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A new report from Keyrock, a global crypto investment group leading in market making, asset management, OTC, and options trading for digital assets, finds that artificial intelligence (AI) agents have settled more than $73 million across approximately 176 million transactions since May 2025, while four competing payment architectures have taken shape, backed by some of the largest companies in technology. Key Takeaways: Keyrock’s May 2026 report found AI agents settled $73M across 176M transactions in just 12 months, with 98.6% in $USDC. Coinbase and Stripe each span 5 of 6 payment stack layers, while incumbents deployed over $8B in acquisitions.…

Bitdeer moved ahead to sell all the coins it mined during the week ending May 29. This led the company to maintain its zero-balance treasury policy. It had mined more than 206 $BTC during the period and sold all of them. However, the customer deposit has been excluded from this. The biggest crypto is dealing with heavy selling pressure, and Bitdeer added some more to it. Bitcoin price has dipped by 16% since the beginning of the year. The Fear and Greed index is flashing big warnings. The index dipped into the “Fear” category with 33 points. Bitdeer chooses Cash…

Ads3, a next-gen AI-led advertising and consumer acquisition entity, has partnered with MarsCat, a privacy-focused Web3 social entity. The collaboration underscores a key step toward bolstering privacy-centered, Web3 social architecture. As per Ads3’s official social media announcement, it is offering its capabilities like AI-led advertising as well as client acquisition to advance the worldwide network growth of MarsCat. Thus, the joint effort is establishing the foundation of the wide-scale adoption of secure and decentralized communication within the Web3 landscape. 🤝 Ads3 x MarsCatThrilled to announce our partnership with MarsCat!MarsCat @MarsCat_Global is a privacy-first P2P connection network and Web3 social platform.…

CME gaps are supposed to die Friday. CME Group says its regulated crypto futures and options will move to 24-hour, seven-day trading on May 29, pending regulatory review, cutting into one of Bitcoin‘s familiar institutional market tells. The weekday venue that helped create weekend CME-gap talk is preparing to keep matching trades while crypto prices keep moving. CME is extending the moment traders can execute, while other parts of the regulated futures stack still keep a business-day clock. Weekend and holiday trades from Friday evening through Sunday evening will still carry the following business day’s trade date, and CME says…

Ethereum traded below the $2,000 level as on-chain activity weakened and short-term technical indicators stayed under pressure. The move came as exchange withdrawal data dropped to its lowest level since June 2024, while failed transactions and exchange inflows showed fresh signs of network and market stress. Ethereum withdrawals fall to June 2024 low Data from the Ethereum Exchange Outflow 30D indicator showed that total withdrawals from exchanges fell to about 16.05 million $ETH. Arab Chain said the reading marked the lowest level since June 2024. Lower exchange withdrawals can show that fewer users are moving $ETH away from trading platforms.…

US President Donald Trump announced that the military attack planned for tomorrow against Iran has been temporarily halted. Trump stated that the attack was postponed at the request of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, and the President of the UAE, Mohammed bin Zayed. Trump stated that negotiations with Iran were ongoing and that Gulf countries believed a diplomatic agreement was possible. The US President added that the agreement should include guarantees to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Related News Bitcoin Plummets; Bloomberg’s Legendary Analyst Mike…

Not at today’s scale, although World Liberty Financial’s (@worldlibertyfi) $USD1 has done something most stablecoins never manage: break into the top four in its first year. But it’s still “only” worth about 2.4 percent of Tether’s $USDT and under 6 percent of Circle’s $USDC. How big is $USD1 right now? $USD1 carries a market cap and circulating supply of roughly $4.53 billion, and the peg is holding firm around $1. That ranks it as the fourth-largest stablecoin and the 21st-largest crypto asset overall. For scale, $USDT sits near $189.8 billion and $USDC near $77 billion as of today. $USD1 has…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong identified eight finance priorities, including tokenization, stablecoins, AI, and capital formation. He said the system still needs technology and policy work to broaden access and modernize markets. Key Takeaways: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong highlighted 8 financial gaps spanning assets, markets, payments, AI, regulation, access, fundraising, and sound money. Stablecoins and tokenized assets remain central as blockchain-based finance expands into institutional markets. Policy changes and technical progress could shape how widely these systems reach users. Finance Still Needs These 8 Core Upgrades, Coinbase CEO Says Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong identified eight finance priorities on May 24, placing…

Ask which blockchain is the fastest and the answer changes depending on which number you trust. As of May 29, 2026, the live Chainspect dashboard puts Internet Computer ($ICP) on top for real-time throughput at about 2,370 transactions per second, with Solana ($SOL) the quickest of the heavily used chains at around 876. That is the short version. The longer, more useful version is that “fastest” isn’t a single number, and the ranking can flip within a week. Before anyone takes a screenshot of a leaderboard and calls it settled, it is worth knowing what speed actually measures, where to…

Ethereum breached the psychological $2k support for the first time since late March, falling to a low of $1,967. At press time, $ETH traded at $1,978 after a 4.43% daily decline. The drop intensified activity across the broader market. Why did Ethereum whales turn bearish? After $ETH fell to a two-month low, several whales flipped bearish and began shorting the market. According to Onchain Lens, whale “Evaded” opened a 12,600 $ETH 25x short position worth $25 million. Following the decline, the position was already up $722k. The move reflected growing bearish conviction among large holders. On top of that, the…