Circle raised $222 million for its Arc blockchain token at a $3 billion valuation, drawing backing from BlackRock, Apollo and Bullish.

BTC briefly topped $82,400 before slipping below $81,000 as traders repositioned around CME futures open and geopolitical risks rattled markets.

Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg the fundraiser is expected to close in the coming weeks and the final amount might vary.

Investors look beyond bitcoin volatility towards long term AI infrastructure and data center revenue opportunities.

Bitcoin and Nasdaq have rallied sharply, but U.S. consumer sentiment has fallen to historic lows, highlighting a widening Wall Street–Main Street divide.

Your look at what's coming in the week starting May 11.

Foundry, AntPool, F2Pool, SpiderPool, and MARA Pool are among seven pools joining the Stratum V2 working group, putting nearly three-quarters of global bitcoin hashrate behind a protocol that returns block construction decisions to individual miners.

Sharp move through resistance came with one of the biggest volume spikes in weeks, though profit-taking quickly emerged near session highs.

A long-dormant whale woke up Sunday, moving millions worth of bitcoin on-chain.

This was a hectic week.

Senior figures from PayPal and Google Cloud said open payment protocols, machine-readable merchant catalogs and multi-party crypto custody are needed to scale agentic commerce.

BAYC floor prices have doubled in a month as traders rotate back into speculative crypto bets, reviving hopes of a broader NFT recovery.

The loss was primarily driven by $244 million in unrealized losses on cryptocurrency holdings and an additional $108.2 million investment loss.

Novig CEO Jacob Fortinsky said his company will transition to a federal Designated Contract Market framework this summer to launch in all 50 states, while 57 Maiden's Adam Mastrelli said he was banned from two major sportsbooks within two months for being “sharp."

Quantum computing does not only pose a risk to up to $3 trillion in digital assets, it also threatens the security of banking systems, military communications, digital identities and more, Project Eleven’s report warns.

The bill's progress follows talks on jurisdiction, consumer/developer protections, and stablecoin rewards, with crypto firms backing a yield compromise.

One point three billion adults lack financial services, 4.7 billion lack credit, and 1.4 billion savers in low-income nations earn no deposit interest, Binance said.

The initiative sought to amend Switzerland's constitution, requiring the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold BTC alongside gold and foreign-currency reserves.

CME Group plans to launch bitcoin volatility futures on June 1 pending regulatory approval bringing a easy way to bet on the degree of price swings.

DeFi is quietly shifting from niche crypto experiment to a legitimate financial tool across the region, explains Serrano.