
Fund managers double down on Bitcoin as crypto sentiment rebounds — CoinShares
Institutional investors are gradually increasing crypto exposure as Bitcoin leads allocation preferences amid rising fund inflows and improving market sentiment.

Institutional investors are gradually increasing crypto exposure as Bitcoin leads allocation preferences amid rising fund inflows and improving market sentiment.

The crypto platform missed on the top and bottom lines as falling digital asset prices weighed on trading activity and investor sentiment.
Bitcoin hit resistance at $82,800, triggering a drop below $80,000, but a $1.105 billion weekly inflow into spot BTC ETFs could slow sellers.

O diretor executivo do Conselho de Assessores do Presidente sobre Ativos Digitais afirmou que a audiência da Comissão de Bancário do Senado ocorrerá este mês sobre a estrutura do mercado.

Circle and Tether are going to make it harder for stablecoins to feel like money, said Ben O’Neill, head of money movement at Bridge.

Kirsten Gillibrand afirmou que o Senado dos EUA teria de abordar a possibilidade de os legisladores ficarem “ricos com base nessas indústrias devido ao seu acesso privilegiado“ antes de qualquer votação sobre o CLARITY Act.
The company also announced a new AI energy leasing deal as it continues to diversify into adjacent high-performance computing applications.
O deputado James Baird venceu as primárias republicanas pelo 4º distrito de Indiana na terça-feira, após receber o apoio de Donald Trump e a contribuição financeira de um PAC apoiado por criptomoedas.

Payward and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi says the exchange is “80% ready” to go public, as a new partnership with MoneyGram aims to expand access to digital assets by solving last-mile cash conversion.

Angus Fletcher, State Street’s head of digital assets said the young crypto industry needs to find solutions now before trillions in RWAs come on-chain.

Stablecoins are quietly powering real-world money flows as other crypto experiments than speculative trading have failed to scale, Romero said at Consensus 2026.

Tokenized money efforts face limits as corporate clients demand real-time payments that work seamlessly across banks, Citi’s Ryan Rugg said at Consensus in Miami.

The trading app’s senior vice president said tokenization, 24-hour trading, and regulatory shifts are driving broader investor access beyond domestic markets.
Crypto markets turned euphoric as BTC traded above $80,000, but a rally through short-term holders’ cost basis is needed to cement the bull trend.

The video game retailer’s proposed acquisition plan revives question on whether its $368 million bitcoin stash could be sold to fund the expansion.

Tether’s XAUt tops $3.3 billion as gold reserves reach 154 tons, with demand rising amid geopolitical tensions and shifting expectations for Federal Reserve policy.
Bitcoin has broken above the $79,500 level, backed by solid buying by institutional investors. Will the altcoins also follow?

A new $200 million, 364-day bitcoin-backed facility replaces the Coinbase Credit arrangement, cutting debt costs by 200 basis points.

We are kicking off the show in Miami this week. Here’s what you should attend.

Bitcoin canceled out the week’s earlier losses to tease the highest BTC price weekly candle close since the end of January near $79,000.

New polling of voters suggests they aren’t yet warming much to crypto, tending to see it as a negative force in the economy, and they have similar distrust of AI.

Americans had a generally unfavorable view of cryptocurrencies, the survey of 1,000 randomly selected registered voters found.

The new poll suggests the vast majority of people think that government officials should keep their own financial interests separate from the industry.

The ban applies to fintechs and payment firms, closing the back-end payment rail for cross-border flows, but individual crypto investors can still buy and hold assets.

The agreement necessitates firms restructure reward programs from a “buy and hold” to a “buy and use” model; however, CCI raised concerns over its broad prohibition.

Developers and industry figures say the eCash proposal introduces user risk, uneven distribution and philosophical tension.

Venture capital firm a16z argues that state crackdowns on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket conflict with federal law and hurt market access for ordinary users.

AMD’s expansion and improved financing terms highlight Riot’s shift beyond bitcoin mining and strengthen confidence in its growing data center business.

XRP social media sentiment has turned bullish following integration with Rakuten Wallet, but resistance at $1.40 could cap the upside.
Technical charts suggest that Bitcoin’s rally continuation is fully dependent on bulls securing a weekly close above $75,000.
AI and blockchain infrastructure company Gency AI today announced it has raised $20 million in a new funding round.

The latest transaction follows a similar March deal in which the foundation sold 5,000 ETH to BitMine, raising roughly $10.2 million.

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.
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.
Sentora has announced that Sentora Smart Yield is now publicly available, opening access to its DeFi vault discovery and monitoring platform to all users.
Polymarket has selected Chainalysis to flag suspicious trades as insider betting concerns mount and regulators tighten scrutiny on prediction markets.

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden sent letters to Howard Lutnick and Tether CEO Paulo Ardoino asking about a loan Tether reportedly made to Lutnick’s family.

The four Mag 7 giants reported quarterly results on Wednesday, showing that they are still on track to spend multi-billion on AI. Here is what it means for crypto.

Businesses can now allocate idle cash to a government-backed fund via Stable Sea, as tokenized Treasury products gain traction in corporate finance.

Speaking at Bitcoin Las Vegas 2026, the American Bitcoin co-founder declared the last six months a turning point.
Bitcoin’s sell-off accelerated leading into this week’s FOMC, but charts highlight some positives for BTC and altcoins.

During a press conference following the Fed’s interest rate decision, Powell said ongoing scrutiny and political tension forced him to stay, despite his plans to step down.

While the trading platform’s crypto revenue tanked 47% to $134 million, a record-breaking surge in prediction market bets helped push overall revenue up 15% to $1.07 billion.
Bitcoin price followed weakening US spot market demand as the Coinbase Premium Index turned negative for the first time in three weeks.

It will be “really hard to make money” in stocks over the next decade, said the billionaire investor, noting that the S&P 500’s valuation reminds him of the 2000 dot-com bubble.
A new system targets the mismatch between fast DeFi liquidations and slow asset redemptions, a key barrier to the use of tokenized assets in lending markets.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission added Wisconsin to the list of states it’s sued over event-contract jurisdiction, most recently New York.

Cooling U.S. demand, elevated Bitfinex whale positioning and a key on chain rejection point to short term downside during the Las Vegas Bitcoin conference.

The 175-year-old money-transfer firm also plans to issue a stablecoin-linked card for payments and cash-out options from crypto to local currencies, CEO Devin McGranahan said.

Bitcoin fails to top $80,000 as analysts debate whether BTC has truly changed its trend or remains in the grasp of the bears.