Strategy Posts $12.5 Billion Q1 Loss as Bitcoin Slump Hammers Massive Holdings
Michael Saylor’s Strategy continues to bet big on Bitcoin even as falling prices deliver a punishing quarter for the treasury giant. Source: Decrypt
Crypto PAC spends $500K in support of Indiana candidate ahead of primary
Days before an Indiana primary, the Defend American Jobs PAC reported spending about $514,000 on media in support of a Republican House member running for reelection in the state‘s 4th Congressional District. Source: Cointelegraph
Kelp claims that LayerZero approved the setup it blamed for $292 million bridge hack
The $292M exploit, linked to North Korean hackers, led Kelp to migrate its rsETH off LayerZero’s “OFT” standard to Chainlink’s “CCIP.” Source: CoinDesk
Solana and Google Cloud Launch Stablecoin Payments Service for AI Agents
Solana’s new service lets AI agents pay for Google Cloud and community APIs on a per-request basis, bypassing traditional accounts. Source: Decrypt
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on his company’s monopoly: no one is coming for us
Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML’s CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on the rooftop deck of his Beverly Hills hotel Tuesday morning ahead of his appearance at the Milken Institute…
Strategy posts $12.54 billion Q1 loss on declining bitcoin price
The price of bitcoin fell from about $87,000 to $68,000 during the first three months of 2026. Source: CoinDesk
Cybercrime Might Be the One Job AI Isn’t Taking, Study Suggests
A Cambridge-led study finds AI is not turning hackers into superhackers. It’s mostly helping them write blog spam. Source: Decrypt
Tennessee Bankers Association names Stablecore as preferred digital asset provider
Regional lenders gain access to infrastructure for stablecoins, tokenized deposits and crypto-backed lending without building systems in-house, signaling wider bank adoption. Source: Cointelegraph
Drift outlines a recovery plan for users after $295 million DPRK-linked exploit
The lending protocol proposed tokenized claims, a revenue-backed pool and a security overhaul as it works with law enforcement to recover the stolen funds. Source: CoinDesk
Tokenization won't disrupt banking rails but improve them, Wall Street executives say
Executives from Citigroup, JPMorgan and DTCC said at Consensus that genuine client demand is driving real-world use of tokenized assets. Source: CoinDesk