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The Alice Collective, an advanced step taken to expand the ecosystem of My Neighbor Alice, is excited to announce its strategic collaboration with Persona Journey. This partnership aims to bring Alice into a world where AI and Web3 infuse with vintage technology. This integration is nostalgic but modern, striving to expand the immersive landscape of Alice. My Neighbor Alice and Persona Journey to Infuse Retro Charm with Blockchain Power Persona Journey can be defined as the digital collection aiming to redefine retro tech into collective assets. These digital creations are designed through impressive and modern AI and Web3 design. These…

Macro investor and fund manager Dan Tapiero is identifying what could be the catalyst that could fuel a comeback for Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto. In a new interview on the Milk Road YouTube channel, Tapiero says that monetary policies need to align before digital assets can truly take off. Tapiero says Fed Chair Jerome Powell is currently “holding back” on policy shifts – but once he acts, the macro investor believes Bitcoin and the broader crypto market will soar. “[Fiscal tightening] needs to be offset by some sort of monetary offset to keep things in balance [so] the economy doesn’t…

Industry experts predict that the Strategic Ethereum Reserve (SER), which tracks entities holding Ethereum (ETH) in their treasuries, could surpass 10 million ETH by May 2026. This would represent an increase of approximately 1,166.3% from the current holdings, reflecting a continued accumulation trend and growing confidence in Ethereum as a store of value. Strategic Ethereum Reserve Poised to Hit 10 Million ETH According to the latest data from the SER website, the reserve currently holds 789,705 ETH, spread across 23 active participants, including major institutions and governments. It represents a collective effort by various entities to stockpile ETH over time.…

American investment manager VanEck has officially filed a registration statement with the US SEC to launch the VanEck BNB ETF, an exchange-traded product designed to directly track the price of BNB, the native asset of the BNB Chain. Filed on May 2 under Form S-1, the VanEck BNB ETF would be the first US-registered ETF to offer exposure to BNB via direct token holdings, should it receive regulatory approval. The fund’s ticker symbol hasn’t been disclosed. The preliminary prospectus also indicates that, pending regulatory approval from the listing exchange, the ETF may feature staking to allow investors to earn additional…

Summer Mersinger, one of the Republican commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will soon take over the Blockchain Association as its incoming chief executive, a top official at the association confirmed on Wednesday. The organization, one of the leading crypto lobbying voices in Washington, will be absent a leader when longtime CEO Kristin Smith steps down this week and officially becomes president at the Solana Research Policy Institute. That vacuum at one of the largest U.S. advocacy groups will be filled by Mersinger at the start of next month, according to Marta Belcher, the president and chair of the…

Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, shared an interesting announcement about four major altcoins in its latest statement. The exchange announced the upcoming launch of cbADA, cbDOGE, cbLTC, and cbXRP, which are bridged versions of Cardano (ADA), Dogecoin (DOGE), Litecoin (LTC), and Ripple (XRP) coins to the Base network. The Base network is known as an Ethereum Layer-2 network powered by Coinbase. A similar Bitcoin equivalent was recently launched by Coinbase in the form of cbBTC. This token worked on the logic that Bitcoins were locked with a smart contract and minted in equal amounts on the…

B2 Network, a well-known infrastructure protocol anchored into Bitcoin ($BTC), has announced a unique project named Signal-Driven Agentic AI (DSN-AI). DSN-AI is an advanced project with which B2 Network intends to revolutionize how independent agents execute on-chain tasks and carry out collaborations while leveraging Bitcoin ($BTC). The platform took to social media to announce the launch of DSN-AI. 🔥B² Network officially launches Signal-Driven Agentic AI — a blockchain-native infrastructure protocol designed for AI agent collaboration.🤖️It enables AI Agents to truly achieve modular cooperation, autonomous execution, asynchronous interaction, and native on-chain… pic.twitter.com/bnbGmzOF8N — B² Network | Scaling Bitcoin (@BSquaredNetwork) May 15,…

Bitcoin’s recent rally has captured investor attention as its price inches closer to $105,000. The leading cryptocurrency has gained momentum throughout the past month, fueled by strong institutional interest and renewed market optimism. However, conflicting market conditions may hold Bitcoin back from reaching a new all-time high. Bitcoin Holders Heavily Accumulate Investor activity has been overwhelmingly bullish. Over the past week alone, more than 30,072 BTC, valued at over $3.13 billion, were purchased. This surge in buying activity has driven the exchange net position to its lowest level in four months. The metric indicates that more coins are being withdrawn…

A staunch Ethereum supporter has forcefully argued against the notion that the Ethereum blockchain network is struggling by trying to do too many things at once and subsequently “failing on all fronts.” The Ethereum supporter’s argument, detailed in an X post, revolved around debunking the points highlighted by a critic who cited three areas where Ethereum lagged. 1. Respectfully, BTC is completely screwed because of its security budget. It would only cost $8B to 51% attack BTC today. When this gets down to $2B (AKA, BTC’s security market cap becomes 0.1% of its asset market cap), a 51% attack is…

IOTA co-founder has described today as the most exciting day in IOTA’s history as the Rebased Protocol upgrade kicks off. IOTA is expected to achieve a Transaction Per Second (TPS) of 50,000 while introducing staking with an Annual Percentage Yield (APY) of 10-15%. The much anticipated IOTA Rebased mainnet upgrade officially starts today, May 5, as the network migrates from the original stardust mainnet to the new IOTA network. Immediately after the kickoff, IOTA co-founder Dominik Schiener took to X to express his excitement, claiming, “This is the most exciting day in IOTA’s history”. According to him, he has been…