In today’s newsletter, Andy Baehr from GSR examines how, beneath the stalled market, advisors are quietly building durable crypto allocations, moving beyond $BTC and gaining more comfort in this asset class. Then, in “Ask an Expert,” Patrick Velleman of Valdora offers commentary on how financial advisors can navigate the growing trend of durable crypto allocations.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a strategic partnership with Coinbase and Stripe to launch a dedicated payment infrastructure designed specifically for AI agents. The new system enables autonomous AI agents to directly access and pay for web content, APIs, MCP servers, and other agent services without human intervention for each transaction. How the AI
Sentora has shared its latest chart, showing where the yieldcoin trade stands right now. Some assets are still competing on headline APY, while others are winning because capital keeps flowing into them. The chart itself compares 30-day average APY against TVL across leading yieldcoins, which is exactly the kind of split that matters in a
Bitcoin failed to clear its 200‑day simple moving average near $83,300 and slipped back under $81,000, reviving comparisons with the March 2022 breakout that quickly reversed into a deep selloff. Bitcoin’s latest rally hit a wall just below its 200‑day simple moving average on Wednesday, with $BTC coming within striking distance of the long‑watched level
Bitcoin’s return above $80,000 has brought back a question traders have not had to confront at scale since 2020: how does the world’s largest digital asset behave when a health scare, rather than rates, regulation, or crypto-native leverage, becomes the market’s dominant risk headline? The immediate trigger is a hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius,
Artificial intelligence continues to raise fears about the future of jobs as AI startup Anthropic launched 10 new AI agents for banks, insurers, and financial firms. The launch has triggered fresh debate online about whether AI could replace entry-level finance workers, analysts, and even some software-related jobs. Concerns intensified after users on X claimed the
Following the controversy surrounding Bitcoin sales, Michael Saylor posted a noteworthy message on social media platform X. Saylor stated, “Buy more Bitcoin than you sell.” The announcement comes after recent assessments suggesting that Strategy may sell Bitcoin if necessary. Company management had indicated that selling $BTC could be on the table for situations such as
Prediction market platform Kalshi has completed a new $1 billion investment round, bringing its valuation to approximately $22 billion, according to a report from The New York Times. The funding was led by Coatue Management, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), IVP, Paradigm, Morgan Stanley, and Ark Invest. Strategic Expansion into Corporate Services
Boston Fed President Susan Collins backed holding rates steady and urged the Fed to strip out language that implicitly points to cuts as the next move, reinforcing a higher‑for‑longer stance that has repeatedly whipsawed crypto when markets price in dovish pivots too early. Collins told reporters she backed the latest decision to keep rates on
Initial US jobless claims came in at 200,000 for the week ending May 2, beating the 205,000 consensus and reinforcing a picture of a still‑resilient labor market that keeps pressure on the Federal Reserve to delay or dilute rate cuts crypto traders have been hoping for. For the week ending May 2, initial jobless claims