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The great derivatives disconnect: Why 'negative' funding is actually a bullish signal for Bitcoin
Bitcoin funding rates are flashing one of the most bearish positioning signals in years, even as spot prices keep grinding higher.

Funding rates have been running near minus 4% annualized, James Aitchison, founder and CIO of Caerus Global, said during a panel at Consensus Miami 2026. That means longs are being paid to hold exposure, a rare setup that points to heavy short positioning.

“The longs are getting paid, which is quite a rarity,” Aitchison said. “On a 30-day basis, the lowest it has been this decade.”

The setup mirrors a broader derivatives disconnect. Bitcoin funding rates hit their most negative levels since 2023 in April, even as BTC pushed through $75,000 at the time. Aitchison said similar conditions have historically preceded positive returns over 30- to 365-day periods.
Bitcoin has rebounded from roughly $60,000 to the low $80,000s at the of writing. The move has forced traders to reassess whether old crypto-native signals still work in a market increasingly shaped by ETFs, basis trades and Wall Street distribution.

Spot bitcoin ETF demand has held through the drawdown. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $1.6 billion so far this month, even as short-term holders sold.

That resilience has made ETF holders central to the current market structure. Dan Blackmore, chief commercial officer at Glassnode, said bitcoin is moving into a new regime as volatility falls and allocations become more strategic.

“We’re witnessing the early innings of the Wall Street machine and its impact on the crypto market,” Backmore said.
Options are accelerating that shift. IBIT options open interest topped Deribit in April, pointing to a migration of bitcoin derivatives activity into regulated U.S. venues. Morgan Stanley’s bitcoin ETF opened just last




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The Sandbox has been one of the biggest names in the blockchain gaming space for a while now, largely because of its focus on player ownership. Instead of following a traditional game structure, it op

The Sandbox has been one of the biggest names in the blockchain gaming space for a while now, largely because of its focus on player ownership. Instead of following a traditional game structure, it operates more like a virtual world where players can buy LAND NFTs, build experiences on them, and monetize what they create. Some users treat it like a game, while others approach it more like digital real estate or a creative platform. Over time, virtual land inside The Sandbox has become valuable largely because of the platform’s growing ecosystem and its partnerships with brands, celebrities, and entertainment companies.

A big part of the game’s appeal comes from its creator-focused economy. Players can use tools like VoxEdit and Game Maker to design their own assets, mini-games, and interactive experiences without needing advanced development skills. Those creations can then be sold or monetized within the platform using the SAND token, which also powers marketplace transactions, staking, and governance features. While the metaverse hype surrounding projects like The Sandbox has cooled compared to its peak years, the platform still remains one of the more active examples of user-generated economies inside blockchain gaming.



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Why Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab Are Racing Into Crypto — and What They See AheadThe crypto world regarded Wall Street with a mixture of disdain and distrust. The banks were the enemy, the very system Bitcoin was created to dismantle. Today, that old boundary has evaporated. Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab, two giants that together manage over $15 trillion in client assets, haven’t just entered the crypto market — they have declared a war of prices, technology, and strategic vision that could redefine what we mean by “finance” in less than a decade.


And the most unsettling — or fascinating, depending on your perspective — part is that they don’t seem interested in coexisting with Coinbase or Robinhood; they want to make them irrelevant.

The loudest signal of this offensive is price. In early May 2026, Morgan Stanley lit the fuse by launching Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana trading on its E*Trade platform at a fee of 50 basis points per transaction. For anyone who has ever paid fees on a crypto-native exchange, that figure is a direct shot at the industry’s waterline. 

Robinhood charges up to 95 basis points for its entry-level service; Coinbase starts at 60; Schwab itself had set its spot crypto offering at 75 basis points. The move is as obvious as it is brutal: Morgan Stanley, with 8.6 million E*Trade clients alone, wants the retail investor to associate crypto with minimal fees and a familiar interface. This is not a temporary promotion; it is a statement of intent. 

If it can sell you Bitcoin for cheaper than a crypto-native exchange while showing you your stocks, your bonds, and your mortgage on the same screen, what possible reason does the average investor have to keep a separate account at Coinbase?

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BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouHTX Community April Creation ContestMEGA: Real-Time Execution Layer for EthereumA major event in the fintech industry this week was the completion of the first-ever 

A major event in the fintech industry this week was the completion of the first-ever cross-border redemption of tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds (OUSG). The technological stack involving Ondo, Ripple, JPMorgan and Mastercard enabled settlement in less than 5 seconds; however, for investors the aftermath was not the transaction speed, but the divergence in token performance among the participants. Advertisement Technically, the project became a triumph for XRP Ledger as Ripple redeemed its assets using Ondo smart contracts and payment gateways operated by major banks. The transaction was executed outside traditional banking hours, proving that tokenized liquidity can move instantly 24/7.But Santiment data reveals the market's cold calculation. HOT Stories 'Kind of Sad': Ripple's Schwartz Hesitates to Share Bullish Crypto Views Zcash (ZEC) Is Crypto's Number One, Toncoin (TON) Dwarfs Solana (SOL), XRP Finally Breaks Key Resistance, but What's Early: Crypto Market Review How XRP trailed ONDO in market reactionONDO surged 29% over the week, gaining another 8% immediately after the announcement, while its price reached $0.348 amid strong accumulation. At the same time, XRP posted a modest 2.5% increase to $1.41 and essentially stood still while millions of dollars moved through its network. Advertisement XRP and ONDO price reaction after XRPL pilot announcement, Source: SantimentResembling the pattern previously seen in the TON ecosystem, the market is no longer investing in the "rails" - the base networks themselves - based on expectations of future mass adoption, states Santiment. Instead, capital is flowing into specific protocols that generate value on top of those networks. You Might Also Like Wed, 05/06/2026 - 18:45 Wall Street Eyes XRP Ledger ByAlex Dovbnya In this transaction, Ondo Finance acted as the issuer of the yield-generating asset and the 

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A lot of blockchain games struggle to balance gameplay with the earning side of things, but Big Time does a fairly decent job of keeping the actual game experience front and center. The MMORPG mixes h

A lot of blockchain games struggle to balance gameplay with the earning side of things, but Big Time does a fairly decent job of keeping the actual game experience front and center. The MMORPG mixes hack-and-slash combat with dungeon raids, crafting, and loot collection, while still giving players ways to earn through BIGTIME tokens and cosmetic NFT drops. More importantly, it avoids turning progress into a spending contest, since most of the NFT economy revolves around cosmetic items rather than pay-to-win upgrades.

The game also lowers the barrier for players who are curious about NFT gaming but don’t necessarily want to invest money up front. Since it’s free to play, people can jump in normally and decide later whether they want to participate in the marketplace side of the game. SPACE NFTs act like virtual real estate where players can craft items or operate shops, creating a more community-driven economy around trading. With frequent events, seasonal content, and new collectibles added over time, Big Time feels more active than many projects that lose momentum after launch.



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HTX Community April Creation ContestHTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits You Alchemy Chain mainnet is live. Alchemy Pay just launched a payments-first Layer 1 

Alchemy Chain mainnet is live. Alchemy Pay just launched a payments-first Layer 1 designed specifically for real-world stablecoin transactions. It’s positioned as the first globally compliant stablecoin payment network, with a dual regulatory framework covering the EU and Hong Kong.The next phase begins.#AlchemyChain mainnet is live, a payments-first L1 designed for real-world stablecoin transactions, being the first globally compliant stablecoin payment network with dual framework in EU and HK.Most Layer-1s try to fix everything for everyone. Alchemy Chain picks a single feature and optimizes. The chain is built specifically for payments, which means the design choices serve stablecoin transactions rather than general-purpose smart contracts or DeFi composability.

That focus shows up in the user experience. Fees are predictable. Settlement is fast. The infrastructure is designed for the kind of transaction volume that real-world payments produce, not the speculative bursts that dominate most chain activity.

Alchemy Chain currently runs two networks. The testnet is available for development, debugging, and integration testing.

The mainnet is also live and ready for production use. That dual availability matters because it means developers can build and test without disrupting live transactions, while production deployments can move to mainnet when ready.

The chain uses a single-token fee settlement model. $ACH is the only token users need to pay for gas. They don’t have to hold a separate native coin or swap into anything else just to transact.

That simplification removes a real friction point. On most chains, users have to acquire and hold the native gas token even if they never want to use it for anything else. Alchemy Chain eliminates that requirement by using $ACH for everything. One token. Less complexity. Better user experience.

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BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouMAGNE.AI and MarsCat Partner to Build a Complete Privacy Stack for Web3 The use of Web 3 has always been about a promise of privacy, with some apps and dApps still h

MAGNE.AI and MarsCat Partner to Build a Complete Privacy Stack for Web3
The use of Web 3 has always been about a promise of privacy, with some apps and dApps still having at least some dependency upon centralized servers, centralized clouds, or third-party data. On May 7th, 2026, MAGNE.AI announced a collaboration with MarsCat whereby they are creating an “end-to-end” privacy layer where MarsCat manages the infrastructure for the network and MAGNE.AI constructs devices that are secured upon that network.

What Each Side Brings to the Table

MarsCat is a distributed connection network and a decentralized Web3 application engine that allows decentralized applications to function in a privacy-first, serverless manner with no dependency on centralized servers. This ensures secure communication, using decentralized peer to peer networks to eliminate the need for a central data relay/notification and therefore allow peers to communicate directly with each other.

The use of encryption and temporary data storage through RelayX will improve the reliability of communication. The RelayX project is backed by an investment of $3 million from Animoca Brands, Cogitent Ventures and Cryptogram Venture (CGV), giving it both financial legitimacy and a solid institutional network to grow.

MAGNE.AI has shifted to the hardware solution side to solve similar issues that other firms are working on with software. The US-based technology firm is focused on integrating hardware-level encryption security technologies, on-device AI and Web3-based protocols to provide mobile-centric digital identity, asset protection and secure decentralized engagement.

In MAGNE’s design philosophy, the device itself is part of their security model. Private keys are generated and kept within a certified secure hardware, while sensitive operations also occur within a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). Additionally, the MHash Layer-2 is built upon the OP Stack, which is a 

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HTX Community April Creation ContestHTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits You The market for real world assets (RWAs) is really taking off now that big investor

The market for real world assets (RWAs) is really taking off now that big investors are getting involved. CoinGecko latest report shows that tokenized real world assets are worth $19.3 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2026. It is one of the most impressive growth stages for blockchain financial products, marking a significant surge.

INSIGHT: RWAs have more than tripled in market cap since 2025 — hitting $19.3B by the end of Q1 2026.

While only 6.4% compared to the size of stablecoins, RWAs growth outpaced stablecoins over the last year, climbing up from 2.7% at the beginning of 2025.

The report has observed that the number of tokenized offerings of the RWAs has grown by 256.7% within a span of about a year and a half. The sector’s value was $5.42 billion at the start of 2025.

As of March 31, 2026, that number had nearly quadrupled with an increased demand from the crypto native community and traditional financial institutions participating in the tokenization of Treasurys, commodities, stocks, and ETFs.

2025 is a pivotal year for tokenization, according to industry analysts. Early blockchain use cases with asset creation slowly gained traction and scale. This provided institutions with greater clarity for working and more trust in joining the industry.

The regulatory environment around key markets also helped to alleviate uncertainty, enabling companies to bolster their approach to tokenization with the support of institutions.Tokenized Treasuries continued to be the biggest asset category during the reporting period. The asset class’s value rose by almost $9B or 225.5% during this period. More than half of the expansion of the entire sector of the business was represented by new treasury-backed products during the period.

Following this milestone on February 11, when the market cap of tokenized Treasuries hit $10 billion for 

CoinGecko Report Shows Tokenized RWAs Surged to $1

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BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouHTX Community April Creation ContestMEGA: Real-Time Execution Layer for EthereumMason Lynaugh, executive director of Stand With Crypto, took the Consensus Miami 2026

Mason Lynaugh, executive director of Stand With Crypto, took the Consensus Miami 2026 stage on Thursday to outline how the group’s 2.7 million advocates will engage in the November midterms. Summary Stand With Crypto’s Mason Lynaugh joined Fellowship PAC’s Jesse Spiro and Sternhell Group’s Alex Sternhell at the Consensus Miami 2026 Policy Summit to discuss midterm engagement. Stand With Crypto has already endorsed six incumbents and is targeting races where its advocates can have a material impact on outcomes. The group’s polling found 59% of crypto owners do not reliably vote for one party, framing them as a decisive swing bloc. Mason Lynaugh, executive director of Stand With Crypto, outlined the Coinbase-backed group’s 2026 midterm strategy at the Consensus Miami Policy Summit on Thursday, appearing alongside Fellowship PAC’s Jesse Spiro and Sternhell Group’s Alex Sternhell. The session formed part of a broader Day 3 programme that put crypto’s political infrastructure on public display for the first time at Consensus. Stand With Crypto has endorsed six congressional incumbents in its first round for 2026: Representatives Zach Nunn, Susie Lee, Mike Lawler, Don Davis, Greg Landsman, and Rob Bresnahan. The group is simultaneously opposing Representatives Scott Perry and Marcy Kaptur. “This year crypto voters are poised to play a powerful and decisive role at the ballot box,” Lynaugh said, adding that the goal is to ensure the 120th Congress is “the most pro-crypto session in America’s history.” You might also like: Core Scientific dumps bitcoin to fund AI shift Why November matters for crypto policy The midterm context is defined by the CLARITY Act’s fate. As crypto.news reported, Senator Bernie Moreno has warned that missing the May Senate window could push comprehensive crypto legislation off the calendar until after the midterms, and potentiall

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