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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…

Miami Beach, FL — Morgan Stanley’s newly launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (MSBT) has attracted over $200 million in early demand, and it’s largely without help from its own advisors. “Almost all of that first week or two of activity was self-directed, meaning it was not our advisors that were selling this,” Amy Oldenburg, the bank’s newly appointed head of digital assets, said during a fireside chat at Consensus in Miami. The fund, just a few weeks old, has already gathered more than $200 million in assets, an unusually fast start in the traditional ETF market, where most launches struggle…

Virtuals Protocol officially launched on Celo, a carbon-neutral, mobile-first blockchain that’s designed for decentralization. Both AI and decentralized finance are starting a new phase of their journey. This strategic partnership is pioneering the new field of “Agentic Commerce” with both Artificial Intelligence and DeFi. Agentic Commerce is a complete reformation of what an AI agent can be as they become active economic participants instead of just passive assistants. As such, this represents a completely new way for AI agents to operate autonomously within the blockchain ecosystem. The Rise of Autonomous On-Chain Agents The partnership between Virtuals Protocol and Celo is…

Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. This Week in Crypto Law The opinion editorial below was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. The final week of April highlighted a pivotal shift in crypto law: the migration of core crypto products and infrastructure into regulated frameworks—paired with expanding enforcement into previously overlooked corners of the market. From anticipated U.S. derivatives rule changes to European banking expansion and novel litigation over token control, the legal perimeter around digital…

Bakkt and Zoth have entered into a strategic partnership framework to build a compliant stablecoin payment infrastructure across remittance corridors connecting the U.S., South Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Africa. According to a press release shared with crypto.news, the agreement will place the company under the licensing structure of Bakkt Financial Solutions I, LLC, allowing Zoth to operate as an Authorized Agent while using Bakkt’s U.S. regulatory approvals for enterprise payment flows. The Singapore-based firm said the setup is expected to help financial institutions and money transfer operators move stablecoin-based payments across high-volume corridors that have historically faced…

The use of Web 3 has always been about a promise of privacy, with some apps and dApps still having at least some dependency upon centralized servers, centralized clouds, or third-party data. On May 7th, 2026, MAGNE.AI announced a collaboration with MarsCat whereby they are creating an “end-to-end” privacy layer where MarsCat manages the infrastructure for the network and MAGNE.AI constructs devices that are secured upon that network. What Each Side Brings to the Table MarsCat is a distributed connection network and a decentralized Web3 application engine that allows decentralized applications to function in a privacy-first, serverless manner with no…