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05/06/2026 09:50 PM White House aims for July 4 deadline to pass landmark crypto regulation bill
The White House's top crypto adviser, Patrick Witt, set a target date for July 4 to pass broad crypto legislation into law.
05/06/2026 09:31 PM Aave liquidates Kelp DAO attacker’s remaining rsETH positions
Aave required a governance process to manipulate its rsETH oracle price to generate a deficit in the attacker’s fraudulent position.
05/06/2026 09:05 PM Bitcoin whales on Hyperliquid push net long positions to 2026 high
Glassnode posted a chart indicating that whales have been aggressively increasing their cumulative long positions in recent weeks.
05/06/2026 08:49 PM VanEck says Bitcoin could hit $1 million in five years, likens adoption to video games
The firm's head of digital assets research compared bitcoin adoption to different demographics embracing video games.
05/06/2026 07:03 PM Project Eleven warns quantum moment could hit ‘all at once,’ pegs Q-Day as early as 2030
Roughly 6.9 million BTC could be at risk to quantum computers under certain conditions, Project Eleven estimates.
05/06/2026 06:41 PM Ripple, JPMorgan and others use XRP Ledger to cash out tokenized Treasurys fund internationally
The transaction represents an example of crypto firms and Wall Street institutions jointly exploring 24/7 settlement systems.
05/06/2026 05:19 PM Sen. Gillibrand: No crypto bill without ethics provision amid President Trump’s ties through memecoins, World Liberty
There will be no deal without an ethics provision in sweeping cryptocurrency market structure legislation, warned Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
05/06/2026 04:44 PM Morgan Stanley pilots crypto trading on E*Trade with 50-basis-point fee: Bloomberg
Morgan Stanley pilots crypto trading at 50 basis points, expanding digital asset push weeks after launching a bitcoin ETF.
05/06/2026 04:39 PM Kraken launches regulated crypto spot margin trading in US on heels of Bitnomial deal
The rollout marks the first product built on Payward’s newly acquired Bitnomial licenses, with perpetuals and options expected later.
05/06/2026 04:29 PM Solana Company, Jito Foundation target institutional Solana staking expansion in Asia
The two companies will build institutional-grade validator infrastructure, optimize yield, and drive Solana adoption in Asia.
05/06/2026 04:00 PM Y Combinator to hold crypto startup interviews in New York for first time
Y Combinator is set to host interviews in New York City for the first time, focusing specifically on fintech and crypto startups.
05/06/2026 03:46 PM ‘Clarity Act will pass this summer’: Coinbase CLO Grewal backs stablecoin compromise, urges banks to accept deal
Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal says the Clarity Act will pass this summer, backing the Tillis-Alsobrooks stablecoin compromise.
05/06/2026 03:14 PM Core Scientific to acquire bitcoin miner Polaris in $421 million deal to expand Oklahoma AI data center campus
Polaris’ 40-acre campus is energized and actively operating with 40 megawatts of contracted power through Oklahoma Gas & Electric.
05/06/2026 02:40 PM Hut 8 shares soar over 30% after scoring $9.8 billion AI data center deal set to NVIDIA specs
The deal marks the first phase of Hut 8 commercializing its Beacon Point data center campus located in Nueces County, Texas.
05/06/2026 02:28 PM Bitcoin Core quietly patched high-severity memory bug months before public disclosure, but many nodes may still run affected software
Bitcoin Core disclosed a use-after-free bug that could have let miners crash nodes and potentially execute remote code.
05/06/2026 02:26 PM 21Shares lists Strategy-linked STRC ETN on London Stock Exchange, expands UK footprint
21Shares listed a Strategy-linked ETN on the LSE offering UK investors access to Strategy perpetual preferred stock for the first time.
05/06/2026 02:00 PM OpenTrade raises $17M to expand stablecoin yield infrastructure after topping $200M TVL
OpenTrade raises $17 million as the stablecoin platform tops $200 million in TVL and expands infrastructure targeting neobanks and fintechs.
05/06/2026 01:00 PM Attackers drain $1.4M in wrapped bitcoin from DeFi protocol Ekubo in approval-based exploit
Ekubo Protocol lost roughly $1.4 million in WBTC after attackers exploited a flaw in its EVM swap router contracts.
05/06/2026 12:41 PM Bitcoin hits longest negative funding streak this decade as K33 flags short squeeze risk
Buying bitcoin during such negative funding regimes has consistently led to strong forward returns, Head of Research Vetle Lunde said.
05/06/2026 11:20 AM Ethereum co-founder Lubin backs ETH treasury firms, calls DATs ‘profound innovation’
Joseph Lubin backed ETH treasury firms, confirmed Linea's Linux Foundation move, and highlighted Ethereum's quantum-safe roadmap.
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