CLARITY Act support carries electoral boost, HarrisX poll finds
The poll found 52% of registered voters support the CLARITY Act, with 47% willing to cross party lines for a candidate who backs the bill. Source: Cointelegraph
Zcash gains 70% in a week amid growing interest in crypto privacy
Swyftx’s Pav Hundal says Zcash is surging amid concerns about artificial intelligence, quantum computing and financial surveillance. Source: Cointelegraph
US sentences ‘laptop farmers’ tied to North Korean IT worker scheme
The Justice Department said two men were sentenced for hosting laptops used by North Korean IT workers, bringing the total to eight sentences in five months. Source: Cointelegraph
Aptos commits $50M to AI agent infrastructure push
The Aptos Foundation said building infrastructure that enables sub-second finality without the need for human intervention is a key to supporting the next wave of AI agent adoption. Source: Cointelegraph
Consensus panelists explain why Perp DEXes remain a tough sell for institutional investors
Panelists at Consensus Miami said institutional investors are still largely absent from perp DEXs, citing security risks and KYC friction as key barriers. Source: CoinDesk
AWS Northern Virginia data center overheats, impacting Coinbase
Coinbase said on Friday its markets are being placed in “cancel only” mode but will begin to re-enable trading “shortly.” Source: Cointelegraph
AI Skill of the Day Digest — May 2026 (Part 1)
Check out our digest of AI Skills from the month of May, as well as bonus skills that we haven’t featured in the daily newsletter yet. Source: TheNeuron
AI agents could solve crypto’s user problem
Chappy Asel says autonomous software may be more natural users of wallets and stablecoins than humans, though agentic payments remain mostly theoretical. Source: CoinDesk
Chaos Labs says oracles secure after attempted ‘nation-state’ wallet attack
Chaos Labs said it rotated all keys after the weekend attack attempt and has not detected further suspicious activity. Source: Cointelegraph
Bitcoin slips to $79,000, DOGE leads majors losses as negative funding rates set 10-year record
Bitcoin pulled back from this week’s $81,500 high after U.S. forces fired on Iranian targets, while crypto futures markets logged their 67th straight day of negative funding rates, the longest streak in a decade per K33 Research. Source: CoinDesk