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Orbs has launched SPOT (Spot Advanced Swap Orders), a trading interface purpose-built for AI agents that enables gasless market swaps, limit orders, TWAP, stop-loss, take-profit, and delayed-start executions on EVM-compatible chains. The system relies on Orbs' production Layer-3 trading protocols and is distributed as machine-readable documentation…
Bitcoin extended its rally into weekend trading, rising to $78,323.5 in early hours as record institutional flows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs in April supported the market. Despite a robust capital influx that pushed cumulative ETF assets to roughly $102 billion, geopolitical tensions and a divided Federal Reserve are constraining a clear breakout …
Russia's Ministry of Finance said the government has approved a bill to change the Tax Code to regulate domestic circulation of digital currencies and digital rights. The measures clarify VAT treatment, designate brokers and trustees as tax agents for individuals, allow intra-period offsetting of gains and losses for individuals, and set new corpor…
Cycol Gallery, which opened on the Lower East Side in November 2025, is operating a hybrid model that pairs physical exhibitions with on-chain certificates of authenticity using Solana and the BONK token. Founder JT Liss has leveraged his background across street photography and digital collage to create a space where collectors can buy tangible wo…
Stratosphere has completed the acquisition of Movimentum in a transaction combining cash and equity, bringing the CoinMarketCap-specialist agency’s founding team into Stratosphere’s ownership structure. The move consolidates complementary growth, marketing and go-to-market capabilities and integrates both firms’ client rosters and technical experie…
Abu Dhabi Global Market’s Registration Authority and Hashed Open Research published a policy report built from discussions at a closed-door Web3 Leaders Roundtable held during Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2025. The convening gathered about 40 senior decision-makers from global financial institutions, regulators, and infrastructure firms to assess interse…
Bitcoin slid below $76,000 amid rising geopolitical tensions involving Iran and a split vote at the Federal Reserve that highlighted upside inflation risks. The cryptocurrency traded near $75,700 after dipping to $75,337.4, while oil surged above $125 per barrel and several major altcoins posted losses.
Dfns, an institutional wallet infrastructure provider, and Zama, a developer of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) technology, announced a strategic integration that brings native confidentiality to public blockchains. The collaboration embeds Zama’s FHE protocol into the Dfns wallet stack and introduces support for the ERC-7984 confidential token …
<p>Bullish has purchased 250 Bitcoin, approximately $19.2 million, in Mezo, the developer of Mezo Prime - an institutional-focused platform that isolates depositor Bitcoin in separate vaults and enables yield generation, fee-sharing and borrowing against a Bitcoin-backed stablecoin. A portion of Bullish’s corporate Bitcoin holdings will be routed t…
Symbiotic and Midas unveiled an RFQ-based Instant Liquidity product for tokenized real-world assets (RWA). Built on Symbiotic Core V2 and embedded within Midas' Open Liquidity Architecture, the solution enables atomic T+0 settlement for redemptions without requiring pre-funded inventory or idle capital. The product targets a broad set of Midas asse…
BitMart has begun a 30-day Trade-to-Feed trading competition tied to the newly listed cause coin $EAT (End Hunger), distributing up to $4.4 million USDT in trader rewards from April 28 through May 28, 2026. The campaign runs three concurrent tracks - a volume leaderboard, a power drop of 75,500 tickets, and up to 15 random lucky drops - and channel…
Standard Chartered has launched a framework allowing institutional and VIP clients on OKX Middle East to use BlackRock’s tokenised short-term U.S. Treasury fund, the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity (BUIDL) Fund, as collateral for trading. The arrangement names Standard Chartered as the custodian for off-exchange collateral and is desc…
AxeCasino confirmed that members of its leadership and product teams will be present at iGB L!VE 2026 to engage with operators, affiliates, technology providers, and partners. The appearance follows a recent front-end update to desktop and mobile interfaces intended to improve navigation, game discovery, bonus visibility, and account access while d…
Bitcoin slipped below $77,000 on Tuesday, retreating after a failed breakout above $79,000 the previous day. Rising oil prices linked to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and investor caution ahead of major central bank decisions tempered demand for risk-sensitive assets, while most major altcoins moved lower in range-bound trading.
Nexus AiCOS has released Whitepaper v1.1 Axiom Edition, presenting Proofs of Behavior (PoB) as an on-chain credit standard for autonomous agents. The update details a C-Score credibility framework implemented as open-source smart contracts on Base Testnet, outlines four weighted axioms for machine credit, and signals a Base Beta mainnet launch in e…
REAL Finance Blockchain says it will launch a native token in the coming weeks as part of a token generation event that advances its Layer 1 infrastructure for tokenized real-world assets. The move follows a $25 million capital commitment from Nimbus Capital, a private alternative investment group backed by In On Capital, intended to support scalin…
<p>Bybit has begun registration for an Institutional Strategy Championship run with 1Token that will give qualifying institutional participants and VIP users access to interest-free capital starting at $1 million during the campaign period. The competition, which includes Delta Neutral, Dollar Neutral and Directional tracks, runs from June 1 to Aug…
Bitcoin pared early advances and traded lower Monday after a brief intraday peak, as elevated oil prices and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty weighed on risk sentiment. Market attention is split between the Bitcoin Conference 2026 in Las Vegas and key central bank meetings including the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan.
Bitcoin traded near $77,517.7, largely unchanged despite short-lived geopolitical noise. A surge in institutional derivatives tied to BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has pushed open interest above $27.6 billion, surpassing offshore rival Deribit and marking a shift toward U.S.-regulated venues. Meanwhile, Tennessee joined Indiana in bannin…
President Donald Trump used a high-profile Florida conference to reiterate support for pro-crypto legislation, including the Clarity Act, but made no public references to his family’s $TRUMP memecoin. The token tumbled 14% on Saturday, deepening year-to-date losses to about 47% and reflecting a collapse of more than 90% from its post-inauguration p…
Bitcoin remained largely steady this Saturday, trading around $77,743.7 as U.S. envoys traveled to Pakistan for indirect negotiations with Iranian officials. Markets are watching whether the talks produce de-escalation that could relieve pressure on energy supply routes and broader risk assets, while crypto technicals focus on the $80,000 barrier a…
Potion Alpha, a trading community numbering more than 110,000 members, has been placed under new majority ownership as a Stratosphere-led investor group, including Mac (@MacnBTC) and other strategic partners, acquires a 70% controlling interest. The community will relaunch with an expanded, multi-asset focus—moving beyond its memecoin roots—and wit…
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has launched the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio, a government money market fund within its Institutional Liquidity Funds trust (ticker MSNXX). The portfolio is structured to hold reserves backing payment stablecoins in cash, short-dated U.S. Treasury securities and overnight repurchase agreements backed by Treasu…
At the Prediction Conference in Las Vegas on April 23, 2026, SafeBets.world Inc. introduced a prediction platform that rewards accurate forecasters with a native token, Unicoin, and channels trading profits from global markets to remunerate top predictors and brand ambassadors. The company described an architecture designed to operate outside gambl…
Pantera Capital’s DAT Opportunity Fund, holding 6.7% of London-listed Satsuma Technology, is pressing the company to liquidate its roughly $50 million bitcoin position and return proceeds to shareholders. The request follows a roughly 99% decline in Satsuma’s share price from a £14 peak last June and leadership turnover.
