Market
Exchanges
Coinbase went down for over 5 hours after missing earnings. Bulls still see a path to $300 billion by 2030
Coinbase to aggressively pivot toward stablecoins and autonomous commerce to achieve $300 billion market cap by the end of 2030.
AI
Bitcoin miners using AI as a bear market escape plan just got a new rival in Elon Musk
SpaceX-Anthropic deal validates miners’ bet on electricity scarcity while exposing them to competition from deeper-pocketed technology platforms.
Price Watch
Bitcoin price recovery faces pandemic-style fear as Hantavirus scare gets amplified
Bitcoin’s latest $80,000 rally is better insulated against pandemic-style fears than the retail-driven market of the past.
Price Watch
Zcash just exploded 40% – and the privacy coin rally is no longer just a crypto-native trade
Investors bet that the rise of AI and global data collection will force a massive premium on the zero-knowledge privacy features of ZEC.
Legislation
Banking lobby attempts to kill Clarity Act’s stablecoin progress as markup is scheduled for next week
US banks say stablecoin-reward language still leaves loopholes, while lawmakers argue the compromise is needed to move the CLARITY Act forward.
Macro
Bitcoin rips past $82,000, shorts liquidated after President Trump halts Hormuz operation sending oil price spiralling
A 10% plunge in oil prices and easing Middle East tensions have triggered a massive build in Bitcoin's open interest.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Strategy to “sell some Bitcoin” after posting $12.7 billion Q1 loss as Saylor points to $5 billion Bitcoin gain
The company’s BTC Gain metric is colliding with Wall Street forecasts for a first-quarter loss tied to Bitcoin’s drawdown.
Market
Bitcoin faces $80,000 seller test as ETF demand keeps $90,000 breakout in play
Bitcoin’s next move depends on whether ETF demand can absorb profit-taking and force a decisive break above resistance.
Staking
Ethereum’s biggest staker has just become a public company with over $10 billion locked up
BitMine has staked more than 4 million ETH, giving investors a listed-equity proxy for Ethereum’s proof-of-stake economy.
Deals
If GameStop buys eBay, Bitcoin payments could suddenly have a 135M-buyer marketplace test case
GameStop wants eBay’s 135 million buyers for a Bitcoin test but Wall Street thinks the deal can’t close
Legal
Why has Trump’s World Liberty Finance (WLFI) now filed a lawsuit against Tron’s Justin Sun?
World Liberty Financial points to $300 million USDT moves before WLFI debut and hints at a coordinated short attack.
Stablecoins
CLARITY Act markup could come next week after stablecoin deal breakthrough
The new Tillis-Alsobrooks language just dropped, and it could decide whether the bill finally escapes committee or stalls again.