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The Stratum v2 Working Group announces today that ANTPOOL, Block Inc, F2Pool, Foundry, Spiderpool, MARA Foundation, and DMND have joined the working group to advance the adoption of the Stratum v2 protocol. The working group was founded in 2022 by Braiins and Spiral to develop and maintain the Stratum v2 protocol as an open and vendor-neutral specification usable by the Bitcoin mining ecosystem. The protocol is an upgrade to the original Stratum mining protocol, bringing massive efficiency gains, privacy, security, and functionality that can be used to improve overall mining decentralization. The onboarding of the new members, all substantial players…

Bitcoin sell pressure is rising as the bitcoin price drifts toward a sixth straight monthly loss, yet underlying flows show a split market where short-term holders exit while institutions absorb supply. Bitcoin price traded below $65,000 late Tuesday after falling from above $74,000 earlier in March. The move has come alongside a rise in exchange inflows, with about 22,000 $BTC sent to trading venues during one session, signaling distribution from recent buyers. Despite that pressure, price has held above the $60,000 range and remains above long-term support levels. The key question is where the coins are going. On-chain data points…

Venus, the leading lending protocol on the $BNB Chain, is excited to announce the strategic launch of Venus Trade on $BNB Chain, a decentralized, high-performance blockchain ecosystem built for Web3 applications, decentralized finance (DeFi), and digital assets. The purpose is to enable users to express the view that one asset will outperform another, all within a single, unified position, rather than managing the complex array of lending and borrowing positions. We’re powering a new way to trade on @BNBCHAIN 🥞Venus Trade, @VenusProtocol’s new relative performance trading, is now live, and executing through PancakeSwap liquidity. https://t.co/VKh23RoRKi pic.twitter.com/xdjSU4BMQO — PancakeSwap (@PancakeSwap) May…

Grayscale Investments, a crypto asset management company, announced changes to its DeFi Fund, a decentralized finance-focused investment fund, as part of a rebalancing process for the first quarter of 2026. The company removed the Aerodrome Finance (AERO) token from the fund and replaced it with the Ethena ($ENA) token. According to data shared by Grayscale, as of May 1st, Uniswap holds the largest share in the DeFi Fund with 35.22%. It is followed by Aave with 21.36% and Ondo with 19.83%. The newly added Ethereum’s weight in the fund is stated as 13.59%. The remaining portion of the fund consisted…

Crypto advocate and $XRP enthusiast Bill Morgan highlights a drop in $RLUSD supply that had obviously gone under the radar. Morgan mentioned in a tweet that it seems to have passed largely unnoticed that a large volume of $RLUSD has been burnt over the last two weeks. Morgan highlighted a decrease in $RLUSD’s total supply from almost 1.6 billion to 1.43 billion within the said time frame. Ripple USD ($RLUSD) stablecoin’s total supply is now at 1.43 billion, according to CoinMarketCap data. Morgan highlighted the drop in supply from $1.6 billion to $1.43 billion as possibly the biggest in a…

US voters ranked crypto last among election priorities in an April poll of 1,000 registered Americans. Public Opinion Strategies conducted the poll in late April on behalf of CoinDesk, surveying 1,000 randomly selected registered US voters with a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.53%. Respondents were evenly split between Republican and Democratic identifiers at 41% each. As crypto.news reported, TD Cowen had already warned that the 2026 midterm cycle could push the CLARITY Act “off the congressional calendar until 2027,” framing voter indifference as a direct threat to industry legislative goals. The sentiment numbers were broadly negative outside the…

Crypto asset management company Grayscale announced that it has completed its fund rebalancing process for the first quarter of 2026. The company updated both its DeFi Fund and Smart Contract Fund portfolios in accordance with CoinDesk index methodologies. Grayscale announced a significant change to its DeFi Fund. Aerodrome Finance (AERO) was removed from the fund’s portfolio, and the proceeds were used to purchase Ethereum ($ENA). As of May 1, 2026, the Grayscale DeFi Fund portfolio allocation is as follows: Uniswap ($UNI) – 35.22% Aave (AAVE) – 21.36% Ondo (ONDO) – 19.83% Ethereum ($ENA) – 13.59% Curve (CRV) – 5.27% Lido…

$FET price rebounds toward key resistance as AI token rotation, exchange outflows, and progress on the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance roadmap drive renewed demand for the ASI-linked token. Summary Artificial Superintelligence Alliance’s $FET price trades around $0.23–$0.25 after rising roughly 3–5% in the last 24 hours, reversing part of its recent weekly drawdown. The token’s market cap sits between about $520 million and $650 million, with 24-hour trading volumes ranging from $150 million to over $260 million, underscoring active speculative and directional interest in AI-linked assets. An evolving roadmap toward the ASI merger, new AI agent tools, and a dedicated ASI:Chain…

ZeroStack CEO Daniel Reis-Faria says the CLARITY Act stablecoin deal reduces investor uncertainty but has not resolved institutional hesitation yet. The stablecoin deal was finalised on May 1 by Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks, drawing a clear line: crypto platforms cannot pay interest on stablecoins in any way that functions like a bank deposit. Activity-based rewards tied to payments and platform use are still permitted. As crypto.news reported, the Senate Banking Committee is now targeting a markup during the week of May 11, with a Senate floor vote targeted before the May 21 Memorial Day recess. “With lawmakers getting…

Bitcoin Layer 2 project Citrea has announced the launch of its ctUSD Pre-Deposit Vault, backed by over $50 million in liquidity commitments from institutional asset managers including Galaxy Digital. The vault is scheduled to open for deposits at 3:00 p.m. UTC on May 7, with an initial deposit cap set at $15 million. How the Vault Works The liquidity provided by Galaxy Digital and other partners will be supplied outside the vault in the form of Citrea’s native assets, cBTC and ctUSD. These funds will be deployed across decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols including lending markets Morpho and Zentra Finance, as…