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Jerome Powell’s second term as Fed chair ended on May 15, 2026, and that immediately sharpened the Powell Fed Bitcoin outlook as traders weighed what a leadership handoff could mean for rates, liquidity, and risk assets. Powell is not leaving the Federal Reserve entirely, however. He will stay on in

Salesforce Anthropic token spend is moving from a headline number to something more revealing: a sign that AI is becoming a core operating cost inside major software companies. Marc Benioff said on the All-In podcast published Friday that Salesforce expects to spend $300 million on Anthropic

Intesa Sanpaolo crypto exposure jumped sharply in the first quarter of 2026, giving fresh weight to the idea that major banks are still finding new ways to build positions in digital assets through fund and trust structures. Italy’s largest bank lifted its crypto-related assets to about $235

Retail traders are increasingly using a TradingView bot setup to automate strategies developed on TradingView across crypto exchanges and brokerage platforms.
While TradingView is widely used for chart analysis and strategy testing, the platform itself does not directly execute trades on most excha

Community Bank, a regional institution operating in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, has recently admitted a cybersecurity incident linked to the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) application not authorized by the bank, used by an employee.
The bank disclosed the incident through

Yesterday the price of HYPE tokens was around $39.
Today it jumped above $45, but during the night it nearly touched $47.
This is a +20% move in less than 24 hours, followed by a small pullback
The trend of HYPE’s price
HYPE is the token of the HyperLiquid DEX
It landed on crypto markets less

Canaan was one of the earliest ASIC pioneers. Today, as the hardware market becomes more commoditized and you face competitors such as Bitmain and MicroBT, how do you defend your competitive edge?
Everyone can see the competitive landscape of this industry. History is important, of course, but

Markets remain defensive as capital waits for leadership. In this context, Shiba Inu today sits between a neutral daily backdrop and a bearish intraday lean, keeping price reactive while liquidity clusters around Bitcoin.
SHIB/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume.
Market co

A new Tether frozen USDT seizure fight is putting one of crypto’s biggest legal questions before a Manhattan federal judge: when a stablecoin issuer freezes sanctioned tokens, can a court force those assets to be redirected to victims holding terrorism judgments?
That is now the request in the

Markets trade with Bitcoin price today hovering near $80.6k as a heavy ceiling around $83k tempers momentum.
BTC/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume.
Thesis — What matters right now
The price of Bitcoin today is orbiting $80.6k, grinding just under a thick ceiling near $8

Stellantis Stock stabilizes near its daily pivot as short-term momentum firms, yet the broader trend remains capped below the 200-day baseline. The setup is neutral with a slight upward tilt, while a recent downgrade and Chinese EV pressure keep rallies in STLA constrained.
STLA — daily chart with

Apple Stock remains in a firm daily uptrend just beneath the $300 handle, while hourly momentum cools. The daily bias is still bullish; however, near‑term conditions argue for a pause or shallow pullback before any decisive breakout.
AAPL — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume.
Ap

The Bank of England stablecoin rules are heading for a rethink after months of pushback from crypto and payments groups, with senior officials now suggesting the original framework may have been too tough to work in practice. The shift matters because it points to a UK central bank that is trying to

Yesterday a new bearish signal emerged regarding the price of Ethereum.
This is the TD Sequential indicator, which in the past seems to have been accurate in predicting ETH trends.
However, a single signal might not be enough to actually trigger a bearish phase.
The TD Sequential
The TD Sequenti

Alphabet Stock extends its climb with the primary uptrend intact above $400, yet daily overbought signals argue for measured follow‑through and acceptance over nearby resistance rather than another vertical burst.
GOOGL — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume.
Alphabet Stock

BNB Smart Chain post-quantum planning is no longer a theoretical security exercise. BNB Chain has published a technical report mapping how BNB Smart Chain could migrate toward post-quantum cryptography, and the early results point to a blunt trade-off: stronger cryptography comes with much heavier d

Babylon Bitcoin staking has hit a new milestone, reaching $4 billion in total value locked just one year after launch and giving fresh momentum to a long-running crypto goal: making Bitcoin useful in DeFi without asking holders to leave the Bitcoin network behind.
That number matters because Babylo

Anthropic funding round valuation has suddenly become one of the biggest stories in AI finance. The company has agreed terms on a $30 billion funding round that implies a roughly $900 billion valuation, a stunning jump that would put it ahead of OpenAI’s most recent valuation of about $852 billion.

A fresh TRUMP token price drop followed what should have calmed investors: confirmation that Trump Mobile’s delayed T1 smartphone is finally close to shipping. Instead of lifting sentiment, the update appeared to deepen market doubts, pushing the token down about 5% after the company said the

Crypto-powered prediction platforms are moving into pop culture, and Polymarket is at the center of a new wave of speculative entertainment betting.
How Polymarket turns TV plotlines into prediction markets
Polymarket operates as a crypto-enabled prediction platform where users trade on the