Crypto

CLARITY Act Petition Gains Momentum: What Does it Mean?

Stand With Crypto delivered a petition signed by over 28,000 Americans to the Senate Banking Committee on April 30, 2026, demanding lawmakers schedule a markup

Tech & AI

Do You Need Aluminum Luggage? (2026): Rimowa, Away, Carl Friedrik

Aluminum won’t crack like a polycarbonate shell. You can stomp on these bags and stand on them. Don’t tell airport security, but my daughter and

Bitcoin

Kenyan Central Bank Moves to Vet VASP Applications With 4 Hires

Key Takeaways: CBK opened recruitment for 4 VASP oversight roles following the passage of the 2025 VASP Act. The recruitment signals that the CBK aims

Crypto

Brazil blocks crypto use in regulated cross-border payments

Brazil’s central bank has barred virtual assets from settlement inside regulated international payment rails.  Summary Brazil’s central bank banned virtual assets from settlement inside regulated

NFT

OKX Launches Agent Payments Protocol to Power the Full Business Lifecycle of AI Agents

The cryptocurrency exchange’s new open standard moves AI commerce well beyond simple transfers — introducing negotiation, escrow, metering, and dispute resolution into a single unified

Tech & AI

Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M cash, only raised $8M, founder says

Skio, a 2020 Y Combinator alum that was founded by self-described college dropout Kennan Frost, has been acquired by competitor Recharge, the companies announced on

Crypto

Iranian tankers evade US blockade, deliver 4M barrels to Asia

## Market Snapshot The market for whether Donald Trump will announce the lifting of the US blockade on the Strait of Hormuz by May 31,

NFT

Shiba Inu Whale Moves 800B SHIB, Sparks Market Focus Shift

In the past 24 hours, a whale holding approximately 16–17% of the Shiba Inu (SHIB) supply moved about 800 billion SHIB tokens (equivalent to nearly

Tech & AI

Hackers Abuse Robinhood Signup Process to Deliver Phishing Emails

Robinhood fixed an account-creation flaw that hackers abused to send convincing phishing emails from its own system to some users over the weekend. The post

Bitcoin

US Debt Nears $39T GDP Mark for First Time Since 1946, Validating Bitcoin

Key Takeaways: U.S. national debt topped 100% of GDP for the first time since 1946, eclipsing the nation’s entire annual economy. Bitcoin’s fixed 21 million