Bitcoin ETFs draw $2B in April for highest monthly inflows this year
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted strong April inflows as Bitcoin rallied, with IBIT leading gains despite late-month outflows across funds.
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Brazil bars crypto settlement in regulated cross-border payment rails
Brazil’s central bank barred virtual assets from settlement inside regulated eFX payment rails as it tightens oversight of crypto-linked flows.
SBI eyes Bitbank deal as Japan’s crypto exchange market consolidates
SBI Holdings is in discussions to make Bitbank a subsidiary, adding to its push to acquire crypto exchanges amid improving regulatory clarity in Japan.
A year after selling $2.7 million Austin mansion, actress Haylie Duff and Matt Rosenberg call off 12-year engagement
Haylie Duff has split from her fiancé, Matt Rosenberg, 12 years after the former couple announced they were engaged—and six years after they relocated their family from California to Texas.
Bitcoin seals best monthly gain in a year as S&P 500 hits fresh all-time high
Bitcoin finished April above $76,000 to preserve most of its monthly gains, but the S&P 500 stole the limelight with a trip back to record highs.
Bakkt completes acquisition of stablecoin payments firm Distributed Technologies Research
Bakkt announced the deal in January, which was originally for 9.3 million shares, along with a corporate name change to Bakkt Inc.
Bitcoin risks extended retreat as April rally was futures-driven: CryptoQuant
Futures drove up Bitcoin's price in April while spot demand declined, which CryptoQuant warned has historically preceded extended price declines.
Bitcoiners launch 'The Bitcoin Evidence Base' to stamp out FUD
The Bitcoin FUD-stopping tool cites over 22 peer-reviewed research papers to address common misconceptions about Bitcoin.
DeFi protocol Carrot becomes first casualty of $285M Drift exploit
Carrot's total value locked has collapsed 93% in a month, from $28 million to $1.99 million, leaving the protocol financially unable to continue.
Bitcoin’s surge to $77K pressures shorts, but absent spot and long leverage caps rallies
Bitcoin bulls took another swing at the $77,000 resistance, but profit-taking and traders’ reluctance to increase margin and spot longs limit the strength of each breakout.
Tokenized RWA market grows 420% since 2025 on regulatory clarity, access
Tokenized US Treasurys were one of the biggest growth areas of the RWA market, rising from a market capitalization of $3.9 billion at the start of 2025 to more than $15 billion.
The S&P 500’s newest member is this under-the-radar software stock
Veeva Systems’ stock is soaring upon news that it will soon join the benchmark index.
US Senate bans itself from betting on prediction markets
The US Senate unanimously passed a rule banning members and staff from prediction markets, with a similar resolution set to be introduced in the House.
Spot Bitcoin ETF outflows top $490M: Is BTC’s rally losing momentum?
Spot Bitcoin ETF outflows reached $490 million as crypto investors considered the impact of high oil prices, Big Tech earnings and a shortfall in AI industry growth metrics.
Tether-backed Oobit rolls out virtual Visa cards for AI agent USDT spending
The Agent Cards launched to a select group of businesses on Thursday, with a limited number of additional companies set to gain access over the next two months.
The memory trade is faltering as Western Digital’s stock slides in the face of earnings beat
Investors are panning upbeat results from Western Digital and Sandisk after massive one-year stock rallies.
Alphabet hits a milestone as it closes in on Nvidia
Alphabet added a record $421 billion to its market cap as massive cloud growth and AI momentum sent shares soaring.
Repeated Bitcoin profit taking near $77K suggests rally is losing steam
Short-term traders took profit each time BTC rallied above $77,000, creating overhead sell pressure that has capped BTC’s ability to reach $80,000.
SpaceX may face an easier path to S&P 500 entry if these newly proposed rules take hold
As SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI reportedly gear up for IPOs, S&P Dow Jones Indices is considering whether to allow ‘fast-track’ entry and relax profitability requirements.
Saving for retirement when you make less than $35,000 won’t be much easier with Trump’s new executive order
Experts have been working to fix this problem for decades — but outside of workplace plans, success has been hard to come by.