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A first-of-its-kind municipal bond backed by bitcoin is moving closer to issuance after receiving a sub-investment-grade rating from Moody’s Investors Service, marking a major step in the convergence of digital assets and traditional public finance. The proposed $100 million issuance, structured by the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (BFA), earned a Ba2 rating — two notches below investment grade, according to Bloomberg reporting. If completed, the deal would represent the first municipal bond backed by bitcoin collateral, opening a potential new pathway for institutional capital to access the asset class through regulated fixed-income markets. Under the proposed structure, bond payments…

Spotting early market signals is a textbook risk management strategy. Looking at the broader market, now feels like the kind of moment where that approach matters. Despite recent weekly strength, most assets are still trading over 30% below their pre-October crash levels, and prices are now pushing straight into major resistance, making the next few sessions especially important. Ethereum [$ETH] is a solid example. Even after rallying nearly 20% over the past sixty days, price still hasn’t reclaimed its Q1 highs. Instead, $ETH is approaching the key $2.5k psychological resistance, where sell pressure is already building, a clear early signal…

Anthropic just made Elon Musk’s SpaceX a key supplier to its AI ambitions, and the timing is hard to miss. The Claude maker said Wednesday it had signed a deal to tap all of the compute capacity at SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center, locking in access to more than 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs within the month. The agreement directly expands what Anthropic can serve to Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers, with Claude Opus API rate limits raised significantly and Claude Code’s five-hour rate limits doubled for Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans, all effective Wednesday. The Colossus 1 deal is…

Schwyz, Switzerland — The Hashgraph Association (THA) is opening the doors to distributed ledger expertise for business professionals with the launch of its Foundation in Hedera Hashgraph for Business Professionals course. For the first 1,000 registrants, enrollment is free. — THA, a Swiss non-profit dedicated to accelerating enterprise adoption of the Hedera network, supports global businesses through grants, education, ecosystem development, and strategic partnerships. With the Hedera network processing more than $10 billion in real-world asset settlements last year and enterprises like FedEx joining the Hedera Governing Council, the demand for professionals who understand distributed ledger technology has never been…

XWIN Research Japan, a Japan-based research firm, pointed to a notable supply structure in the Bitcoin ($BTC) market, indicating a clear divergence between large investors and institutional buyers. According to the company, while the Bitcoin price appears stuck around the $70,000 level, a weak market structure is evident on the surface. In particular, the Exchange Whale Ratio metric, prominent in on-chain data, reveals increased activity by large investors in exchanges and strengthening short-term selling pressure. This aligns with a picture where the market is struggling to produce an upward breakout. However, more in-depth analyses indicate a significant shift in market…

Ethereum ($ETH) is recording increased whale attention, with large investors accumulating the asset as it attempts to break past long-term resistance. On-chain data indicates that Ethereum whales bought over 140,000 $ETH worth approximately $322 million in just 96 hours, according to Santiment insights shared by cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez on May 3. According to the data, whale-held Ethereum balances have steadily climbed in recent days, with $ETH holdings rising from around 13.83 million coins at the start of the period to nearly 13.98 million $ETH by May 3. Ethereum whale transactions. Source: Alli Martinez/ Santiment The buying spree comes as…

Famed startup accelerator Y Combinator is set to host interviews in New York City for the first time, focusing specifically on fintech and crypto startups, as it looks to back more firms in the space. “This is the first time YC has taken its interview process for a specific sector on the road in this way, as they are meeting founders where key ecosystems are forming,” the accelerator said Wednesday. The interviews will take place in person on May 21 in New York, a YC spokesperson told The Block. Startups selected through this process will join YC’s Summer 2026 batch,…

Ripple’s $XRP Ledger (XRPL) has been dealing with high transactions and fees lately. David Schwartz tried to settle the debate around why transaction costs can escalate even without a clear trigger. This comes in when the global digital assets market is trying to recover in phases amid the geopolitical chaos. The cumulative crypto market cap jumped marginally over the last day to stand around $2.44 trillion. $XRP price also posted a recovery rally as Bitcoin managed to trade above $71,500. Data shared by an XRPL dUNL Validator shows that the activity is pushing close to 200 transactions per ledger. It…

Elon Musk has settled a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil lawsuit over the timing of his 2022 Twitter stock disclosure. A trust in Musk’s name will pay a $1.5 million civil penalty without admitting wrongdoing. The agreement still needs court approval. The settlement was disclosed on May 4, 2026, in federal court in Washington, D.C. It ends one SEC case tied to Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter, which is now known as X. SEC said Musk disclosed stake late The SEC sued Musk in January 2025. The agency said he waited too long to disclose that he had…

$ETH is trading at a key decision point, with charts showing resistance between $2,290 and $2,365 and a median range level that bulls need to hold as support. A clean move above resistance could open the way toward the upper range, while a failed support flip may send $ETH back toward lower levels. $ETH Price Tests First Resistance Zone as Weekend Range Takes Shape $ETH is testing its first short-term resistance zone between $2,290 and $2,365, according to the 1-hour $ETH/USD chart shared by MCO Global DE. The chart shows $ETH recovering from this week’s low, but MCO Global DE…