Year: 2026

Haun Ventures has raised $1 billion in new funds to back founders working across crypto, finance and artificial intelligence.  Summary Haun Ventures raised $1B to invest in crypto infrastructure, tokenization…

Prediction markets are moving closer to institutional finance as large investors seek direct ways to trade event risk, according to a May 4 Bernstein report.  Summary Bernstein says Kalshi’s first…

Aave LLC filed an emergency motion in New York on May 4 to vacate a restraining notice served on Arbitrum DAO.  Summary Aave says stolen ETH cannot become North Korea’s…

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation plans to start limited production trades of tokenized securities in July 2026.  Summary DTCC plans July tokenized securities pilots before targeting a full service…

Chainlink price rose 3% on May 4, its biggest single-day gain in two weeks, as Consensus 2026 opened. Summary LINK climbed alongside Bitcoin’s return above $80,000, with the broader risk-on…

ZeroStack CEO Daniel Reis-Faria says the CLARITY Act stablecoin deal reduces investor uncertainty but has not resolved institutional hesitation yet. Summary Senators Tillis and Alsobrooks reached a CLARITY Act yield…

US voters ranked crypto last among election priorities in an April poll of 1,000 registered Americans. Summary Just 1% of registered US voters named crypto their top concern; only 3%…

Paradigm Bitcoin general partner Dan Robinson published a proposal on May 1 for Provable Address-Control Timestamps, or PACTs, a system that lets dormant Bitcoin holders privately timestamp proof of key…

Morgan Stanley head of digital asset strategy Amy Oldenburg said at the Bitcoin 2026 Conference in Las Vegas that Bitcoin on US bank balance sheets is “not totally out of…

Ripple Custody entered a strategic partnership with Kyobo Life Insurance on April 15, making Ripple Custody Korea’s first blockchain-based government bond settlement platform for a Tier 1 insurer, targeting a…