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Jesse Spiro, Head of Government Affairs at Tether, said at Consensus Miami 2026 that the midterms will be a key test for whether crypto’s recent policy gains in Washington can survive politically.

Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000 on Thursday as analysts say profit taking has increased among crypto traders.

At the current pace of purchases, Lee said his Ethereum treasury giant would reach its 5% ether accumulation goal in six weeks, then shift its focus to staking and share buybacks.

Shiba Inu's total holder base is inching toward 1.6 million.

DeFi and its underlying technology have already proved themselves at scale, said eToro CEO Yoni Assia.

World Liberty Financial co-founder Donald Trump Jr. and co-founder and CEO Zach Witkoff pushed back on recent online rumors as the crypto firm battles Justin Sun in court.

Fresh capital from top Wall Street and Silicon Valley firms signals increasing confidence in regulated event trading and retail prediction markets. Prediction marketplace Kalshi has reached a $22 billion valuation after closing a $1 billion Series F funding round, underscoring growing venture capital appetite for prediction markets amid surging retail adoption. The new valuation doubles Kalshi’s worth from just five months ago. The funding round was led by Coatue Management, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Morgan Stanley and Ark Invest. The raise comes as investors increasingly view prediction markets as one of the fastest-growing segments of digital finance. Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto unit, a16z crypto, recently raised $2.2 billion for its latest fund and identified prediction markets as a major investment theme. Read more

Shares in Eric Trump's mining firm American Bitcoin have fallen more than 9% after reporting a quarterly loss of nearly $82 million.

The Bitcoin advocate spoke up after Michael Saylor signaled that the company might sell some BTC, a major departure from the Strategy founder's previous rhetoric. Michael Saylor's comment this week that Strategy might sell portions of its Bitcoin holdings, is a decision that gives the BTC treasury company Strategy, optionality, according to BTC advocate Samson Mow. “Never selling limits optionality. Public markets are war. In war, you need all available tools at your disposal,” Mow said after company co-founder Saylor's comment during Strategy’s first-quarter earnings call on Tuesday. That the company might sell some BTC in the future, Mow added: Strategy is the largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company, according to BitcoinTreasuries, and holds 818,334 BTC at the time of this writing, and any potential sales could weigh on spot BTC market prices, according to some crypto market analysts. Read more

Amazon said AI agents for now will be allowed to buy APIs, web content and other online services, but that future versions would enable hotel bookings, travel reservations and payments to merchants.

Tokenization and AI agentic finance are the main narratives driving the next bull cycle in crypto, Lee said at Consensus 2026.

Ethereum continues to trade within a broader consolidation structure as the market struggles to establish sustained bullish momentum. Nevertheless, weakening momentum indicators and growing signs of seller activity suggest that the market could be preparing for another corrective move in the short term. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, ETH is […]

Since the Genius Act passed, Anchorage has won every single large stablecoin issuance mandate across the landscape, according to the firm’s CEO Nathan McCauley.

The new Amazon Web Services system lets AI agents use the USDC stablecoin to pay for APIs, data, and online services.

Hosted by Luna PR, the fourth edition of the Crypto Polo Cup (CPC) will take place on May 9, 2026, at the Santa Clara Polo Club, alongside Consensus Miami. Palm Beach, Florida, May 7, 2026 – Hosted by Luna PR, the fourth edition of the Crypto Polo Cup (CPC) will take place on May 9, 2026, at the Santa Clara Polo Club, alongside Consensus Miami. The invite-only event will bring together institutional leaders, founders, and investors across the digital asset and financial sectors. Since its debut in Palm Beach in 2022, Crypto Polo Cup has established itself as a premier gathering the intersections of digital assets, finance, and culture. Now in its fourth year, the 2026 edition will welcome more than 500 guests for a day blending sport, entertainment, and high-caliber networking. Read more

[PRESS RELEASE – SEOUL, South Korea, May 7th, 2026] Korea’s first won-denominated public blockchain goes live with built-in regulatory compliance and native AI agent identity, integrating with Model Context Protocol (MCP), Claude skills, Gemini CLI, and Cursor. The underlying technology already powers BDAN Pocket, a digital wallet used by 4 million citizens of Busan. Hashed […]

Bitcoin remains below major realized price levels, where underwater holders may sell aggressively once it recovers closer to break-even.

QVAC MedPsy squeezes clinical AI onto a smartphone, beating Google's MedGemma-27B on real-world scenarios while using three times fewer compute resources.

Panelists are split on the four-year cycle's relevance, with year-end price targets varying widely from potentially not reaching a new high to possible targets of $150k or $250k.

Bitcoin’s macro setup is increasingly tied to the same forces driving the S&P 500 to new highs: liquidity, concentration, rate expectations, and investor tolerance for stretched valuations. The current S&P 500 structure shows an index still moving in a powerful long-term uptrend, with price near 7,365 on the weekly chart, while valuation indicators sit in […] The post The AI boom looks like dot-com mania, but Bitcoin bulls have one profitable reason to keep buying appeared first on CryptoSlate.