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Semiconductor exemptions from recent US tariffs are largely illusory. Most enter via finished products like servers, GPUs, laptops and phones. The supposed benefits of semiconductor exemptions are erased. Opinion by: Ahmad Shadid of O.xyz Semiconductors scored a rare exemption from US President Donald Trump’s aggressive reciprocal tariffs, but the relief is symbolic at best. Most semiconductors enter the US embedded in servers, GPUs, laptops, and smartphones.  The finished goods remain heavily tariffed, some with duties reaching up to 49%. The exemption looks good politically but delivers little practical benefit. Nvidia’s DGX systems, crucial for training advanced AI models, do not fall under the exempted HTS codes. Nvidia could pay effective tariffs nearing 40% on these vital components. Such costs threaten to stall critical AI infrastructure projects across the country.  Read more

How Black Mirror’s on-chain experiment is paving the way for the future of entertainment monetization.

Sen. Bill Hagerty said recently that the GENIUS Act, which would pave the way for stablecoin adoption, could bolster U.S. Treasuries.

Dogecoin bulls have propelled $DOGE 9.7 % higher to $0.245, pushing market cap past $36 bn and cementing its rank as the eighth-largest crypto. Daily volume has advanced 66 % to $3.3 bn, while futures open interest has grown almost 59 %, hinting at an attempt to clear the $0.25–$0.27 band. The post Dogecoin Bulls Fuel 66% Volume Surge, Price Eyes $0.45 Breakout appeared first on Cryptonews.

The company unveiled its Perpetual Strife Preferred Stock (STRF) in March.

Record on-chain activity and rare 10-figure allocations have sent the Hyperliquid token buyback scheme into overdrive, bolstering the HYPE price outlook. The post HYPE Price Prediction: With Institutions Circling, Is Hyperliquid the Next Solana?  appeared first on Cryptonews.

OpenAI’s doomsday bunker plan, the “potential benefits” of propaganda bots, plus the best fake books you can’t read this summer. AI Eye.. In the last AI Eye, we reported that scientists from the four leading AI companies believe theres at least a 10% chance of AI killing around 50% of humanity in the next decade one scientist was buying farmland in the US Midwest so he could ride out the AI apocalypse. This week, it emerged that another doomsday prepper is OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever. According to Empire of AI author Karen Hao, he told key scientists in mid-2023 that “we’re definitely going to build a bunker before we release AGI.” Artificial General Intelligence is the vaguely defined idea for a sentient intelligence smarter than humans.  The underground compound would protect the scientists from geopolitical chaos or violent competition between world powers once AGI was released.  Read more

Bitcoin surpassed its all-time high, while meme coins outperformed the leading asset with double digit gains.

Automated, non-custodial crypto portfolio management platform Glider just won the Start in Block competition at Paris Blockchain Week, judged by high-frequency trading firm Auros. Glider Co-Founder Brian Huang and Auros Chief Commercial Officer Jason Atkins joined Decrypt to talk about how the platform enables retail crypto users to “come to the platform with any trading idea,” and implement it through automated tools.

Banks and large TradFi firms are preparing to join the Global Dollar network alongside firms like Robinhood, Galaxy and Anchorage, founding member Kraken said.

The token had a market cap of just $40 million before the purchase.

In Q1 2025, GoPlus ended the quarter with a circulating market cap of $46.1 million and a 60.3% decline in token price since launch. Ecosystem profit rose 373.7% QoQ to $982,521, while blockchain request volume increased across Solana (31.1%), Base (28.7%), Avalanche (11.6%), and BNB Chain (6.4%). Conversely, key offchain activity metrics declined, including API query volume (-9.8%), unique IPs (-47.7%), and active SecHubs (-47.2%). The quarter also included the release of GPS tokenomics, a new 2025 roadmap prioritizing AI and decentralized security infrastructure, the launch of Locker v3, and responses to post-listing concerns with a $2M user compensation plan and a $4.34M buyback.

In Q1 2025, Manta Network’s market cap fell 70.3% to $91.7 million, while MANTA’s price declined 72% to $0.22. Despite a broader drop in activity, protocol revenue rose 19.1% QoQ to $252,600, reversing a three-quarter decline. DeFi TVL dropped 73% to $17.5 million, and stablecoin market cap fell 7.3% to $11.2 million. Manta Pacific integrated Symbiotic and Babylon to launch a dual-layer fast finality system, and the team announced the deprecation of Manta Atlantic, consolidating operations on Manta Pacific. CeDeFi maintained $117.7 million in TVL, and ecosystem growth continued with the launch of the Trophy Room and integrations with DAR ID and Entangle.

The Senate is moving ahead on crypto regulation, and some senators have invested in crypto-related companies. As the question of stablecoin regulation heats up in the US Senate, so has the issue of which members are personally invested in cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency firms. On May 19, the Senate voted to invoke cloture and move ahead with the GENIUS Act, which would provide a regulatory framework for stablecoins. The measure passed 66-32, with 16 Democrats supporting the bill. Democratic concerns over corruption and politicians’ ties to cryptocurrency firms made the bipartisan move controversial. After the vote was finished, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet introduced the STABLE GENIUS Act. The bill would prevent members of Congress from issuing or investing in digital currency and require them to put their crypto in a blind trust while in office. Read more

The House voted in favor of Senate Bill 121 which would establish a "Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency"

Crypto and art NFTs can help investors protect their purchasing power from ongoing fiat currency debasement, according to Raoul Pal. Cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can help investors protect their eroding purchasing power during an era of exponential currency debasement, according to analysts and industry leaders. Investing in digital assets is becoming increasingly important in the “world of the exponential age and currency debasement,” according to Raoul Pal, founder and CEO of Global Macro Investor. “You don’t own enough crypto. When you do, you don’t own enough NFT’s, as art is upstream of wealth. Both will never be this cheap again,” Pal said. Read more

Avalanche (AVAX) Surged 11.2% while NEAR Protocol (NEAR) jumped 7.9%, leading the index higher.

Tokens in the Sui ecosystem have been sent tumbling due to a $200 million oracle exploit that led to liquidity pools being drained.

StarkWare’s Noam Nisan joins The Clear Crypto Podcast to demystify staking, explore its economic incentives and weigh the trade-offs between proof-of-work and proof-of-stake. What if a financial system could run itself not by burning electricity, but by rewarding good behavior? That’s the promise of staking, a mechanism that powers many modern blockchains by turning users into network operators.  In this week’s episode of The Clear Crypto Podcast, hosts Gareth Jenkinson and Nathan Jeffay sit down with StarkWare’s Noam Nisan to unpack how this trustless engine works, why it matters and what’s really at stake. Jeffay began by highlighting how staking is part of the backbone that keeps the blockchain running, and runs itself, with volunteers. Read more

Bitcoin’s breakout is reviving memecoin mania, with FARTCOIN, POPCAT, and others flashing technicals with massive upside potential for the current bull cycle. Key takeaways: Memecoins like Fartcoin, WIF, SPX6900, and Popcat are outperforming Bitcoin in the short term amid renewed crypto market euphoria. Bullish technical patterns signal more upside for top-performing memecoins. Read more