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BAYC floor prices have doubled in a month as traders rotate back into speculative crypto bets, reviving hopes of a broader NFT recovery.

The loss was primarily driven by $244 million in unrealized losses on cryptocurrency holdings and an additional $108.2 million investment loss.

The quantum computing advent does not only threaten blockchains, it also poses huge risks to banking systems, military communications, digital identities and more, Project Eleven’s report warns.

The bill's progress follows talks on jurisdiction, consumer/developer protections, and stablecoin rewards, with crypto firms backing a yield compromise.

One point three billion adults lack financial services, 4.7 billion lack credit, and 1.4 billion savers in low-income nations earn no deposit interest, Binance said.

The initiative sought to amend Switzerland's constitution, requiring the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold BTC alongside gold and foreign-currency reserves.

CME Group plans to launch bitcoin volatility futures on June 1 pending regulatory approval bringing a easy way to bet on the degree of price swings.

DeFi is quietly shifting from niche crypto experiment to a legitimate financial tool across the region, explains Serrano.

Trust Wallet CEO Felix Fan and Mesh CTO Arjun Mukherjee said AI agents are creating a new role for crypto wallets.

The world's largest asset manager filed paperwork to expand its tokenized fund lineup as real-world assets grow 200% year over year.

After initially framing the exploit as a developer configuration failure, LayerZero said it “owns” the decision to let its own verifier secure high-value transfers in a vulnerable setup.

Judge Margaret Garnett allowed frozen exploit funds on Arbitrum to move to Aave, but the legal freeze follows the assets as terrorism plaintiffs continue their claim.

The Senate Banking Committee announced it would hold its markup hearing for the Clarity Act on March 14.

Tokenization and digital asset-infrastructure stocks climbed as SEC Chair Paul Atkins signaled support for onchain finance rules.

Nearly 1,000 developers competed at the venue, from ecosystems like Base, Solana, and others arriving from companies like Microsoft and Google, most racing to build products around the theme of AI agents.

The SEC chair linked the rise of AI-powered financial systems with growing demand for blockchain-based market infrastructure and automated settlement.

Payward’s application would add a federally regulated trust company to the Kraken group’s existing Wyoming bank charter and Fed master account.

Lagarde warned that large stablecoins like Tether and USDC, which now dominate a $310 billion market, pose financial stability risks and could transmit stress to underlying asset markets during periods of turmoil.

Price moved higher on a late volume burst, with traders watching whether compression near $1.39-$1.40 finally resolves into a larger move.

Executives from MoonPay, Ripple and Paxos said at Consensus Miami 2026 that regulation has accelerated stablecoin adoption, but infrastructure, privacy and distribution remain major hurdles.

Analysts say Coinbase’s long-term growth may depend more on stablecoins and U.S. crypto legislation than a rebound in trading activity.

The data comes ahead of what's expected to be a new Federal Reserve chairman taking the reins at the U.S. central bank later this month.

The day ahead in crypto: May 8, 2026

Coinbase says the outage has been fully resolved but that it will investigate the incident fully.