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In a tweet, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson shares a teaser as Midnight approaches its mainnet launch. In a recent tweet, Hoskinson asked: “Who is ready for Midnight?” The Cardano founder’s X post was accompanied by a short video clip, a more than five-minute edit/compilation of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield’s iconic 2013 performance aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Who’s ready for Midnight? pic.twitter.com/hlMR0lPWbG — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) March 23, 2026 It played the song “Space Oddity” by David Bowie, which was performed as a cover by Hadfield and is regarded as the famous “first music video recorded in space.” The…

Binance’s emergency reserve fund is sitting on a paper profit of $217 million nearly three months after converting $1 billion in stablecoins into Bitcoin, as the crypto asset climbed past $81,000 on Tuesday. The fund, known as the Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU), built a 15,000 BTC position through four separate purchases executed over 13 days earlier this year, with an average cost basis of $67,000. The stash is now worth over $1.2 billion. Binance said it may rebalance the fund if its value drops below $800 million. Bitcoin has seen sharp volatility this year, and despite a recent…

Crypto bank Anchorage is launching a new agentic banking service, seeking to give AI agents the ability to access and move money without human interference — an industry that could be worth a trillion dollars, according to its co-founder. In an X post on Tuesday, Anchorage co-founder and CEO Nathan McCauley said the firm’s new agentic banking infrastructure gives AI agents the ability to access both traditional finance and crypto payment rails. Blockchain and tech companies have been rushing to prepare themselves for the future of agentic commerce. Firms such as Stripe argued in February that blockchains will need to…

Bitcoin is sitting below $70,000. But one analyst says that the next major money printing event is not a matter of if but when, and when it arrives, Bitcoin’s price could blow. Analyst John laid out nine specific scenarios that could trigger the next big government spending wave, and every single one of them historically ends the same way: with more money printed, more dollars created, and hard assets like Bitcoin repriced significantly higher. Why Another Big Print Is Coming The argument starts with a simple observation. The COVID pandemic showed the world that governments will print trillions of dollars…

For decades, Latin Americans have lived with financial constraints that citizens of more developed economies rarely think about: periodic currency devaluations, inflation shocks, limited access to credit and banking systems that often fail to reward savers. A new layer of innovation is now reshaping the region’s financial landscape. Decentralized finance — DeFi — is quietly moving from a niche crypto experiment to a practical set of tools that expand financial opportunity across the region. Historically, navigating DeFi required technical expertise, and that kept adoption limited to early crypto enthusiasts. But major protocols such as Aave are increasingly working with Latin…

The Ethereum ($ETH) network has seen a surge in on-chain activity recently, with monthly confirmed transactions skyrocketing to an all-time high ($ATH). Last week, the Ethereum network recorded nearly 22 million transactions, according to data from BlackWorks analyzed by Finbold on May 6. As such, the blockchain registered its weekly transaction $ATH, signaling renewed organic demand for the leading smart contract ecosystem. Ethereum weekly transaction activity. Source: BlockWorks In April, the Ethereum chain smashed its previous monthly transaction record set in January 2026. After gradually increasing its monthly transaction volume from February, the $ETH network reported 72.83 million transactions in…

People often place blame on the most vulnerable, which raises questions about accountability. A recent move by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) brought this issue into focus when it froze about $344 million in $USDT. According to authorities, two wallets linked to illicit activity held the funds. Given the geopolitical tensions at the time, attention quickly shifted to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as the main suspect. However, NOMINIS CEO Snir Levi analyzed these wallets and compared their behavior with previously confirmed IRGC-linked crypto activity. He found notable differences in how the funds were accumulated…

Backpack has launched its BP token staking and claim platform, offering flexible unstaking in the first seven days followed by a fixed waiting period. Staking unlocks multiple benefits including lower trading fees, wire transfer discounts, extra USD yield, and access to future features like IPO participation. The token model avoids insider allocations, with supply released gradually based on platform growth, aligning user incentives with long-term development Crypto exchange Backpack has launched its crypto claiming and staking platform, as it expands services for users in Europe. The rollout introduces staking functionality for BP tokens, with many incentives linked to participation and…

Binance and Bybit are moving ahead with separate delisting actions in May, affecting several crypto trading pairs and tokens as both exchanges continue routine reviews of market activity, liquidity, and compliance standards. Per the report, Binance will remove 12 spot trading pairs on May 8, 2026, at 03:00 UTC. The pairs are AVA/$BTC, BCH/$BNB, CFX/$BTC, ENA/$BTC, HBAR/$FDUSD, LA/$BNB, MAGIC/$BTC, OP/$BTC, PUNDIX/USDC, STEEM/ETH, WIN/TRX, and XPL/$FDUSD. The exchange said the decision followed its periodic assessment of listed spot pairs. Pairs with weak liquidity or low trading volume can be removed, even when the underlying assets remain available elsewhere on the platform.…

Kelp DAO has announced plans to migrate its cross-chain infrastructure to Chainlink’s CCIP, while disputing claims that its own configuration caused the $300M exploit linked to LayerZero. In a detailed post published on 5 May, Kelp said the 18 April attack originated from vulnerabilities within LayerZero’s infrastructure, not from protocol-level misconfiguration as previously suggested. Kelp rejects ‘misconfiguration’ narrative The protocol pushed back against claims that its use of a 1-of-1 DVN [Decentralized Verifier Network] setup was the cause of the vulnerability. Kelp stated that the configuration was: widely used across the LayerZero ecosystem included in default documentation explicitly approved in…