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Senate Banking Committee plans to hold key market structure hearing on Thursday

The Senate Banking Committee announced it would hold its markup hearing for the Clarity Act on March 14.
Judge clears path for Aave to move $71 million in ETH linked to North Korea hack

Judge Margaret Garnett allowed frozen exploit funds on Arbitrum to move to Aave, but the legal freeze follows the assets as terrorism plaintiffs continue their claim.
LayerZero says it ‘made a mistake’ in $292 Million Kelp exploit

After initially framing the exploit as a developer configuration failure, LayerZero said it “owns” the decision to let its own verifier secure high-value transfers in a vulnerable setup.
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BlackRock deepens tokenization push with new onchain fund offerings

The world's largest asset manager filed paperwork to expand its tokenized fund lineup as real-world assets grow 200% year over year.
Crypto wallets are being rebuilt for AI agents, Trust Wallet and Mesh executives say at Consensus Miami

Trust Wallet CEO Felix Fan and Mesh CTO Arjun Mukherjee said AI agents are creating a new role for crypto wallets.
How DeFi is changing the financial landscape for Latin Americans

DeFi is quietly shifting from niche crypto experiment to a legitimate financial tool across the region, explains Serrano.
Soon, traders will be able to bet on bitcoin volatility, not just price, on CME

CME Group plans to launch bitcoin volatility futures on June 1 pending regulatory approval bringing a easy way to bet on the degree of price swings.
Swiss central bank bitcoin reserve push fails over signature shortfall

The initiative sought to amend Switzerland's constitution, requiring the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold BTC alongside gold and foreign-currency reserves.
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Emerging-market users are treating crypto exchanges like banking apps, Binance says

One point three billion adults lack financial services, 4.7 billion lack credit, and 1.4 billion savers in low-income nations earn no deposit interest, Binance said.
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Crypto industry cheers Senate Clarity Act markup date as market structure push resumes

The bill's progress follows talks on jurisdiction, consumer/developer protections, and stablecoin rewards, with crypto firms backing a yield compromise.
Sports betting should be regulated as a financial product, not gambling, aspiring prediction market provider says

Novig CEO Jacob Fortinsky said his company will transition to a federal Designated Contract Market framework this summer to launch in all 50 states, while 57 Maiden's Adam Mastrelli said he was banned from two major sportsbooks within two months for being “sharp."
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Trump Media’s Q1 loss widens to $406 million on bitcoin, CRO markdowns

The loss was primarily driven by $244 million in unrealized losses on cryptocurrency holdings and an additional $108.2 million investment loss.
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Bored Ape NFTs are finally making a comeback as crypto traders rediscover their appetite for risk

BAYC floor prices have doubled in a month as traders rotate back into speculative crypto bets, reviving hopes of a broader NFT recovery.
Agentic commerce will run on crypto rails, PayPal and Google reps tell Consensus Miami

Senior figures from PayPal and Google Cloud said open payment protocols, machine-readable merchant catalogs and multi-party crypto custody are needed to scale agentic commerce.
A bitcoin whale that went silent in 2013 moves $40 million in BTC

A long-dormant whale woke up Sunday, moving millions worth of bitcoin on-chain.
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XRP spikes 2.5%, beating bitcoin and ether, in breakout above $1.45

Sharp move through resistance came with one of the biggest volume spikes in weeks, though profit-taking quickly emerged near session highs.
Bitcoin mining pools with 75% of BTC hashrate join open standard for block construction

Foundry, AntPool, F2Pool, SpiderPool, and MARA Pool are among seven pools joining the Stratum V2 working group, putting nearly three-quarters of global bitcoin hashrate behind a protocol that returns block construction decisions to individual miners.
New Fed chair, Base's Azul upgrade, corporate earnings: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting May 11.
Bitcoin, Nasdaq investors are celebrating, while U.S. consumers turn gloomy

Bitcoin and Nasdaq have rallied sharply, but U.S. consumer sentiment has fallen to historic lows, highlighting a widening Wall Street–Main Street divide.
MARA expected to post Q1 losses as investors look ahead to AI growth strategy

Investors look beyond bitcoin volatility towards long term AI infrastructure and data center revenue opportunities.