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The foundation said it sold another 10,000 ETH worth nearly $23 million a week after also selling a 10,000 ETH block valued at roughly $24 million.Once again the organization said the funds will be put towards “core operations & activities, including protocol R&D, ecosystem development, community grant funding and more.”

The firm’s total assets under management for its crypto ETPs rose to roughly $1.8 billion, a 15% increase when compared to Q1 2025.Some of the crypto ETPs the firm launched during the period included products for Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Solana.

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari says he had expected inflation to cool enough to justify cutting interest rates once or twice in 2026, but the Iran war has made that outlook far less certain.He now argues that recent data, including March’s inflation prints, are not strong enough to change the Federal Open Market Committee’s policy statement, stressing the need to see how long elevated energy prices persist.Kashkari still sees inflation trending lower over time, but says policymakers must “watch both sides” of the Fed’s mandate and avoid getting so aggressive on rates that they damage a labor market that remains broadly resilient.

For the second straight week, the Ethereum Foundation has unloaded 10,000 ETH—about $23 million worth—to top treasury firm, BitMine.

Mantle Network says its rsETH relief credit facility proposal for Aave has moved into the governance voting stage on Snapshot, with MNT holders required to delegate before they can vote.The proposal would let Mantle’s treasury lend up to 30,000 ETH to Aave’s DeFi United recovery effort, giving users more orderly ways to exit or restructure positions impacted by the April 18 rsETH exploit.DeFi United, the multi‑DAO rescue initiative led by Aave, has now raised 1,137,714.633 ETH—about $314.57 million at current prices—from commitments across at least six DAOs and multiple major protocols.

OpenAI Microsoft exclusivity is gone: the new terms give Microsoft a non-exclusive licence to OpenAI’s IP through 2032, while OpenAI remains obligated to ship new models to Azure first.Microsoft stops paying its revenue share to OpenAI immediately, while OpenAI continues paying Microsoft through 2030 subject to an undisclosed total cap.The restructuring resolves the legal conflict triggered by OpenAI’s $50 billion Amazon investment in February, which had granted AWS exclusive third-party cloud distribution for OpenAI’s enterprise platform Frontier.

The Department of Defense's agreements will enable AI from the likes of Google and OpenAI to run on top-secret military networks.

HyperInsight data show Huang Licheng has boosted his Bitcoin long to about $14.5 million with more than 40x leverage, opening around $76,357 and facing liquidation near $72,904.5.He is also running a 25x leveraged Ethereum long worth roughly $23.3 million, with an average entry price of $2,311.63 and a liquidation level at $2,202.7.The positions, taken on derivatives venue Hyperliquid, put tens of millions of dollars in notional exposure at risk if BTC and ETH see even mid‑single‑digit pullbacks from current levels.

Outflows from Ethereum ETFs extended to a 4-day streak as Bitcoin funds shed $490 million, even as the S&P 500 hit an all-time high.

Coinglass data show that if Ethereum’s price drops below $2,206, cumulative long liquidations across major centralized exchanges would reach about $874 million.On the upside, a clean break above $2,412 would flip pressure onto shorts, with roughly $403 million in cumulative short liquidations triggered on mainstream CEXs at that level.These bands mark two key liquidation “walls” where concentrated leverage could turn a 5%–6% move in spot ETH into a much larger derivatives-driven cascade in either direction.

MegaETH just debuted the biggest token of 2026 to date, while Kalshi is now officially a top-five U.S. sportsbook.

SBI’s Visa card lets users earn crypto rewards in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP.SBI VC Trade and Aplus will support the crypto rewards and card service.SBI is also discussing a Bitbank deal to expand its Japan crypto exchange presence.

The Arbitrum Security Council froze 30,766 ETH that the Kelp DAO attacker had moved to an Arbitrum One address.If approved, Arbitrum DAO will represent the largest contributor to the DeFi United initiative.

April registered a record number of crypto exploits, according to DefiLlama.The data firm tracked over 20 hacks for April.One crypto commentator online put the total amount stolen at over $600 million, with the Kelp DAO attack topping all other exploits.

The Iran briefing signals Trump is seriously considering resuming major combat operations to break the stalled nuclear negotiations, according to two sources who spoke to Axios.CENTCOM has also prepared an option for US forces to physically seize part of the Strait of Hormuz to reopen it for commercial shipping, a plan that could involve ground troops on Iranian-controlled territory.Bitcoin fell to its lowest morning open since April 13 as the Axios report circulated, with Ethereum hitting a multi-week low and oil prices pushing above $107 per barrel on escalation fears.

Bitcoin traded around $76,000 after the Fed held rates steady, remaining below the $78,000-$79,000 resistance zone flagged by Glassnode.Analysts said the bigger market message was not the hold itself, but the record Fed split and what it implies for a more durable “higher-for-longer” regime.