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It has been suggested that the new cycle in the $NFT market may be powered not by profile picture (PFP)-focused collections as in the past, but by tokenized physical assets and digital use cases. OpenSea CMO Adam Hollander stated that future $NFT growth could be shaped by tokenized products such as Pokémon trading cards, Rolex watches, digital tickets, and in-game assets. Hollander stated that in the 2021-2022 period, the $NFT market was largely shaped around speculative transactions and avatar-based collections, but the primary use case for $NFT technology is verifying ownership of digital and real-world assets. Therefore, he suggested that…

Ethereum whale Garrett Jin moved 577,896 $ETH worth $1.35 billion to Binance over four days, per Lookonchain. An Ethereum whale identified as Garrett Jin deposited all 577,896 $ETH worth roughly $1.35 billion into Binance over four consecutive days, raising concerns about potential selling pressure. Lookonchain flagged the transfers on May 10 and 11. Jin originally converted Bitcoin to Ethereum eight months ago when $ETH was trading at approximately $4,591. With $ETH now holding near $2,300, Lookonchain noted he is sitting on roughly $1.3 billion in unrealized losses. His position represents one of the largest single-wallet inflows to a centralised exchange…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a rule change allowing Nasdaq to trade securities in tokenized form. With today’s official decision, a significant step has been taken in the integration of traditional finance and blockchain technology. The proposal, first submitted by Nasdaq in September 2025, received final approval after evaluations and two separate amendment processes. The SEC’s decision paves the way for certain assets to be represented and traded on the blockchain, particularly within the scope of the tokenization pilot program (DTC Pilot). According to the new regulation, tokenized securities will be able to trade on Nasdaq…

Public Bitcoin miners spent years racing to add more hashrate to the network. In the first quarter of 2026, many of them did the opposite. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis from The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. Bitcoin’s average network hashrate, based on public blockchain data, declined from roughly 985 EH/s in Q4 2025 to 873 EH/s in Q1 2026. Separately, TheEnergyMag compiled quarterly production disclosures from major publicly traded miners to calculate their respective realized hashrate…

Fidelity International, a global asset manager with about $1 trillion in client assets, has launched a tokenized liquidity fund assessed by Moody’s Ratings. The new Fidelity USD Digital Liquidity Fund (FILQ) is issued on blockchain infrastructure linked to Chainlink and was launched through Sygnum Bank’s tokenization platform. According to Sygnum, the fund received a AAA-mf assessment from Moody’s Ratings, a designation used for money market funds that signals strong credit quality and liquidity. “This marks an important milestone in the evolution of capital markets, demonstrating how tokenized liquidity products can bring high-quality, yield-bearing liquidity on-chain in a regulated and scalable…

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) logged $171 million in outflows on Thursday, their biggest day of redemptions since March 3, when they posted $348 million in outflows. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) led the outflows with $41 million, Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) followed with $32 million, the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) sold $30.5 million, and Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC) sold $24 million, according to data from Farside Investors. The outflows follow a period of demand for Bitcoin ETFs, which attracted $1.36 billion in monthly inflows so far in March and are on track for…

General Tensor, a core infrastructure developer within the Bittensor ($TAO) decentralized AI ecosystem, has acquired Backprop Finance, a leading decentralized exchange (DEX) and DeFi hub built on the $TAO network. The acquisition, first reported by Business Insider, marks a significant consolidation of liquidity and trading activity within the Bittensor ecosystem. Acquisition details and ecosystem impact Backprop Finance has been one of the largest decentralized exchanges operating on Bittensor, facilitating a substantial portion of token swaps and liquidity provision for $TAO-based assets. With this acquisition, General Tensor is now estimated to account for approximately 33% of the total trading volume on…

Ethereum price started a fresh decline and traded below $2,300. $ETH is now consolidating above $2,250 and might struggle to recover. Ethereum started a downside correction below the $2,280 zone. The price is trading below $2,300 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $2,300 on the hourly chart of $ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $2,320 zone. Ethereum Price Faces Resistance Ethereum price failed to remain stable above $2,320 and started a downside correction, like Bitcoin. $ETH price dipped below…

Stablecoin transfer volume hit a record $4.5 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, an a16z crypto report said this week, as Wall Street started pricing the sector as a structural risk to the credit-card networks that have run global payments for half a century. “Stablecoin volume hit ~$4.5T in Q1 2026,” a16z crypto’s research team posted on X on April 24, citing its own quarterly tracker. “Nearly two-thirds of the volume originates from Asia, primarily Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan,” the firm added in a follow-up post, pointing to the region as the engine room of the boom. The…

Popular platform LunarCrush shared a report to show a great surge in discussions related to three top cryptos – $XRP, Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu – on social media. Two of those have nearly surpassed a yearly high, with $XRP’s metric going up to a 3-digit peak. $SHIB, $DOGE, $XRP surge in social discussions The aforementioned data source reminded the community about the recent announcement made by two major US market regulators – the SEC and the CFTC. The press release published by the SEC states that the majority of cryptocurrencies are not digital securities but rather are digital commodities. $DOGE…