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The chief marketing officer (CMO) at Crypto.com, Steven Kalifowitz, who has overseen more than $1 billion spent on partnerships and high profile campaigns in the past several years, is leaving the company. Crypto.com spokesperson said Kalifowitz will be moving on from his role as CMO, effective June 30, and will then continue on as advisor to the CEO. “Steven has been a significant contributor to the effective mainstreaming of the Crypto.com brand, from introducing Crypto.com on a global stage through our first brand film in 2021, to striking strategic partnerships and sponsorships that have helped connect Crypto.com to millions of…

Seven of the largest names in bitcoin mining formally joined the Stratum V2 Working Group this week, signaling the clearest industry shift yet toward miner-controlled transaction selection. Key Takeaways: Antpool, F2pool, Foundry, and 4 others joined the Stratum V2 Working Group on May 7, 2026. Stratum V2 offers miners up to 7.4% higher profitability through lower latency and better fee capture. Braiins and Spiral founded the Working Group in 2022, now entering a new deployment phase in 2026. 7 Bitcoin Mining Pools Back Stratum V2 as Miners Push for Block Template Control Antpool, F2pool, Foundry, Spiderpool, Block Inc., MARA Foundation,…

ChainAware.ai and RAX Finance have declared a new strategic collaboration aimed at transforming the artificial intelligence infrastructure into tokenized and yield-generating real-world assets. The partnership is an important achievement toward uniting AI creation and blockchain-anchored financial services. https://t.co/tODxqMTUfI x RAX Finance 🤝We’re partnering with @RaxFinance , the first full-stack RWA layer for AI infrastructure, transforming GPU resources,>pic.twitter.com/uvx8pwYK3w — ChainAware.ai (@ChainAware) May 5, 2026 The announcement mentions a common vision of creation of verifiable, insured, and income producing digital assets supported by real-world AI infrastructure including GPU resources, data centers and energy systems. This action is part of a rising trend…

In brief Bitcoin dropped to $65,112 on Sunday, liquidating over $400M in positions over the weekend. Trump considering “complex and risky” uranium extraction mission in Iran, per WSJ. Myriad users now see only a 41% chance of Bitcoin rallying to $84,000. Bitcoin’s weekend drop pushed it close to $65,000 as U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a ground operation in Iran, escalating the ongoing war in the Middle East. Just days ago, the President said he’s “not desperate” to end the war with Iran. Bitcoin is up 1.2% over 24 hours, and is currently hovering around $67,500, according to price…

DeFiLlama, the largest data aggregator and dashboard for Decentralized Finance (DeFi), has revealed the ranking list of Top Projects by weekly TVL Growth. Total Value Locked (TVL) indicates the total dollar value of cryptocurrency assets locked within a certain decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol. Stakee ($Stakee) stands at the leading position with $35.3M in TVL, after getting the change of +89.7%, in the list of other top projects over the previous 7 days. TOP PROJECTS BY WEEKLY TVL GROWTH#Stakee $FHE $STON $BEETS $EVAA $BTW $STORM $BIO $EUL $TRADOOR $HYPER $FOLKS $HPL $LV $DOLO pic.twitter.com/fwLopz2dE9 — PHOENIX – Crypto News & Analytics…

GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) is falling again because its new plan is not small nor easy to finance. The retailer wants to buy eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $56 billion, while GameStop itself is worth less than $12 billion. That is why traders are not treating this like a clean takeover story. They are treating it like a funding problem with a stock chart attached. The offer prices eBay at $125 per share. That is above its last close before the bid, and it is far above where eBay traded when GameStop began buying shares…

In a recent tweet, Shiba Inu-focused X handle Shibizens shares a breakdown of ongoing changes to Shibarium in the last 30 days. According to Shibizens, Shibarium’s last 30 days were marked by a major server migration and full chain re-indexing, noting that this is not a slowdown but rather an infrastructure upgrade. The Shibarium explorer synchronization is now nearly 45% complete, as the explorer is rebuilding from scratch, so current data remains partial. Shibarium Update | Last 30 DaysShibarium’s last 30 days were defined by a major server migration + full chain re-indexing.This is not slowdown. This is infrastructure upgrade.🔸…

MetaOne, an AI-driven gaming entity, has partnered with MetYa, a notable Web3 social payments platform. The partnership attempts to combine AI-led game creation and SocialFi-driven payments. As per MetaOne’s official social media announcement, the development is set to unveil a unique paradigm marked by the transformation of prompts into exclusive playable games. Hence, consumers can anticipate earning, payments, and interactions in real time. MetaOne × @metyacomTurn prompts → playable games 🕹️Then meet, pay & earn in real time 💸AI-native creation meets SocialFi payments, where players don’t just play, they connect and monetize 🔗From idea → game → on-chain rewards ✨Build.…

Binance will change how it calculates benchmark prices for commodity-based perpetual futures during off-hours, a move that could affect margin and liquidation levels during weekends, holidays and maintenance periods, according to an exchange notice published Tuesday. The update will take effect on May 8 at 9:00 pm UTC. The exchange will replace its current fixed pricing method with an Orderbook EWMA model for commodity-based traditional finance (TradFi) perpetual contracts. EWMA, or exponential weighted moving average, uses orderbook data that is smoothed over time rather than relying on a fixed reference price during periods of lower activity. Binance said the change…

Colombian President Gustavo Petro stressed that the future of bitcoin mining must be ecological, as countries with abundant green energy, including Paraguay and Venezuela, are attracting investments in the sector. He also warned about the consequences of using fossil fuels to power this activity. Key Takeaways: Colombia’s Gustavo Petro warned that fossil-fueled Bitcoin mining risks global climate collapse. Paraguay holds the 4th largest global hashrate, while Venezuela’s 9-year peak energy crisis halted mining. Petro wants 3 Caribbean cities to mine Bitcoin, though the 2026 Hashrate Index report omits Colombia. President Petro Highlights Venezuelan and Paraguayan Potential For Energy Mining Cryptocurrency…