May 16, 2026

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Axie Infinity: Atia’s Legacy Playtest 2 Launches April 8, Features ‘Risk-It-All’ Dungeon

Axie Infinity: Atia’s Legacy, an upcoming massively multiplayer online (MMO) game set in the Axie universe of Lunacia, has announced that its highly anticipated Playtest 2 will officially launch on April 8, 2026. Following the success of Playtest 1 – which ran from September to October 2025 for 1,000 selected community members – Playtest 2

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Ripple

Ripple Extends UAE Partnership to Enable RLUSD and AEDZ Stablecoin Liquidity

All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Ripple expands its UAE partnership with Zand to add RLUSD support into the digital bank’s regulated digital asset custody. The firms will work on direct liquidity links between RLUSD and Zand’s AED-backed stablecoin AEDZ to simplify USD–AED stablecoin conversion and

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Crypto

XRP Price Hinges on Senate CLARITY Act — Why This Bill Matters

XRP is trading at $1.34 – down more than 63% from its July 2025 peak of $3.65 and coming off its worst quarter in eight years – and the next move may be decided not by chart patterns, but by a Senate committee vote. The Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act is headed for a Banking

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Bitcoin

Can Tokyo Build Asia’s Most Trusted Crypto Rails? – Crypto News Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways Japan FSA cited 12 million accounts and $31 billion assets in 2025, boosting Tokyo’s regulated crypto push. JVCEA logged 32 exchanges and approximately $10 billion in volume as of February 2026, but liquidity gaps vs global hubs persist. FSA plans 2026 shift to FIEA rules, positioning Tokyo for institutional growth over speculation. Tokyo’s

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Coinbase

Bitfinex launderer Razzlekhan thanks ‘Papa’ Trump for early release

Convicted Bitfinex launderer Heather Morgan (aka Razzlekhan) thanked Donald Trump, while naked, for shortening her prison sentence. Source link

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Tech & AI

AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost

Indian startup Rocket is betting that the next big opportunity is the part before vibe coding: having AI help people decide what to build. It has launched a platform that produces consulting-style product strategies. The startup, based in Surat, India, on Tuesday launched its platform, Rocket 1.0, which connects research, product building, and competitive intelligence

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Crypto

These Alts Bleed the Most as Bitcoin Was Rejected at $70K: Market Watch

ALGO has retraced by over 8% after its recent run, followed by AVAX and ETC. Bitcoin’s price somewhat unexpectedly surged on Monday morning to mark a multi-day peak at over $70,000 before it was rejected and driven south by roughly two grand. Most altcoins have also followed suit and are in the red today,

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Bitcoin

Philippine Inflation Accelerates to 4.1% in March, Breaching BSP Forecast

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported that year-on-year headline inflation accelerated to 4.1 percent in March 2026, a significant jump from the 2.4 percent recorded in February. The March inflation figure exceeded the central bank’s projected forecast range of 3.1 percent to 3.9 percent for the month. Month-on-month, seasonally adjusted headline inflation rose from

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Crypto

Bitcoin ETFs log strongest inflows in six weeks as macro risks linger

Fresh capital flowed back into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs at the start of the week, with Monday delivering the strongest single-day inflow in over a month and a half. Summary U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $471.3 million in net inflows on Monday, the highest daily total in over six weeks. BlackRock and Fidelity led the

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Bitcoin

Sam Altman Proposes New AI Deal as Superintelligence Surges – News Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman proposes a wealth fund to share AI profits and protect future social safety nets. To offset AI job displacement, OpenAI calls for a 32-hour work week so workers benefit from future productivity. Altman also backs a shift to corporate tax to protect key social programs like Medicare from future

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