🗣 WSJ’s Nick Timiraos Says Fed’s Waller Delivered Hawkish Speech, Doesn’t Rule Out Future Rate Hikes

WSJ’s Nick Timiraos described Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller’s latest speech as hawkish. Waller backed removing the Fed’s “easing bias” language and stated that future rate hikes can no longer be ruled out if inflation fails to improve. He warned that prolonged energy-driven inflation could push up inflation expectations, though he noted that near-term hikes remain premature. #macro

🔮 #UMA #POL Polymarket: As a result of a private key leak during the incident with Polymarket, $164,000 was frozen. The incident did not affect Polymarket or the UMA smart contract, and users' funds are safe.

🇺🇸🗣 Kevin Warsh has been officially sworn in as Federal Reserve Chair.

🗽#RWA SEC delays plan to allow blockchain-based tokenized stocks. #regulation

🗽 Congressman Nick Begich's new Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill now has 21 cosponsors.

🕵️ Fox Business reports the Trump Administration is officially opening the door to make purchasing a home with Bitcoin the real estate norm.

A $4.2 million house was bought with Bitcoin, and the sale closed faster than some traditional deals.

💵 250,000,000 $USDC (250,074,499 USD) minted at USDC Treasury

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2. South Korea may scrap 22% crypto tax. →
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3. Suspected attack on Polymarket's UMA CTF Adapter contract. →
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4. Fidelity: Bitcoin had highest risk-adjusted return in 10 years. →
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📊 SEC Approves Nasdaq Bitcoin Index Options Trading. #regulation

🧑‍💻 Congressman Nick Begich's new Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill now has 21 cosponsors.

🇺🇸🗽 The Trump administration announced that most green card applicants will now be required to apply from abroad unless they can prove “extraordinary circumstances.”

🕵️ It seems that Tom Lee's Bitmine just bought another 60,000 $ETH ($125.9M).

Two newly created wallets likely linked to Bitmine just received 60,000 $ETH ($125.9M) from Kraken and BitGo.

🕵️ A wallet linked to Arthur Hayes deposited 115,453 $HYPE ($6.33M) and 1.76M $AERO ($785K) into Bybit.

Arthur still holds 247,334 $HYPE ($13.6M).

🇺🇸🗣 #ETH #BTC Ethereum Co-Founder Joseph Lubin: Blockchain Tech Is Key to Solving the US Debt Crisis

On May 7, 2026, Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin discussed on the When Shift Happens podcast how moving off the gold standard has led to a cycle among corporations, lobbyists, and legislators. This situation enables governments to print money indefinitely and accumulate significant debt, which current political systems struggle to control.

He emphasized that Satoshi's white paper demonstrated how decentralized trust could address these issues. Lubin believes that Bitcoin is antifragile and serves as a new trust foundation that inspired the development of DeFi.

🐳 Whale Evaded has closed its $HYPE, $ZEC, and $ETH long positions, making $4.56M. It has opened a new 990 $BTC (15x) short position valued at $74.5M, with a floating profit of over $1M.

#ZEC

All roads lead to 100B$

🇺🇸🕵️ America's Second-Largest Bank Raises IBIT Stake, Cuts Ether and Solana ETF Exposure

America's second-largest bank, Bank of America (BofA), disclosed nearly $53 million in crypto ETF exposure in its latest Q1 13F filing.

BofA significantly increased its BlackRock Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) holdings to about $37 million in Q1, while trimming its Ethereum and Solana ETF positions. It also held smaller allocations in other Bitcoin ETFs, including BITB, FBTC, and Grayscale products. #etf

🇪🇺📊 Bybit CEO Ben: Hyperliquid Is a Partner Not a Competitor

In an April 23 interview with When Shift Happens, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou stated that Bybit views Hyperliquid as a partner rather than a competitor. He noted that Bybit has not experienced a significant exodus of users to Hyperliquid; instead, some users are deterred by licensing and compliance restrictions.

Zhou explained that under Europe's regulatory framework, Bybit's MiCA site cannot offer derivatives, and even with a MiFID license, leverage would be limited to 10x, which he described as "not competitive at all" compared to Hyperliquid. He emphasized that users seeking high leverage will naturally gravitate towards DEXs, as Hyperliquid provides options that Bybit cannot offer within a compliant framework. #regulation

🐳 Whale 0xB4d3 dumped 20,000 $ETH ($41.18M) at $2,059 in the past hour.

🗽 Grayscale Files Third Amendment for Proposed HYPE ETF

Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart reported that Grayscale has submitted its third S-1 amendment with the SEC for the proposed Hyperliquid (HYPE) ETF. If approved, the ETF will trade under the ticker GHYP. Seyffart noted that the frequent filing updates indicate issuers are nearing launch, and U.S. exchanges may eventually host three competing HYPE ETFs. #regulation

📊 #BTC The SEC has approved the listing of BTC index options on Nasdaq. #regulation