TON will reduce transaction fees to near zero within a week. Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov said that within a week, transaction fees on TON will be reduced sixfold to 0.00039 TON (about $0.0005) per transaction. Moreover, fees will remain fixed regardless of network load. Zero-Fee Transactions In his latest update, Durov also…
Pi Network has confirmed it is an official sponsor of Consensus 2026 in Miami, with co-founders Nicolas Kokkalis and Chengdiao Fan each presenting at the event on May 7 and May 6 respectively, as the network simultaneously faces a mandatory April 27 deadline for all node operators to upgrade to Protocol 22. Summary Pi Network…
Brent crude oil prices have surged past $106 per barrel as tensions between the US and Iran escalate in the Strait of Hormuz, with the “Crude Oil all time high by April 30” market currently priced at 1% YES. Market reaction The Strait of Hormuz market, which tracks whether traffic will normalize by the end…
The official TRUMP memecoin is down more than -95% from its January 2025 peak of $75, and the traders who rode that wave up are done pretending the story has a second act. The upcoming Mar-a-Lago conference for the token’s top 297 holders drew just $1.4Bn in trading volume in the run-up, compared to $12.9Bn…
3 signals converged at the February low: weekly RSI at a 4-year low, the sentiment index at its worst, and BTC retesting the 2021 cycle high. Popular crypto analyst Ash Crypto has said that Bitcoin’s drop to around $60,000 in February 2026 was the bottom of the current market cycle, based on a pattern…
Coinbase has filed with the CFTC to activate Trade at Settlement for XRP futures on May 1, placing XRP alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, and crude oil as an asset institutional traders can execute at the official settlement price. Summary Coinbase will launch Trade at Settlement for XRP futures on May 1, covering both nano XRP…
US-Israeli strikes have compromised Iran’s nuclear facilities, but Iran retains around 440kg of highly enriched uranium. The market for the US obtaining Iranian uranium by May 31 remains ambiguous with no clear odds shift yet. The Iran enriched uranium surrender by April 30 sits at 5% YES, down from 65% just a week ago. Traders…
BridgeTower Capital has officially deployed Chainlink’s full infrastructure stack to tokenize securities tied to the DOM X Arizona Copper-Gold Project, an $11 billion US natural resource initiative, in what the companies describe as live production infrastructure rather than a pilot. Summary BridgeTower Capital is using Chainlink’s complete stack, including CCIP, Proof of Reserve, NAVLink, and…
The x402 protocol has revived the HTTP 402 status code from 1997, enabling AI agents to pay for API calls using USDC embedded in HTTP headers. AWS Bedrock has integrated x402, making it the first major cloud provider to embed crypto payment rails at the infrastructure level. On Polymarket, the USD.AI FDV above $300M one…
Morgan Stanley Investment Management launched the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio on April 23, a government money market fund exclusively designed to hold the cash reserves backing stablecoin issuers’ outstanding tokens, positioning the Wall Street giant to capture reserve management business ahead of the GENIUS Act’s expected passage. Summary Morgan Stanley Investment Management launched the Stablecoin Reserves…
