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Expectations regarding the Fed’s interest rate reduction process are being postponed again due to inflationary pressures created by the war in the Middle East. According to a recent survey of economists by Reuters, the Fed is expected to wait at least six more months before cutting interest rates this year. The war, which has lasted for about two months, has drastically increased energy prices, reigniting already high inflation. Rising fuel costs have driven consumer confidence to record lows, largely erasing expectations of an early interest rate cut that had been priced into the markets. Related News BREAKING: Tesla Releases Earnings…

The Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act is set for an official Senate markup on May 14, marking a major moment for the crypto industry. The bill aims to create clearer federal rules for digital assets by splitting oversight between the SEC and CFTC. Investors believe this could reduce one of the biggest regulatory uncertainties surrounding Bitcoin, XRP, and the broader crypto market. What Happens on May 14? The Senate Banking Committee will meet inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. to officially review and vote on the bill. There are currently three possible outcomes traders are closely watching:…

Binance has rolled out a new kind of derivatives product that could change how traders engage with some of the most closely watched private companies in the world. The exchange announced today the launch of perpetual futures contracts tied to pre-IPO market expectations, giving eligible users a way to trade on anticipated valuations before a company ever starts trading on a public stock exchange. The first contract under the new product line is the SPCXUSDT Pre-IPO Perpetual, which is linked to the expected public market valuation of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX. Binance said more Pre-IPO perpetual…

$REAL Technologies Inc., the parent company of $REAL Finance, has signed its first securities tokenization agreement with Factori AD, an EU-regulated investment broker offering brokerage, OTC execution, custody, and investment advisory services. The agreement represents the first live implementation of $REAL Finance’s infrastructure for regulated securities tokenization and activates an institutional pipeline exceeding $100 million in client assets. Under the agreement, Factori AD will facilitate institutional and client asset flows through $REAL’s infrastructure while overseeing all regulated brokerage operations, including onboarding, KYC and AML compliance, licensed OTC execution, and segregated custody. International securities custody will be handled through Bank of…

TL;DR: Analyst Celal projects a new all-time high of $145,000 for Bitcoin, placing the fulfillment of this target between the months of October and November. The RSI (Relative Strength Index) indicator is emerging as the technical catalyst, with a predicted climb toward the overbought zone at 90 points. Analysts such as Ali Martinez identify a critical “no-trade zone” between $65,636 and $70,685, where 1.72 million $BTC have been transacted. New technical protections in the cryptocurrency market are putting Bitcoin in sight of $145,000. Analyst Celal revealed that the pioneer crypto is building a solid floor before initiating a parabolic rally…

It’s no surprise that there’s a general pivot from blockchain to artificial intelligence right now. Every week brings another report of a company or person either leaving the cryptocurrency industry entirely or adding artificial intelligence to their portfolios. Bitcoin miners are moving away from mining to increasingly focus on AI infrastructure and venture capital firms are funding AI firms rather than crypto companies. But it’s unusual when the leading members of the same team leave one company and jump into another just down the road. That’s exactly what appears to have happened to the senior marketing team at crypto exchange…

A cryptocurrency address linked to BIT, the digital asset financial services firm formerly known as Matrixport, has sold its entire position in $HYPE tokens, according to blockchain tracking firm Onchain Lens. The wallet, identified by the address starting with 0x4aFe, offloaded a total of 403,290 $HYPE tokens for 16.88 million $USDC, with the final sale of 99,612 $HYPE occurring recently. Details of the $HYPE Sell-Off Onchain Lens reported that the wallet executed the sales at an average price of approximately $41.86 per token. The series of transactions appears to represent a complete exit from the $HYPE token, a digital asset…

The American Bankers Association (ABA) is mounting an aggressive lobbying push against portions of the Senate’s Digital Asset Market Clarity Act ahead of a scheduled Banking Committee markup on Thursday, warning lawmakers that stablecoin provisions in the updated bill could still undermine bank deposits and weaken financial stability. In a call-to-arms circulated to bank executives nationwide, the ABA petitioned banks and their employees over the weekend to contact senators immediately to push for tighter restrictions on payment stablecoins in the crypto market structure bill. The group said the latest version of the legislation — after months of bank lobbying, meetings…

A key indicator of institutional crypto market participation, the Coinbase premium has fallen deeper into negative territory, indicating increased selling pressure from institutions. The Coinbase premium has been mostly negative since late April, but it has fallen much faster over the past seven days and recorded its lowest level this month at -0.0983% on May 21. “Institutional selling pressure has intensified recently,” CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost said on Thursday. “This suggests that the population of institutional and professional investors trading on Coinbase Advanced is selling more aggressively than investors trading on Binance.” Institutional investors are also shying away from store-of-value assets…

UXLINK has formed a new collaboration with Cluster Protocol to boost the next generation of AI-driven social dApps. The collaboration pairs UXLINK’s social infrastructure with Cluster Protocol’s Private AI orchestration layer and CodeXero’s browser-native IDE. 🤝 Excited to announce our partnership with @ClusterProtocol! 🚀We are joining forces to empower the next generation of AI-driven social dApps. By combining UXLINK’s social infrastructure with Cluster’s Private AI orchestration and CodeXero’s browser-native IDE, we’re making… pic.twitter.com/1UA5tZHSV9 — UXLINK (@UXLINKofficial) May 21, 2026 The goal is straightforward. Make Web3 development genuinely accessible while scaling autonomous AI workflows on Base. Three pieces of infrastructure now…