Crypto for Wednesday, April 29, 2026

• Bitcoin recovery stalls after Fed holds interest rates, citing ‘uncertainty’ in Middle East
• Google and Microsoft Just Proved the AI Trade Is Alive—While OpenAI Is Sweating
• Jack Mallers' Twenty One Capital surges after majority holder Tether proposes 3-way merger
• Labor Department Launches AI Apprenticeship Portal as Trump Admin Continues AI Policy Push
• Big Tech's multi-billion dollar AI bets are still on track as Mag 7 giants report earnings
• RealOpen and TRON verify $9.4M in USDT for crypto-enabled real estate purchases
• Mayo Clinic Says AI Can Detect Pancreatic Cancer Years Before Human Doctors
• Report: Trump-Linked WLFI Partnered With Project Linked to Alleged Fraud Syndicate
• Key Senator Pushes for Vote on Clarity Act—But Hurdles Remain
• Meta Launches USDC Stablecoin Creator Payouts on Solana and Polygon via Stripe
• Stable Sea integrates WisdomTree tokenized Treasury fund for corporate cash management
• Eric Trump says bitcoin in its 'greatest period ever' as Wall Street falls in line
• Price predictions 4/29: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, HYPE, ADA, BCH, XMR
• Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Banned From Crypto Industry in $10 Million FTC Settlement
• This AI Was Trained Only on Pre-1930 Text. We Asked It About Hitler, Stocks, and the Future
• Everyone is watching America’s crypto boom but Israel and Pakistan may be showing what comes next
• Fed chair Jerome Powell says he will stay on as Govenor after term amid legal pressure
• Tech giant Meta starts paying some creators in stablecoin with Stripe's support
• Hyperliquid (HYPE) at Risk: Here’s Why the Price May Plunge by 22%
• Kustodia launches smart contract escrow for LATAM's $600m fraud crisis
• Bitcoin falls as traders cut risk ahead of FOMC: Will TradFi, spot ETF volumes bolster $70K support?
• XRP Price Prediction: Garlinghouse Locks In as Ripple Raises the Standard in Las Vegas
• KuCoin EU hires new AML chief after Austria ban on new business under MiCA
• White House Weighs Reinstating Anthropic for Federal Use Amid Pentagon Fight: Report
• Federal Reserve Keeps the Rates Unchanged: Will Bitcoin Keep Crashing?
• JPMorgan hires former Goldman Sachs exec for Kinexys. Here is why he believes tokenization is only half the battle
• Investor10 Expands to the U.S. with Data-Driven Investment Platform and Advanced Ranking Tools
• The ‘tokenization of everything’ is no longer a theory
• Bitcoin, Ethereum Dip as Fed Holds Rates Steady for Third Straight Time
• U.S. senator holding cards on Clarity Act's next move says it's ready to get to hearing
• Realmint launches to give retail investors a smarter way into RWAs
• Fed leaves rates unchanged at Jerome Powell's final meeting as chairman
• Most crypto investors believe Bitcoin is undervalued: Coinbase survey
• U.K.'s Farage faces standards probe over $6.7 million gift from Tether billionaire Christopher Harborne
• Tether Stakeholder Gave Farage Undisclosed $6.7M Gift Amid Reform UK Crypto Funding Scrutiny
• Visa adds Polygon, Base support as stablecoin settlement run rate hits $7B
• Concentration of AI stocks inside S&P 500 hits dot-com bubble peak – and Bitcoin miners are now exposed
• Ripple CEO Just Said “All Roads Lead Back to XRP”: Is Garlinghouse Seeing Something the Market Is Missing?
• Bitcoin Spot Volumes Crash to Bear-Market Lows – Apathy Now, Opportunity Next?
• Changelly turns 11, reaches 12 million users, and expands global partner network
• Robinhood, Coinbase lead crypto stock rout as Trump rejects Iran plan
• OpenAI Sued Over Failure to Warn Police Before Tumbler Ridge Mass Shooting
• Canadian Government Pushes for Sweeping Ban on Bitcoin, Crypto ATMs
• Dogecoin leads pre-FOMC rally with 12% gains: Is DOGE price headed to $0.33?
• Bitcoin's widely tracked Coinbase Premium turns negative as realized losses spike to $6 billion
• The Protocol: Mythos forces crypto industry to rethink security practices
• Peter Schiff Claims Vindication as Bitcoin Falls 30% Since 2025 Sell Call
• Hyperliquid is preparing to take on Polymarket with a new way to trade real-world events
• The AI-crypto disconnect: Why Pantera’s CEO thinks institutions are missing the boat on bitcoin
• MoonPay Launches Institutional Division, Acquires Crypto Key Management Firm Sodot
• Visa expands stablecoin settlement network as volume hits $7 billion run rate
• Bitcoin surges alongside oil as BTC price finally decouples from the war narrative… until US markets opened
• Bitcoin ETFs fuel institutional surge, 21Shares' CIO sees $100K possible by year-end
• Polymarket Eyes US Return for Crypto Exchange as Lone CFTC Chair Weighs Approval​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
• Crypto Long & Short: Guide, deliver, repeat: the hidden driver of token performance
• Visa Adds Base, Polygon, Canton, Arc and Tempo to Stablecoin Settlement Program
• Computershare Taps Securitize to Tokenize Thousands of Company Stocks on Wall Street
• Wall Street is launching the first ever prediction market ETFs for U.S. elections
• MoonPay buys crypto security firm Sodot in $100M push into institutional crypto
• Solana Is Failing to Reclaim $86 as ETF Flows Dry Up: Is the Channel Floor at $77 the Next Stop?
• Pi Network Team Announces Another Massive Milestone as PI Resurgence Continues
• Passive money is eating stocks and Bitcoin may be next to get a huge liquidity injection
• Wall Street is coming to Consensus Miami — and it’s not just to watch
• Monthly prediction market volume hits $25.7B as user activity shifts beyond one-off events
• Stellar’s CMO says crypto must ditch hype and “get rich slow” to win mainstream trust
• Bitcoin Drops, Oil Surges as Trump Prepares to Extend Strait of Hormuz Blockade
• Bitcoin's Upside Capped by $82K Sell Wall as UAE’s OPEC Exit Triggers Risk Sell-Off
• A Dormant Ethereum Whale Just Woke Up After 10 Years and Dumped $23 Million in an Hour: Is $2,300 at Risk?
• Andre Cronje says DeFi is ‘no longer DeFi’ as builders debate circuit breakers
• CoinDesk 20 performance update: Litecoin (LTC) gains 2.4%, leading index higher
• XRP set for ‘strongest’ 2026 monthly ETF inflows as bulls target $2
• DeFi shaken by $292 million hack, but showing resilience, Standard Chartered says
• Ethereum Price Prediction: ETH Breaks Key Downtrend—Is $2.8K Next?
• Securitize, Computershare open path for $70 trillion in U.S. stocks to move onchain
• GSR says Crypto Core3 ETF is simple gateway for mainstream investors
• Ripple Teams Up With Major Crypto Exchange to Boost RLUSD Liquidity
• ZetaChain dismissed bug report that could have prevented $334K exploit
• Bitcoin heads into Fed decision today at the exact price where its strongest holders may finally sell
• 1,100,000,000 XRP in 1 Week: Do Ripple Whales Know Something We Don’t?
• Dfns & Zama: Unlocking Institutional Liquidity on Public Blockchains Via Confidential Wallet Infrastructure
• XRP News: Ripple’s CEO Expects CLARITY Act by May and Coinbase Is Activating XRP Futures: Are the Catalysts Finally Aligning?
• Morning Minute: Paul Tudor Jones Calls Bitcoin Strongest Inflation Hedge
• Kaspa Crypto Is 95% Mined With Supply Running Out by Late 2026: Is a Scarcity Rally Coming Before It’s Too Late?
• Ethereum ICO Whale Who Turned $3,100 Into $23M Wakes Up After a Decade
• Dunamu, Hana Financial take blockchain remittance system live with POSCO
• Leading AI Claude Predicts the Price of XRP, Bitcoin and Ethereum by the end of May 2026
• Trump Ordered an Extended Iran Blockade and Oil Hit $111 But BTC USD Price Just Shrugged It Off And Pumped Again
• Dogecoin Price Rallies Ahead of SpaceX IPO: $1 DOGE Dream Moves Closer
• Established ‘Sell in May’ philosophy looks broken, and that could be good news for Bitcoin
• Polymarket pushes for broader US relaunch with CFTC talks: Report
• Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky settles FTC case with $10M payment
• Judge Shoots Down Sam Bankman-Fried's Bid for New Trial
• Pi Network’s PI Taps Monthly High After Another Surge as BTC Returns to $77K: Market Watch
• Canada proposes crypto ATM ban over scams and money laundering
• SYND Crashes 37% After Syndicate Network Bridge Hack
• Bitcoin, stocks risk 'months' of losses as Kevin Warsh Becomes Fed chair
• CLARITY’s delay to test Wall Street’s $6.6 trillion stablecoin warning which is at odds with White House view
• Ethereum Price Prediction: ETH Outperforms BTC — Altseason Could Arrive in May
• One Company May Be Controlling Bitcoin’s Momentum – Here’s How
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: Omega Candle to $1 Million Loading? Analysts Believe
• Polymarket denies data breach, says hacker is selling public data
• Bullish brings Bitcoin options trading to Ripple Prime's institutional clients
• Gibraltar mulls allowing tokenized fund shares for some companies
• Aptos says its new privacy coin seeks to fix one of crypto’s biggest trade-offs
• XRP Is Ripple’s North Star: CEO Garlinghouse Reiterates Company Vision
• Here’s How Litecoin (LTC) Contained a Massive MWEB Exploit
• Symbiotic and Midas Build Instant Liquidity for Tokenized Assets
• CFTC pulls Wisconsin into fight over prediction market jurisdiction
• Robinhood dips as Q1 earnings miss and crypto revenue, volume fall nearly 50%
• Judge rejects new trial for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried
• XRP News Today: Ripple’s European Boss Just Said the U.S. Is Falling Behind: Is Europe Now XRP’s Real Home?