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U.S. spot Ether exchange-traded funds returned to net inflows after five trading sessions. According to SoSoValue, U.S. spot Ether ETFs recorded combined net inflows of $101.18 million on May 1. Total trading volume for the funds was $555.87 million.
U.S. spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded about $600 million in net inflows, lifting total net assets above $100 billion. Data from SoSoValue showed that U.S. spot-Bitcoin ETFs posted net inflows of $629.73 million on May 1. Total trading volu
The odds that the US crypto market-structure bill known as the Clarity Act will be enacted this year are rising. Polymarket data on May 1 showed the probability on a contract titled “Clarity Act officially takes effect in 2026” surged 21 percentage p
Anchorage Digital Bank submitted a formal comment letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on the rollout of the GENIUS Act, proposed US legislation that would regulate stablecoins. In a statement released on May 1, Anchorage Digital s
President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest peace proposal and warned of military action if negotiations collapse, underscoring mounting strains in efforts to preserve a Middle East ceasefire. Trump told Al Jazeera on May 1 that “they want a deal,
President Donald Trump said the US could "take over" Cuba "almost immediately." Trump made the remark during a public speech at The Forum Club on May 1, when he referred to a Cuban-born architect who had worked with him. Praising the architect's tale
Policy debate over stablecoins is continuing in the US, with key details still unresolved even after the GENIUS Act was enacted in July last year. Forbes reported on May 1 that Nellie Liang, who served as Treasury undersecretary for domestic finance
President Donald Trump signed an executive order broadening sanctions against the Cuban government across virtually the entire economy. Reuters reported on May 1 that White House officials said the new measures target government officials and entitie
Bitcoin is attempting to rebound from a key support level, with analysts pointing to a potential break above $80,000. Cointelegraph reported on May 1 that Bitcoin climbed 2.52% from a day earlier to trade above $78,800 after confirming support at its
GameStop Corp., the US video-game retailer, is preparing a bid for eBay Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported on May 1, citing people familiar with the matter. The target is worth more than four times GameStop’s market value. Based on the previous t
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has released compromise language that would bar interest payments on passive stablecoin holdings. CoinDesk reported on May 1 that Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks published the final text of an agreement
Ostium Labs said on May 1 that it launched a real-time decentralized execution layer built on the Ostium protocol. The infrastructure is designed to hedge on-chain trading flows by linking them with institutional participants in traditional financial
Visa on April 30 officially launched Visa Agentic Ready, an Asia-Pacific program designed to support an artificial intelligence-based payments ecosystem. The program is intended to prepare for the coming era of agentic commerce, a new form of commerc
Pudgy Penguins, a non-fungible token project, said April 28 that it held a public briefing for US congressional policy staff on the digital-asset industry. The event took place April 24 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Pudgy Pengui
Kidnappings aimed at stealing crypto assets are rising rapidly in France. Le Monde reported on April 24 that France's National Jurisdiction for the Fight Against Organized Crime recently announced a sharp increase in kidnappings and unlawful detentio
A senior JPMorgan executive overseeing exchange-traded funds said asset tokenization will help drive sweeping change across the broader fund industry. Kieran Fitzpatrick, JPMorgan's global head of ETF product, wrote on the bank's website on April 24
U.S. spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded more than $14 million in net inflows. Data from Trader T showed the 12 U.S. spot-Bitcoin ETFs posted combined net inflows of $14.47 million on April 24, extending the streak of inflows to nine consecut
BitMine has staked an additional 98,352 Ether. Arkham Intelligence data on April 24 showed the company recently deposited 98,352 ETH, worth about $229 million. The additional staking brought BitMine’s cumulative staked Ether to 3,587,821 ETH. That am
ApeCoin surged nearly 80% after Yuga Labs announced a new chief executive officer, with the sharp rally also prompting insider trading suspicions after a large leveraged long position surfaced just before the move. As of April 25, ApeCoin was trading
US-listed spot Solana exchange-traded funds recorded net outflows of $1.17 million in one day. Data from SoSoValue showed that the eight spot Solana ETFs trading in the US posted combined net outflows of $1.17 million on April 24. Cumulative net infl
US spot XRP exchange-traded funds extended their streak of net inflows. Data from SoSoValue show the five US spot XRP ETFs posted combined net inflows of $6.44 million on April 24. Cumulative net inflows climbed to $1.29 billion. All of the day's inf
US Central Command said it has diverted more than 30 vessels so far as Washington moves to halt Iran's rerouted crude exports. CENTCOM said on April 24 that the US military has diverted 33 ships since the White House imposed a maritime blockade on Ap
Aurelion, the first Nasdaq-listed company centered on Tether Gold (XAU₮), is launching a new asset-management strategy aimed at generating additional returns from tokenized gold. Aurelion announced on April 24 that it will deposit 10,000 Tether Gold,
Nakamoto, a Nasdaq-listed US company, said on April 24 it is using its Bitcoin holdings in a derivatives strategy aimed at generating additional income and hedging downside price risk. The company disclosed details of its Bitcoin derivatives program,
Aave, the decentralized-finance lending platform hit by fallout from Kelp DAO’s major hack, is moving to deploy 25,000 Ether to help clean up bad debt. Aave said on April 24 in a post on X that Aave DAO service providers had submitted a governance pr
The US government has frozen $344 million in cryptocurrency as it moves to cut off Iran’s funding channels. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote on X on April 24 that the Office of Foreign Assets Control had sanctioned cryptocurrency wallets linked
Markets are betting the Federal Reserve will keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged through at least September 2027. The view gained traction after Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Fed chair, stressed monetary-policy independence
Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah traded attacks again, blunting the effect of an agreement to extend their three-week ceasefire. CNN reported on April 24 that the Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah kept up strikes against each other even after the ext
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued New York over jurisdiction of prediction markets, seeking to block the state’s effort to classify the products as gambling and punish exchanges offering them. CoinDesk reported on April 24 that the
Interview with Hyperion DeFi CEO Hyunsoo Jung Expanding business lines on Hyperliquid Building diversified revenue streams from token utility "We have no plan to sell any HYPE" "South Korea has deep understanding of digital assets...we will broaden e