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Lombard migrates $1B in Bitcoin-backed assets to Chainlink CCIP after $292M exploit shakes LayerZero confidence

Adam Forsyth4 weeks ago03 mins

Lombard Finance, one of the largest Bitcoin-native liquid staking platforms in DeFi, is moving more than $1B in Bitcoin-backed assets off LayerZero’s bridge infrastructure and onto Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol. The protocol plans to fully deprecate LayerZero from its cross-chain stack. The migration follows an April 2026 exploit that drained roughly $292M from KelpDAO’s rsETH…

Tech & AI

US Approves Nvidia H200 Sales to China, But Shipments Remain Stalled

Abigail Avery4 weeks ago01 mins

US approvals could let Nvidia sell H200 AI chips to China, but Beijing’s security concerns and export rules have stalled shipments. The post US Approves Nvidia H200 Sales to China, But Shipments Remain Stalled appeared first on TechRepublic. Source link

Blackrock Drives Bitcoin ETF Recovery as Trading Volume Surges to $2.76B

Joseph Rees4 weeks ago03 mins

Key Takeaways Bitcoin ETFs added $131.31M as Blackrock IBIT drew $144.10M in fresh inflows. Ether ETFs lost $5.65M for a 4th day, with Blackrock ETHA leading withdrawals. XRP gained $18.25M, and Solana gained $6.51M as altcoin ETF demand remained resilient. XRP ETFs Attract $18M as Regulatory Optimism Fuels Investor Demand A calmer tone returned to…

Bitget’s AI trading stack tops 1 million users and $1.2B in volume

Adam Forsyth4 weeks ago03 mins

Bitget’s AI trading ecosystem now spans 58 tools, over 1 million users and $1.2B in volume, as the exchange leans into “agent‑native” trading as a core Universal Exchange pillar. Summary Bitget says its AI trading ecosystem has attracted more than 1 million users and generated over $1.2 billion in cumulative trading volume across 58 AI‑powered…

OpenAI announces personal finance tools in ChatGPT for power users

Abigail Avery4 weeks ago02 mins

Weeks after guru Mel Robbins received backlash for telling women to upload their banking statements to AI (specifically in an ad for Microsoft Copilot), OpenAI today announced a “personal finance experience” within ChatGPT. The company is releasing a preview of the experience for Pro users in the United States, who can connect their financial accounts to the…

Brent crude rises amid US-Iran tensions, impacting WTI price expectations

Adam Forsyth4 weeks ago02 mins

## Market Snapshot WTI Crude Oil Prices on May 15 are currently priced at 4% YES for closing above $105. Market activity reflects a significant drop from 42% YES seen 24 hours ago. The WTI Crude Oil Movement on May 15 shows a strong 99.4% YES for an upward move, indicating heightened expectations of a…

Spencer Pratt Is Creating Panic Over ‘Super Meth.’ It’s Not Even Real

Abigail Avery4 weeks ago04 mins

Zagorski says this is likely contributing to an uptick in meth use, but that it’s a “relatively minor” factor overall, with economic precarity and housing instability doing far more to drive the crisis. Nicky Mehtani, an assistant professor in the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital who specializes in addiction…

Bitcoin Slides Below $79K as Trump’s Iran Threat Sends Oil Past $105

Joseph Rees4 weeks ago03 mins

Key Takeaways On May 15, bitcoin briefly dipped to $78,611 after the deadlocked U.S.-China summit rattled investors. The flash crash triggered a market-wide liquidation, wiping out $382 million in long positions. Observers expect bitcoin to remain volatile as the tech war over AI chips continues. US-China Tech Cold War Intensifies Bitcoin plunged below the $79,000…

Crypto

Bitwise Set to Launch Hyperliquid (HYPE) ETF

Adam Forsyth4 weeks ago03 mins

The launch comes only days after another HYPE ETF, 21Shares’ THYP, started trading, racking up $1.8M on its debut. Asset manager Bitwise is set to launch an exchange-traded fund tracking Hyperliquid’s native HYPE token. The ETF will start trading on May 15 under the ticker BHYP on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Capitalizing…

Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up

Abigail Avery4 weeks ago03 mins

It’s no secret that AI data centers have been straining the grid. But Silicon Valley has been relatively insulated from it all, thanks to high land and power prices that have pushed hyperscaler projects elsewhere. The tech elite might soon get a taste of the power crunch, though. The Bay Area’s vacationland, Lake Tahoe, has…

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Lombard migrates $1B in Bitcoin-backed assets to Chainlink CCIP after $292M exploit shakes LayerZero confidence

US Approves Nvidia H200 Sales to China, But Shipments Remain Stalled

Blackrock Drives Bitcoin ETF Recovery as Trading Volume Surges to $2.76B

Bitget’s AI trading stack tops 1 million users and $1.2B in volume

OpenAI announces personal finance tools in ChatGPT for power users

Brent crude rises amid US-Iran tensions, impacting WTI price expectations

Spencer Pratt Is Creating Panic Over ‘Super Meth.’ It’s Not Even Real

Bitcoin Slides Below $79K as Trump’s Iran Threat Sends Oil Past $105

Bitwise Set to Launch Hyperliquid (HYPE) ETF

Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up

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