Despite the dual shocks of the “Black Saturday” geopolitical escalation in Iran two weeks ago, combined with a disappointing United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) print showing the loss of 92,000 jobs, the $60,000–$64,000 floor for bitcoin has demonstrated unexpected resilience. Oil prices moving nearly 80 percent higher since then will likely play a role in
eToro has reported a rise in first-quarter profit after commodities trading activity surged, even as crypto volumes on the platform declined sharply. Summary eToro reported a 37% rise in Q1 net income as commodities trading volumes jumped nearly four times from a year earlier. Crypto trading volumes on eToro fell 32% in April, even as
In CLARITY Act news today, the US Senate Banking Committee released the full 309-page text of the CLARITY Act just after midnight on May 11, 2026, ahead of a Thursday committee hearing, and for the first time, stablecoin holders can see exactly what rules Washington wants to impose on the coins they use daily. The
Wells Fargo increased its exposure to spot Ether exchange-traded funds in the first quarter of 2026, according to its latest 13F filing. Summary Wells Fargo raised ETHA and ETHW holdings even as Ether posted back-to-back quarterly losses. Bitcoin ETFs still led the bank’s crypto ETF exposure, with IBIT valued around $250 million. Wells Fargo cut
LMAX Group has launched Kiosk, a hosted portal that lets institutional clients deposit digital assets into LMAX Custody and use them as collateral across several markets. Summary LMAX Kiosk lets institutions use digital assets as collateral across FX, metals, CFDs and crypto. The launch follows DTCC, Franklin Templeton and BlackRock moves into tokenized collateral and
Bitcoin BTC$81,199.33 shrugged off the inflation scare almost as quickly as the print landed. The largest cryptocurrency dropped to $79,879 in late U.S. hours Tuesday after the April Consumer Price Index came in at 3.8% year-over-year, hotter than economists had estimated, with gasoline prices doing most of the lift since the Iran war began. BTC
The DTCC Chainlink Collateral AppChain partnership will automate 24/7 collateral management across global markets by Q4 2026. Summary DTCC will integrate the Chainlink Runtime Environment into its Collateral AppChain to automate pricing, valuation, margining, and settlement across financial markets. The Collateral AppChain targets a Q4 2026 production launch and extends a 2024 Smart NAV pilot
If you’ve been following the headlines lately, you could easily be forgiven for thinking that the fight over stablecoin yields is the only sticking point holding the United States back from the crypto industry’s long awaited comprehensive market structure legislation. But sadly, you’d be wrong. For months now, the headlines have fixated on a genuine
CryptoQuant signal has flipped Bitcoin into early bull territory for the first time since March 2023, analysts say. Summary CryptoQuant’s Bull-Bear Market Cycle Indicator entered bullish territory on May 12, using its Profit and Loss Index to confirm the regime shift. The last confirmed green signal in March 2023 preceded a sustained bull run taking
This article was originally published in Alternative Investor. Private markets have long been the lifeblood of growth-stage and mid-size businesses looking to scale. Private equity alone saw $2.6 trillion in deal value globally in 2025, up by almost a fifth on the year before. Yet while private markets are seeing a resurgence, their infrastructure still
