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The family of a deceased 19-year-old college student alleges ChatGPT encouraged dangerous drug use and contributed to his fatal overdose.

ETH futures and options signal quiet confidence among pros despite macro headwinds and DeFi exploits, keeping the $2,600 price target in play. Key takeaways: Ether (ETH) price failed to sustain bullish momentum after peaking near $2,380 on Sunday. Repeated failures to break the $2,400 mark over the past four weeks have gradually drained confidence, suggesting professional ETH traders might be jumping ship despite several derivatives and onchain metrics supporting further upside. Read more

Bitcoin's path through 2026 now runs through global economic policy. The disruption around the Strait of Hormuz has moved beyond a commodity-price event and into the machinery of governments. The International Energy Agency said crude and refined-product exports through the strait had fallen to less than 10% of pre-conflict levels after about 20 million barrels […] The post Hormuz oil contagion spreads to 8 major economies and Bitcoin has just one route through appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Check out some of the most recent price forecasts involving Cardano's native token.

Osero is coming with three products: Earn, App, and Foundry.

New fundraising rounds for three institution-focused blockchains show how regulation, privacy and corporate competition are reshaping crypto infrastructure, according to Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan.

The collaboration between Kraken and Franklin Templeton signals traditional finance's deepening embrace of crypto infrastructure.

BTC is currently 36% below its October 2025 ATH, but Hayes says getting back to that point is a "foregone conclusion."

Chairman Michael Selig says the agency has already taken several states to court to prove that sports contracts aren't just betting but that they're derivatives.

While some experts point to $90,000 as the next explosive level, others caution that this new "early bull" signal isn't a guaranteed crystal ball.

Eowyn Chen, former CEO of Trust Wallet, will serve as her interim replacement.

Mark Zuckerberg New META AI Predicts the Price of Bitcoin by The End of 2026 The post Mark Zuckerberg New META AI Predicts the Price of Bitcoin by The End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

OpenAI introduced a new cybersecurity initiative, Daybreak, on May 11, designed to find, validate, and help fix software vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. The firm describes the approach as making software “resilient by design,” moving security earlier into the build cycle through AI-assisted code review, threat modeling, patch validation, and dependency analysis. For crypto, […] The post OpenAI’s new cybersecurity push has a lesson for crypto: stop waiting for the hack appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Inflation rose to a three-year high in April, according to this morning's Consumer Price Index report.

The kingdom of Bhutan has offloaded over $230 million in Bitcoin this year while steadily reducing its holdings, according to Arkham data.

Publicly traded online marketplace eBay slammed GameStop's unsolicited $55.5 billion acquisition offer as insufficient.

Bitcoin showed fresh signs of volatility as US CPI inflation saw new multiyear highs on oil price hikes thanks to the US-Iran war. Bitcoin (BTC) saw classic volatility ahead of Tuesday’s Wall Street open as a key US inflation gauge hit its highest levels in three years. Key points: Read more

The new portal lets LMAX clients deposit digital assets into custody and use them as collateral to trade FX, metals, CFDs, perpetual futures and crypto. Global cross-asset marketplace LMAX Group has launched Kiosk, a hosted portal that lets institutional clients deposit digital assets into LMAX Custody and use them as collateral to trade across its FX, metals, derivatives and crypto markets. The product allows clients to post digital assets as collateral for spot foreign exchange, precious metals, contracts for difference, perpetual futures and digital assets, the company said Tuesday. Kiosk includes tools for deposits, withdrawals, API credential management, WalletConnect, security controls and treasury management, according to LMAX. Read more

The five U.S.-listed spot XRP funds pulled in $25.8 million on Monday, the largest single-day net inflow since Jan. 5, even as ether spot ETFs shed nearly $17 million.

ETH may continue to underperform if it stays below $2,400, one popular analyst claimed.