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Vitalik Buterin proposes personalized stablecoin baskets to replace USD pegs
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reposted an earlier proposal he made to ditch the U.S. dollar as the default reference point for stablecoins. He suggests that users hold personalized baskets of prediction market shares tied to their own spending patterns instead. The proposal by Vitalik follows a trend where more countries are choosing to conduct...
Tue, Jun 2
Bitcoin abruptly crashes to $65,000 for the first time since February
Bitcoin fell below $66,000 on Tuesday, hitting its lowest level since early April as traders reacted to Strategy’s Bitcoin sale, ETF outflows, and NEW Mt. Gox wallet movement. Strategy sold 32 BTC between May 26 and May 31 for about $2.5 million, with the money going toward distributions on its STRC preferred stock. U.S. stocks...
Tue, Jun 2
Strive adds 2,500 Bitcoin for $185 million, lifting total holdings to 19,000 BTC
Strive (NASDAQ: STRV) purchased 2,500 Bitcoins between May 23 and June 1 for approximately $185.2 million, bringing the company’s treasury to 19,000 BTC The 2,500 BTC purchase was funded almost entirely through the company’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (SATA), with an average cost of about $74,092 per coin. Is Strive still buying...
Tue, Jun 2
Movement relaunches as Layer 1 focused on stablecoin settlement after token-dumping scandal
Movement, the blockchain project that faced a token-dumping scandal that led to the removal of its co-founder Rushi Manche last year, has relaunched as a standalone Layer 1 network targeting stablecoin payments and remittances in emerging markets. Current CEO Torab Torabi announced the pivot, adding that it comes with partnerships, one of which is Circle,...
Tue, Jun 2
0xPPL, Pingu announce shutdown plans as crypto winter persists
Pingu Exchange (PINGU) announced its closure date as July 31 and was quickly joined by 0xPPL, which also announced that it would be ending all operations at the end of June. The development adds to the growing list of projects shutting down in the crypto ecosystem. The news reveals a growing pattern in the industry...
Tue, Jun 2
Brazil adds audit requirement to Crypto licensing process
Brazil’s central bank reportedly introduced mandatory independent audits for crypto service providers. It will add another layer to the already tough rules in the country. According to the published rules, crypto firms that want a license or to renew an existing one will have to submit an independent auditor’s report. It will be a part...
Tue, Jun 2
Gold replaces US Treasuries as top global reserve asset, latest ECB report says
A recent report published by the European Central Bank today has stated that central banks globally now hold more gold than US government bonds and treasuries in their reserves for the very first time. Geopolitical tensions, concerns over a risk of sanctions, and a growing desire among some countries to lessen their exposure to dollar-denominated...
Tue, Jun 2
Anthropic ships Opus 4.8 with a 3x fast mode price cut, says Mythos is weeks away
Anthropic announced the release of Claude Opus 4.8 on Wednesday, cutting fast mode pricing by two-thirds. The company hinted that its strongest model, Mythos, will be available to all users within weeks. Standard pricing for Opus 4.8 stays flat at $5 input and $25 output per million tokens, per Anthropic’s blog. Opus 4.8 undercuts GPT-5.5...
Fri, May 29
AI job cuts hit Wix as CEO cuts 20% of workforce after Q1 earnings miss
Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami told employees on Wednesday the company is cutting roughly 20% of its workforce, eliminating about 1,000 positions in the largest layoff in the company’s history. The Israel-based company operates a platform that lets people and businesses build websites without writing code. He posted the announcement on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn...
Fri, May 29
Vitalik Buterin ties DeepSeek V4 to Ethereum’s privacy future
Vitalik Buterin has tied DeepSeek V4 to Ethereum’s privacy future, outlining a roadmap integrating local AI models into Ethereum’s access layer.
Thu, May 28
Crypto exchanges are getting much stricter on risk, Chainalysis finds
Crypto firms are tightening compliance standards. The pace at which this change is happening would have seemed extreme just a few years ago. A Chainalysis report suggests that nearly half of all crypto companies onboarded in 2026 are already using monitoring settings that would have ranked among the industry’s strictest back in 2020. Compliance was...
Thu, May 28
South Korea tightens crypto API controls as DAXA targets shared key abuse
South Korea’s Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA) introduced a new compliance standard. The crypto exchanges operating in the region will now have to invalidate API keys suspected of being improperly shared between users. This action has escalated regulatory oversight in one of the world’s most active digital asset markets. This comes in when the Financial...
Thu, May 28
Bybit warns users over transfers with UK-sanctioned HTX
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has informed clients that transactions involving addresses linked to HTX may be subject to additional checks. The warning comes after its rival was targeted in fresh U.K. restrictions on crypto services allegedly helping Russia with sanctions evasion. U.K. sanctions push Bybit to check HTX-related flows Dubai-based Bybit, one of the world’s largest...
Thu, May 28
China’s broker crackdown sends shockwaves through global markets
The global stock market is reacting to a tougher regulatory climate after China’s action against three of the country’s biggest online brokers. The country has imposed limits on unauthorized trading platforms abroad. It turns out that the new regulations are now hitting zones outside China. This move has disrupted retail investors who look for international...
Thu, May 28
ETH sinks below $2,000, faces period of repricing
ETH traded below $2,000 for the first time since Q1, while social media sentiment shows signs of capitulation and doubts about the future of Ethereum.
Thu, May 28
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Posts $527M Outflow, Just Shy of Its Worst Day on Record
Bitcoin Spot ETFs have posted eight consecutive days of cumulative net outflows. So far this month has only seen six positive inflow days with the monthly total outflow now standing at -$2.07 billion at the time of writing. The numbers aren’t small either. Data from SoSoValue shows that Blackrock’s Ishares Bitcoin Trust saw -$527.84 million...
Thu, May 28
Trump vows future-proof U.S. crypto market structure that cannot be reversed by critics
President Donald Trump is doubling down on his ambition to cement a permanent legal framework for cryptocurrency in the United States, vowing that the country’s emerging digital asset rules will be “future-proof.” He added that the framework would be resistant to reversal by future administrations or political critics. The remarks come amid an intensified push...
Thu, May 28
Google engineer allegedly had a cheat code for Polymarket and turned it into $1.2M
Federal prosecutors have charged a Google software engineer in a case involving alleged insider-style trading on the blockchain prediction platform Polymarket. According to federal prosecutors, 36-year-old Michele Spagnuolo knew the results months before anyone else. He was arrested on May 27, 2026. The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York released a...
Thu, May 28
Robinhood opens stock trading and credit card spending to AI agents
Robinhood said Wednesday it will let customers hand AI agents the ability to trade stocks from a dedicated account and make purchases using a virtual Robinhood Gold credit card. No major US retail brokerage has offered both capabilities before. The agentic trading account sits separately from the user’s primary portfolio. Only funds the customer deposits...
Wed, May 27
OpenAI is committing $250 million to help workers cope with AI-driven job displacement
The OpenAI Foundation unveiled on Wednesday plans to invest $250 million into grants, collaboration initiatives, and other efforts aimed at helping people cope with AI-related job displacements. This is the first-ever OpenAI spending initiative targeting the issue of automation-related labor displacement. Three main priorities guide the allocation of the funds as per the foundation’s statements;...
Wed, May 27
