Joseph Rees

Remittance Giant Western Union Ditches Legacy Rails for Its Own Stablecoin

Key Takeaways: Western Union launched its 1st stablecoin, USDPT, on Solana with Anchorage Digital Bank. Solana’s 24/7 settlement capabilities free…

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ZachXBT Flags Polyarb as Fake Prediction Market With an Active Wallet Drainer

Key Takeaways: ZachXBT warned on May 4, 2026, that Polyarb hosts an active wallet drainer targeting crypto users. Prominent accounts…

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Gamestop Bids $56B for Ebay, Leveraging $519M Bitcoin Treasury

Key Takeaways: Gamestop offered $55.5B for Ebay at $125/share, with TD Bank providing $20B in debt financing. The bid draws…

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These Filipino Students Built an AI and Blockchain-Powered Scholarship Platform to Fix Education Funding

Frustrated by the confusing and scattered process of finding educational funding, a team of Filipino college students took matters into…

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Blackrock’s European Bitcoin ETP Surpasses $1.1 Billion in Assets With 14,200 BTC

Key Takeaways: Blackrock’s European IB1T ETP crossed $1.1 billion AUM with 14,200 BTC as of May 4, 2026. IB1T launched…

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OKX, BlackRock, and Standard Chartered Launch Collateral Framework for Tokenized Treasuries

Global cryptocurrency exchange OKX has announced a collaboration with asset management giant BlackRock and multinational bank Standard Chartered to introduce…

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Massive Short Squeeze and Institutional Buying Drive $96K Target

Key Takeaways: Bitcoin hit $80,039, breaking above key resistance for the first time in weeks. Capriole data shows institutions absorbing…

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BG Wealth Collapses in Apparent ‘Rug Pull’ as US Authorities Seize Website

The investment scheme BG Wealth Sharing Ltd., previously flagged by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a Ponzi…

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Despite Warsh Replacing Powell at the Fed, Traders See No Rate Cut Coming in June – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Kevin Warsh cleared a 13-11 Senate Banking Committee vote on April 29, replacing Powell as Fed Chair in…

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XRP Reaches 5M+ Merchants Through Rakuten Wallet Integration

Key Takeaways: Rakuten Wallet enabled XRP conversions, trading, and Rakuten Cash funding for users in Japan. Scale comes from 44…

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