Author: Isabella Taylor

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz said on May 5, 2026, that his remaining crypto exposure is now almost fully tied to XRP and Ripple equity.  Summary David Schwartz said he has virtually no crypto exposure left beyond XRP and Ripple equity. Schwartz said his XRP-heavy position was not fully planned, despite his long role at Ripple. He also said diversification can be rational when investors cannot clearly identify future winners. His comment came during a fresh online discussion about investment choices and XRP loyalty. Schwartz wrote: “Yeah, that’s true now. I have virtually no crypto exposure left except XRP and…

Coinbase Australia has launched support for self-managed super funds, giving trustees a new way to add crypto exposure to retirement portfolios.  Summary Coinbase Australia now supports SMSFs, giving trustees a compliant route to add crypto exposure locally. Australian SMSFs held AU$1.06 trillion in assets, making retirement funds a key crypto target market. The launch follows Coinbase’s AFSL approval as OKX also builds SMSF crypto services locally nationwide. The service focuses on self-directed investors who already manage their own superannuation funds. According to the company, the offering includes downloadable data aligned with local accounting standards. It also added a verification process…

About Tirthankar Sundaram Full Name: Tirthankar Sundaram Designation: Head – Deposits and Analytics, Treasury ALM Company: Axis Bank Country: India Tirthankar’s Learning Journey That Inspires Which courses or certifications by 101 Blockchains have you completed? I have completed the Certified Blockchain Product Manager (CBPM)™ certification program by 101 Blockchains.  Why did you choose this certification program, and how was your learning experience with the platform? I have more than two decades of professional experience in different areas of banking, including treasury, retail, and wholesale functions. Currently, I work in Treasury and ALM, which requires spending most of the time analyzing the…

Moscow Exchange plans to publish four more crypto indexes from May 13, widening its benchmark list beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. Summary MOEX will add SOL, XRP, TRX and BNB indexes from May 13 for professional investors. Binance will supply 50% of pricing data, while Bybit, OKX and Bitget provide the rest. Existing Bitcoin and Ethereum indexes will update every 15 seconds during trading and weekend sessions. The new indexes will track Solana, XRP, Tron and BNB under the tickers MOEXSOL, MOEXXRP, MOEXTRX and MOEXBNB.  The exchange plans to calculate prices with data from Binance, Bybit, OKX and Bitget. Binance will…

Uphold has pushed back against the New York Attorney General’s statement on its $5 million CredEarn settlement.  Summary Uphold says the NYAG statement misrepresented key facts about its $5M CredEarn settlement. The NYAG said more than 6,000 Uphold customers lost over $34M after Cred collapsed. Uphold said it froze Cred’s platform access within hours after learning about liquidity issues. The company shared the update with crypto.news after the regulator said Uphold misled investors by promoting Cred LLC’s crypto yield product.  In its response, Uphold said the Attorney General’s statement misrepresented key facts about the settlement. The company also rejected any…

K Wave Media has redirected up to $485 million from its Bitcoin treasury strategy into artificial intelligence infrastructure.  Summary K Wave redirected $485M from Bitcoin treasury plans into data centers and GPU compute operations. KWM shares fell about 25% Monday after the company announced its Bitcoin-to-AI infrastructure strategy shift. The restructuring includes Play Co.’s planned sale and about $48M in debt and liabilities reduction. The Nasdaq-listed media and entertainment company disclosed the change in a May 4 Form 6-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The capital will now support data center investments, GPU compute and rental operations,…

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 property through an alleged crypto exploit claim. Gerstein Harrow argues frozen ETH can satisfy judgments tied to alleged North Korea-linked crypto theft. Aave warns the freeze could delay rsETH recovery and harm users across the DeFi ecosystem. The notice seeks to block the transfer of Ethereum linked to the April 18 rsETH incident. Aave asked the court to lift the notice, set a fast hearing, or require a $300 million…

Pi Network co-founder Dr. Chengdiao Fan is set to speak at Consensus 2026 in Miami on May 6, delivering a session titled “Aligning Web3, AI, and Blockchain for Utility” at the Convergence Stage, six days before Protocol 23 brings full smart contracts to the Pi blockchain on May 11. Summary Fan’s session argues that verified human identity is the competitive advantage that AI cannot replicate, directly connecting Pi’s 18 million verified users to the AI era’s core governance problem. Pi Network has completed over 526 million human KYC validation tasks and runs 421,000 active Mainnet nodes entering Consensus week. Protocol…

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 ownership before quantum computers arrive, creating a potential rescue path for Satoshi Nakamoto’s estimated 1.1 million BTC. Summary PACTs use three steps: a secret salt, a BIP-322 ownership proof, and an OpenTimestamps commitment anchored on-chain, all without any public on-chain transaction. If Bitcoin later implements a quantum sunset soft fork, PACT holders can submit a STARK zero-knowledge proof to reclaim coins while keeping their keys hidden. Robinson wrote that Satoshi…

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% called it the single most important 2026 midterm issue. Majorities of independents, Democrat-leaning voters, and base Democrats all held unfavorable views of cryptocurrency in the poll. Despite low priority rankings, 22% said crypto is an important issue and 40% would vote for a candidate aligned on digital assets. Public Opinion Strategies conducted the poll in late April on behalf of CoinDesk, surveying 1,000 randomly selected registered US voters with a…