Crypto wallets are being rebuilt for AI agents, Trust Wallet and Mesh executives say at Consensus Miami

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Crypto wallets are being rebuilt for AI agents, said executives from Trust Wallet and Mesh on Thursday, with companies racing to give autonomous software a way to hold value, prove identity and transact on-chain. Appearing at CoinDesk Miami, Arjun Mukherjee, chief technology officer at Mesh, said the shift is driven by…

Zondacrypto Hit With Investor Warning by Estonia Financial Regulator

Estonia’s Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority (FSA), the country’s financial regulator, issued an investor warning for BB Trade Estonia OÜ, the company that operates the Zondacrypto digital asset exchange. The FSA said the company did not have a white paper listed on its website for the “TeamPL” crypto token listed on the crypto exchange, a…

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Log 6th Straight Week of Net Inflows for First Time Since August

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have recorded a sixth consecutive week of net inflows, marking the longest such streak since August 2025. The current six-week run stretches from the week of April 2 through Friday, pulling in a combined $3.4 billion, according to data from SoSoValue. The strongest week came in mid-April, when inflows…

CLARITY Act sees ‘big step forward’ as markup set for May 14

The US CLARITY Act, which aims to provide the US crypto industry with greater regulatory clarity, is set to be voted on by the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday. On Friday, Senate Banking Committee chair Tim Scott confirmed the legislation will go to a vote on Thursday, triggering a strong reaction across the crypto industry,…

Judge clears path for Aave to move $71 million in ETH linked to North Korea hack

A Manhattan federal judge has cleared the way for Aave’s recovery effort to move forward after last month’s North Korea-linked rsETH exploit, allowing $71 million in frozen ether to be transferred out of Arbitrum while preserving North Korean terrorism victims’ legal claim on the funds. In a two-page order published late Friday U.S. time, Judge…

Bitcoin Rally Stalls At $80K But Bulls Anticipate A Pro-Crypto Fed Chair

Key takeaways: A weakening US dollar and higher government debt favor scarce assets, even as spot Bitcoin ETF outflows and low retail demand spark some concern. Traders expect Kevin Warsh to become Fed Chair, which could benefit Bitcoin. Bitcoin (BTC) stagnated near $80,000 on Friday following a rejection at $82,500. Traders grew anxious after US-listed…

Crypto Exchanges Pushed US Lawmakers to Bar Provision on Risky Tokens: Report

Earlier in 2026, as a digital asset market structure bill was under consideration in the US Senate, cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase, Kraken and Gemini reportedly pressed to remove language in the legislation that could have affected their token listings. According to a Friday Politico report, the three exchanges asked US lawmakers to scrap a provision in…

Swiss National Bank Bitcoin Reserve Push Fails as Campaign Falls Short

A campaign to require the Swiss National Bank to hold Bitcoin is set to lapse after failing to gather enough signatures to trigger a national referendum, Reuters reported. The initiative sought to amend Switzerland’s constitution to require the central bank to hold Bitcoin (BTC) alongside gold and foreign currency assets, but organizers said they collected…

Kelp DAO Fallout Pushes Solv, DeFi Protocols Toward Chainlink

Decentralized finance protocols are reevaluating their blockchain oracle providers’ security after the fallout from the $293 million Kelp DAO exploit last month. Several protocols have announced migrations to Chainlink infrastructure in recent days, citing security concerns around third-party oracle and bridge providers. On Thursday, Bitcoin DeFi platform Solv Protocol announced it would migrate to Chainlink’s…

AI agents fueled a frenzy of startup building at the Consensus Miami EasyA hackathon

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — At the EasyA Hackathon tucked inside Consensus Miami 2026, the energy felt less like a traditional crypto developer event and more like a live audition for the next generation of the intersection of blockchain and AI-native startups. Nearly 1,000 developers competed at the venue, some from established crypto ecosystems like Base…