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Olivier Acuna @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 08:52 EDT

Kraken to buy stablecoin payments firm Reap in $600 million deal: Bloomberg

Kraken owner Payward will acquire Hong Kong-based Reap Technologies as the crypto exchange expands its stablecoin and payments infrastructure business in Asia. Read more

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Francisco Rodrigues @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 08:49 EDT

SoFi’s crypto relaunch brought in $121.6 million in Q1. Almost all of it went to costs

The company launched the SoFiUSD stablecoin for enterprise payments in December and partnered with Mastercard for settlement capabilities. Read more

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Omkar Godbole @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 08:25 EDT

Bitcoin treasury firms outline $3 trillion opportunity in BTC-backed digital credit at Consensus

Bitcoin-backed “digital credit” is scaling fast, with executives pointing to a $3 trillion long-term opportunity. Read more

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Olivier Acuna @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 07:29 EDT

Purge of millions of crypto tokens underway, BTC needs it for sustainable bull cycle: Ben Cowen

Researcher and market analyst Ben Cowen says the purge of millions of altcoins is already underway and is necessary for a sustainable bitcoin bull market to be in place. Read more

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Oliver Knight @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 06:26 EDT

Altcoins climb as bitcoin and ether retreat from weekly highs

Altcoins outperformed bitcoin and ether on Thursday as traders rotated into higher-risk assets amid improving market sentiment. Read more

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Jamie Crawley @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 06:23 EDT

Safety first: Why Adam Back says Bitcoin is winning the 'DeFi security war'

The Blockstream CEO told Consensus Miami 2026 that sovereigns, pension funds and treasury companies will join the next wave of bitcoin adoption. Read more

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Francisco Rodrigues @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 06:08 EDT

Core Scientific sold $208 million of bitcoin in Q1 as AI pivot continues

The firm's AI pivot relies on a 590 MW contract expansion with CoreWeave, projected for $10.2 billion in revenue over 12 years. Read more

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Sam Reynolds @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 05:09 EDT

The metaverse isn't a place: Why Animoca’s Yat Siu says the future is 100 billion AI agents

Yat Siu said the metaverse is evolving beyond immersive digital worlds, with AI agents increasingly handling commerce, payments and coordination through blockchain infrastructure in the background. Read more

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Sam Reynolds @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 02:23 EDT

Bitcoin lenders say institutions want crypto credit to look more like TradFi

At Consensus 2026 in Miami, executives from Two Prime, Ledn and Lygos Finance said institutional borrowers increasingly prioritize custody, transparency and standardized lending structures over complex DeFi products after the crypto credit collapses of 2022. Read more

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Shaurya Malwa @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 02:21 EDT

Trump family-backed American Bitcoin's costs dropped 23% in Q1 as mining industry pivots to AI

The Trump family-linked miner cut its cost per Bitcoin to roughly $36,200 from $46,900 in Q4 2025, putting it among the lowest-cost public mining operations at a moment when most of its peers are toning down business. Read more

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Omkar Godbole @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 01:36 EDT

Three signals pointing to a possible bitcoin move to $85,000

Bitcoin is showing a rare alignment across on-chain data, futures positioning, and options flows that points to further upside. Read more

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Krisztian Sandor @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 01:30 EDT

BNY, world's largest custody bank, expands crypto services in Abu Dhabi

The Wall Street giant, which oversees $59 trillion in client assets, teamed up with Finstreet and ADI Foundation for digital asset infrastructure. Read more

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Shaurya Malwa @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 00:58 EDT

Ripple, JPMorgan settle first cross-border tokenized Treasury redemption on XRP Ledger

The pilot, run with Ondo Finance and Mastercard, processed the redemption of Ondo's OUSG tokenized Treasury fund in under five seconds. Read more

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Shaurya Malwa @ CoinDesk · 05/07/2026 00:33 EDT

Dogecoin slides 4%, bitcoin rally pauses as Iran ceasefire optimism lifts equities

Crypto majors took a breather Thursday after a strong run, with bitcoin holding around $81,000 and ether slipping below $2,330 as global equities pushed to fresh records on hopes of a US-Iran deal. Read more

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Olivier Acuna @ CoinDesk · 05/06/2026 18:35 EDT

AI agents becoming more relevant than humans by 2035 has Big Tech 'terrified', says Hoskinson

The founder and CEO of Cardano’s Input Output said Google, Amazon and Facebook are terrified because AI agents will not behave like humans when confronted with ads. Read more

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Olivier Acuna @ CoinDesk · 05/06/2026 18:32 EDT

Grant Cardone says bitcoin-real estate strategy could outperform REITs, adds more BTC to treasury

The real-estate mogul said the hybrid model brings new users into crypto and challenges traditional real estate structures. Read more

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Helene Braun @ CoinDesk · 05/06/2026 18:31 EDT

Nasdaq's president says the SEC’s new crypto stance is letting markets 'build' again

Nasdaq’s Tal Cohen said a friendlier SEC is giving crypto firms and exchanges room to experiment with tokenization and digital market infrastructure. Read more

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Krisztian Sandor @ CoinDesk · 05/06/2026 18:29 EDT

Wall Street's clearinghouse seeks 'high-performance' blockchains to tokenize corporate actions

DTCC CEO Frank La Salla said the clearing giant is working with layer-1 blockchains to bring millions in corporate actions like dividend payments onchain, but challenges remain. Read more

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Will Canny @ CoinDesk · 05/06/2026 18:17 EDT

Crypto’s mainstream moment has arrived, say industry leaders speaking at Consensus Miami

Executives from Binance, Revolut and Circle say crypto is evolving beyond speculation into the financial infrastructure powering payments, remittances and broader global access. Read more

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