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ADA Bullish Prediction: Can Cardano Replicate Historic 240% Rally? Cardano's native token, ADA, has largely underperformed in the recent market cycle, trading significantly below its 2021 all-time hig

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Altcoin rotation or cycle? Here’s why USDT dominance may hold the answer
The development of a sustained cycle depends on a few key factors.The market is currently exhibiting a textbook rotation phase.

On the technical side, Bitcoin dominance (BTC.D) has logged four straight days of downside pressure after its early May breakout to 61.2%. At the same time, the Altcoin Season Index has jumped by more than 10 points in less than 24 hours, reinforcing a classic BTC-to-altcoin rotation setup.

Historically, however, altcoin rallies rarely sustain momentum unless Ethereum [ETH], the largest altcoin, starts gaining strength against Bitcoin [BTC], allowing deeper capital to flow across the broader altcoin market.As the chart below shows, the ETH/BTC ratio has rebounded around 0.7% after four consecutive weeks of decline. This could be an early sign that rotation might be expanding beyond Bitcoin. In short, several signals may be lining up for the market to start speculating on an altcoin rally.

That said, momentum remains the key variable. During the previous February-April cycle, the ETH/BTC ratio jumped by nearly 15%, pushing the Altcoin Season Index up more than 40% before topping near 55. This aligned with the BTC.D running into resistance around the 60%-level, creating a similar rotation narrative.

And yet, despite the improving structure, the setup never evolved into a full-blown altcoin cycle. The Altcoin Season Index failed to break above the 75-threshold typically required to confirm broad, market-wide altcoin expansion.

This raises the key question – Is the market simply entering another short-lived rotation phase, or is this setup fundamentally different

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SoftBank has cut a planned OpenAl-backed margin loan from around $10 billion to roughly $6 billion after banks and private credit funds pushed back on the deal's structure and the difficulty of valuin

SoftBank has cut a planned OpenAl-backed margin loan from around $10 billion to roughly $6 billion after banks and private credit funds pushed back on the deal's structure and the difficulty of valuing OpenAl, an unlisted Al unicorn.
Summary SoftBank Group is shrinking a planned margin loan backed by its OpenAl stake from about $10 billion to roughly $6 billion after lenders pushed back. Banks and private credit funds have raised concerns over how to value OpenAl, an unlisted company, and about the structure of the deal. The two-year loan, extendable by one year, was meant to fuel SoftBank's next wave of Al investments without selling down its OpenAl equity. SoftBank Group is scaling back an ambitious financing plan that would have raised around $10 billion using its OpenAl shares as collateral, after lenders balked at both the structure of the margin loan and the private valuation underpinning the deal. According to Bloomberg, cited by Reuters and other outlets, SoftBank and its arranging banks have floated a reduced target "as low as $6 billion" in recent discussions with prospective lenders, implying a 40% cut from the original size. U.S. News reported that the initial pitch
"had investors concerned about the difficulty of reaching a valuation for an unlisted company like ChatGPT maker
OpenAl." Lenders question private OpenAl valuation and structure Bloomberg's April scoop on the deal said SoftBank was seeking
"a $10 billion loan secured by its shares in
US artificial intelligence giant OpenAl," structured as a two-year margin loan with an option to extend by another
year. Bloomberg said the facility would let the Japanese conglomerate "take on more debt for its push into Al" without selling down its OpenAl stake. In practice, the mechanics are straightforward but risky:
SoftBank borrows against its OpenAl equity, and if the value of that collateral falls, lenders

SoftBank has cut a planned OpenAl-backed margin lo

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European Central Bank’s Escrivá calls for finance infrastructure review due to AI risks HTX Community April Creation ContestEverything Can Be HuobaoHTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥 José 

European Central Bank’s Escrivá calls for finance infrastructure review due to AI risks




José Luis Escrivá, one of the European Central Bank’s most vocal voices on modernization, is pushing central banks to take a hard look at whether their financial infrastructure can survive the AI era. His message is straightforward: the systems that underpin European finance were not built for a world where machine learning models can move markets, generate synthetic data, or exploit vulnerabilities at speeds no human regulator can match.



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MoonPay says stablecoin regulation opened the door but infrastructure must followExecutives from MoonPay, Ripple, and Paxos said at Consensus Miami 2026 that stablecoin regulation has accelerated institutional adoption but that major infrastructure and privacy gaps still block mainstream use.

Top executives at three of the most active stablecoin companies told the Consensus Miami 2026 audience on May 8 that new US regulation has fundamentally changed the competitive landscape for dollar-pegged tokens, bringing traditional financial institutions into a market that was previously difficult for them to enter. The shift, however, has exposed a new set of problems the industry has yet to solve.

Richard Harrison, MoonPay’s vice president of banking and payment partnerships, said the passage of the $GENIUS Act gave firms across traditional finance a regulatory framework to operate within. “What $GENIUS brought us was clarity,” Harrison told the panel, noting that traditional finance firms are now entering stablecoins at a faster pace because compliance is easier to evaluate.

Harrison compared the current state of stablecoin adoption to electric vehicles: the core product works, but mass-market take-up depends entirely on the supporting infrastructure. “How do you use stablecoin to pay your rent?” he said. “How do you use it to buy a cup of coffee?”

MoonPay says stablecoin regulation opened the door

The battle between traditional banks and crypto just entered a new phase. Ahead of the upcoming markup of the highly anticipated CLARITY Act, major US banking trade groups are pushing lawmakers to fur

The battle between traditional banks and crypto just entered a new phase.
Ahead of the upcoming markup of the highly anticipated CLARITY Act, major US banking trade groups are pushing lawmakers to further tighten restrictions on stablecoin rewards and yield mechanisms.
Organizations including the American Banking Association (ABA), Bank Policy Institute (BPI), and Consumer Bankers Association argue that the current language in the bill still leaves room for stablecoins to offer “bank-like” returns through reward programs.
Their biggest concern?
If stablecoins can generate passive rewards, users may start moving money away from traditional savings accounts and into crypto ecosystems.
The current version of the CLARITY Act already: ❌ Prohibits deposit-like passive interest on stablecoins
✅ Allows rewards tied to real blockchain activity such as staking, transactions, or liquidity provision
In other words, regulators want stablecoins to function as a payment tool — not as a replacement for bank savings accounts.
Banking groups are now lobbying to close what they call potential “loopholes” before the bill advances further in Congress.
The Senate Banking Committee is expected to review and debate the CLARITY Act on May 14, marking a critical step toward potential US crypto regulation.
This is no longer just a crypto story.
It’s becoming a direct competition between traditional finance and the future of digital money.


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Генеральные директора SLB и Baker Hughes предупреждают, что война с Ираном изменит мировые энергетические рынки. Ормузский пролив, узкий проходной пункт, через который обычно проходит примерно пятая часть мирового оборота нефти, фактически превратился в пробку в бутылке. Иранский конфликт остановил добычу 9 миллионов баррелей в сутки, и две крупнейшие в мире компании по обслуживанию нефтепромыслов теперь заявляют инвесторам, что это не временная проблема, а структурный сдвиг.

Генеральный директор SLB Оливье Ле Пеш и руководство Baker Hughes во время своих недавних конференц-звонков по итогам отчетности дали понять, что конфликт коренным образом изменит подход стран к энергетической безопасности, инвестициям в разведку и диверсификации цепочек поставок.

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The Nobitex dilemma: How Iran's biggest crypto exchange stays off the OFAC blacklist

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Iran’s internet formally remained part of global routing, but user activity fell almost to zero. That points to a managed restriction on citizens’ access to the external network. Source: IODA.

But in that digital darkness, one vital financial service continued to operate without interruption: Nobitex, a cryptocurrency exchange linked to Iran’s ruling elite.

We compiled the available information about the platform and tried to understand how Iranian authorities use it, what investigations by analytics firms have revealed, and why, despite all these findings, the exchange is still not on OFAC's SDN List.

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$110K Spring Airdrop Rain—18 Days Straight!HTX Community April Creation ContestEverything Can Be Huobao LayerZero says it ‘made a mistake’ in $292 Million Kelp exploitLayerZero said late Friday U.S. t

LayerZero says it ‘made a mistake’ in $292 Million Kelp exploitLayerZero said late Friday U.S. time that it “made a mistake” allowing its own verification infrastructure to secure high-value crypto assets in a vulnerable configuration, marking a notable shift in tone after weeks of blaming developer Kelp DAO for a $292 million hack tied to North Korean attackers.

The admission marks a notable shift after weeks of public finger-pointing between LayerZero and Kelp over responsibility for the April hack, which LayerZero had initially framed as an application-level configuration failure by Kelp.

LayerZero says it ‘made a mistake’ in $292 Million

Despite the "Chapter One" launch and a Pudgy Penguins partnership, the ALICE community remains concerned. A recent team AMA and token burn have not fully eased delisting fears, with many now looking ahead to the upcoming mainnet launch.

<p>Despite the "Chapter One" launch and a Pudgy Penguins partnership, the ALICE community remains concerned. A recent team AMA and token burn have not fully eased delisting fears, with many now looking ahead to the upcoming mainnet launch.</p>

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