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BreakingMay 5, 20263 min read

Haun Ventures Raises $1B, Adds AI Mandate to Crypto-Native Fund Strategy

Haun Ventures closed $1B across two new funds Tuesday, expanding from crypto-only into AI infrastructure as Katie Haun bets agents will transact onchain.

BreakingMay 4, 20265 min read

Ripple Custody Lands South Korea's First Insurer Deal With Kyobo Life For Bond Settlement

Ripple Custody signed Kyobo Life Insurance on April 15 to pilot near real-time settlement of Korean government bonds, compressing the standard T+2 cycle.

XRP

Aave Fights to Unfreeze $71M on Arbitrum After Kelp DAO Hack Spills Into Federal Court

Chris Perkins Says $600M Stolen in April Crypto Hacks, Pushes Offensive Security Shift

Breaking Crypto News

Haun Ventures Raises $1B, Adds AI Mandate to Crypto-Native Fund Strategy

Ripple Custody Lands South Korea's First Insurer Deal With Kyobo Life For Bond Settlement

Aave Fights to Unfreeze $71M on Arbitrum After Kelp DAO Hack Spills Into Federal Court

Chris Perkins Says $600M Stolen in April Crypto Hacks, Pushes Offensive Security Shift

Solana's DeFAI Pitch Lands as Crypto Briefing Frames AI-Agent DeFi as Utility Catalyst

Iranian Drones Hit UAE's Fujairah Oil Hub, Sending Brent Past $114 and 10-Year Yields to 4.45%

Bitcoin Tests $80,000 Resistance as Short-Term Holder MVRV Hovers at 1.0

Bitcoin Eyes $96K as Institutions Absorb 500% of Daily Mined Supply

Bitcoin Miners' Q1 Earnings Test Whether AI Hosting Can Offset Post-Halving Margin Squeeze

Bitcoin Grinds Into $80,000 Resistance as Volume Fades on the Push

Anthropic Nears $1.5B AI Venture With Blackstone, Goldman Sachs to Push Tools Into Private Equity

Russia Tables Comprehensive Crypto Bill, Legalizing Licensed Trading and Foreign-Trade Settlement

Token Unlocks Worth $229M Hit HYPE, ENA, RED This Week as Tokenomist Flags Fresh Supply Risk

CFTC Draws 1,500-Plus Comments on Prediction Market Rule, Industry Splits on Definition of an Event Contract

Jeddah Emerges as Saudi Shipping Pivot After Iran Conflict Reroutes Gulf Trade

Bitcoin Miners Pivot To AI Compute As Analysts Cut May 2026 BTC Target To $115K

Bitcoin Stalls Between $75K and $78K as Kabuki Floats $400,000 Cycle Target

Bitcoin Tests $80K Resistance as Cost-Basis Band Decides Bull-Market Reset

Chainlink Lands Multi-Billion-Dollar TradFi Deals as Analysts Float 'Bloomberg Terminal of DeFi' Tag

Dennis Porter Calls Bitcoin a National Security Tool on Wolf Of All Streets

Ethereum Validators Push Toward 200M Gas Limit, Tripling Network Capacity

XRP Ledger Hosts $3.6B in Tokenized Real-World Assets, With Energy Commodities Leading

Ripple's David Schwartz Denies Post-Departure 'Gag Order' Rumors

Tom Dunleavy Says DeFi's True Risk-Adjusted Yield Should Be 12.5% as Exploits Top $606M

Bitcoin Opens May Above $78,000 as Weekly Developments Point to a Shifting Cycle

Iran Conflict Escalates as Strait of Hormuz Closure Threatens Global Oil Supply

North Korea-Linked Hackers Could Drain $1.2B From Crypto in 2026, Cryptobriefing Projects

XRP margin Ratio Climbs As CryptoQuant Flags Setup For A Short-Squeeze Move

Bitcoin Holds 21-Week EMA Into Weekly Close as $78,000 Cap Stalls Push Toward $80,000

Phantom, Consensys Push Back on OCC's Stablecoin Yield Ban Under GENIUS Act