May 16, 2026

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Crypto

XRP ETF April Inflows Hit 2026 Record

US-listed XRP ETF products pulled in $81.63 million in April 2026, their strongest monthly inflow figure of the year, fully reversing March’s $31.16 million loss and pushing cumulative net inflows to $1.29 billion. Summary XRP ETF products logged $81.63 million in April inflows through April 24, surpassing February’s $58.09 million to become the single strongest

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Coinbase

EXCLUSIVE: Lawyers call Bitcoin Core v30 CSAM concerns ‘overblown’

Bitcoin Knots supporters have argued that a change to an upcoming release of Bitcoin Core could open node operators up to legal attacks. Source link

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Crypto

Iran allows Japanese supertanker through Strait of Hormuz, easing supply fears

Iran let a Japanese supertanker carrying 2 million barrels of oil pass through the Strait of Hormuz, signaling selective de-escalation. The market for crude oil reaching an all-time high by April 30 sits at 0.5% YES, down from 2% yesterday. The drop from 2% to 0.5% YES followed Iran’s decision to allow the Japanese tanker

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Tech & AI

UAE to Exit OPEC After Nearly 60 Years

The UAE has announced that it will leave OPEC and OPEC+ effective May 1, ending a membership that began in 1967—four years before the UAE itself was founded as a country. This signals a turning point in the UAE’s role in global energy. The government statement, published on state news agency WAM, cited a comprehensive

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Nft

How to Use AI for Crypto Trading

In 2026, beginners are not looking for crypto trading bots only because they want “automation.” They want a simpler way to enter a market that moves all day, reacts quickly to news, and often feels too fast for manual trading. That is where AI crypto trading bots are becoming more practical. A good bot can

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Bitcoin

Blackrock, Standard Chartered Power OKX Tokenized Treasury Collateral System

Key Takeaways: OKX framework, introduced April 28, 2026 enables tokenized U.S. Treasury assets as trading margin and collateral. Blackrock BUIDL fund delivers tokenized Treasury exposure with yield benchmarked to the U.S. Federal Funds rate. Standard Chartered custody keeps assets off-exchange while supporting real-time trading access and uninterrupted yield generation. Tokenized Treasury Collateral Expands Across OKX

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Crypto

Colombia Bitcoin: Largest Pension Fund Adds BTC Exposure

AFP Protección, Colombia’s second-largest pension fund administrator, managing approximately $55Bn across more than 8.5 million clients, has launched a new portfolio product that includes Colombia Bitcoin exposure, marking the second major Colombian pension institution to make this move in under a year. The detail most headlines are missing, though, is that this isn’t a fund

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Coinbase

SBI crypto pool allegedly loses $21M — North Korea suspected

ZachXBT has traced suspicious transfers of funds linking the large SBI BTC mining pool to a possible attack by North Korean hackers. Source link

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Crypto

Pi Network (PI) Rebounds by 6% as Analyst Expects a 1,400% Price Explosion

Is PI gearing up for a whopping surge to $2.80? Pi Network’s native token has defied the broader crypto market’s correction today and surged to a one-month high. While some analysts believe the rally might be just getting started, certain technical indicators suggest the bears might regain control in the near future. Is PI

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Tech & AI

Red Hat’s OpenClaw maintainer just made enterprise Claw deployments a lot safer

On Tuesday, Red Hat principal software engineer Sally O’Malley released a new open source tool called Tank OS to make it easier to deploy and manage OpenClaw agents more safely.   “This was a fun project that I put together on the weekend that I knew would be a really good fit for AI and where

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