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A renewed uptrend or a substantial pullback: what's coming next for ETH?

Federal prosecutors say an Army soldier made over $400K betting on Venezuela-related outcomes on Polymarket using classified intelligence.

Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly tried to conceal his bets about the raid on Venezuela that led to Nicolas Maduro's arrest.

The Fellowship PAC disclosed that it had spent $1.75 million in support of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, facing Senator John Cornyn in a May runoff. The crypto-aligned Fellowship political action committee (PAC), led by stablecoin issuer Tether’s head of government affairs, reported spending more than $3 million on advertising related to US Senate races, with the majority going toward to support a Texas Republican candidate. In a Tuesday filing with the US Federal Election Commission (FEC), Fellowship PAC disclosed that it had spent $1.75 million in support of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The Republican is facing off against incumbent Senator John Cornyn in a May 26 runoff to determine who will become the party’s candidate for the 2026 US Senate race. In addition to Paxton, the PAC reported spending $350,000 on advertising for Mike Collins in Georgia’s Senate race, $350,000 on Barry Moore in Alabama’s Senate race, and $250,000 and $350,000 on Blake Miguez and Julia Letlow, respectively, for House a...

On Forge Global, Anthropic shares are hovering around $1 trillion while OpenAI trades at $880 billion — a reversal nobody saw coming three months ago.

Inflows to the spot Ether ETFs topped $633 million over the past 10-days, but are the flows significant enough to trigger a rally to $3,000? Key takeaways: The spot ETH ETFs recorded ten consecutive days of net inflows, totaling $633 million. Weekly DApps revenue on the Ethereum network fell to $13 million, following a broader decline seen in Solana and BNB Chain. Read more

Retail crypto activity fell 11% in Q1 as macro pressures weighed on markets, though Turkey and emerging economies showed resilience, TRM Labs data shows. Global crypto adoption declined in the first quarter as retail activity weakened under mounting macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures, underscoring the sector’s continued sensitivity to broader market conditions. TRM Labs’ Q1 Global Crypto Adoption Index showed an 11% year-over-year drop in retail crypto volumes, to $979 billion. The decline marked a second consecutive quarterly contraction and the sharpest pullback since the 2022 bear market. The downturn was largely driven by a stronger US dollar, higher interest rates and a broader risk-off environment, all of which weighed on retail participation, TRM said. The softer demand coincided with a 22% drop in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) during the quarter. Read more

Grok AI places XRP in an $8–$15 range if ETH hits $54k. XRP trades at $1.33 with seven SEC ETF decisions looming. Full Q2 2026 price analysis inside. The post Grok AI Just Predicted XRP Could Hit $15 If Ethereum Reaches $54,000: Is the Math Actually Realistic? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Google unveiled a new AI tool in Maps that lets filmmakers preview scenes in real-world locations ahead (or instead) of scouting trips.

Industry players are coordinating a recovery effort as the year's biggest crypto theft rattled Aave, with Lido and EtherFi being firsts to offer aid.

Social media giant Meta is redirecting resources toward AI as CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicts the tech will continue to revolutionize work.

The integration with Marinade Finance lets clients earn yield via validator selection strategies while retaining custody and control within a single platform. Anchorage Digital has integrated Marinade Finance into its platform, allowing institutional clients to stake Solana tokens through automated validator strategies while maintaining custody of their assets. According to Thursday’s announcement, the integration gives clients direct access to Marinade’s staking strategies within Anchorage’s custody and wallet infrastructure, including its Porto self-custody wallet, without requiring external applications. The setup separates staking delegation from withdrawal control, allowing institutions to participate in validator selection and yield generation while retaining asset control. Read more

The no-code platform aims to make building and deploying on-chain apps as simple as writing a prompt.

Some users pushed back via Aave’s governance forum, fearing the changes would fuel liquidations on the lending protocol.

The stablecoin issuer cited "activity tied to unlawful conduct” but no further explanation for the freezing of the dollar-pegged tokens held in two wallet addresses. Tether, the company that issues the USDt dollar-pegged stablecoin, said Thursday that it froze more than $344 million in USDt at the request of US law enforcement officials.  The company froze two wallet addresses at the request of US authorites for “activity tied to unlawful conduct,” according to Tether’s announcement. Tether did not provide a specific reason for the asset freezes, but said that it freezes wallet addresses tied to “sanctions evasion, criminal networks, or other illicit activity.” Read more

A negative Bitcoin funding rate and $7.5 billion in USDC reserves suggest traders may start positioning against the bearish trend. Will BTC price keep rising? Bitcoin (BTC) has rallied 30% since its 2026 low of $60,000, and stablecoin balances on exchanges suggest the market has entered a disbelief phase, with roughly $7.5 billion in USDC on Binance highlighting readily deployable capital that traders could start positioning soon. Data show that derivatives market positioning has not kept pace with the bullish price trend. Crypto analyst Darkfost tracked the 30-day cumulative funding rate, which aggregates funding over time to reveal sustained positioning. The metric stands near -4.5%, reflecting a prolonged bearish bias against the current move. The analyst explained that the negative funding creates conditions that incentivize traders to take the opposite side. Read more

OpenAI's newest model matches GPT-5.4's speed while outperforming it on nearly every benchmark. It's rolling out to paid ChatGPT users today.

Surprise or not, none of the AI-powered chatbots we consulted picked BTC.

Input Output Global, the primary software laboratory behind the Cardano blockchain, has halved its annual treasury funding request, asking the network’s decentralized governance body for $46.8 million to finance its 2026 operations. The pullback marks a deliberate transition away from single-entity dominance, pivoting the ecosystem toward a future where specialized third-party firms shoulder a larger […] The post Cardano development teams wants almost $50 million for Bitcoin DeFi and Vision 2030 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Kok An, a Cambodian senator, is accused of running a massive crypto crime operation through his many resorts and casinos.