May 1, 2026
137 Ventures has raised over $700m across two new funds, lifting AUM above $15b as it doubles down on AI agents, robotics, advanced industry and a $10b‑plus SpaceX stake. San Francisco–based 137 Ventures has raised over $700 million for two… …
Crypto VC funding slid to $659m across 63 April deals, a 74% drop from March that drags monthly flows back to 2024 lows even as DeFi and AI still attract capital. The crypto venture market hit a fresh air pocket… …
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse declared at XRP Las Vegas that the CLARITY Act will pass by the end of May, his third public deadline for the bill after predicting 80% odds of April passage on Fox Business in February and… …
Bitcoin nears $76K, but Binance funding rates stay flat and taker buy volume falls, raising doubts over rally strength. …
Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, is starting to show measurable gains from its AI investments, while Meta Platforms Inc. is still working to convince investors that its heavy spending will pay off. The updates came within minutes of… …
MegaETH launched MEGA trading after meeting its first KPI, with Binance, KuCoin and Bitget listing the token. …
Over Foundation has shut down all Over Protocol infrastructure, abandoning OverWallet, nodes and explorers, and leaving block production to any validators stubborn enough to keep running. The Over Foundation announced it will permanently cease operations of Over Protocol, a Layer… …
Stablecoin transfer volume fell 19.18% to $831B in 30 days, yet market cap and holders rose as USDT, USDC, and DAI added billions while Ethena’s USDe saw $1.1B outflows. Stablecoin transfer volume declined 19.18% to $831 billion over the past… …
The Bitcoin 2026 Conference drew more than 40,000 attendees to The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas from April 27 to 29, but the institutional-heavy speaker lineup sparked a sharp backlash from early adopters who accused the event of abandoning its… …
Banking Circle has rolled out institutional stablecoin settlement services after securing regulatory approval in Luxembourg. According to a Monday announcement from the Luxembourg-based bank, the expansion follows its April 15 registration as a Crypto Asset Service Provider with the country’s… …
SwapSpace’s CBDO, Vasily Shilov, highlights market trends and industry direction following EthCC and Paris Blockchain Week insights. In April, the SwapSpace team attended two major crypto events: EthCC and Paris Blockchain Week. The company’s CBDO, Vasily Shilov, shared some insights… …
Whale pulls 72K HYPE off Gate.io, expanding a $168M stash as spot buyers face off against crowded leveraged shorts around the key $40 support zone. A crypto whale controlling the address 0xEe0A18B394ecE1D7bE81Be15d6cEc3Ac7707b71C has withdrawn 72,264 HYPE from centralized exchange Gate.io,… …
Pi Network has confirmed it is an official sponsor of Consensus 2026 in Miami, with co-founders Nicolas Kokkalis and Chengdiao Fan each presenting at the event on May 7 and May 6 respectively, as the network simultaneously faces a mandatory… …
Coinbase has filed with the CFTC to activate Trade at Settlement for XRP futures on May 1, placing XRP alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, and crude oil as an asset institutional traders can execute at the official settlement price. Coinbase filed… …
BridgeTower Capital has officially deployed Chainlink’s full infrastructure stack to tokenize securities tied to the DOM X Arizona Copper-Gold Project, an $11 billion US natural resource initiative, in what the companies describe as live production infrastructure rather than a pilot.… …
Polymarket catapulted Waller’s Fed chair odds from 27% to 85% after reports the DOJ will drop its criminal probe into Jerome Powell, clearing a key Senate roadblock. Prediction markets have dramatically repriced the odds that Christopher Waller will become the… …
Robin Markets raised $475k to launch a staking product that turns Polymarket positions into yield, a targeted crypto VC bet in a funding cycle otherwise dominated by AI. Robin Markets has closed a $475,000 angel financing round led by Fabric… …
Little Pepe gains investor attention as presale nears final stages with over $28 million already raised. With time, the cryptocurrency industry is becoming more sophisticated, and therefore, there have been changes in the kinds of coins that traders seek to… …