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On May 9, a16z Crypto announced on X platform that the scale of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) has grown tenfold in two years, now exceeding $30 billion, with nearly half consisting of U.S. Treasur

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Analysts are divided over whether $60,000 was the bottom
Bitcoin (BTC) analysts have recently been divided over whether the asset's price already bottomed in February around $60,000 or still has further downside left in this cycle.

Veteran trader Peter Brandt said in March that it may not be the lowest level for 2026, forecasting that Bitcoin could retest or even move “slightly lower” than the price level in September or October of this year. 

Bitcoin analyst Willy Woo said in an X post on March 17 that, from a liquidity perspective, Bitcoin is about one-third of the way “through the bear market.”

More recently, in an X post on Friday, MN Trading Capital founder Michael van de Poppe pointed to a forming pattern on Bitcoin’s short-to-long-term realized value ratio chart to argue that Bitcoin is nearing the end of the bear phase.

“The levels are hit again, which shows that we're at the end of the bear market, and not at the start,” van de Poppe said.

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White House rethinks AI oversight amid security risks from new tools

The Trump administration, once the loudest champion of let-the-market-figure-it-out AI policy, is quietly changing its mind. The reason: new AI models have gotten good enough to find hidden vulnerabilities in software systems, and the national security implications are exactly as uncomfortable as they sound.

At the center of this pivot is Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, which has demonstrated the ability to uncover buried flaws in code that human auditors and conventional tools missed.

From hands-off to hands-on
The New York Times reported on May 4, 2026, that the administration is considering mandatory vetting for new AI models before they’re released to the public. That’s a dramatic departure from the deregulatory posture the White House has maintained since taking office.

The following day, Politico noted that White House officials had entered discussions with executives from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI about AI safety and the possibility of executive orders targeting frontier model development.

The concern isn’t abstract. Mythos didn’t just find theoretical bugs. It surfaced vulnerabilities with real-world national security implications, the kind of flaws that hostile actors, whether state-sponsored or otherwise, could weaponize at scale.

TechPolicy.press weighed in on May 8, warning that government vetting alone might not comprehensively mitigate these security risks without independent testing.

Why crypto should be paying attention
If the US government decides that centralized AI models need pre-release security reviews, the regulatory creep toward decentralized AI projects in crypto is almost inevitable. Smart contracts, DeFi protocols, and on-chain AI agents all rely on code that could theoretically be probed by tools like Mythos.

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HTX Community April Creation ContestHTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥MEGA: Real-Time Execution Layer for EthereumUS Central Command confirms USS Truxtun, Rafael Peralta, and Mason in Arab

US Central Command confirms USS Truxtun, Rafael Peralta, and Mason in Arabian Sea after Iranian attacksUS Central Command has confirmed that three guided-missile destroyers, the USS Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta, and USS Mason, are now operating in the Arabian Sea to reinforce the blockade against Iran. The deployment follows Iranian attacks involving missiles, drones, and small boats targeting US naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on May 8.

What happened in the Strait
Iranian forces launched a multi-pronged assault against the three US destroyers while they were operating near the Strait of Hormuz. The attack combined missiles, drones, and small boat harassment. The US responded with self-defense strikes and moved to reinforce an existing blockade designed to curtail Iranian energy exports.

In April, the US had already seized Iran-linked vessels in the region, escalating the maritime standoff well before the May 8 attack.

Prediction markets are pricing in chaos
Odds for the normalization of maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz dropped from 77% to 61% favorable by May 31. That 16-percentage-point swing reflects a market consensus that the situation is deteriorating, not stabilizing.

Speculation around Iranian control of key regional assets fell to just 14.5% YES by June 30, following the US vessel seizures in April.

These prediction markets, many of them built on Ethereum, are seeing increased activity as traders look for ways to hedge against uncertainty.

The crypto angle runs deeper than you’d think
Iran has long relied on cryptocurrency mining as a tool to navigate international sanctions. The country’s relatively cheap energy, subsidized by its oil and gas reserves, made it a natural home for mining operations, with Iran once accounting for around 4.5% of the global Bitcoin hashrate.

A naval blockade that disrupts Iran

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Crypto Prediction Markets Gain Traction in Mainstream Finance Amidst Growing Institutional Interest Crypto prediction markets are increasingly being integrated into mainstream finance as traditional f

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HTX Community April Creation ContestHTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits You US Central Command confirmed on May 8 that American forces disabled two empty Iran

US Central Command confirmed on May 8 that American forces disabled two empty Iranian-flagged oil tankers, the M/T Sea Star III and the M/T Sevda, as they attempted to breach a US naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman. The strike marks the most direct military confrontation between the US and Iran since the Strait of Hormuz crisis began in late February, and crypto markets responded exactly the way you’d expect when warships start shooting at tankers.

Bitcoin shed roughly $2,800 from its daily high within hours. That translated to approximately $58 billion wiped from Bitcoin’s total market capitalization in a single session, as investors sprinted toward what they perceived as safer ground.

The two tankers were empty, which is a detail worth sitting with. CENTCOM described the action as disabling vessels that attempted to breach the blockade, not intercepting weapons or contraband. The targets were Iranian-flagged commercial ships in a waterway that handles about 20% of global oil trade.

Oil prices jumped over 3% on the news, pushing above $110 per barrel. The broader context here is that Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz on February 28, 2026, following US and Israeli airstrikes. The US responded with a naval blockade on Iranian ports.

The pattern played out earlier this year when a ceasefire announcement in April sent Bitcoin surging past $72,000. In the initial hours of a crisis, traders liquidate what’s liquid. Bitcoin, trading 24/7 with deep order books, is the easiest asset on the planet to dump at 3 a.m.

Some crypto analysts have started describing Bitcoin as a “practical tool” for investors during wartime volatility, not because it goes up when bombs drop, but because it provides permissionless access to capital when traditional financial rails get disrupted — think sanctions, frozen accounts, capital controls.

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Market analysts are identifying new catalysts that could propel $XRP to explosive highs. A leaked footage shared by Crypto analyst Don Digital Finance highlights two catalysts from a theorized pricing model that could trigger a massive price surge for $XRP. Meanwhile, other experts are focusing more on $XRP’s payment rails and utility, predicting a price rally to $3.

While most $XRP price projections in the market are often based on speculation and hype, the leaked model treats the cryptocurrency as a functional tool for banks and institutions. This means that a higher $XRP price is required or even mandated for the system to remain efficient.

In a post on X, Don Digital Finance shared details regarding leaked footage featuring Teucrium CEO Sal Gilbertie. The video captures Gilbertie discussing various legitimate pricing models for $XRP that suggest a valuation range starting from $5 to $4,300.

These pricing models primarily focus on $XRP’s institutional adoption and velocity, which measures how many times it is used within a specific period. Explaining the theory governing the model, Don Digital Finance said that if the $XRP network settles trillions of dollars in global payments, the speed of these transfers would dictate how many tokens must be available at any given second.

Notably, when institutions move large sums of money, they need deep liquidity to prevent the price from swinging wildly during a single trade. This suggests that if $XRP’s price remains low, banks would need to move a massive number of tokens to settle a single multi-billion-dollar payment. This strategy would create a huge functional problem because there are not enough tokens in circulation to support that volume of wealth at a low price point.

However, Gilbertie’s mathematical models suggest that for $XRP to handle massive institutional flows, the price needs to

These Catalysts Can Trigger The Next XRP Price Run

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HTX Community April Creation ContestHTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits You Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has confirmed a US-brokered prisoner excha

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has confirmed a US-brokered prisoner exchange with Russia, the first such swap since October 2025. The deal, facilitated through trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, returned 314 captives, split evenly at 157 from each side.

US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff described the mediation as detailed and productive, while acknowledging that significant work remains before anything resembling a lasting peace takes shape.

The exchange took place on May 8, 2026, breaking a months-long drought in prisoner swaps between Kyiv and Moscow. The last successful exchange occurred on October 2, 2025, and the gap had become a barometer for just how frozen diplomatic channels had become.

Abu Dhabi served as the neutral venue for trilateral negotiations, with the US playing mediator. Witkoff’s involvement signals a renewed American willingness to broker incremental steps toward de-escalation, even if a comprehensive ceasefire remains elusive.

Zelenskiy has not confirmed any ceasefire talks, and Witkoff himself framed the situation carefully, noting progress toward ending the conflict without claiming the finish line is anywhere close.

Searches across major crypto publications turned up no coverage of the prisoner exchange. Bitcoin’s price action around the event showed no meaningful deviation from its existing trend.

Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022, Ukraine has raised over $250 million in cryptocurrency donations to support its war efforts, with a significant portion coming from Bitcoin and Ethereum. The Ukrainian government legalized digital assets in 2022, contributing to a booming local sector.

For Bitcoin specifically, the more immediate drivers remain unchanged. Monetary policy trajectories, ETF flows, and on-chain metrics are still doing the heavy lifting in terms of price a

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On May 9, Circle's L1 blockchain Arc announced that the Circle Developer Grant Program is now open for applications. The program will fund high-quality teams to build production-grade systems on the A

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BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouHTX Community April Creation ContestEverything Can Be HuobaoWall Street closed at fresh record highs on Friday as investors reacted positively to stronger-than-expec

Wall Street closed at fresh record highs on Friday as investors reacted positively to stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data and a rally in semiconductor stocks. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% to 7,396.79, while the Nasdaq Composite surged 1.7% to 26,247.08, both reaching all-time highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended nearly flat at 49,609.04 as declines in McDonald’s and Salesforce weighed on the index.Investor sentiment improved after the U.S. Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls increased by 115,000 in April, exceeding analyst expectations of 65,000. The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.3%, signaling continued resilience in the U.S. economy despite concerns over inflation and rising oil prices linked to tensions in the Middle East. Analysts noted that inflationary pressure and geopolitical uncertainty could still impact future economic growth.AI-related technology stocks led market gains, with companies such as Intel, AMD, and Micron Technology posting strong performances. Intel shares jumped nearly 14% following reports of a preliminary chip manufacturing agreement with Apple. The continued enthusiasm surrounding artificial intelligence and strong corporate earnings helped offset concerns about the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil shipping route.Meanwhile, oil prices remained elevated amid escalating military activity between the U.S. and Iran. Brent crude traded above $100 per barrel as investors monitored developments in the region. Despite the geopolitical risks, market participants remained focused on robust earnings growth and the strength of the technology sector. Analysts believe the AI-driven profits boom and stable labor market continue to support the broader stock market rally heading into the second half of 2026.Gold is meant to be a ‘safe haven’ in uncertain times. Why is it crashing amid a war?W

Wall Street closed at fresh record highs on Friday

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<img src="https://d1x7dwosqaosdj.cloudfront.net/images/2025-06/589c2fd7d5d44484ad306a6c67889646.jpeg" alt="Cardanos-Nasdaq-Index-Inclusion-768x432.webp" style="width:100%; height:auto; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px" /><br /><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Cardano присоединяется к индексу криптовалют Nasdaq – важная веха для выхода на Уолл-стрит?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Индекс Nasdaq теперь включает Cardano, что свидетельствует о растущем институциональном интересе к криптовалюте</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Решение SEC о более широких активах криптовалютных ETF, ожидаемых к ноябрю 2025 года, обещает большую диверсификацию</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Хотя Cardano [ADA] упал более чем на 10% за одну неделю, что сделало его одним из главных неудачников рынка, проект все еще восстанавливает интерес.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Фактически, на фоне меняющейся структуры рынка и угасающих настроений инвесторов, Cardano достиг вехи, которая может возродить институциональный интерес</span></div>

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