HOOD shares slid after a weak crypto quarter, but retirement assets surging to $31 billion and accelerating growth in options, futures, and prediction markets paint a more nuanced — and potentially bullish — picture. Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) finds itself at a crossroads that is becoming increasingly familiar for high-growth fintech companies: the headline numbers…
Today’s Connections: Sports Edition will require some knowledge of popular U.S. sports and pop culture. As we’ve shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the “common…
Key Takeaways: Stablecoin market hits $321.759B after $1.08B inflows, signaling continued sector expansion. Tether ( USDT) holds 58.90% share near $200B, while Circle’s USDC grows 0.61% to $78.296B. Sky’s USDS jumps 6.08% as capital rotates, suggesting shifting preferences may reshape rankings. Stablecoins Add $1B in Inflows as Market Cap Climbs Defillama.com stats show the sector…
Can XRP continue with its decent recovery in May or will the bulls completely take over? Or, maybe there’s another option. Ripple’s native token snapped a painful six-month red streak in April, posting a minor increase for the first time since September. The question now is whether the cross-border asset can stage a more…
Hedera’s HBAR is running out of room. Trading in a suffocatingly tight band around $0.087 to $0.093, the token has spent weeks grinding sideways while every meaningful technical indicator compresses toward a breaking point. The consolidation is maturing. A decisive move is coming. The only open question is direction. As of May 3, 2026, HBAR…
So, what’s not to like? Well, early compatibility problems slowed the initial uptake of Snapdragon X, and the CPU’s integrated graphics performance turned out to be pretty terrible. And to date, powerful onboard AI features just haven’t proven important, as most AI workloads are still being done in the cloud. With the second-generation X2, Qualcomm…
Coinbase says Senate negotiators have reached a deal on a disputed crypto bill provision tied to stablecoin rewards. Summary Coinbase says negotiators reached a rewards compromise, easing a key delay for the CLARITY Act. Banks secured limits on deposit-like yield, while crypto firms kept activity-based user rewards under rules. The Senate markup path now depends…
After landing agreements with Google, SpaceX, and OpenAI, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday that it has signed deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Reflection AI that allow it to deploy their AI tech and models on its classified networks for “lawful operational use.” “These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the…
This week’s crypto stories spanned enforcement, mining, regulation, adoption, and institutional flows. Chainalysis traced Iran-linked stablecoin routing behind a major USDT freeze, while Riot continued its steady BTC sales to NYDIG. France dropped a proposed self-custody reporting rule, Binance argued crypto’s next wave of users will come through payments and utility, and Canada’s AIMCo disclosed…
## Market Snapshot In the “Israel withdraws from Lebanon” market, the June 30, 2026, sub-market is priced at 9.5% YES, with a recent slight increase from 9%. The May 31, 2026, sub-market has decreased to 2.5% YES, down from 3%. ## Key Takeaways – The interception of projectiles from Lebanon suggests ongoing hostilities, impacting ceasefire…
