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Banks Reject Stablecoin Yield Compromise, Demanding Stricter Crypto Limits
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 6, 2026
Key Takeaways: Rejecting the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act over a rule, banks seek to prevent deposit flights. Eleanor Terrett notes big banks aren’t 100%
Fairshake poll finds voters distrust crypto and AI
- By Adam Forsyth
- . May 6, 2026
A Fairshake poll finds 45% of Americans call crypto too risky as industry PACs deploy over $100 million into midterms. Summary A Public First poll
Wearables for Blood Sugar Tracking: What Works Now and What’s Still Coming
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 6, 2026
Compare Apple Watch, Garmin, Oura, Samsung, Withings, Huawei, and Evie Ring in the race to bring blood sugar data to wearables. The post Wearables for
Trump pauses Project Freedom amid Hormuz blockade negotiations
- By Adam Forsyth
- . May 6, 2026
## Market Snapshot Trump’s Hormuz Blockade Announcement market is currently priced at 31.5% for a YES outcome by May 31, up from 27% a day
‘The Bear’s one-dimensional love interests have got to go
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 6, 2026
Whenever The Bear introduces a new female character, I pray she doesn’t become a love interest for one of the male leads. Not because I
Bitcoin’s Bull Case Hinges on Macro Conditions, Wintermute Says
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 6, 2026
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin approached $82,000 resistance but still lacks confirmation of a sustained breakout. ETF inflows reached $2.6 billion, while late outflows signaled weakening demand.
Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Just Broke $81,000 and Triggered a Short Squeeze — Is $83,400 the Next Target?
- By Adam Forsyth
- . May 6, 2026
Bitcoin price pushed above $81,000 on May 5, a 1.47% gain in 24 hours that has traders watching the next key resistance level very closely.
‘I Actually Thought He Was Going to Hit Me,’ OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Says of Elon Musk
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 6, 2026
In August 2017, Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever gathered at Elon Musk’s self-described “haunted mansion,” a 47-acre, $23 million estate in Hillsborough, south of San
a16z Crypto Closes $2.2B Fund to Back Builders Across All Stages
- By Adam Forsyth
- . May 6, 2026
a16z’s new fund targets real-world crypto use cases, including stablecoins, payments, lending, prediction markets, and tokenized financial assets. Venture Capital giant, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Nuro receives driverless testing permit ahead of Uber robotaxi service launch
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 6, 2026
Nuro has been granted a permit to begin driverless testing of Lucid Gravity SUVs equipped with its autonomous tech on California public roads — vehicles