SEC chair Atkins signals new rules for onchain markets, AI-driven finance
The SEC chair linked the rise of AI-powered financial systems with growing demand for blockchain-based market infrastructure and automated settlement.
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.
Coinbase rebounds as altcoins surge with bitcoin holding above $80,000
Tokenization and digital asset-infrastructure stocks climbed as SEC Chair Paul Atkins signaled support for onchain finance rules.
AI agents fueled a frenzy of startup building at the Consensus Miami EasyA hackathon
Nearly 1,000 developers competed at the venue, from ecosystems like Base, Solana, and others arriving from companies like Microsoft and Google, most racing to...
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...
Bitcoin retreats below $80,000, liquidating $300 million in futures bets
BTC fell under $80,000 after U.S. strikes in Iran sent oil briefly above $100, triggering liquidations and a shift toward bearish positioning.
Coinbase blames AWS for hours-long crypto trading outage
Coinbase says the outage has been fully resolved but that it will investigate the incident fully.
U.S. added 115K jobs in April, nearly doubling expectations
The data comes ahead of what’s expected to be a new Federal Reserve chairman taking the reins at the U.S. central bank later this...
U.S. hiring slowdown could be great for bitcoin — unless wages spoil the party
Your day-ahead look for May 8, 2026