The Bank of Japan just told the world it’s seriously considering another rate hike, and the timeline is measured in weeks, not quarters. Minutes from the BOJ’s April 27-28 meeting, released on May 11, reveal that three out of nine board members pushed for an immediate increase to the policy rate, citing persistent inflation risks
A Discord wallet flex allegedly exposed connections between Dritan Kapllani Jr. and a massive 185 BTC social engineering theft. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has linked US-based alleged threat actor Dritan Kapllani Jr. to more than $19 million in crypto thefts carried out through social engineering attacks targeting cryptocurrency holders. In a series of posts on
Yellow Network chairman Alexis Sirkia says the CLARITY Act is the structural reset U.S. crypto has waited for. Summary Sirkia argues the bill creates the first navigable framework around classification, jurisdiction, and compliance for crypto firms. Years of regulatory uncertainty pushed builders to Dubai and Singapore, and the CLARITY Act could reverse that flow if
## Market Snapshot The WTI Crude Oil market for May 2026 is currently priced with a 51.5% likelihood of prices hitting $110, reflecting a substantial increase in recent days. For the question of oil hitting $150, the probability remains lower at 20.5%. Meanwhile, the Fed’s interest rate decision for June shows a 1.1% probability of
Stand With Crypto says its advocates have contacted lawmakers nearly 1.5 million times in support of the CLARITY Act. The Senate Banking Committee’s CLARITY Act is heading into Thursday’s markup, buried under opposition. According to reports, Senator Elizabeth Warren alone filed more than 40 amendments before Tuesday’s 5 p.m. ET deadline, and American Bankers
Anthropic and OpenAI have declared PreStocks tokens backed by their shares worthless, sending the Solana products down up to 39%. Summary Both companies said any transfer of their stock to special purpose vehicles without board approval is void, meaning buyers receive no shareholder rights. Anthropic named Open Door Partners, Hiive, Forge Global, and several others
Anthropic launched Claude for Small Business, a new product package that brings its AI assistant into the software tools used by small business owners, including QuickBooks, PayPal, HubSpot, Canva, Docusign, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365. The launch expands Anthropic’s push to turn Claude into a workplace agent rather than a standalone chatbot. The company said
SYS – one of the affected coins – nosedived by 34% in a matter of a single day. Many leading cryptocurrencies have seen some volatility over the past 24 hours, yet their price swings don’t compare to the devastating crash that five lesser-known altcoins experienced. The culprit behind that meltdown was Binance, which recently
A member of the European Central Bank Governing Council has indicated that the upcoming June meeting will determine whether interest rates are raised or left unchanged, underscoring growing uncertainty over the next phase of eurozone monetary policy. Summary ECB Governing Council member Kocher says the June meeting will decide between raising interest rates or keeping
Institutional crypto custody just got a new on-ramp to Cardano. Fireblocks, one of the largest digital asset infrastructure providers in the space, has integrated its RAW signing technology with Iagon’s enterprise-grade Cardano nodes and Insights API, giving approved customers a fully operational method for interacting with ADA and Cardano Native Tokens (CNTs). Instead of relying