Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said rival crypto exchanges in the United States opposed his pardon request before President Donald Trump granted clemency in October 2025. Summary CZ said rival …
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Iran warns of transit difficulties in Strait of Hormuz amid US blockade tensions
by Andrew Grantby Andrew Grant## Market Snapshot The market concerning whether Donald Trump will announce the lifting of the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by May 31, 2026, currently prices at 40.5% …
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Binance News: CZ Says the UAE Is Stealing America’s Crown as the World’s Money Capital
by Andrew Grantby Andrew GrantBinance founder Changpeng Zhao declared flatly at a Dubai event on May 4, 2026, that the UAE is now “the center for money” and that America handed over that crown …
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Trump-Backed American Bitcoin Posts $82M Loss Despite Record BTC Mining Output
by Andrew Grantby Andrew GrantDespite the headline loss, the company emphasized that it continued accumulating Bitcoin rather than selling into weakness. American Bitcoin (ABTC), the Trump family-backed BTC company, released its Q1 2026 …
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The US banking lobby is mounting a last-minute push to stall the CLARITY Act just days before its scheduled Senate Banking Committee markup on May 14. Summary Five major banking …
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Global gold ETFs see $6.6B in April inflows, reversing March outflows
by Andrew Grantby Andrew GrantGold ETFs just pulled off one of the more dramatic U-turns in recent memory. After hemorrhaging $12B in net outflows during March, global gold-backed exchange-traded funds attracted $6.6B in fresh …
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Cardano Hoskinson’s Called Bitcoin Dumb: His Rants Don’t Move ADA
by Andrew Grantby Andrew GrantCardano is trapped in a range that has resisted every attempt at a clean breakout. Charles Hoskinson, its founder, has spent recent weeks publicly calling Bitcoin “the dumbest and least …
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Hacker Drains $5.9M From Ethereum Liquidity Provider TrustedVolumes
by Andrew Grantby Andrew GrantEarly reports framed the incident as a 1inch exploit, but the protocol clarified that it was not compromised and no user funds were affected. TrustedVolumes, a liquidity provider on …
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Executives from MoonPay, Ripple, and Paxos said at Consensus Miami 2026 that stablecoin regulation has accelerated institutional adoption but that major infrastructure and privacy gaps still block mainstream use. Summary …
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Hyperunit whale sends $180M ETH to Binance, sparking sell-off concerns
by Andrew Grantby Andrew Grant## Market Snapshot In the Bitcoin market for May 4-10, the current pricing suggests a 3% probability for Bitcoin reaching $84,000. The Ethereum market for May 9 is priced at …
