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The US dollar held steady on Tuesday even as hopes for a Middle East peace deal weakened and oil prices climbed higher. Markets are now balancing two opposing forces, i.e., rising geopolitical risk and expectations that central banks will keep interest rates elevated for longer. Investors grew more cautious after Donald Trump described the Iran ceasefire as “on life support” following Tehran’s rejection of the latest US peace proposal. The comments led to fears that the conflict, which began at the end of February, could continue well into the second half of the year. The war has already disrupted energy…

Gensyn is a decentralized infrastructure project that wants to loosen Big Tech’s grip on AI compute, and $AI is the ERC-20 token that powers it. The network launched its mainnet on April 22, 2026, with its token going live on April 29 across exchanges including Binance, OKX, Kraken, Bitget, and Coinbase. The token generation event is less than a week old. The first live application is already routing fee revenue into a buy-and-burn contract, and the project’s verification stack is the unusual part of the pitch. Here is how the pieces fit together. What does Gensyn actually do? Most modern…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the “anti‑crypto army” has been beaten back by courts, voters, and President Donald Trump, arguing the crackdown never made legal, policy or political sense. Brad Garlinghouse did not mince words when he posted that the “Anti‑Crypto Army was defeated… by the courts… by the voters. And by Trump,” arguing that attacking digital assets “never made policy, legal or political sense.” The “Anti-Crypto Army” was defeated…by the courts…by the voters. And by Trump.It never made policy, legal or political sense. Combatting financial innovation only helped protect those that wanted to keep an old, often broken, system…

Bitget Wallet has launched a new World Cup prediction feature in partnership with Polymarket, giving its 90 million users easier access to on-chain prediction markets. The launch comes as interest in World Cup prediction markets rises ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The new feature brings Polymarket’s prediction markets into Bitget Wallet. Users can make event predictions from their self-custodial wallet while using AI tools for market insights and analysis. Strong Demand for World Cup Prediction Markets According to Bitget Wallet, the 2026 FIFA World Cup Winner market on Polymarket has recorded more than $1.2 billion in trading volume.…

Bitcoin continues to face intense pressure as traders reassess the market’s next direction. Fresh data from prediction platform Kalshi now suggests that many traders expect Bitcoin to fall sharply before the year ends. The latest forecast shocked investors because traders now see a possible drop toward the $55,000 level. That prediction has sparked fresh debate across the crypto industry. The new Bitcoin price prediction arrives during a period of rising uncertainty in global markets. Investors continue to monitor inflation, interest rates, ETF flows, and geopolitical tensions. Many traders expected Bitcoin to maintain strong momentum after recent institutional adoption. However, market…

$XRP ETFs recently recorded their largest single-day net inflow since early January, representing the second-largest figure for the year. The latest performance comes on the back of an $XRP price rebound effort, as the altcoin leverages the broader market recovery push to reclaim and hold above the $1.45 mark, up 6.87% this month. Key Points $XRP ETFs saw $25.8 million worth of net inflow on May 11. This figure marks the products’ largest single-day capital inflows since Jan. 5, and the second largest this year. Funds from Bitwise, Franklin, and Grayscale were responsible for the impressive showing. The latest performance…

Polygon added Visa and Meta as institutional partners, alongside technical updates and a strong expansion of its ecosystem. The stablecoin supply on the network reached $4.3 billion in April, up 13.33% from the previous month, strengthening its position in on-chain payments. The $POL token trades at $0.0966 and has gained 5% over the past week, though it remains far from its all-time highs as MATIC. Polygon closed one of its most active weeks so far in 2026. A report published by the project’s team in late April documented a series of developments spanning institutional adoption, technical improvements, and ecosystem growth…

In brief Supporters say the Clarity Act would make the U.S. the global leader in crypto regulation and influence policy abroad. Critics like Sen. Elizabeth Warren warn it could weaken anti-money laundering standards worldwide. The bill would legalize most crypto activity in the U.S. and move much of the industry under CFTC oversight. The Clarity Act in the United States hardly needs more drama. Over the last year, the still-yet-to-be-passed crypto bill has weathered starts, stops, eleventh hour mutinies, all-out inter-industry battles, and heaps of frustration from lawmakers. But after narrowly surviving a key committee vote two weeks ago, the…

On May 14th, the CLARITY Act passed the Senate Banking Committee and advanced for full Senate Voting. Despite the positive outcome, $BTC’s price declined by nearly $6,000, suggesting possible sell-the-news behavior among traders. $BTC’s fall triggered a liquidation of over $670 million in leveraged crypto long positions. Alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum fell by over 10%, and the $BTC ETFs experienced a net outflow of $700M over the past 3 days. Advancement of the CLAIRITY Act Reports reveal that over 8000 letters were sent to the Senate office by American Bankers Association (ABA) members ahead of the markup held on May 14th…

The current stagnation in South Korea’s digital asset market may be nothing more than the “calm before the storm,” according to Jeff Park, a researcher at Bitwise. Park has predicted that a massive surge in Bitcoin’s price is inevitable once retail investors decide to exit their currently profitable positions in the traditional stock market. Park has pointed to the massive amount of capital currently parked in South Korea’s leading industrial and tech giants. “Imagine the candle when Korean retail finally rotates out of Hynix, Samsung, and Hanmi and comes back to Bitcoin,” Park noted. “It’s simply a matter of time.”…