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  • Meta’s USDC pilot shows how stablecoins could capture billions in creator payouts
    CryptoSlate - 10:30 Apr 30, 2026
    Libra launched in 2019, rebranded to Diem, and sold its blockchain assets to Silvergate Bank in 2022, three years of work that ended when regulators pushed back, and bank partners withdrew. On Apr. 29, Meta announced USDC payouts to eligible creators through compatible crypto wallets on Solana and Polygon, starting with selected creators in Colombia […] The post Meta’s USDC pilot shows how stablecoins could capture billions in creator payouts appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin’s next risk is hiding in the gap between debt and liquidity
    CryptoSlate - 08:50 Apr 30, 2026
    The old Bitcoin playbook ran on the simple logic that when global M2 expands, capital flows into risk assets, and Bitcoin captures a disproportionate share. That relationship powered the 2020-2021 bull market, and crypto Twitter spent the better part of 2024 charting M2 overlays as proof that the next leg was imminent. Now, the global […] The post Bitcoin’s next risk is hiding in the gap between debt and liquidity appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Everyone is watching America’s crypto boom but Israel and Pakistan may be showing what comes next
    CryptoSlate - 19:35 Apr 29, 2026
    This month, Israel and Pakistan supplied a quieter test for crypto than the one playing out in US capital markets. What if the more important 2026 shift is happening where digital assets meet local money and bank accounts? Israeli crypto firm Bits of Gold said Israel's Capital Market Authority approved the issuance and distribution of […] The post Everyone is watching America’s crypto boom but Israel and Pakistan may be showing what comes next appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Concentration of AI stocks inside S&P 500 hits dot-com bubble peak – and Bitcoin miners are now exposed
    CryptoSlate - 17:20 Apr 29, 2026
    The 10 largest AI stocks now make up about 41% of the S&P 500, according to a BofA Global Research chart circulated online. That puts the AI basket at the same concentration level that tech and telecom reached around the dot-com peak. The BofA chart put the Nifty Fifty at 40% in the 1970s and […] The post Concentration of AI stocks inside S&P 500 hits dot-com bubble peak – and Bitcoin miners are now exposed appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin surges alongside oil as BTC price finally decouples from the war narrative… until US markets opened
    CryptoSlate - 15:10 Apr 29, 2026
    Bitcoin is trading near $76,600 after reversing from an earlier intraday push toward $78,000, while crude oil trades near $103 and the S&P 500 fell as the US stock market opened. Before the US cash session, Bitcoin rose even as crude oil kept climbing, suggesting crypto-specific positioning was strong enough to resist the oil-inflation trade […] The post Bitcoin surges alongside oil as BTC price finally decouples from the war narrative… until US markets opened appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Passive money is eating stocks and Bitcoin may be next to get a huge liquidity injection
    CryptoSlate - 14:05 Apr 29, 2026
    Passive investing has become one of the most powerful forces reshaping equity markets, and the evidence is accumulating in the returns data. Bloomberg Intelligence data compiled by ETF analyst James Seyffart shows stocks with rising passive ownership have dramatically outperformed those losing passive ownership over the past three years. The market has been rewarding inclusion, […] The post Passive money is eating stocks and Bitcoin may be next to get a huge liquidity injection appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin heads into Fed decision today at the exact price where its strongest holders may finally sell
    CryptoSlate - 12:10 Apr 29, 2026
    Bitcoin's rebound is running straight into one of the few events it can't price in advance. After climbing back toward $80,000 on the back of renewed institutional buying and a nine-day ETF inflow streak, BTC pulled back to around $76,500 on Tuesday before recovering early Wednesday to around $77,800 as the Federal Reserve began its […] The post Bitcoin heads into Fed decision today at the exact price where its strongest holders may finally sell appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Established ‘Sell in May’ philosophy looks broken, and that could be good news for Bitcoin
    CryptoSlate - 10:35 Apr 29, 2026
    “Sell in May and go away” is the idea that stocks reliably underperform between May and October, and it describes a market that might no longer exist. Bloomberg Intelligence data shows the S&P 500 ETF has closed the May-October period in positive territory in 25 of the last 33 years, with only one negative summer […] The post Established ‘Sell in May’ philosophy looks broken, and that could be good news for Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • CLARITY’s delay to test Wall Street’s $6.6 trillion stablecoin warning which is at odds with White House view
    CryptoSlate - 09:00 Apr 29, 2026
    The CLARITY Act has stalled in Senate Banking deliberations, setting back an array of market rules that would solidify into law most of the pro-crypto stance that took hold in the President Donald Trump administration. Yet, Congress may have handed crypto markets an unexpected experiment. Galaxy Research puts the odds of enactment this year at […] The post CLARITY’s delay to test Wall Street’s $6.6 trillion stablecoin warning which is at odds with White House view appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • CLARITY Act stablecoin fight shifts from yield to who captures digital-dollar economics
    CryptoSlate - 19:10 Apr 28, 2026
    Washington is turning stablecoins into regulated payment instruments while trying to keep issuer-paid yield away from holders. That combination changesthe economics of digital dollars and puts the value of user balances up for grabs across the intermediary stack. The GENIUS Act bars permitted payment stablecoin issuers and foreign payment stablecoin issuers from paying holders any […] The post CLARITY Act stablecoin fight shifts from yield to who captures digital-dollar economics appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • What would Satoshi say? Director of the FBI appears at Bitcoin 2026 – Victory or capture?
    CryptoSlate - 17:21 Apr 28, 2026
    Bitcoin 2026 opened at The Venetian on April 27 with the Director of the FBI in the program for a session about code, speech, and enforcement. The placement turned a conference slot into a live test of Bitcoin's political identity. The session, titled Code is Free Speech: Ending the War on Bitcoin, took place at […] The post What would Satoshi say? Director of the FBI appears at Bitcoin 2026 – Victory or capture? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin’s $80k test should be decided by the bond market this week
    CryptoSlate - 15:05 Apr 28, 2026
    Everyone watching Bitcoin this week is watching the Federal Reserve, while the more important tell may be sitting in the Treasury market, where the 10-year yield has compressed into one of its tightest ranges of the year just as a dense macro calendar opens. Bitcoin's recovery now rests on renewed institutional inflows and the assumption […] The post Bitcoin’s $80k test should be decided by the bond market this week appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Cathie Wood’s Bitcoin bull thesis concedes stablecoins won the real-world payment fight
    CryptoSlate - 13:00 Apr 28, 2026
    Cathie Wood built ARK Invest's Bitcoin case on the idea that Bitcoin would become a global monetary layer that is programmable, borderless, resistant to inflation, and eventually dominant in payments. The latest version of that argument concedes that stablecoins got there first on the payments side. In a recent interview with The Rollup, the ARK […] The post Cathie Wood’s Bitcoin bull thesis concedes stablecoins won the real-world payment fight appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Top Bitcoin dev is launching a new BTC fork giving holders new eCash, but claiming it may be a real risk
    CryptoSlate - 11:05 Apr 28, 2026
    Paul Sztorc, LayerTwo Labs CEO and longtime Bitcoin developer, is planning an August 2026 Bitcoin hard fork called eCash, targeted around Bitcoin block 964,000. His April 24 announcement described a new chain that would copy Bitcoin history, give holders 1 eCash for every 1 BTC at the split, and launch with a Bitcoin-Core-like base layer […] The post Top Bitcoin dev is launching a new BTC fork giving holders new eCash, but claiming it may be a real risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin’s comeback is now in the Fed’s hands after big investors piled back in
    CryptoSlate - 09:29 Apr 28, 2026
    Crypto investment products recorded $1.2 billion in inflows last week, capping three straight weeks above $1 billion and a fourth consecutive positive week overall. According to CoinShares data, Bitcoin pulled $933 million of that total, Ethereum added $192 million, and the US accounted for $1.1 billion of regional demand. Total assets under management climbed to […] The post Bitcoin’s comeback is now in the Fed’s hands after big investors piled back in appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • The South Korean bank powering Upbit is testing Ripple integration for cross-border payments
    CryptoSlate - 20:05 Apr 27, 2026
    South Korea's Kbank has signed a strategic partnership with Ripple to test blockchain-based overseas remittances, placing a bank with a central role in Upbit's KRW account access beside one of crypto's longest-running payments infrastructure firms. Local reports describe the work as a technical verification, or proof-of-concept, focused on whether Ripple's infrastructure can improve the speed, […] The post The South Korean bank powering Upbit is testing Ripple integration for cross-border payments appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • EU sanctions Russian crypto usage for 20th time adding bans on digital rubles and anyone using Russian crypto services
    CryptoSlate - 18:10 Apr 27, 2026
    The European Union’s latest Russia sanctions package, its twentieth so far, brings crypto settlement squarely into an already fractured geopolitical spotlight. Adopted on April 23, the package adds 120 new listings and rolls out financial measures that touch just about every corner of Russia’s crypto scene. That includes service providers, decentralized trading platforms, ruble-backed tokens, […] The post EU sanctions Russian crypto usage for 20th time adding bans on digital rubles and anyone using Russian crypto services appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Should Cardano invest more into Bitcoin while top Cardano marketplaces like JPG Store shut down?
    CryptoSlate - 15:45 Apr 27, 2026
    Cardano's governance system is facing two deadlines that belong in the same conversation. JPG Store, a prominent Cardano NFT marketplace whose product page calls it the #1 Cardano NFT marketplace, began a ‘Restriction Mode' on April 23 and scheduled its ‘Complete Shutdown for May 23′. The shutdown gives users immediate work to do. The shutdown […] The post Should Cardano invest more into Bitcoin while top Cardano marketplaces like JPG Store shut down? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Latest $290M exploit hit DeFi so hard it forced Aave onto Solana as part of rescue efforts
    CryptoSlate - 14:00 Apr 27, 2026
    AAVE, the native token of the Aave DeFi platform, is now available on the Solana blockchain network. The move will give Solana users access to one of the largest lending protocols in decentralized finance without leaving the network. This came less than two days after the Solana Foundation revealed that it would deploy part of […] The post Latest $290M exploit hit DeFi so hard it forced Aave onto Solana as part of rescue efforts appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin flash crashes below $78,000 at Europe market open with nearly $295 million in crypto liquidations
    CryptoSlate - 11:58 Apr 27, 2026
    Bitcoin traded below $78,000 on Monday as EU markets opened for the week. BTC price hit $77,819, down 0.28% over 24 hours, with a market capitalization near $1.56 trillion and 24-hour volume of around $32.1 billion. Total crypto liquidations stood near $295 million over the previous 24 hours on CoinGlass. Bitcoin had been pressing the […] The post Bitcoin flash crashes below $78,000 at Europe market open with nearly $295 million in crypto liquidations appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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