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Brian Armstrong Says AI Agents Could Drive Massive Digital Dollar DemandCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the next wave of AI could become a major source of digital dollar demand. He said in a post on

Brian Armstrong Says AI Agents Could Drive Massive Digital Dollar DemandCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the next wave of AI could become a major source of digital dollar demand.

He said in a post on X that if autonomous AI agents begin buying, selling, booking, hedging, and settling transactions on their own, they will need money built for internet speed.

Armstrong added that stablecoins and tokenized dollars are the most likely fit. This would make AI growth a direct driver of demand for dollar-backed digital assets.



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On April 17, Bank of America reported that in the week ending Wednesday, investors withdrew a record $172.2 billion from cash and money markets. This phenomenon is primarily attributed to optimism reg

Bank of America: Investors Withdraw a Record $172.2 Billion in Cash Over Past Week, Significant Fund

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Recent discussions around the Strait of Hormuz have once again pushed Bitcoin into the center of global financial and geopolitical narratives. Reports suggest a theoretical proposal where Iran could c

Recent discussions around the Strait of Hormuz have once again pushed Bitcoin into the center of global financial and geopolitical narratives.
Reports suggest a theoretical proposal where Iran could charge a $1 Bitcoin toll per barrel of oil passing through the strait. If such a mechanism were ever implemented at scale, it could imply roughly $20 million in daily BTC flow—highlighting how digital assets might intersect with real-world geopolitical infrastructure.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argues that these developments reflect a deeper structural shift: in a world where traditional fiat systems can be influenced or “weaponized” through sanctions and financial controls, Bitcoin is increasingly being viewed as a neutral, borderless alternative.
According to Hougan, Bitcoin’s original narrative as “digital gold” (a store of value) may be expanding. In limited but meaningful scenarios, it could also begin to function as a transactional medium—effectively giving it a dual identity as both “gold and currency.”
Previously, Bitwise estimated that Bitcoin could reach $1 million if it captures around 17% of the global $38 trillion store-of-value market over the next decade. However, Hougan suggests that if Bitcoin’s use cases broaden beyond storage of value into currency-like functions, those long-term projections may need to be revised upward.
While still speculative, the broader implication is clear: global uncertainty is accelerating the search for apolitical financial rails—and Bitcoin is increasingly part of that conversation.
The question is no longer just whether Bitcoin is digital gold, but whether it could evolve into something even broader in the global financial system.


Bitcoin’s Expanding Role: From Digital Gold to Pot

Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestMarket Rally! Claim Your AirdropOrbs is handing control of its Layer-3 trading protocol and multi-million dollar fee stream to

Orbs is handing control of its Layer-3 trading protocol and multi-million dollar fee stream to a new DAO, betting seasonal on-chain governance can keep pace with volatile DeFi markets. Summary Orbs will roll out a DAO that hands protocol governance and revenue allocation to its community. The Layer-3 trading network has processed more than $3 billion in volume and over $3 million in protocol revenue. Seasonal on-chain governance will set tokenomics, fee distribution, and network priorities. Orbs has launched a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that will shift control over protocol decisions and revenue allocation from core contributors to its global community in the coming weeks, formalizing a move to fully on-chain governance for its Layer-3 trading infrastructure. The Tel Aviv-based protocol, which specializes in execution-layer infrastructure for advanced onchain trading, said the DAO launch follows years of product deployment, integrations, and regulatory preparation rather than a rush to decentralize. Orbs’ suite of live Layer-3 protocols — including dLIMIT, dTWAP, Liquidity Hub, Perpetual Hub and dSLTP — has processed more than $3 billion in cumulative trading volume and generated over $3 million in protocol revenue to date, across more than 30 decentralized exchange integrations on multiple chains and backed by over 1 billion staked ORBS tokens. DAO shifts control over fees and tokenomics “Governance only works when there is something real to govern,” said Ran Hammer, Chief Business Officer at Orbs, arguing that the DAO is launching only once the protocol has meaningful products, revenue, and adoption. “After years of building products, generating revenue, and scaling adoption, we are now in a position where the community can actively shape the protocol’s future with real data and real impact,” Hammer added. The new DAO will control key le

Orbs is handing control of its Layer-3 trading pro

On April 17, Osmosis announced that the governance proposal for integrating Osmosis with Cosmos Hub failed to pass by a narrow margin. The team expressed gratitude to the community, validators, and al

Osmosis Integration Proposal with Cosmos Hub Fails to Pass Vote, Will Continue Independent Operation

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HTX Community Spring Creation ContestBitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?Claim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge Ripple's dollar stablecoin hits a wall in Japan, one of XRP's friendliest ma

Claim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge

Ripple's dollar stablecoin hits a wall in Japan, one of XRP's friendliest markets, as megabanks earn most of the trust

Nomura's latest survey suggests Japanese institutions trust stablecoins issued by major financial institutions most, a potential hurdle for RLUSD even in a market where XRP has long enjoyed unusual traction.

Japan has long bee Saved markets. SBI's invest ble's most fertile ple dates to 2016, SBI Remit launched Japan's first XRP-enabled international remittance flow in 2021, and SBI VC Trade counts XRP among its most popular assets.

When Ripple and SBI announced in August 2025 that SBI VC Trade intended to distribute RLUSD in Japan, the move read as a natural extension of an already deep local partnership.

A recent survey of 518 investment professionals in Japan, conducted by Nomura and Laser Digital between December 2025 and January 2026 and released Apr. 16, found that 63% of respondents identified potential uses for stablecoins, spanning treasury management, cross-border payments, crypto investing, and tokenized securities.

Ripple's dollar stablecoin hits a wall in Japan, o

Claim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation ChallengeHTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!Fees are burned, good design, weak valuation engine XRPL links usage to XRP 

Fees are burned, good design, weak valuation engine
XRPL links usage to XRP in the most literal way possible. Transaction fees are paid in XRP and destroyed, not distributed to validators.

Under normal conditions, the base fee is typically tiny, around 10 drops (0.00001 XRP) per transaction, and it can rise during congestion.

The design choice makes sense for security; it is a spam deterrent.

However, it is not built as a revenue stream for network operators, and it is not designed to create a visible “cash flow” that a market can easily capitalize

Fees are burned, good design, weak valuation engin

Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestMarket Rally! Claim Your Airdrop Citi Says Mixing Bitcoin With Gold Can Boost Your Portfolio Performance Citi analysts say hol

Citi Says Mixing Bitcoin With Gold Can Boost Your Portfolio Performance

Citi analysts say holding both gold and bitcoin can improve portfolio performance compared with traditional bond-and-equity mixes. In a new report cited by CNBC, analyst Alex Saunders said a 5% allocation to gold enhances portfolio efficiency, while splitting that exposure between gold and bitcoin produces stronger results.

Citi Says Mixing Bitcoin With Gold Can Boost Your

On April 17, Osmosis announced that the governance proposal for integrating Osmosis into Cosmos Hub narrowly failed to pass the vote. The team expressed gratitude to the community, validators, and all

Osmosis Integration Proposal into Cosmos Hub Fails to Pass Vote, Will Continue Independent Operation

$SOL showed strong momentum over the past week 🔥 Price action remained bullish with growing network activity ⚡ 📊 Highlights: • Increased trading volume 📈 • Strong DeFi & NFT activity 💎 • Fast & low-co

$SOL  showed strong momentum over the past week 🔥
Price action remained bullish with growing network activity ⚡

📊 Highlights:
• Increased trading volume 📈
• Strong DeFi & NFT activity 💎
• Fast & low-cost transactions remain key advantage

👀 Market sentiment is turning positive for 

 showed strong momentum over the past week 🔥
Price action remained bullish with growing network activity ⚡

📊 Highlights:
• Increased trading volume 📈
• Strong DeFi & NFT activity 💎
• Fast & low-cost transactions remain key advantage

👀 Market sentiment is turning positive for $SOL 

Circle defends USDC freeze policy after Drift exploit, calls for faster legal frameworks

Bitcoin May Avoid Immediate Quantum Upgrade With New Workaround: Study

Why a $30 mln Bitcoin short isn’t bearish, but may point to a bottom instead

CFTC launches innovation task force as crypto policy push accelerates

All about why blockchain firms will now become part of U.S Treasury’s cybersecurity program

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