Binance founder CZ blames crypto's sour 2026 on mix of AI, global tension, 4-year cycle
There is no single cause for the crypto market's 50% decline over the past year, the Binance founder told CoinDesk. Source:CoinDesk
Ripple CEO stays bullish on bitcoin but says Saylor's strategy has hurt crypto
Ripple's Brad Garlinghouse called Strategy's preferredstock funding model "financial engineering" that distracted the market, pointing to STRC's slide to a…
US senators urge CFTC probe Polymarket over ‘deceptive marketing’
Senators John Curtis and Adam Schiff are concerned about the CFTC’s enforcement ability after a “troubling” report on Polymarket’s advertising.…
ServiceNow, Salesforce and other software stocks surge as the OpenAI threat weakens
Oracle’s stock missed out on the broader software rally, as the company is tied to OpenAI’s success through its cloudinfrastructure business. Source:MarketWatch
Tech stocks just had one of their worst weeks in a year. Here’s how AI momentum went off the rails.
It one of the worst weeks for tech stocks of the year, and Wall Street spent much of it confronting a question it had been too euphoric to ask: what exactly…
SpaceX’s new bonds are flashing a warning sign, as investors pump the brakes on AI frenzy
Elon Musk’s company made a splash earlier this week with a $25 billion bond deal, less than two weeks after it raised tens of billions of dollars in cash.…
Iran’s ship attack tests the shipping-insurance market just as war-risk premiums had plunged
Warrisk premiums narrowed considerably in recent days but could increase again. Source:MarketWatch
Aave, Solana ecosystem tokens lead crypto rebound as bitcoin steadies near $60,000
Tokenized stock trading fueled fresh momentum across the Solana ecosystem, while Aave founder hinted at token buybacks coming under new framework.…
U.S. House Democrat, who may soon run key committee, condemns crypto in 401(k)s
Maxine Waters, the ranking Democrat on House Financial Services, asked the chief of the Department of Labor to withdraw its proposal on alternative assets.…
Spain regulator rules out extension for non-MiCA compliant crypto companies
Carlos San Basilio said that “there will be no exceptions or extensions” to the MiCA deadline requiring crypto exchanges offering services to EUbased users to…
Former Ethereum Foundation leader warns of funding gap as governance shifts
A former Ethereum Foundation member says the network must quickly build new funding institutions as the Foundation steps back. Source:CoinDesk
Virtuals' Jansen Teng says AI agents are evolving into autonomous economic actors
The next phase of AI agents may be less about chat and more about earning, spending and coordinating. Source:CoinDesk