Month: May 2026

Blockstream CEO Adam Back told Consensus Miami 2026 that bitcoin is winning a security war against DeFi, and that pension funds and sovereign entities are the next buyers. Summary Adam…

Bitcoin lenders at Consensus Miami 2026 said crypto lending must look and feel more like traditional banking if it wants institutional capital to keep flowing in. Summary Two Prime CEO…

Senator Ashley Moody took the Consensus Miami 2026 stage on Thursday to tell the crypto industry how she sees the relationship between Washington and digital assets. Summary Senator Ashley Moody…

Donald Trump Jr. and Zach Witkoff took the main stage at Consensus Miami 2026 on Thursday to defend World Liberty Financial as the project fights a federal lawsuit from Justin…

Michael Saylor says Strategy is “converting digital capital Bitcoin into digital credit (STRC) and digital equity (MSTR),” pitching a three‑layer capital stack with BTC as reserve asset, STRC as yield‑focused…

American Bitcoin posted an $81.8 million net loss in Q1 2026, even as the Trump-backed miner set a new quarterly production record of 817 BTC and cut its mining cost…

SoFi generated $121.6 million in crypto transaction revenue in Q1 2026, its first detailed public disclosure since the bank relaunched crypto trading, but $120.7 million of that went to costs.…

Core Scientific sold $208 million in bitcoin in Q1 2026 to fund its shift to AI data center operations, as colocation revenue surpassed mining for the first time. Summary Core…

Kraken’s $600 million acquisition of Reap folds a Hong Kong stablecoin business‑payments specialist into its stack, with Payward issuing stock at a $20 billion valuation to anchor its IPO‑era M&A…

Anthropic’s tokenized pre‑IPO shares now imply a $1.2T valuation—above OpenAI—showing how on‑chain markets are front‑running late‑stage AI pricing before any IPO. Summary Anthropic’s on-chain pre-IPO valuation has surged to around $1.2…