CLARITY Act support carries electoral boost, HarrisX poll finds May 8, 2026, 3:37 am
The poll found 52% of registered voters support the CLARITY Act, with 47% willing to cross party lines for a candidate who backs the bill.
Zcash gains 70% in a week amid growing interest in crypto privacy May 8, 2026, 3:35 am
Swyftx’s Pav Hundal says Zcash is surging amid concerns about artificial intelligence, quantum computing and financial surveillance.
US sentences ‘laptop farmers’ tied to North Korean IT worker scheme May 8, 2026, 3:31 am
The Justice Department said two men were sentenced for hosting laptops used by North Korean IT workers, bringing the total to eight sentences in five months.
Aptos commits $50M to AI agent infrastructure push May 8, 2026, 3:08 am
The Aptos Foundation said building infrastructure that enables sub-second finality without the need for human intervention is a key to supporting the next wave of AI agent adoption.
AWS Northern Virginia data center overheats, impacting Coinbase May 8, 2026, 2:25 am
Coinbase said on Friday its markets are being placed in “cancel only” mode but will begin to re-enable trading “shortly.”
Chaos Labs says oracles secure after attempted ‘nation-state’ wallet attack May 8, 2026, 1:16 am
Chaos Labs said it rotated all keys after the weekend attack attempt and has not detected further suspicious activity.
Coinbase shares slide on $400M Q1 loss, revenue miss May 8, 2026, 12:12 am
Coinbase financial chief Alesia Haas said “macro conditions were genuinely tough,” while CEO Brian Armstrong highlighted a plan to diversify beyond spot trading.
Block Inc rises 8% as Q1 gives ‘earnings surprise’ despite Bitcoin dip May 7, 2026, 11:20 pm
Block’s Q1 earnings beat estimates despite Bitcoin revenue falling 26% on changing Bitcoin “trading dynamics” and reducing fees on Cash App transactions.
Bitcoin bulls target $115K by December: Does data back the expectation? May 7, 2026, 7:56 pm
Bitcoin options show bulls targeting $115,000 by year-end but are traders becoming overly optimistic?
US Treasury ‘privately demanded’ Binance comply with monitoring deal: Report May 7, 2026, 6:55 pm
US Treasury officials reportedly sent a letter to Binance pressing the crypto exchange on compliance with a 2023 deal, after reports circulated that the company had facilitated transactions linked to Iran.