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The war between the US and Iran increased uncertainty and oil prices, which indirectly heightened inflation concerns. Analysts are concerned that inflation, which the US Federal Reserve (FED) has long been trying to bring down to its 2 percent target, may come under renewed upward pressure as a result of this increase in energy prices. While there is talk at this point that the Fed might even raise interest rates in the face of inflation risk, there are differing opinions and expectations regarding the Fed’s interest rate decisions. According to Morgan Stanley economists, the Fed may resume interest rate cuts…

For months, $XRP influencers on X and YouTube have been promising their followers that American Express (AmEx) was about to embrace $XRP. The long–awaited announcement finally arrived on March 30. Turns out, the NFL sponsorship deal with the credit card giant had nothing to do with $XRP. Yesterday, AmEx became the Official Payments Partner of the NFL, i.e., for presale tickets, on-site experiences, and game perks. Not a single mention of Ripple or its blockchain. The hype had been building for months and reached a crescendo in the hours before the announcement. The same false promise has resurged in viral…

Coinbase’s (COIN) asset management arm said Thursday it’s rolling out a credit fund tied to stablecoin markets, with plans to offer investors onchain access through a tokenized share class. The fund, called the Coinbase Stablecoin Credit Strategy (CUSHY), targets institutional investors seeking yield from lending activity tied to digital assets. Investors will have the option to hold shares onchain through tokenization specialist Superstate’s platform. The fund will be available on Ethereum, Solana, and Base, Coinbase’s blockchain built on Ethereum. The fund reflects a growing overlap between traditional credit markets and crypto infrastructure. Transactions in stablecoins — cryptocurrencies with prices pegged…

In a significant development for the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence, Sui-based storage protocol Walrus has officially launched MemWal, a memory layer and SDK product designed specifically for AI agents. This launch, reported by Decrypt, marks a pivotal step toward creating a decentralized, verifiable memory infrastructure for autonomous AI systems. Walrus MemWal: A New Memory Paradigm for AI Agents MemWal provides AI agents with verifiability, availability, portability, and shareability for their memory. Abinhav Garg, a product manager at Mysten Labs—the developer of Sui and Walrus—explained that using Walrus and MemWal together stores memory on an open and verifiable data…

Onchain data shows two wallets linked to Galaxy Digital depositing approximately 45,000 ether across several major exchanges over a 15-hour window on April 28, raising fresh concerns about institutional selling pressure on $ETH. Key Takeaways: Galaxy Digital deposited 45,000 $ETH worth over $104 million to Binance, Bybit, and OKX on Tuesday. Galaxy Digital’s April $ETH exchange inflows approach 50,000 $ETH across multiple transfers. Bitmine holds 98,352 staked $ETH as institutional conviction on ether remains split. A Pattern of Exchange Inflows The move adds to a growing body of onchain evidence pointing to institutional distribution of ether in recent weeks. Lookonchain…

Athletes drafted on Thursday to compete in the MoonPay X Games League are set to receive signing bonuses in stablecoins, providing an early look at how the crypto payments provider plans to elevate its partners via the action sports spectacle. MoonPay said one-time payments of $2,500 will be sent to 40 athletes in the form of XO Cash, a stablecoin offered by crypto wallet provider Exodus. What’s more, the athletes will receive the funds in Exodus’ flagship product, with balances linked to payment cards. In December, MoonPay said that it would work with Exodus to develop a stablecoin that dovetails…

A recent update shared by the Shiba Inu burn tracker portal has revealed that the daily $SHIB burn rate has collapsed by roughly 100% from this month’s peaks and reached one of the lowest levels in March on its last day. Still, by now, half of the circulating $SHIB supply has been moved out of circulation. $SHIB burns collapse 100% Data from the aforementioned source shows that today, March 31, a bottom has been hit, with one of the lowest levels reached. The monthly March chart shows just two peaks this month, which took place on Feb. 28 and March…

Global crypto payments firm MoonPay has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Woori Bank to develop infrastructure for a Korean won-denominated stablecoin. This marks MoonPay’s first collaboration with a bank to support a won-based stablecoin ecosystem. The partnership aims to explore applications in overseas remittances, crypto wallet integration, and currency exchange functions. MoonPay and Woori Bank Forge KRW Stablecoin Infrastructure MoonPay, a leading global crypto payments platform, announced on April 30 its strategic partnership with Woori Bank, one of South Korea’s largest financial institutions. The MOU focuses on building the necessary technology and regulatory framework for a stablecoin pegged…

Injective launched Injective Agents, a platform for autonomous AI trading agents that place orders, manage positions and earn fees on Injective’s financial blockchain. Each registered agent receives an EIP-8004 on-chain identity, $NFT profile, fee recipient address and auditable history rather than acting as an anonymous bot. The platform includes MCP Server, grid trader and SDK tools, with future DCA, arbitrage and reputation-based copy-trading strategies planned for developers and broader adoption. Injective has launched Injective Agents, a platform built for autonomous AI trading agents that can act inside markets with verifiable identities, trading access and fee attribution. The system is designed…

Google’s Quantum AI team said earlier this week that a future quantum computer could derive a bitcoin private key from a public key in roughly nine minutes. The number ricocheted across social media and spooked markets. But, what does it actually mean in practice? Let’s start with how bitcoin transactions work. When you send bitcoin, your wallet signs the transaction with a private key, a secret number that proves you own the coins. That signature also reveals your public key, a shareable address, which gets broadcast to the network and sits in a waiting area called the mempool until a…