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Republican Senator Thom Tillis says the Senate’s version of the CLARITY Act has “made a lot of progress,” and it was time for lawmakers to vote on advancing the bill. US Senator Thom Tillis says he will push the Senate Banking Committee to advance the stalled crypto market structure bill, as the text of the bill has made progress and is ready for another vote. Tillis, a key Senate Banking Republican, told reporters on Wednesday that he would ask Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott “to move forward with scheduling a markup” when the Senate is back in session on May 11. “I think that we've made a lot of progress,” Tillis said. “But at the end of the day, until you have a forcing mechanism of a markup, everybody that really doesn't want it done is going to have one more thing that they want to talk about, and I think it's time to get it before the committee, move it forward.” Read more

The move expands DeFi institutional assets to include Wall Street heavy hitters. Centrifuge is bringing tokenized Treasurys, AAA-rated CLOs and private credit to the Monad blockchain, making for the first availability of institutional-grade assets on the network. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the integration includes tokenized products from Janus Henderson and Apollo Global Management, including JTRSY, JAAA and ACRDX, with investors holding onchain fund shares that represent direct claims on the underlying assets and support in-kind redemptions. Centrifuge is also introducing freely transferable versions of these assets (deJTRSY, deJAAA and deCRDX) designed for use across the Monad ecosystem in lending, collateral and secondary market activity. Read more

MARA's shares jumped as it added a 505-MW power plant and data center site to expand into AI infrastructure. Bitcoin miner MARA said it agreed to acquire Long Ridge Energy & Power for about $1.5 billion, adding a 505-megawatt gas-fired power plant and a co-located data center site in Ohio.  The company's Nasdaq-traded shares surged more than 12% following Thursday's announcement, extending a broader rally that has seen the stock gain about 55% over the past month, according to Yahoo Finance data. Source: Yahoo Finance Read more

The product lets investors access diversified exposure across digital assets and equities without managing individual positions. Kraken has launched a new product that bundles cryptocurrencies and tokenized US stocks into pre-built, auto-rebalanced portfolios, as it seeks to attract non-US investors looking for multi-asset exposure within a single investment. The bundles combine digital assets with the company’s xStocks offering, tokenized representations of US equities and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with allocations set and automatically rebalanced. According to Thursday's announcement, the portfolios include combinations such as Bitcoin (BTC) paired with an S&P 500 index tracker and baskets of major technology stocks alongside cryptocurrencies, offering exposure to both asset classes within a single product. Read more

The company said the region has become one of its most important in the past several years.

Hawkish dissent within the Federal Reserve, elevated oil prices and rising long-term inflation expectations are pushing bond yields higher.

Crypto sold off across the board with bitcoin down 2.1% and ether off 3.4% as Brent crude surged 7.1% to $126 a barrel on reports President Trump is being briefed on military options for Iran.

HIP-4 could become a dominant prediction-market venue because Hyperliquid users can get economic exposure to platform usage through HYPE, unlike users of Polymarket or Kalshi.

"Whoever thinks Cardano is dead has clearly not been through other bear markets," one analyst argued.

Bitcoin derivatives highlight traders’ nervous view as the Federal Reserve holds interest rates and BTC struggles to trade above its range highs. Are the bears back? Key takeaways: Bitcoin (BTC) faced rejection at $77,800 on Wednesday, then retested the $76,000 level. This movement followed a correction in the S&P 500 Index as the war in Iran reached its 60-day mark, driving crude oil prices toward $118. While demand for leveraged bearish Bitcoin futures positions increased, the long-to-short ratio of whales at major exchanges indicates a different trend. Read more

Bitcoin dropped under $75,000 after FOMC minutes showed the US Federal Reserve holding interest rates and expressing slight concerns over inflation and the war in Iran. Bitcoin (BTC) extended its two-day decline on Wednesday after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes confirmed the Fed’s decision to hold “the target range for the federal funds rate at 3-½ to 3-¾ percent.”  While the Fed maintains its goal of achieving “maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run,” the FOMC minutes cited the “developments in the Middle East” as factors fueling an environment of “uncertainty” and the Fed stressed its desire to maintain optionality as it evaluates the “risks to both sides of its dual mandate.”  FOMC minutes with new statements in red. Source: CNBC Read more

Alphabet and Microsoft crushed Q1 estimates on the same day, with Google Cloud up 63% and Microsoft's AI business hitting a $37 billion run rate.

Tether has moved to combine bitcoin treasury, mining, and financial services under one roof.

The Labor Department unveils an online hub to help workers and employers build AI skills amid a quickly changing jobs market.

The four Mag 7 giants reported quarterly results on Wednesday, showing that they are still on track to spend multi-billion on AI. Here is what it means for crypto.

RealOpen, the leading platform for buying real estate with crypto, today announced the conclusion of its collaborative "Fast Moves, Fast Payments" Holiday Campaign with TRON Los Angeles, California, April 29, 2026 – RealOpen, the leading platform for buying real estate with crypto, today announced the conclusion of its collaborative "Fast Moves, Fast Payments" Holiday Campaign with TRON, the leading settlement layer for stablecoin transactions. The campaign, which ran from November 17, 2025, through February 28, 2026, offered eligible U.S. homebuyers up to 50,000 USDT in rewards for purchasing property through RealOpen using USDT on the TRON blockchain, illustrating the network’s real-world use across both everyday payments and high-value transactions. RealOpen combines the reliability of traditional real estate with the speed and efficiency of crypto. Through its platform, buyers can purchase any property on the market and fund the purchase directly with digital assets, making blockchain-powered homebuying a...

The AI model analyzes subtle tissue changes on routine CT scans invisible to human specialists, detecting pancreatic cancer up to three years earlier than doctors can.

The Prince Group allegedly ran at least 10 scam compounds and stole billions through pig butchering schemes targeting victims online.

Thom Tillis, a swing GOP vote on the Senate Banking Committee, says his colleagues should take up a months-delayed vote on the crypto bill.

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta is now offering stablecoin payouts to content creators in certain countries.