Kevin Warsh cleared a Senate Banking Committee vote on April 29 and is expected to chair his first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting June 16-17, 2026, as futures and prediction markets put the odds of a rate hold above 93%. Key Takeaways: Kevin Warsh cleared a 13-11 Senate Banking Committee vote on April 29,
Fintech and stablecoin firms should consider looking outside of the US-to-Mexico corridor to win the $174 billion Latin America remittance market, according to a Bybit executive. Most firms have focused too narrowly on the $61.8 billion US-Mexico remittance market and are missing faster-growing corridors between the US and Central America, as well as remittances within
Agentic AI is gaining attention across finance, but the industry’s biggest obstacle is no longer whether the models are powerful enough. The harder problem is whether banks, asset managers, and treasury desks have the infrastructure to delegate financial tasks to autonomous systems without losing control of money, accountability, or compliance. A Deloitte poll of more
Bitcoin is trading above $80,000 as Asia begins its trading week, a level not seen since the end of January. Analysts at CryptoQuant say that BTC’s return to $80,000 is being powered by buyers who don’t fully trust it, a dynamic reflected in both positioning data and on-chain signals. ETF inflows and leveraged longs have
CiDi Games published a roadmap on May 3 for building a gaming layer on Pi Network. It covers a developer SDK, a browser-based gaming hub, and tools for outside studios to integrate Pi payments into their own games. Pi co-founders Chengdiao Fan and Nicolas Kokkalis speak at Consensus 2026 in Miami two days later. The
Grayscale Research said Ethereum, Solana, Canton, Avalanche, $BNB Chain, and Chainlink are positioned to benefit as tokenized assets expand. The firm estimated tokenized assets at about $30 billion, up 217% year-over-year. Key Takeaways: Grayscale identified Ethereum, Solana, Canton, Avalanche, $BNB Chain, and Chainlink as key beneficiaries of tokenization growth. Tokenized assets reached about $30 billion,
Bitcoin is spending another session in a tight range, with the market hovering around $78,548 and trading between an intraday low of $78,081 and a high of $78,963, according to live market data. That price action lines up with the chart pattern, where BTC appears to be building a base after a sharp rebound from
Morgan Stanley expects bitcoin to reach U.S. bank balance sheets, though key hurdles remain, according to Amy Oldenburg, the bank’s head of digital asset strategy. Speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, Oldenburg, who was appointed new head of digital-asset strategy this year, outlined how the firm is laying the groundwork for the expansion
Onchain data shows 793.36 sleeping bitcoins changed hands between May 1 and May 3, 2026, with a notable portion traced back to wallets that had not moved coins since 2011. Key Takeaways: Onchain data shows 793 $BTC spent May 1-3, 2026, with 56 of 62 outputs originating from 2016 wallets. A single 110 $BTC output
Dunamu, the Seoul-based fintech company behind South Korea’s dominant crypto exchange Upbit, has tapped the Optimism Foundation to underpin and scale its GIWA Chain using the OP Stack and integrate it into Optimism’s OP Enterprise framework. Unveiled last September, GIWA Chain is an Ethereum layer 2 blockchain focused on improving usability and accessibility in web3.