Ex-OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness fund has doubled to $13.67b, with Bitcoin miners as its top long positions. Summary Aschenbrenner’s Q1 2026 13F filing shows equity exposure rising from $5.5b to $13.67b, with miners including IREN, Core Scientific, and Riot Platforms among the top longs. The fund simultaneously opened $7.46b in put options against
Wall Street and payment giants are quietly taking over Solana, moving billions onto the network for tokenized funds and global payments even as the broader crypto market cools down, according to a new report by Messari. Source link
Bernstein Circle analysts said the CLARITY Act yield compromise blocks rival stablecoin issuers from competing on rates Summary Bernstein said the CLARITY Act language structurally favors Circle by banning deposit-like yield on passive stablecoin balances. Total dollar-backed stablecoin supply surpassed $300 billion this week, with USDC and USDT controlling roughly 97% of the market. The
The White House says it has achieved a legal and custody “breakthrough” for the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, finally giving Washington a compliant way to safeguard billions in seized BTC. Summary White House Digital Assets Executive Director Patrick Witt confirmed legal and custody frameworks for the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve are now in place The announcement
Standard Chartered announced Monday that its non-binding offer to acquire Zodia Custody — the digital asset custodian it co-founded in 2020 through its innovation arm SC Ventures — has been accepted by Zodia’s shareholders and noteholders. The deal, subject to regulatory approvals, will fold Zodia’s regulated custody operations into Standard Chartered’s existing Financing and Securities
Justin Sun moved 41.99m Spark worth $1.23m from Spark to HTX, adding to roughly 610m SPK in exchange-bound flows since 2025 and renewing sell-pressure and governance worries. Summary Justin Sun moved 41.99 million SPK, worth about $1.23 million, from Spark to HTX in his latest suspected token sale after a two‑week pause. On-chain data indicate
Bitmine owns more than 4.37% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 87% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 11 months Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains
Chamath Palihapitiya says consulting giants are helping OpenAI and Anthropic build the firms that may replace them. Summary Chamath Palihapitiya says consulting giants like PwC and Accenture are endangering their own businesses by directly embedding OpenAI or Anthropic tools without maintaining control over token generation. OpenAI launched the OpenAI Deployment Company with over $4 billion
Over $660M in crypto positions were wiped out in a single 24-hour window after President Trump posted a stark warning to Iran on Truth Social, sending Bitcoin crashing from $82,000 to a multi-week low of $76,650. The mechanism behind that number wasn’t panic selling from ordinary holders; it was over-leveraged long positions acting as a
Monero price continued sliding this week after losing a major ascending trendline support, increasing the risk of a deeper correction toward the $350 region as bearish momentum strengthens. Summary Monero price fell below a key ascending trendline support near $390, increasing the risk of a deeper correction toward the $350 region. Bearish momentum strengthened after
