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
Sri Lanka Makes 37 Arrests as It Raids Another Scam Centre
Sri Lankan police arrested 37 Chinese citizens suspected of operating a romance‑baiting cryptocurrency scam centre in Talangama, a Colombo suburb. The raid seized 35 tablets, 147 mobile phones and 100 SIM cards, highlighting the scale of the operation. This follows earlier crackdowns that detained 152 foreign nationals and 135 Chinese individuals in similar scams. The United Nations warns many participants are forced‑labour victims, while US victims reported $5.8 billion losses to crypto scams in 2024.
Realized Value Ratio Signals Bitcoin Bear Market Bottom
This is a fascinating chart. It's the short to long-term realized value ratio on #Bitcoin. It basically signals bear markets and detect when bottoms are on the horizon. If you look at the charts, it's providing signals that are similar to the previous...
Bitcoin Miners Using AI as a Bear Market Escape Plan Just Got a New Rival in Elon Musk
SpaceX has turned its Colossus 1 AI cluster into a commercial compute product, granting Anthropic access to more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs and 300 MW of power. The deal gives the AI startup a massive capacity boost and positions SpaceX as a...
Amazon Introduces AgentCore Payments With Stablecoin Support From Coinbase And Stripe
Amazon unveiled AgentCore Payments, a new checkout service that lets merchants accept stablecoins such as USDC. The platform is powered by integrations with Coinbase and Stripe, combining Coinbase's crypto licensing with Stripe's payment infrastructure. Amazon says the service will enable...
Tagus Bytes (08.05.26)
The White House signaled at Consensus Miami that details on the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve will be released within weeks, marking a shift toward a formal sovereign‑reserve framework. The reserve, created by a March 6, 2025 executive order, is financed entirely from...
Binance CHIP Trading Competition Is Live: How To Participate and Share in 40M CHIP Prize
Binance launched a two‑week CHIP trading competition running from April 22 to May 13, 2026, offering a 40 million‑CHIP token voucher prize pool. The campaign splits into an All‑User Trade Mission (up to 8 million CHIP for the first 80,000 qualifiers) and...
Bitcoin ETF Inflows, Regulatory Clarity, and Price Structure: Where Are Traders Standing Now?
U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs have attracted roughly $3.29 billion in net inflows over the last two months, reversing a sharp outflow period that dragged Bitcoin from above $100,000 to $60,000. Cumulative ETF inflows now stand at $58.7 billion, just shy of the...
Paga Enters Crypto Through Partnership with Blockchain Network Sui
Paga, one of Africa’s oldest fintechs, announced a partnership with Mysten Labs’ Sui blockchain to launch crypto payments, yield‑bearing stablecoin accounts, tokenised asset offerings, and cross‑border rails. The deal was unveiled at the Sui Live event in Miami and follows...
Bitcoin Must Stay Above $76K to Sustain Rally
#Bitcoin is doing just fine, however it needs to hold above $76K to avoid a breakdown of this entire upwards structure. I do think that it will hold, and that we'll continue to rally, especially given that there's still the 50-Week...
The Great Crypto Thaw: Regulation Ignites an Infrastructure Boom
Regulatory clarity from the U.S. Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act and Europe’s MiCA framework is igniting a crypto infrastructure boom. Circle secured an AMF license that passports its services across the EU, propelling its stock 40% higher YTD and delivering...
Christine Lagarde: Stablecoins and the Future of Money: Separating Functions From Instruments
Christine Lagarde warned that stablecoins, now over $300 billion in value, are reshaping both monetary demand and settlement infrastructure. While the EU’s MiCAR framework brings them under regulation, the speech highlighted that most stablecoins are US‑dollar pegged and dominated by Tether...
Quick Fire 🔥 with Sarah Wahinya
Sarah Wahinya, Stellar’s East Africa lead, steers Web3 and fintech growth across the continent by linking global crypto infrastructure to local payment needs. She emphasizes that stablecoins like USDC replace slow, costly banking for freelancers and traders, turning crypto into...
Coinbase Outage Highlights Single‑region AWS Dependency Flaw
Coinbase has been down for hours.... Horribly missed earnings and then their site crashed. Their status page points to Amazon's EC2 East region having degraded performance. However having one region down should not cause their entire service to become unusable...
Coinbase Outage Exposes Risky AWS Reliance and Sloppy Deployments
Unfortunate optics for Coinbase to have an hours-long outage when customers could not trade, a few days after their CEO said how non-technical teams are shipping code to production. This outage is because Coinbase seems to have a hard dependency on...
One Liners: Crypto Market Drivers — 6 Charts That Matter Now
Crypto markets saw outsized moves this week as genuine catalysts, not mere momentum, propelled several assets. TON surged 97% after Telegram’s structural shift, while Ondo teamed with JPMorgan, Mastercard and Ripple to launch the first live cross‑border atomic Treasury settlement....
Institutional Inflows Surge as U.S. Spot ETFs Near $1B in Two Days:
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange‑traded funds recorded nearly $1 billion of net inflows over two trading days, with $532 million on Monday and $467 million on Tuesday. The surge represents one of the strongest two‑day inflow periods since the products launched, highlighting renewed institutional...
Frax Leads with Early, Robust Cross‑Chain Security Measures
At Frax, we did all of these mitigations immediately & more at the very beginning before rolling out our frxUSD LZ mint-burn mesh. I'm surprised how many other projects didn't. We use our own libraries (no external entity can upgrade...
BTC Rebounds From RSI Oversold, Climbing Toward $80K
Bitcoin #BTC $BTCUSD is just turning up from an RSI(5) oversold pullback on the 6-hour chart in an uptrend... the last one was in the mid $70Ks... sitting ~$80K https://t.co/8MH8AdrUc6
What Is Slippage in Crypto & How to Avoid It? (Guide)
Slippage—the gap between quoted and actual execution prices—cost crypto traders $2.7 billion in 2024, according to Kaiko data. On centralized exchanges, retail users suffer about 0.4% more slippage than institutions because of order size and timing. Decentralized exchanges amplify the effect;...
Morgan Stanley Enters Crypto, Threatening Coinbase Amid Clarity Push
Morning Minute: Morgan Stanley Is Coming for Coinbase ⚔️ 💬 Morgan Stanley just launched crypto trading on ETrade, while the White House wants the Clarity Act signed by July 4. https://t.co/SJofPaYnQE https://t.co/7ilJCNJ7lH
Bitcoin’s Traceable History Challenges Its Status as Money
#FlashbackFriday In 2021, I said you can’t really launder Bitcoin because its history sticks. Which raised an interesting question: if all coins aren’t equal, is it really money? Five years on, we’re still dancing around that one. https://t.co/1ClpNwYLDb
Israeli Money Launderer Found Guilty in Sydney Investment Scam Trial
An Australian jury found Israeli national Shabtay Yaacoby guilty of laundering more than $10 million stolen by investment scammers through his licensed digital‑currency exchange, Blue Star Exchange. The 13‑week trial revealed that 39 victims, including one who lost $4 million of superannuation,...
Confidential, MEV‑free Trades at Best Prices Across 150 Assets
Should have used https://t.co/lhSajAVsFs Confidential trades, no MEV and best prices across 150 assets of 35 chains
Stablecoins and Money's Future at LatAm Forum
Follow live from 09:00 CET as I speak at the LatAm Economic Forum, organised by @BancoDeEspana. I will discuss stablecoins and the future of money. Watch here https://t.co/qunwAimIBw
Moody’s Readies Stablecoin Ratings as Asian Market Takes Shape
Moody’s Ratings is developing a dedicated credit‑rating methodology for stablecoins, responding to growing investor demand as digital assets gain traction in Asia and globally. The agency’s digital‑economy team, led by Fabian Astic, will assess reserve quality, liquidity, cyber risk and...
Coinbase Crypto Trading Down for over Five Hours
Crypto trading on Coinbase has now been offline for over 5 hours. The outage continues with no full fix yet. https://t.co/YUiAPaTNDV
Bitcoin ETFs See First Weekly Net Outflows May 7
🚨 On May 7, spot #Bitcoin ETFs recorded net outflows for the first time in a week. https://t.co/o2fqy3IBGd
Bitcoin Surges 20% on $467M ETF Inflows, Tests $108K Trendline
Bitcoin rallied 20% in May, driven by $467 million of net inflows into Bitcoin exchange‑traded funds, lifting the price to around $82,000. The rally now confronts a high‑timeframe trendline that previously capped the market at $108,000, offering traders a decisive technical...
Gas‑Free USDT Transfers Boost Crypto Adoption
Real adoption comes when crypto gets easier to use. GasFree by @DeFi_JUST is a great example.
Strong Stock Market Boosts Bitcoin, Says Binance Founder
In a podcast with Ark Invest, Binance founder CZ said he thinks the stock market doing well will be “very positive for Bitcoin and crypto in general.” 🚀 https://t.co/5zIrwgw9ta
Arab Bank Adopts J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys Blockchain Rail for On‑chain Payments
Arab Bank plc announced that selected branches will now use J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys Digital Payments blockchain rail. The move lets corporate and consumer clients settle transactions 24/7, targeting cross‑border payments, liquidity management and operational efficiency.
Bitcoin's Endless Rise Mirrors Unsustainable Global Trends
"its unsustainable if bitcoin doesnt go up forever" you know what else is unsustainable increasing fiscal deficit decreasing moral surplus increasing longevity declining birth rate increasing value of capital declining value of labor yeah i'll take my chances with this one
Saylor’s BTC Sales Fund Future Purchases, Boost Confidence
Financing larger BTC buys today, by selling less BTC tomorrow, is always where @strategy would end up Saylor is just saying the quiet part out loud. Knowing Saylor will sell BTC to fulfill STRC obligations will improve investor confidence and allow him...
CFTC Chair Michael Selig Pushes Formal Rules on Broker Registration for Crypto Software Developers
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig announced that the agency will move toward formal rulemaking to clarify when developers of non‑custodial crypto software must register as brokers. The proposal follows a 2026 no‑action letter to Phantom wallet creators and could reduce regulatory...
Balanced Bitcoin: Happy at Moon, Calm at Zero
My bitcoin philosophy: Own enough that I’d be very happy if it went to the moon, but not enough that I wouldn’t laugh if it went to zero
US Treasury ‘Privately Demanded’ Binance Comply with Monitoring Deal: Report
The U.S. Treasury privately demanded that Binance adhere to the monitoring program established in its 2023 settlement after reports surfaced that roughly $1 billion flowed through the exchange to Iran‑linked entities. The 2023 deal, which included a $4.3 billion settlement with Treasury...
Cryptoqueen's Vanish Shows Decentralization Enables Masterful Disappearance
Ruja Ignatova (The Cryptoqueen) vanished in 2017 with billions, and the trail is still cold. Is she gone forever? Despite being on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, there hasn’t been a confirmed sighting in years. The disappearance of "OneCoin" wasn't...
CLARITY Act Markup Could Happen as Early as Next Week: Coinbase Exec
Coinbase’s U.S. policy chief Kara Calvert told the Consensus 2026 conference that the CLARITY crypto market‑structure bill could see a markup in the Senate Banking Committee as early as next week. The legislation requires a 60‑vote supermajority and bipartisan backing to...
Jito Foundation, Solana Company Team Up to Expand Institutional Solana Infrastructure in APAC
Jito Foundation has partnered with Nasdaq‑listed Solana Company to deploy institutional‑grade Solana validators across Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and South Korea via the Pacific Backbone platform. The validators will run Jito’s Block Assembly Marketplace, delivering optimized transaction processing for the Solana network....
Polygon Delivers Compliant On‑chain Privacy for Business Payments
Businesses dont broadcast their transactions, they never have. They want control over their financial flows and we just gave them that. Onchain was forcing them to either go fully public or get stuck in a permissioned silo, neither cuts it...
Privacy Chains Threaten Hack Detection, Not DeFi Composability
In a world of privacy chains, does DeFi composability survive? And does detecting hacks and holding perpetrators to account becomes harder? Ali Yahya explained what becomes harder and what does not: https://lnkd.in/e3zwY7CF
Coinbax Wins $20,000 PitchFest Prize at Consensus Miami for Stablecoin Compliance
Coinbax captured the $20,000 grand prize at Consensus Miami’s PitchFest by showcasing a programmable escrow platform that embeds compliance checks into on‑chain stablecoin payments. The solution uses smart contracts to hold funds while third‑party services perform identity, sanctions and risk...
Sui Enables Cheap, Seamless AI Agent Transactions on Blockchain
$SUI aims to build an ecosystem that's so robust that you don't need to swap between chains and if you want to swap, it's completely seamless. @RaoulGMI beautifully explained the thesis for $SUI earlier today. The future belongs to AI Agents. The...
Banks Favor Regulated XRPL, DeFi Likely Delayed
Banks want regulated infrastructure, not chaos. KYC, AML, OFAC compliance on chain. The XRPL delivers that. The DeFi component of the Clarity Act is what Democrats and banks both push back on because accountability is missing there. Scams, no disclosures,...
Privacy and Accountability Can Coexist Onchain, Say Panelists at Consensus Miami
Panelists at CoinDesk's Consensus Miami argued that privacy and accountability can coexist on blockchain through a hybrid "intelligence layer." Moody's strategist Rajeev Bamra highlighted that institutional digital‑finance assets now total roughly $35 billion, growing 100‑150% in 18 months, yet remain a...
Crypto Finds Product-Market Fit Amid Bear Market Optimism
It’s been my first time to Consensus Miami. Such an eventful week. - Recorded five episodes. - Went on stage at the main conference twice. - Joined several quality side-events to network & speak at those. First time for the team to be recording...
South Korea Sets 22% Crypto Gains Tax for 2027
JUST IN: South Korea confirms a 22% crypto capital gains tax taking effect in January 2027 for investors earning over $1,800 annually.
AI Agents and Large Corporates Will Lead the Next Stablecoin Boom, Executives Say
Executives at Consensus 2026 highlighted that large corporations and AI agents will drive the next wave of stablecoin adoption. Bridge, recently bought by Stripe for $1.1 billion, expects institutional use for treasury management and cross‑border payments to surge in the next...
Ethereum Fair Value $22K; Bitmine Buying May Slow
Tom Lee says Ethereum's fair value is $22,000, but admits Bitmine may slow down new buys as it nears its 5% supply target https://t.co/BuKiaFzAkK
21shares Debuts First U.S. ETF for Canton Network
JUST IN: 21shares launches TCAN, the first U.S. ETF providing institutional exposure to the Canton Network and its native token.