May 16, 2026

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Brazil Bans Predictions Markets, Report Highlights Region’s Mining Potential

Key Takeaways: On April 24, Brazil banned non-financial prediction markets, restricting future derivative trades. Hashrate Index sees Latam becoming a Bitcoin mining hub, fueled by Brazil’s 133% YoY hashrate growth. Itau Ventures invested $10M in Minter to tackle future green energy waste via mobile Bitcoin mining. Brazil Issues Ban on Non-Financial Prediction Market Contracts The

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Crypto

TRUMP Token Crashes 20% After Mar-a-Lago Event and Trump Team Sell-Offs

The price drop was instant after the conclusion of the event, making it another ‘sell-the-news’ move for the token. After a month of building hype around what was described by the POTUS himself as the “most exclusive” crypto and business conference in the world, in which many big names delivered speeches, the meme coin

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Crypto

Crypto Firms Demand CLARITY Act Markup

A coalition of more than 120 crypto organizations led by the Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association sent a joint letter to the Senate Banking Committee on April 23 demanding an immediate markup of the CLARITY Act, warning that further delay risks pushing investment, jobs, and technological development offshore while ceding global regulatory

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Coinbase

If Bitcoin forks, spot ETFs could choose the winner

The contentious release of Bitcoin Core v30 is a reminder about the power of spot ETFs to choose which BTC fork earns investment flows. Source link

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Tech & AI

California Engineer Identified in Suspected Shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

A 31-year-old engineer and computer scientist was identified by media reports and President Donald Trump as the suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, California, was apprehended following the firing of shots at the Washington Hilton, where Trump was scheduled to deliver remarks to a ballroom

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Bitcoin

Stablecoins Dominate Over $6.9 Billion Crypto Purchases Registered in Q1

Key Takeaways: Brazil’s Central Bank reported a Q1 2026 crypto volume of $6.9B, with stablecoins driving 98% of trades. President Lula da Silva paused stablecoin taxes, boosting Brazil to TRM Labs’ 5th-largest global market. Fernando Rocha expects new crypto exchange regulations to yield more robust transaction data by H2 2026. Brazilians Purchased $6.8 Billion Worth

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Crypto

Iran prioritizes regional alliances over US talks, dims hope for near-term meeting

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s diplomatic tour to Pakistan, Oman, and Russia signals Tehran’s preference for regional alliances over direct engagement with Washington. The likelihood of a US-Iran diplomatic meeting by June 30 sits at 13% YES, up from 9% yesterday. Traders pushed the odds for a US-Iran meeting on April 24 down to 0.1%

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Crypto

Shark Tank Kevin O’Leary Now Says Forget Alts, Hold Bitcoin, Ethereum

“Shark Tank” judge and business magnate Kevin O’Leary says he only recommends owning Bitcoin and Ethereum. Here’s why. O’Leary, known as Mr. Wonderful, by friends and fans, has come a long way on cryptocurrencies like BTC and ETH. The Shark Tank star has gone from bashing Bitcoin, to investing in it, to saying it

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Coinbase

A ‘grifter’ made $430K on SCI6900 after name-dropping CZ

Trader @SmokezXBT bought up the memecoin Shanghai Composite Index 6900 (SCI6900) before shilling it with other crypto influencers. Source link

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Tech & AI

Anthropic created a test marketplace for agent-on-agent commerce

In a recent experiment, Anthropic created a classified marketplace where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers, striking real deals for real goods and real money. The company admitted this test — which it called Project Deal — was only “a pilot experiment with a self-selected participant pool” of 69 Anthropic employees who were given

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