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TeraWulf reported its Q1 results earlier today, showing early signs that its shift from Bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure is beginning to produce results. The company generated $21 million in HPC lease revenue during the quarter, helping lift total revenue to $34 million as its Lake Mariner campus began producing recurring compute revenue through 60 megawatts of energized critical IT capacity for Core42. The results highlight TeraWulf’s move away from the volatility of Bitcoin mining toward contracted, long duration compute infrastructure. The company said it continues to repurpose parts of its legacy mining footprint for higher value HPC workloads. TeraWulf…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a strategic partnership with Coinbase and Stripe to launch a dedicated payment infrastructure designed specifically for AI agents. The new system enables autonomous AI agents to directly access and pay for web content, APIs, MCP servers, and other agent services without human intervention for each transaction. How the AI Agent Payment System Works The payment infrastructure is built on Coinbase’s x402 protocol and its CDP (Coinbase Developer Platform) wallet infrastructure, combined with wallet technology from Privy, a subsidiary of Stripe. Users can connect either stablecoin or fiat-based funds to set specific spending limits for…

In brief Bitcoin is hovering near $66,000 after Trump reportedly signaled his willingness to end the Iran campaign even with the Strait of Hormuz closed. The CME’s FedWatch tool puts a 97.4% chance on the Fed keeping rates unchanged on April 29, as oil is up 48% since the start of the conflict. A rapid de-escalation could unlock a “strong risk-on rally” above $90,000, Decrypt was told. Bitcoin is holding around $66,000, as U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly pivoted towards prioritizing an exit from the Iran war. According to administration officials cited by The Wall Street Journal, Trump is willing…

Miami — Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is not dying but instead moving deeper into the financial mainstream alongside the rise of AI agents, crypto executives participating in the Securing the Next Decade of Decentralized Finance panel Thursday at Consensus Miami 2026. “Crypto is absolutely hurtling into the mainstream,” said Hunger Horsley, co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Asset Management. “Stablecoins, tokenized assets and DeFi are part of that.” The panel came weeks after a series of DeFi North Korean hacker exploits, including Drift Protocol and Kelp DAO, which resulted in roughly $600 million in losses, drawing criticism over the sector’s security. DeFi…

Ethereum price is sitting in an awkward but important spot, and it remains near a key decision area as buyers defend support while sellers still control the broader structure. $ETH/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Daily Bias: Neutral, With a Slight Defensive Lean for Ethereum price The main scenario for the Ethereum price on the daily timeframe is neutral. That said, it is not a comfortable neutral. $ETH closed at 2281.32, below the 20-day EMA at 2304.45 but above the 50-day EMA at 2264.91, while the 200-day EMA sits much higher at 2616.00. That tells you the…

Hedera’s $HBAR is up by 4% today, March 24, 2026. $HBAR is to be listed on Japanese exchange BitTrade on March 25, 2026. Crypto influencer believes that $HBAR is undervalued. Hedera’s native token, $HBAR, climbed more than 4% today, March 24, 2026 as per CoinMarketCap. With this surge, the token is currently hovering around the $0.0926 mark and it is in line with Bitcoin’s gain. This uptick rides a wave of broader market optimism that has been triggered by the recent geopolitical de-escalation (Trump putting a pause on major strikes in Iran). Even though this is one of the reasons…

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Cango (CANG) has reported mining 230.04 Bitcoin through its own operations during the month of April. The Shanghai-headquartered firm disclosed the figures in a press release issued via PR Newswire, providing transparency into its production costs and treasury position. Production Costs and Operational Efficiency Cango’s average mining cost for April stood at $68,061 per Bitcoin. This metric, which includes electricity, hosting, and operational expenses, is closely watched by investors as a measure of mining profitability. With Bitcoin trading well above that level for most of the month, the company’s operations remained comfortably profitable. The cost figure…

Chainlink completed a pilot with the Bermuda Monetary Authority to supervise digital assets in real time using blockchain tools. The project integrated CCIP, Proof of Reserve and Secure Mint to monitor multiple chains, verify collateral and control token issuance. Bermuda plans to expand the system with multi-jurisdictional oversight and greater institutional participation in later phases. The Bermuda Monetary Authority completed a pilot alongside Chainlink to embed regulatory requirements directly into digital asset infrastructure, enabling their automatic enforcement in real time. The initiative, called the Embedded Supervision Solution, will transform the way regulators work, eliminating their dependence on manual after-the-fact reviews.…

Tydro, the largest lending protocol on Kraken’s Ink Layer 2, will keep its markets paused until a migration to Chainlink price feeds is complete, the protocol said on Thursday. The protocol was notified by Chaos Labs on May 4 of an attack on the oracle provider that displayed “patterns similar to that of a nation-state attacker,” and was advised to halt all markets. According to Tydro, no bad prices were pushed to its markets before or during the pause, and no user positions were impacted. Tydro initially suspended all lending markets on May 4 “out of an abundance of caution”…

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), one of the longest-standing industry consortiums in the Ethereum ecosystem, has deployed its treasury through the Lido protocol, the largest liquid staking platform on Ethereum. The move represents a concrete step by a major standards body to put institutional capital to work onchain through liquid staking — and it raises broader questions about how organizations holding $ETH can generate yield while maintaining operational flexibility. According to a blog post published by Lido, the EEA’s decision to route its treasury through Lido addresses a practical challenge that many institutional $ETH holders face: how to participate in…