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Gustavo Petro Warns Fossil-Fueled Crypto Mining Will Trigger ‘Climate Collapse’

Colombian President Gustavo Petro stressed that the future of bitcoin mining must be ecological, as countries with abundant green energy, including Paraguay and Venezuela, are attracting investments in the sector. He also warned about the consequence...

90% of Peru’s $28 Billion Crypto Market Is Now Driven by Stablecoins

According to Binance’s Latam North General Manager, Daniel Acosta, stablecoins now account for up to 90% of the $28 billion in annual volumes transacted in the Peruvian crypto market. Acosta stressed that the driving use cases for stablecoins in Peru...

Fed Survey Shows AI Concerns Rising Across Markets, Credit and Jobs

The Federal Reserve’s latest Financial Stability Report shows artificial intelligence emerging as a growing financial-system concern, with 50% of surveyed market participants citing AI as a possible shock. Respondents tied the risk to valuations, lev...

Ripple’s RLUSD Grant Results Show How $25M Reached US Classrooms

Ripple’s $25 million education commitment reached classrooms nationwide, with most funding distributed in RLUSD through grants supporting more than 48,000 DonorsChoose projects. The first-year results highlighted stablecoin use in nonprofit funding,...

Robert Kiyosaki Warns Millions of Boomers Could Be Jobless and Homeless This Year

Robert Kiyosaki warned baby boomers could face severe financial pressure as many aging workers leave employment. The Rich Dad Poor Dad author expects “millions” to be out of work and urged preparation through financial education and investments in go...

Bitcoin Premium in South Korea Hits 2% for First Time Since Pre-War Market Shock

With bitcoin trading above the $80,000 threshold, bitcoin prices in South Korea have carried premiums approaching 2%, marking their highest level since late February. The move follows a choppy stretch since that period, during which both notable disc...

Evernorth Says XRP’s Real Story Is Institutional Plumbing

Evernorth says XRP’s institutional case rests on infrastructure built for regulated capital, not price charts or ETF demand. The firm pointed to XRPL upgrades involving compliance controls, restricted environments, escrow tools, and approved trading...

US Credit Card Debt Hits Record $1.33 Trillion as Savings Rate Crumbles

American consumers now owe a record $1.33 trillion in credit card debt, a new all-time high that arrives as the personal savings rate collapses and interest rates on revolving balances hover above 21%. Hard Money Advocates Take Note Total U.S. credit...

CME Group Targets June 1 Launch for Bitcoin Volatility Futures Pending CFTC Review

CME Group announced this week it plans to launch Bitcoin Volatility futures (BVI) on June 1, 2026, giving institutional traders their first CFTC-regulated contract to trade bitcoin’s expected price swings independently of price direction. CME’s BVI F...

Bitcoin Mining Pool Giants Foundry, Antpool and F2pool Signal Stratum V2 Shift

Seven of the largest names in bitcoin mining formally joined the Stratum V2 Working Group this week, signaling the clearest industry shift yet toward miner-controlled transaction selection. 7 Bitcoin Mining Pools Back Stratum V2 as Miners Push for Bl...

Coinbase Says Outage ‘Unacceptable’ as CEO Weighs Speed-Resilience Tradeoffs

Coinbase is reviewing its exchange infrastructure after an AWS data center cooling failure knocked several trading services offline, blocked some account access, and delayed customer balance displays. CEO Brian Armstrong called the outage “unacceptab...

Ethereum’s DeFi TVL Dominance Drops to 53%, Approaching Multi-Year Low

Ethereum’s share of total decentralized finance ( DeFi) liquidity has fallen to its lowest level in years, as rival blockchains chip away at a dominance that once exceeded 63%. Rival Chains Close the Gap In absolute terms, Ethereum still commands the...

Lagarde Blocks Euro Stablecoin Push, Calls $300B Market a Stability Risk for ECB Policy

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde rejected calls for Europe to promote euro-denominated stablecoins this week, warning that the risks to financial stability and monetary policy outweigh any benefits. Lagarde Warns European Banks...

Kraken Parent Payward Targets OCC Charter to Unlock Institutional Digital Asset Custody

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, has filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust company charter aimed at expanding federally regulated custody services for digital assets. Kraken’s Parent Files...

Layerzero Discloses RPC Poisoning Incident Linked to $292M KelpDAO Hack

The cross-chain communication protocol Layerzero Labs disclosed on Friday that its internal infrastructure was compromised by North Korean hackers and a simultaneous DDoS attack during the KelpDAO breach. Layerzero Labs Apologizes for Lazarus Group S...

Blackrock to Launch Tokenized Money-Market Funds on Ethereum

Blackrock has filed paperwork to debut two tokenized money-market funds on the Ethereum network, offering stablecoin holders a regulated, yield-bearing alternative to sitting in idle digital dollars. Blackrock Eyes $6.1B Fund Tokenization The world’s...

MiCA Decoded: ‘We Have an EU Office’ Is Not Enough: Here’s What Regulators Actually Want to See

You have the entity. You have the address. You even have the capital. So why is the regulator still not satisfied? Because under MiCA, substance is an empirical test of whether your business genuinely operates from within the EU, and most applicants...

Sydney Huang Warns AI Bot Collusion Could Spread Before Regulators Respond

With AI-to-AI commerce expected to increase the velocity of money, central banks may find themselves unable to react to machine-speed inflation or flash crashes. Experts suggest that regulation must be embedded directly into the code to prevent casca...

Six Months in, the AGA Exodus Has Reshaped US Gambling’s Lobbying Landscape

The American Gaming Association published its Q1 2026 Gaming Industry Outlook on May 7, the trade group’s biannual sentiment survey conducted by Oxford Economics across 26 senior gaming executives between March 23 and April 8. The headline numbers te...

Nigerian Fintech Paga Expands Into Tokenized Bonds and Real Estate Through Sui Partnership

Nigerian fintech pioneer Paga has partnered with the Sui blockchain to integrate cryptocurrency infrastructure into its platform. A Roadmap for Digital Finance Nigerian fintech pioneer Paga has entered a partnership with Sui blockchain, marking the c...

Crypto Prediction Markets Move Into Mainstream Finance as Institutional Interest Grows

Traditional finance firms are expanding into crypto prediction markets as event-based contracts draw deeper liquidity. Chainalysis said inflows have risen sharply since September 2024, supported by retail traders, market makers, and institutions. Tra...

SEC Commissioner Urges Restraint on Crypto Rules as Retail Trading Expands

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said regulators should study crypto’s role in retail trading before deciding whether new rules are needed. Her remarks tied crypto to ETFs, options, prediction markets, and perpetual futures. ETF Access and SEC Authorit...

CLARITY Act Markup: Senate Banking Sets May 14 Crypto Rules Session

The Senate Banking Committee scheduled a May 14 markup for the CLARITY Act, setting up the Senate’s first formal committee debate over digital asset market structure legislation. The executive session will allow lawmakers to debate amendments and det...

Coinbase CEO: Onchain Economy Has Reached Escape Velocity Amid Generational Shift

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said a “generational shift” is underway in crypto as he pointed to expanding on-chain finance, stablecoin activity, and AI-driven payments. The Nasdaq-listed crypto exchange also cited a tenfold increase in Base stablecoi...

XRP Ledger Foundation Signals Public Collaboration Push Across Ecosystem

The XRP Ledger Foundation is moving into a more public coordination role across the XRP ecosystem, outlining a broader focus on engineering, operations, and community engagement as it expands collaboration across the XRP Ledger community. XRP Ledger...

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