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The US Senate unanimously passed a rule banning members and staff from prediction markets, with a similar resolution set to be introduced in the House. The US Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution banning its members and staff, who are often exposed to sensitive information, from using prediction markets. The resolution, passed by unanimous consent, changed the Senate's rules and took immediate effect.  “Engaging in any way in a prediction market or trying to place bets where we might have inside information deteriorates the confidence that our constituents have in us,” Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, who introduced the resolution, said on the Senate floor. Read more

Spot Bitcoin ETF outflows reached $490 million as crypto investors considered the impact of high oil prices, Big Tech earnings and a shortfall in AI industry growth metrics. Key takeaways: Bitcoin (BTC) faced three consecutive days of outflows from US-listed spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The outflows coincided with a failed attempt to reclaim $78,000. Traders fear more downside, but heightened US inflation will likely act as a catalyst for further bullish momentum. Read more

The Agent Cards launched to a select group of businesses on Thursday, with a limited number of additional companies set to gain access over the next two months. Crypto wallet startup Oobit has launched a Visa-supported virtual card for AI agents to make online purchases in USDT on behalf of businesses without human intervention. The Agent Cards are funded directly from stablecoin issuer Tether’s treasury, meaning no fiat on-ramp or conversions are needed for AI agents to top up USDt (USDT) balances and make online purchases, Oobit said on Thursday. The Tether-backed startup said the AI agents could use the cards to do anything from renewing a software-as-a-service subscription to topping up an advertising budget or even “spinning up cloud infrastructure at 3am because a workflow told it to.”  Read more

Short-term traders took profit each time BTC rallied above $77,000, creating overhead sell pressure that has capped BTC’s ability to reach $80,000. Bitcoin's (BTC) attempts to trade above $77,000 have failed multiple times over the past week, despite traders managing a one-day breakout to $79,500. Data shows short-term holders taking profits as the rally peaked, sending 150,000 BTC to exchanges since April 15.  Crypto analyst Darkfost noted the continued fragility among short-term holders (STHs), or wallets holding BTC for less than 155 days. As the price rose over the past two weeks, BTC transfers from these wallets to exchanges increased. Three consecutive sessions saw 65,000 BTC, 54,600 BTC and 39,000 BTC sent to exchanges and these flows may have prevented Bitcoin from overtaking the resistance level at $80,000. Read more

The Senate agreed unanimously to revise its rules to ban members and their staffs from wagers on prediction markets platforms.

Mistral Medium 3.5 is the rare Western entry in the open-source top tier, but it costs multiples more than Chinese rivals that beat it on benchmarks.

Benjamin Cowen sees a risk that a more politically aligned Federal Reserve could weaken confidence even if markets get lower rates.

A Bitso report shows shifting user behavior as dollar-linked stablecoins gain traction for everyday financial use across Latin America’s inflation-hit economies. Digital asset adoption in Latin America is evolving, with more users now converting funds into stablecoins than into Bitcoin — a shift that reflects growing pressure from local economic conditions. According to Bitso’s 2025 report on crypto adoption in Latin America, 40% of crypto purchases in 2025 were US dollar-linked stablecoins such as Tether’s USDt (USDT) and Circle’s USDC (USDC), while Bitcoin (BTC) accounted for 18%. The report marks the first time stablecoin purchases have surpassed Bitcoin in the region. The findings are based on data from Bitso’s nearly 10 million retail users across its exchange platform. Read more

The admission in federal court is a rare acknowledgment of the use of distillation techniques as AI firms compete to build more capable and cheaper models.

Analysts warn that the Bitcoin rally was fueled by speculative futures trading, mirroring conditions that preceded the 2022 crypto crash.

OpenAI's new opt-in security feature requires passkeys, limits recovery options, and excludes chats from training.

Major rally or a painful decline: what's next for LINK?

Canonical announced plans to bake AI into Linux's most popular distro. The community that chose Ubuntu specifically to avoid this kind of thing was not thrilled.

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest snapped up over 500,000 shares of Robinhood on Wednesday, joining a wave of analysts who believe a surge in April trading activity will outweigh a recent earnings disappointment.

S. Res. 708 prohibits senators and staff from using prediction markets, and became effective immediately upon passage.

Visa said its settlement pilot for stablecoins now supports nine blockchains and has reached a run rate of $7 billion a year. The company announced on April 29 that it added Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon and Tempo to a pilot that already used Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Stellar. Visa said the annualized settlement run rate […] The post Visa is quietly building stablecoins into mainstream payment plumbing without you knowing appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin found support above a key investor cost-basis level as spot BTC ETF flows and spot positioning compressed BTC’s price range in preparation for the next trending move. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $76,350, which is above several key investors' cost-basis levels. The one-to-three-month holder average sits at $75,620, placing a large share of recent buyers near breakeven, while the price sits just below the US spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) cost basis of $76,700.  The short-term holder (STH) cost basis and the adjusted realized price extend on either side of this range, increasing the importance of the $75,000 level as a near-term support pivot.  The one-to three-month holder cohorts share an average cost basis of $75,620. That level capped the price earlier in March when BTC fell to $62,000 from $75,600 in two weeks, but now it aligns as a potential support pivot. Read more

XRP trades at $1.40 as RLUSD hits $1.59B market cap with 143% volume spike. Analyst targets range from $1.65 to $2.80. Here's what the technicals say next. The post XRP Price Prediction: RLUSD Pushes Ripple Stablecoin Adoption, But XRP Lags appeared first on Cryptonews.

Pyongyang-linked hackers drained $577 million from two DeFi platforms in April, underscoring an escalating threat to crypto markets.