BITMINE STAKES ANOTHER $366 MILLION WORTH OF ETH@fundstrat's @BitMNR has refused to slow down in its staking habits, recently staking another 162,088 $ETH worth some $365.67 million per OnchainLens.In total, the firm has staked a staggering 4.2 million $ETH, worth around $9.5 billion, surpassing some 75% of its total holdings.Is Tom Lee the ultimate @Ethereum bull? ...

FINAL CLARITY ACT STABLECOIN YIELD TEXT IS PUBLIC, PASSIVE REWARDS BANNED, ACTIVITY-BASED REWARDS PROTECTEDThe final stablecoin yield text in the CLARITY Act is now public, ending months of standoff between banks and the crypto industry, per Punchbowl News.The compromise from Sens. Tillis (R) and Alsobrooks (D) bans rewards "economically or functionally equivalent" to deposit interest. Activity-based rewards tied to payments, transfers, and real platform usage stay protected. The structure closes affiliate ...

DOGE GETS ITS FIRST PUBLIC MINING PLAY AS NASDAQ-LISTED SHUTTLE PHARMA MERGES WITH UNITED DOGECOINShuttle Pharmaceutical Holdings (NASDAQ: SHPH) signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire United Dogecoin, creating the world's largest publicly traded Dogecoin mining company.The deal is backed by $11 million in PIPE financing closing May 4. United Dogecoin plans to deploy 3,000 newest-generation ElphaPex mining rigs within 60 days, delivering up to 43,200 GH/s, roughly 1.5% of global Dogecoin hashrate.Th ...

JUDGE TO MUSK: PEOPLE DON'T WANT THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY IN YOUR HANDS EITHERJudge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers cut through three days of AI doomsday testimony in the Musk v. Altman trial with a line aimed straight at Musk: "I suspect there are plenty of people who do not want to put the future of humanity in Mr. Musk's hands."The judge flagged the irony that Musk is suing OpenAI for straying from its nonprofit AI safety mission while running xAI, "a company in the exact same space," and ordered both sides to drop ...

S&P 500 AND NASDAQ CLOSE AT RECORD HIGHS AS APPLE BEAT AND OIL DROP POWER MAY 1 RALLYThe S&P 500 closed at a fresh all-time high of 7,230.12, up 0.29%, with the Nasdaq Composite hitting its own record at 25,114.44, up 0.89%. The Dow slipped 152.87 points to 49,499.27.Apple led the move, up 3%-plus after a Q2 earnings and revenue beat plus a current-quarter outlook above estimates.Oil cooled the macro tape. WTI fell nearly 2% to $103, Brent at $108, on reports Iran sent a response through Pakistani mediators ...

TRUMP TELLS CONGRESS IRAN HOSTILITIES "TERMINATED"President Trump notified Congress today that hostilities with Iran "have terminated," delivering letters to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley on the 60-day War Powers deadline."On April 7, 2026, I ordered a 2-week ceasefire. The ceasefire has since been extended. There has been no exchange of fire between United States Forces and Iran since April 7, 2026. The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026 have terminated ...

OSAKA/MENDEL HARD FORK LIVE ON BNB CHAIN, TPS HITS ~3,900 AND FINALITY IMPROVES 37%The Osaka/Mendel hard fork is now live on @BNBCHAIN, the latest in a year of performance upgrades that pushed BNB Chain to sub-second block times.TPS reached ~3,900 on v1.7.2, up from ~2,800 on v1.6.1 in high-throughput conditions. Block finality latency improved roughly 37%, averaging 650ms. No slash events have triggered since the fork went live.The upgrade activates 9 BEPs, blending six adopted Ethereum EIPs with two BNB C ...

ECB BANK LENDING SURVEY: CREDIT STANDARDS TIGHTEN MOST SINCE Q3 2023 ON GEOPOLITICAL AND ENERGY RISKEurozone banks tightened credit standards for corporate loans in Q1 2026 at the fastest pace since Q3 2023, per the @ecb's April Bank Lending Survey of 154 of the bloc's largest banks.The net tightening hit 10%, well above expectations of 6%, and the cumulative trend extends 30% since the ECB's last easing cycle began in Q3 2024. Banks in Germany, France, and Spain all tightened. Italy held flat.Banks cited g ...

RIOT PLATFORMS Q1: $167.2M REVENUE, AMD DOUBLES DATA CENTER DEAL TO 50 MWRiot Platforms (@RiotPlatforms) reported Q1 2026 revenue of $167.2 million, up from $161.4 million a year earlier, with AMD exercising an option to double its contracted data center capacity to 50 megawatts.Bitcoin mining brought in $111.9 million on 1,473 BTC produced. The new data center segment debuted at $33.2 million, split between $0.9 million in operating lease revenue at a 91% gross margin and $32.2 million in tenant fit-out se ...

BITCOIN RECLAIMS $78K AND FLIRTS WITH $79K AS MACRO STAYS NOISYBitcoin crossed $78,000 again today, up 2.71% with $38.1 billion in 24-hour volume, market cap back at $1.57 trillion.The setup is the bullish tell. Brent at $108 after touching a wartime $126. UAE exiting OPEC effective today. Trump threatening to pull 53,000 US troops from Germany, Italy, and Spain. ECB on hold as eurozone inflation hits 3%. EU car tariffs jumping to 25% next week. Iran sending updated peace proposals through Pakistan.Through ...