🧑‍💻 #SOL Anza, the developer of Solana, announced that Alpenglow, the largest consensus upgrade proposed to date, has been launched on a test cluster created by the community.

This update allows validator operators to test software designed to transition Solana from its current consensus system, which combines Proof-of-Stake with TowerBFT and Proof-of-History, to a new architecture aimed at significantly reducing finalization time and increasing network responsiveness.

🇨🇳👀 President Trump will visit China from May 13 to 15, his first trip to the country since 2017.

🇺🇸🤔 President Trump still plans to audit Fort Knox to confirm its $700 billion gold reserve has not been stolen.

🕵️ Michael Saylor's STRC is back at $100 and is actively accumulating more bitcoin.

It's estimated they've already bought 112 $BTC today.

🇺🇸⛽️ President Trump to suspend federal gasoline tax.

📊 #BTC climbed from the high-$77Ks to low-$82Ks as spot demand and futures activity strengthened. Momentum cooled near highs, while options markets continued pricing elevated uncertainty.

😱 Senator Bernie Moreno states that the "banking cartel is in full panic mode" over the Crypto Clarity Act. He criticizes banks for treating deposits like personal piggy banks, profiting from lending while offering minimal returns to depositors. Moreno argues that the emergence of innovative stablecoins poses a threat to their monopoly, prompting banks to lobby Congress with concerns about economic growth and financial stability. #stablecoin

🇺🇸📊 $XRP spot ETFs hit $1B AUM. The price barely flinched.

7 spot XRP ETFs are now trading in the US. Combined, they have $1B AUM with 847.9M tokens locked.

$34.2M of fresh inflows occurred this week alone, while the price remains stuck near $1.40.

Demand is being absorbed without a rerating, indicating either patience or a coiled spring.

🗽 UAE Officially Allows Residents to Pay Government Fees With Crypto.

🛡🤖 #BNB #AI Binance an AI security report stating that its AI-based risk control systems prevented approximately $10.53 billion in potential user losses between early 2025 and Q1 2026, protecting more than 5.4 million users.

In Q1 2026 alone, the exchange said it blocked around 22.9 million scam and phishing attempts, involving nearly $1.98 billion in protected funds. Binance added that it has deployed more than 100 AI models to detect risks including deepfakes, phishing scams, and AI-powered social engineering attacks.

🇫🇷💰 French public company Capital B $ALCPB is raising $17.93 million through a private placement subscribed to by Adam Back and TOBAM to buy more Bitcoin.

🕵️ Saylor: “Back to work. BTC.” Strategy holds 818,334 #BTC now.

One-week pause around Q1 earnings is over. $61.81B in #BTC at approximately $75,500 average cost.

Stated plan: buy 10, sell 1 for dividends. Net accumulation continues. Bought 34,164 #BTC in April for $2.54B.

The largest corporate buyer just put the hammer back on the anvil.

🇺🇸🫂 #COIN Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to address Republican senators on Wednesday.

📈 The activity of addresses on the Chainlink network has surged to an 8-month high.

🚀 S&P 500 closes at new all-time high of 7,412

📈 Elon Musk's SpaceX is projected to trade above a $2 trillion valuation when it goes public.

📌 Top 5 News for 24 Hour:

1. Whale Loracle.hl profits from $SNDK and $HYPE shorts. →
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2. Michael Saylor buys $BTC as STRC hits $100. →
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3. Ethereum Foundation unstaked $49.66M worth of ETH. →
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4. Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin Trust sees strong inflows. →
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5. Bitcoin absorbing profit-taking without price deterioration. →
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📊 Strategy CEO Phong Le tells CNBC that they may sell #BTC over equity to increase "bitcoin per share."

"We will sell our bitcoin to pay the yield where it's accretive to our shareholders. And that's defined as accretive to bitcoin per share."

💵 250,000,000 $USDC (250,012,875 USD) minted at USDC Treasury

🕵️ Pavel Durov said TON’s new AI-ready toolchain makes smart contract development 10x faster.

📝 #ETH The Ethereum Foundation released its May 2026 Protocol Cluster update, confirming advancements in testing and preparations for the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade during an interop event in Svalbard, Norway.

Leadership changes within the Protocol Cluster were also announced, with Barnabé Monnot and Tim Beiko departing the Foundation, and Alex Stokes taking a sabbatical. Will Corcoran, Kev Wedderburn, and Fredrik will assume the roles of new Protocol Cluster leads.