Raw News Items
97 itemsMay 4, 2026
- Cointelegraph
World Liberty sues Justin Sun for defamation in WLFI dispute
World Liberty Financial claimed Sun engaged in defamatory tactics and prohibited token transfers, including shorting the WLFI token and conducting straw sales on behalf of others.
- Cointelegraph
Bitcoin turns risk on as stocks hit new highs and miner profits rise: Is $85K BTC next?
Bitcoin’s recent rally to $80,000 amid improving BTC miner and options markets metrics could create a clear path to $85,000.
- CointelegraphScore: 90
Bitcoin climbs past $80K for the first time since January
Bitcoin soared as the MSCI AC Asia Index rose to a new high on Monday, an early indicator that investors viewed the weekend developments in a reasonably positive light.
- CoinDeskScore: 90
Kraken parent Payward closes $550 million Bitnomial deal, securing full CFTC derivatives stack
The deal gives Payward a full CFTC-regulated derivatives stack in the U.S.
- DecryptScore: 90
Morning Minute: Bitcoin Clears $80K, Reverses on Iran Missile Strike
Bitcoin rallied above $80,000 overnight before selling off on reports of a U.S. warship struck by Iranian missiles. Plus, Clarity Act odds spiked after a new compromise on stablecoin yield.
- CointelegraphScore: 90
SEC delays prediction market ETFs over mechanics and risk concerns: Report
The regulator reportedly requested more information from Roundhill, GraniteShares and Bitwise about how the event contract funds would work.
- DecryptScore: 90
DTCC Reveals Launch Plans for Tokenization Service With Wall Street Giants Onboard
DTCC, the infrastructure giant managing $114 trillion in securities, will begin tokenizing Russell 1000 stocks and Treasuries.
- CoinDeskScore: 90
Wall Street giant DTCC plans tokenized securities platform with July pilot, October launch
Clearing giant's move toward live tokenization market adds weight to Wall Street's blockchain push.
- The BlockScore: 90
Bitcoin rises past $80,000, breaking ‘major’ psychological resistance zone
Trump said the US will guide stranded ships through the Strait of Hormuz, while an Iranian official warned that this could violate ceasefire.
- The BlockScore: 85
Kraken parent Payward completes Bitnomial acquisition, unlocking US crypto derivatives offering
With the deal closed, Payward now holds a full suite of U.S. derivatives licenses issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Bitcoin bulls set sights on $90,000 this week after briefly reclaiming $80,000
Bitcoin briefly reclaimed the $80,000 psychological level during early Asian trading hours on May 4, the first time since February, amid its quiet upward march in recent weeks. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the top crypto touched an intraday high of $80,529 before slipping back toward $79,621 as...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
GameStop makes $55.5B offer to buy eBay in surprise takeover bid
GameStop proposes a $55.5 billion cash-and-stock takeover of eBay, disclosing a 5% stake and says CEO Ryan Cohen would lead the combined company.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
CLARITY Act markup could come next week after stablecoin deal breakthrough
The CLARITY Act is moving toward its next procedural test after Senate negotiators released compromise language on stablecoin rewards last week, raising expectations that the Senate Banking Committee could take up the measure as soon as the week of May 11. Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digi...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Bitcoin price eyes $96K as institutions absorb 500% of daily BTC supply
In past instances, BTC has averaged 24% gains in one month when institutional demand absorbed over 500% of the daily mined supply.
- The BlockScore: 85
FINRA green lights Securitize for tokenized IPO underwriting and custody
Securitize is the first firm to receive FINRA approval to custody tokenized securities and underwrite onchain IPOs and secondary offerings.
- The BlockScore: 85
Crypto VC Haun Ventures raises $1 billion for funds investing in blockchain and AI
Last year, Haun Ventures was reportedly seeking to raise $1 billion to launch two new crypto-focused funds.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
How one trader used morse code to trick Grok into sending them billions of crypto tokens from its verified wallet
Tagging @grok in an X post plus a few dots and dashes was all that was needed last night for a bad actor to pickpocket a verified crypto wallet without ever touching the private keys. Agentic token launchpad, Bankrbot reported on May 4 that it had sent 3 billion DRB on Base to the recipient 0xe8e47....
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Bitcoin bounces around $80K as Iran strike unsettles crypto, risk assets
Bitcoin faced new volatility and a new struggle to reclaim $80,000 as Iran events added pressure to crypto and risk assets.
- DecryptScore: 85
Aave Fights to Unfreeze $71 Million as Kelp DAO Hack Spills Into Court
A federal case over frozen crypto could determine whether DeFi recovery funds can be seized to satisfy unrelated judgments.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
DTCC eyes October tokenized securities launch with 50 DeFi and TradFi giants
With $114 trillion in custodied liquid assets, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation looks to position tokenization as future of existing financial system.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitcoin reclaims $80,000 as flows build, but traders hedge and doubt a breakout
Strong ETF inflows and rising leverage are lifting prices, yet CryptoQuant data shows weak spot demand and Polymarket odds put just a 23% chance on $90,000 this month.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Iran missile report sends bitcoin back to $79,000, with ETH, SOL, DOGE sharply lower
The largest crypto reversed sharply from a $80,594 high after Iran's Fars news agency claimed two missiles hit a U.S. warship, with oil spiking 5% before the U.S. denied the report.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Bitcoin in ‘disbelief rally’ as traders spot $84K BTC price target
Bitcoin’s rally on Monday pushed it above $80,000 for the first time since January as analysts say BTC price could rise further to fill the futures gap at $84,000 in the short term.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Tom Lee says 'crypto spring' started as largest Ethereum treasury buys $238 million in ether
Bitmine's latest ETH purchase comes as Lee cited progress on digital asset regulation CLARITY Act as a key catalyst for crypto markets.
- DecryptScore: 80
SEC Delays Rollout of ETFs Tied to Prediction Markets: Reuters
The SEC extended its review period for ETFs that would have tracked prediction market odds on political races and economic indicators.
- DecryptScore: 80
BitMine Buys $240 Million in Ethereum as Tom Lee Heralds Arrival of 'Crypto Spring'
Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion Technologies made its third straight weekly Ethereum buy above 100K ETH as the coin continues rising.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Circle, Coinbase lead crypto stocks rally amid Clarity Act progress, bitcoin hitting $80,000
The market is starting to price in potential winners as stablecoin yield compromise opens path for passing key U.S. digital asset regulation, one analyst said.
- DecryptScore: 80
Haun Ventures Raises $1 Billion Fund for the Intersection of Crypto and AI Agents
Katie Haun’s venture firm closes a $1 billion fund to target crypto infrastructure and systems for AI agents to transact autonomously.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
US law firm attempts to block transfer of frozen ETH from Kelp exploit
Gerstein Harrow has filed similar cases in the past, arguing its clients have a claim to funds stolen by the DPRK and frozen by crypto firms.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Crypto bears got it wrong again, losing $300 million in liquidations
Bitcoin's move to $80,000 caught bears on the wrong side of the market again, leading to large short liquidations.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
BTC price can 'easily' hit $95K: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin gained fresh bullish BTC price targets after hitting new three-month highs above $80,000.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Kraken's parent company Payward alleges $25 million crypto custody fraud in lawsuit against Etana and firm's CEO
The crypto exchange claims client funds were misused, commingled and concealed in a “Ponzi-like” scheme that unraveled amid a liquidity crisis.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Binance is launching a withdrawal lock to help deter crypto wrench attacks
The lock is meant to protect users from being forced into withdrawing their funds, though it's an internal policy and not a cryptographic lock.
- The BlockScore: 75
BitMine adds 101,745 ETH for $238 million in third straight weekly buy above 100,000 tokens
BitMine Immersion's latest weekly buy pushes total ether holdings to 5.18 million tokens worth around $12.1 billion.
- DecryptScore: 75
Strategy Skips Bitcoin Buy as BTC Hits $80K for First Time Since January
Bitcoin just hit its highest price in months, right as $65 billion treasury firm Strategy took a rare week off from BTC accumulation.
- The BlockScore: 75
SEC pumps the brakes on prediction market ETFs set to debut this week: Reuters
The prediction market ETFs covered U.S. election outcomes, layoffs in the tech sector and the liklihood of a recession.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Shopify and National Bank of Canada are among backers of a new digital currency built to settle trades 24/7
Tetra Trust's new stablecoin, CADD, is aimed at institutional use for 24/7 cross-border settlement, real-time corporate treasury, and direct fintech transfers, replacing legacy batch systems.
- DecryptScore: 75
Western Union Launches USDPT Stablecoin on Solana via Anchorage Digital
Remittance giant Western Union’s USDPT token will power cross-border payments and a consumer spending product launching in 40+ countries.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
If GameStop buys eBay, Bitcoin payments could suddenly have a 135M-buyer marketplace test case
GameStop's unsolicited $55.5 billion bid for eBay could give the video game retailer a far larger e-commerce platform, a broader resale network, and a potential opening to test whether Bitcoin can move beyond corporate treasuries into consumer payments. On May 4, GameStop offered $125 a share for eB...
- The BlockScore: 75
Aave fights court-ordered $73 million ETH freeze, argues ‘a thief does not own what he steals’
Aave LLC filed an emergency motion in federal court seeking to lift an order that froze ether tied to last month's Kelp DAO exploit.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin short-term cost basis approaches profitability, but $80K must flip to support first
Crypto markets turned euphoric as BTC traded above $80,000, but a rally through short-term holders’ cost basis is needed to cement the bull trend.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Coinbase boosts Solana trading with DFlow integration
Coinbase adding DFlow as its primary router will mean eight times less trade failures.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin’s $80k reclaim is starting to look like a momentary Asia-led AI trade in disguise
Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000 on May 4, and the move landed as Asian equities pushed toward records on the AI trade, with Korea and Taiwan leading the advance and Nasdaq 100 futures also pointing higher. The timing creates a portfolio problem for ordinary holders. Bitcoin now reacts differently at diffe...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Laywer pops up on Arbitrum DAO forums seeking funds for victims of decades-old North Korean terrorist acts
Families holding decades-old judgments against North Korea are trying to seize 30,765 ETH frozen after last month’s rsETH exploit, citing alleged links between the attack and DPRK-linked hacking groups such as Lazarus, and invoking a New York restraining notice that could block Arbitrum from releasi...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
South Korea crypto sector warns AML proposal goes too far: Report
Crypto industry body DAXA said the proposed rules could push suspicious transaction reports from South Korea’s five largest exchanges to more than 5.4 million a year, Yonhap reported.
- The BlockScore: 70
Stablecoin startup Rain joins Mastercard as a Principal Member
Rain, which was valued at $1.95 billion during a Series C round announced in January, has an existing relationship with card issuer Visa.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Hut 8 refinances Bitcoin-backed loan with $200M FalconX deal
The Bitcoin miner said the FalconX facility lowers its fixed interest rate to 7% and releases about 3,300 BTC from collateral restrictions.
- The BlockScore: 70
DTC to begin tokenized asset rollout in July ahead of full launch as it gets feedback from BlackRock, Circle and others
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation will roll out its tokenization service as it gathers feedback from firms like BlackRock to Circle.
- The BlockScore: 70
Coinbase-incubated Base network adopts Succinct’s zero-knowledge tech
Base, launched as an optimistic rollup, is hybridizing its tech stack with Succinct's SP1 zero-knowledge virtual machine.
- The BlockScore: 70
South Korea’s largest crypto exchange Upbit launches Ethereum blockchain with Optimism Foundation support
Upbit is the Optimism Foundation's first client on its "self-managed" enterprise tier, giving it control over its core rollup architecture.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
GameStop's $55.5 billion eBay takeover bid puts its $368 million bitcoin stash in the crosshairs
The video game retailer’s proposed acquisition plan revives question on whether its $368 million bitcoin stash could be sold to fund the expansion.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Dogecoin jumps 4% to lead gains among majors as bitcoin zooms higher
Sharp volume spike drives breakout through resistance, with price now testing whether the level flips to support.
- The BlockScore: 65
Western Union launches USDPT stablecoin issued by Anchorage on Solana
Western Union launched a dollar stablecoin on Solana for 24/7 settlement across 200+ countries, the company said Monday.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
K Wave Media abandons Bitcoin treasury push for AI infrastructure
K Wave Media is redirecting up to $485 million from a Bitcoin treasury strategy into AI infrastructure, alongside debt reduction and restructuring, per a Form 6-K filing.
- DecryptScore: 65
Banks Stay Tight-Lipped as Senators Reveal Proposed Clarity Act Stablecoin Deal
Senators unveiled a Clarity Act compromise on the subject of stablecoin rewards. Crypto seems happy enough, but what about the banks?
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Tether Gold tops $3.3B as demand for bullion-backed tokens rises
Tether’s XAUt tops $3.3 billion as gold reserves reach 154 tons, with demand rising amid geopolitical tensions and shifting expectations for Federal Reserve policy.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Morgan Stanley's Oldenburg: Bitcoin on U.S. bank balance sheets is coming, just not yet
Morgan Stanley launched the first bank-issued Bitcoin ETP, but Amy Oldenburg said advisors, regulators and balance sheets still have a long way to go.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
XRP zooms above $1.40 on rising volume, putting focus on further breakout
Sharp volume surge drives move through $1.40, meaning traders may now watch whether the level holds as support.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
CFTC sees mixed responses to prediction market rulemaking
The CFTC received more than 1,500 responses to its prediction market rulemaking proposal, with respondents divided on how it should police the platforms.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Recovery in bitcoin ETF inflows is real. It is just not complete yet.
While ETF inflows have resumed, the recovery has yet to match last fall’s peak.
- The BlockScore: 60
North Korea blames ‘reptile media’ over reports of crypto theft
North Korea rejected U.S. cybercrime claims as 'absurd slander,' blaming media as crypto theft attributed to the country exceeded $6 billion.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Capital B raises $1.3M from Adam Back for Bitcoin strategy
The Blockstream CEO subscribed to 10 million warrants as Capital B pushes ahead with its Bitcoin treasury strategy.
- The BlockScore: 60
SOL Strategies to acquire cross-chain swap aggregator Houdini for $18 million
The acquisition is expected to create a new revenue stream and make SOL Strategies less reliant on market cycles.
- The BlockScore: 60
Bitcoin scaling layer Citrea rolls out CTR token and dual treasury model
Only xCTR used for voting will earn additional liquidity emissions, while staked CTR that is inactive will only earn unstaking penalty fees.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Trump’s World Liberty Finance (WLFI) sues Tron’s Justin Sun – Everything we know so far
World Liberty Financial (WLFI) opened a legal counteroffensive against Justin Sun, accusing one of crypto’s most prominent billionaires of defamation after he sued the Trump-linked venture over frozen WLFI tokens that he says were once worth more than $1 billion. The lawsuit, filed in Florida state ...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Ethereum holders are back in profit as ETH price chart targets $3K
Ethereum investors are no longer in the red, increasing the chances of a rally to $3,000, but resistance at $2,800 may delay recovery.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Hut 8 swaps Coinbase loan for cheaper FalconX deal, slashing borrowing costs as it bets big on AI
A new $200 million, 364-day bitcoin-backed facility replaces the Coinbase Credit arrangement, cutting debt costs by 200 basis points.
- DecryptScore: 60
K-Pop Firm's Stock Plunges as It Dumps Bitcoin Treasury Plan for AI Pivot
K Wave Media is shifting $485 million in funding from its Bitcoin treasury strategy towards an AI infrastructure play.
- The BlockScore: 60
SC Ventures named first external shareholder of GSR following strategic investment
The move deepens a relationship between the firms struck when GSR invested in the SC Ventures-backed tokenization platform Libeara.
- The BlockScore: 60
Michael Saylor’s Strategy pauses weekly bitcoin purchases ahead of Q1 earnings release
Strategy's Q1 earnings report is set to release on Tuesday, with Wall Street expecting a $18.98 loss per share.
- The BlockScore: 60
The Funding: How DeFi hacks could hit crypto funds
DeFi’s latest hack wave is likely to add pressure on liquid and yield-focused crypto funds already navigating a tough market.
- The BlockScore: 55
Kraken’s parent company alleges custodian Etana misappropriated $25 million
Etana is accused of operating a "Ponzi-like enterprise" the resulted in using capital to fund expenses and risky investments.
- CointelegraphScore: 55
Prediction markets entering institutional era after first block trade — Bernstein
Institutional investors are entering prediction markets as block trades, custom contracts and US regulatory shifts reshape a sector still dominated by retail users.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Strategy pauses bitcoin buys before Tuesday earnings
Michael Saylor says the company will resume purchases next week, but the pause lands as analysts focus on losses and the growing complexity of Strategy’s preferred-stock funding machine.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin stalls near $80,000. Stocks and ETF inflows still point to a breakout.
Your day-ahead look for May 4, 2026
- DecryptScore: 50
Trump Family’s World Liberty Claims in Lawsuit That Justin Sun Shorted WLFI, Crashed Price
The defamation suit comes days after Justin Sun filed his own lawsuit against the Trump family’s crypto firm, claiming rampant misconduct.
- DecryptScore: 50
Texas Residents Sue MARA Holdings Over Bitcoin Mining Noise
The new lawsuit targets MARA’s Granbury site as cryptocurrency mining companies pivot to providing AI infrastructure.
- The BlockScore: 50
Exodus payments pivot hits ‘critical threshold,’ opens new revenue streams: Benchmark
Payments infrastructure from Exodus' W3C deal could see revenue move from crypto swaps into more recurring income streams.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Veteran trader Peter Brandt sees bitcoin hitting $250,000, but only after a bottom later this year
Veteran trader Peter Brandt sees bitcoin rallying to $250,000 in 2029, but only after the market finishes a long drawn-out bottoming process that could last into September 2026.
- CoinDeskScore: 45
Trump-affiliated World Liberty sues Justin Sun for 'defamation' after Tron creator's lawsuit
World Liberty alleged that Sun engaged in short-selling, straw purchases and defamation.
- The BlockScore: 40
‘Meritless PR stunt’: Justin Sun downplays Trump-backed WLFI defamation countersuit as frozen token dispute escalates
World Liberty Financial has countersued Justin Sun for defamation over $240 million in frozen WLFI tokens after Sun's initial complaint.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
The government should promote innovation, not punish it
District Attorney of Sacramento County, Ho argues that ambiguous rules and enforcement practices, such as those for crypto, lead to confusion, rather than seeking clarity in the law to further growth.
- The BlockScore: 40
Binance adds protection against physical threats as problems with crypto wrench attacks persist
Blockchain analytics firm CertiK said this February that attacks using physical threats to steal crypto rose 75% in 2025.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Price predictions 5/4: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, HYPE, ADA
Bitcoin has broken above the $79,500 level, backed by solid buying by institutional investors. Will the altcoins also follow?
- DecryptScore: 40
DeepClaude Lets You Run Claude Code With DeepSeek's Brain for 17x Cheaper
A new open-source script swaps Claude Code's expensive Anthropic backend for DeepSeek V4 Pro, OpenRouter, or Fireworks AI—keeping the agent loop, slashing the bill.
- DecryptScore: 40
Someone Built an Open-Source 'Theoretical Mythos' to Reverse-Engineer Anthropic's Most Dangerous AI
OpenMythos is a from-scratch attempt to reconstruct the architecture behind Claude Mythos, the cyber-capable model Anthropic refuses to release. It's speculation in code form.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Stablecoin firms have a $112B opportunity in LATAM remittance outside of US-Mexico: Bybit
The US-to-Mexico remittance corridor, while still the largest, shrank 4.5% in 2025 as other Latin American corridors grew.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Jobs data, earnings calls: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting May 4.
- DecryptScore: 30
GameStop Makes $55.5 Billion Offer to Acquire eBay
GameStop has built a 5% stake in eBay and proposed to fund the deal with cash on hand plus third-party financing.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
ZIGChain Summit 2026 marks a defining moment for onchain finance as ecosystem unites around execution, partnerships
ZIGChain, the blockchain built to bring regulated investment products onchain for everyday users, today reflected on its second annual ZIGChain Summit, a defining gathering for the future of onchain finance, held on 28 April at the The Meydan Hotel, Dubai.
- DecryptScore: 30
Colorado Lawmakers Move to Replace Contentious AI Law With New Rules
A new proposed bill aims to ease industry pressure while preserving safeguards for consumers.
- CoinDeskScore: 25
CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bittensor (TAO) jumps 4.1% over the weekend
Chainlink (LINK), up 2.7% since Friday, was also a top performer.
- DecryptScore: 25
US Government Says China's Best AI Models Lag Behind. Experts Aren't So Sure
NIST's CAISI evaluated DeepSeek V4 Pro using private benchmarks and a cost-comparison filter that excluded every US model except GPT-5.4 mini. Critics call the methodology convenient.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
‘Stablecoins’ are an outdated term from crypto’s early years: a16z Crypto
John Palmer, a developer and brand adviser, said it "feels like a bug" to call them stablecoins and that they should have a self-defined and non-reactionary name.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
A beginner’s guide to stablecoins
From pegs to reserves to regulation, here's what you need to know ahead of Consensus Miami 2026.
- DecryptScore: 20
'This Is Fine' Creator Says AI Startup Stole His Meme for Subway Ads
KC Green, who drew the iconic burning-dog comic in 2013, says Artisan used his artwork in a paid ad campaign without his knowledge—and told followers to vandalize it on sight.
- CoinDeskScore: 10
A beginner’s guide to AI
Brush up on the basics, from agentic to generative, before Consensus Miami 2026.