Andy Serkis isn’t done with Middle-earth just yet. The upcoming prequel film The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum sees Serkis pulling double duty — more so than he already does in the dual part of Gollum/Sméagol. On top of reprising that iconic role, he’s also stepping into the director’s chair, making him
Key Takeaways: Tether minted 5B USDT in two weeks, including 1B USDT on Tron on May 4. USDT’s total supply now stands at $189.5B, giving Tether a 58.9% share of the $321B stablecoin market. Large-scale USDT minting historically precedes buying pressure; bitcoin crossed $80,000 the same day. Tether’s Two-Week Minting Wave Onchain data service Lookonchain
MYX Finance rallied 10X this week thanks to an airdrop marketing campaign that lured sybil attackers seeking quick paydays. Source link
## Market Snapshot Fed Rate Cuts Predictions for 2026 are currently at 45% YES, indicating a decrease in likelihood. The Fed Decision markets for June and July 2026 show a 3.6% YES for June and 88.5% YES for July, suggesting differing expectations for rate changes in these months. ## Key Takeaways – Barclays’ forecast of
Bitcoin is knocking on the door of $80,000 — again. And the bears are not letting it through without a fight. As of this morning, BTC is trading just above $80,000, having briefly breached that level over the weekend before pulling back into a tight consolidation range. The psychological barrier has become the most-watched price
In Bitcoin news today, BTC USD hit $80,529 on Monday, May 4, a four-month high, hours after President Donald Trump announced Project Freedom via Truth Social. The move pushed BTC up nearly +3% on the day and over +20% in the past month, blowing through a resistance level that had held the price back all
Key Takeaways: ZachXBT warned on May 4, 2026, that Polyarb hosts an active wallet drainer targeting crypto users. Prominent accounts replying to Polyarb posts amplify the scam to new audiences without realizing it. The alert follows ZachXBT’s recent exposure of a U.S. law firm seeking $71 million in Lazarus-linked frozen funds. What Polyarb Is Doing
When you think of Star Wars, you think of lightsabers. Right? What could be better, from a movie-making standpoint, than a futuristic sword that lets you create awesome fencing duels like in old-time Errol Flynn swashbucklers. (So much better than watching Stormtroopers fire their blasters into walls and ceilings and anything else except their targets.)
Linea faced “degraded performance” of its mainnet sequencer, while Polygon reported “delays in block finality” due to a bug in node software. Source link
Zcash (ZEC) traded at around $410 at press time, with 24-hour trading volume at $843.81 million. ZEC rose 4.89% in the past day and gained 14.43% over the past week, according to crypto.news data. Summary ZEC cleared key $398 resistance after strong weekly gains, pushing traders toward mid-$400 targets now. Zcash flipped Solana in Hyperliquid