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Uphold will pay more than $5 million to compensate customers affected by CredEarn, a third-party crypto investment product. The New York settlement requires stronger product reviews, broker registration, and transfer of any Cred bankruptcy recoveries to harmed investors. Key Takeaways: Uphold will pay more than $5 million to customers tied to CredEarn losses. Regulators said CredEarn was presented like savings while relying on risky lending activity. Next, Uphold must strengthen due diligence, register as a broker, and distribute recoveries. Uphold Settlement Raises Crypto Investor Protection Stakes New York Attorney General (NY AG) Letitia James announced on April 29, 2026, that…

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has signed a memorandum of understanding with SSI Digital Technology, or SSID, to explore a local digital asset exchange business in Vietnam. SSID is linked to SSI Securities, one of Vietnam’s largest securities firms. The agreement covers the setup and operation of a crypto exchange. The companies plan to work on technology, wallet systems, custody, security, risk controls, compliance support, product development, and institutional services. Deal depends on local approval Bithumb may also make a strategic equity investment in an SSID-linked entity. However, that move depends on approval from Vietnamese authorities as the country builds…

Zama says its full protocol stack is live and integrable, bringing confidentiality to public chains through tooling that now spans developers and end users. The beta SDK provides TypeScript and React packages, ERC-20-style abstractions, adapters, hooks and AI-native documentation to reduce integration complexity. Delegated decryption, token wrappers, portfolio tools, staking and multi-chain bridging extend the stack toward regulated confidential finance, with future focus on yield and agentic payments use cases. Zama said that its full protocol stack is now live and integrable, positioning fully homomorphic encryption as the privacy layer public blockchains still awkwardly lack. The update frames blockchains as…

Recent data indicates that a significant portion of Bitcoin holders are currently underwater. Approximately 47% of the total circulating supply is held at a loss, meaning nearly half of investors bought at prices higher than current levels. LATEST: 📊 CEX​.​IO says nearly half of all Bitcoin is now held at a loss as a key stress index posts its sharpest rise since January. pic.twitter.com/f0mG5NEuRC — CoinMarketCap (@CoinMarketCap) March 31, 2026 Such conditions typically emerge during extended corrections or bear phases. As prices decline, more holders move into unrealized losses, increasing psychological pressure across the market. However, losses are only realized…

Demand for U.S. equities is rising globally, pushing investors to look beyond domestic markets, Robinhood senior VP and general manager in charge of crypto, Johann Kerbrat said during a Fireside chat at Consensus 2026 in Miami. “We are seeing a lot of demand for U.S. stocks from overseas investors, particularly tied to AI-related companies,” Kerbrat said, adding that access remains limited in many regions compared with the United States. Kerbrat said investors should shift from country-specific strategies toward global allocation now that international 24/7 trading platforms are available to them. “It is time for a lot of investors to really…

Jason Calacanis is making a much bigger bet on decentralized AI than a casual market call. In an episode of This Week In Startups, the veteran angel investor appears to frame Bittensor’s $TAO token as the kind of asymmetric opportunity that venture investors spend years hunting for, and one that, in his view, could still be dramatically underpriced. Calacanis’s $TAO Comments Land as Bittensor Gains a More Explicit Venture-Style Bull Case In the segment posted by TWiSTartups, Calacanis argues that $TAO may have the kind of upside that could produce a 200x (from a $2.5 billion market cap), effectively labeling…

The US crypto industry’s momentum won’t be derailed in the long term even if the much-anticipated CLARITY Act, aimed at bringing more regulatory clarity to the crypto industry, doesn’t make it through Congress, according to 250 Digital Asset Management CEO Chris Perkins. “If not, we’re going to be just fine,” Perkins said on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction podcast on Friday, emphasizing that the two major financial regulators are already building workable frameworks. Perkins pointed to ongoing efforts by US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins and Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Michael Selig, following the agencies’ joint…

South Korean crypto exchange Upbit has added B3 to its Korean won market, giving local traders direct access to the Base-linked token. Trading was first scheduled for 13:45 KST on May 7, before Upbit moved the start time to 14:00 KST. B3 is a layer-3 blockchain built on Base, the Ethereum layer-2 network developed with the OP Stack. The Upbit listing gives the token access to one of Asia’s most active retail crypto markets. Exchange sets early trading limits Upbit said deposits and withdrawals will only support B3 through the Base network. The exchange also asked users to confirm the…

Alchemy Chain mainnet is live. Alchemy Pay just launched a payments-first Layer 1 designed specifically for real-world stablecoin transactions. It’s positioned as the first globally compliant stablecoin payment network, with a dual regulatory framework covering the EU and Hong Kong. The next phase begins.#AlchemyChain mainnet is live, a payments-first L1 designed for real-world stablecoin transactions, being the first globally compliant stablecoin payment network with dual framework in EU and HK.Predictable fees. Fast settlement. Built for scale. Powered… pic.twitter.com/INjPvEv5ei — Alchemy Pay|$ACH: Fiat-Crypto Payment Gateway (@AlchemyPay) May 7, 2026 What Makes Alchemy Chain Different Most Layer-1s try to fix everything for…

In a quarter that has stunned both traditional finance and the crypto industry, Michael Saylor has once again doubled down on Bitcoin. While many investors stepped back amid uncertainty, Saylor moved in the opposite direction. His company, MicroStrategy, added more than 88,000 Bitcoin in Q1 2026, worth around $5.5 billion. This bold move highlights a level of conviction that few corporate leaders have shown in recent years. MICHAEL SAYLOR IS ABOUT TO CLOSE ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE QUARTERS IN FINANCIAL HISTORY⚡️ ADDED OVER 88,000 #BITCOIN ($5.5B)⚡️ RAISED $42,000,000,000 TO BUY MORE⚡️ PIONEERED A NEW FORM OF CREDITOTHERS ARE PANICKING…