BTC lenders say institutions want crypto credit to look more like TradFi

Bitcoin lenders may need to become more like traditional finance firms, not less, if they want institutional capital to keep flowing into the sector. At Consensus 2026 in Miami, Alexander Blume, founder and CEO of institutional bitcoin lender Two Prime, argued that the next stage of crypto credit growth will depend less on decentralized finance…

Stablecoin Industry Opposes Bank of England’s Unhosted Wallet Ban

As the UK considers options to attract and develop the crypto industry at home, the Bank of England (BOE) has put forward several proposals for how it might regulate stablecoins to mitigate perceived financial risks. These have included a ban on custodial wallets for stablecoin holdings. The UK crypto industry, from stablecoin issuers to Bitcoin…

Bitcoin Dominance Hits 61% as Altcoin Volumes Regain Momentum

Bitcoin dominance climbed to 61% on Wednesday, its highest level since November 2025. The metric has risen from 58.44% at the start of April, proving that the bullish trend continues to favor BTC over the wider crypto market. In the last two months, altcoin volumes on Binance also increased by 49%, while 12.6% of altcoins…

Bitcoin Tops $82K As Altcoins Push Through Key Resistance Levels

Key points: Bitcoin is expected to face selling at $84,000, but a shallow pullback increases the likelihood of an upside breakout. Several major altcoins are showing strength at lower levels, but the bears are expected to pose substantial challenges at the resistance level. Bitcoin (BTC) rallied above $82,800 on Wednesday, but bulls were unable to…

JPMorgan, Mastercard Make US Treasury Transfer on XRP Ledger

Wall Street bank JPMorgan and credit card giant Mastercard said they have completed the first cross-border, cross-bank redemption of a tokenized US Treasury fund, working with Ripple’s XRP Ledger and interbank settlement rails. The pilot transaction involved blockchain tokenization platform Ondo Finance redeeming the US Ondo Short-Term US Government Treasuries (OUSG) fund for Ripple on…

ETH Stuck Below $2.4K Despite Wider Crypto Market Recovery

Key takeaways: A sharp fifty percent drop in exchange activity and decentralized application revenue is stalling Ether price growth. Institutional investor interest in Ether remains under pressure as major holders like Bitmine face billions in unrealized losses.  Ether (ETH) has failed to sustain levels above $2,400 for the past three months, consistently lagging behind most…

US Senator Gillibrand says crypto market structure vote could happen by August

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said lawmakers working towards passage of a digital asset market structure bill likely need to meet three conditions before the chamber could vote on the legislation. Speaking at the Consensus conference in Miami on Wednesday, Gillibrand said she considered addressing consumer protection, illicit finance, and ethics provisions essential before any potential…

AI agents becoming more relevant than humans by 2035 has Big Tech ‘terrified’, says Hoskinson

AI agents will become more relevant than humans on the internet within the next decade, a shift already already forcing Google, Facebook and Amazon to react, said Charles Hoskinson. In his keynote at Consensus Miami 2026 on Wednesday, Hoskinson also said that “by 2035, the majority of searches, commerce and activity on the internet will…

Bubblemaps Flags Mystery Over 90-Wallet Launch Sniping Cluster

Blockchain analytics platform Bubblemaps said 90 newly funded wallets bought 90% of Mystery (MYSTERY) memecoin supply at launch, raising concerns about coordinated sniping. The wallets were all funded by wallet “0x544E,” which previously withdrew and distributed 20 Ether from crypto exchange Binance. After buying up 90% of the supply at launch, the wallet cluster sold…

Hut 8 Stock Surges Over 30% Following $9.8B Deal

Investors appeared to disregard Hut 8’s reported first quarter 2026 net loss of more than $253 million on Wednesday, lifting the shares of the Bitcoin mining company by more than 33%. Hut 8 attributed the loss to a reduction in the market value of its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, which fell from a high of over…