://t.co/hTGfvyqaWc
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Episode 57: Clarity on Crypto
The ISDA podcast’s Episode 57, “Clarity on Crypto,” features SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce discussing the evolving U.S. regulatory stance toward digital assets as the Clarity Act moves through Congress. Peirce outlines the SEC’s shift toward a principles‑based framework, emphasizing flexibility over prescriptive...
Strategy Holds
Strategy has acquired 535 BTC for ~$43.0 million at ~$80,340 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 9.4% YTD 2026. As of 5/10/2026, we hodl 818,869 $BTC acquired for ~$61.86 billion at ~$75,540 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC https://t.co/qScHXi2BBJ
Upcoming Token Unlocks Signal Rising Market Volatility
Major token unlocks are coming this week. Be careful out there, increased volatility could be ahead. https://t.co/4TeNFN8JKT
Real DeFi Use Cases that Are Changing B2B Payments
Decentralized finance is transitioning from speculative crypto talk to a practical tool for midsize enterprises, offering programmable, direct‑to‑counterparty transactions that cut intermediaries. Smart contracts automate invoice collection and payment, reducing days‑sales‑outstanding and capturing early‑payment discounts without manual effort. DeFi liquidity...
Circle's Arc Token Raise Values Project at $3B
Circle just raised $222M from BlackRock and others in the Arc token presale. The deal values the project at $3B. 🚀 https://t.co/PFX6CIEmJx
NEAR Holds Above $1.41, Eyes $2 Resistance
I've mentioned before that the breakout of $1.41 is important for $NEAR. It broke upwards, and therefore, it's in a new range of support and resistance zones. As long as the price stays above that $1.41 area, the next resistance zone is...
Defeating the Orbital Kill Switch: Mastering the Swarm Network and Bitcoin Mesh Radio.
The post warns that Starlink’s new Geopolitical Integrity Update now geofences terminals, cutting off Bitcoin nodes in regions deemed unstable. This last‑mile kill switch threatens the off‑grid Bitcoin community’s ability to broadcast transactions. In response, the author proposes the Swarm...
Crypto Inflows Surge as BTC Hits 200‑EMA Resistance
🚨 Crypto inflows accelerated last week, according to CoinShares. Meanwhile, #BTC is facing strong resistance at its 200 EMA. A major move could be coming soon. 👀 https://t.co/BpN20cpjUF
CZ Urges Dip Sellers to Follow Smarter Investors
Binance founder CZ just said: "if you sold the dip, you need to unfollow the weak minds, and follow right people." 👀 https://t.co/m4ZfV8gbAe