Zcash Surges Past $600 as Traders Drive 40% Spike, Flipping Monero by Market Cap

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Michael @saylor lays out Bitcoin’s next phase. Not just an asset - a system 🔸30% annual growth for decades 🔸Turning volatility into 11% yield 🔸Bitcoin-backed credit replacing bonds 🔸A path to 8% “stable” money With @_dsencil at @TheBitcoinConf

Euro stablecoins are growing, but are still tiny: ~$1.8B MC vs $320B+ for dollar stables. The bigger story? Asian banks still won’t touch stables, so local-currency stables end up serving mostly as USD bridges. @graminitha1 @2084Richardson

🏛️ CFTC Chairman Mike Selig says the agency is using AI and surveillance systems to review trade data, but human Quants still flag suspicious trading on the back end. 💬 "We can't be Luddites and avoid technologies that are proving out to be really game-changing," said Selig.

💰 Base founder Jesse Pollak says, "you're starting to see agents be able to do new things with money." Pollak added, "agents can now plug into it and so it's this really really powerful substrate of additional context...which are letting them operate more effectively."

🤖 "We've hit the inflection point," says Base founder Jesse Pollak speaking on AI agents. 💬 Pollak pointed to December as the turning point, adding, "It just totally opened up the aperture of what's possible with agents."

🤖 "AI agents are the way in which you can break these centralized platforms," said Animoka's Yat Siu live at #Consensus2026. 🎙️Siu says, "Decentralization is a big theme in crypto...but it matters more for sovereign agents."

Bitcoin Bulls Defend $80,500 Support, Driving 7% Weekly Surge to $1.63 Trillion Cap

🤖 "Blockchain technology is the ideal financial system for machines," says Animoka Brands co-founder Yat Siu. @ysiu predicts an "agentic civilization" where AI agents handle crypto transactions for users, making platforms like MetaMask unnecessary for everyday people.

World Liberty Financial sold 5.9B more tokens in a private “white glove” deal, didn’t disclose buyers, and now critics say the whole structure favors insiders before the real scrutiny begins. @graminitha1 @2084Richardson

🤖 @worldlibertyfi is expanding access to AI with WorldClawAI, allowing users to access 300+ models via WorldRouter. AI agents can facilitate payments in $USD1 on BNB Chain and #Solana to support task execution. Locking $WLFI tokens will give access to additional features.

"#Bitcoin is the single asset that provides the most certainty that you can hold," says @APompliano. Pomp points to uncertainty around war, AI and the Fed. 💬 "That type of certainty becomes very valuable in a world full of uncertainty."

💸 "The CLARITY for stablecoins is an unlock," says Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. 🎙️ Garlinghouse added, "The economy is 24/7, 365 days a year, but our payment infrastructure isn't...stablecoins are 24/7, 365," live on-stage at #Consensus2026.

🏛️ Sen. Cynthia Lummis says the Clarity Act "is the priority," urging the Senate to act. Lummis says "Every corner of the industry is operating under legal uncertainty that Congress has the power to fix." 💬 "The Clarity Act is not a future priority; it is the priority."

🎙️ Arthur Hayes kicks off #Consensus2026 live on-stage, speaking on "central banks...printing money and the price of Bitcoin" "As the Fed balance sheet is ballooned to something like seven trillion dollars, the price of #Bitcoin has rocketed higher," explains @CryptoHayes.

🎙️ Arthur Hays kicks off #Consensus2026 live on-stage, speaking on "central banks...printing money and the price of Bitcoin" "As the Fed balance sheet is ballooned to something like seven trillion dollars, the price of #Bitcoin has rocketed higher," explains @CryptoHayes.

Are stocks topping out? @graminitha1 and @2084Richardson react to the growing list of bears: Buffett sitting on record cash, Paul Tudor Jones warning equities look stretched, and even Kiyosaki’s depression call getting harder to ignore.

🟠 #Bitcoin climbs back over $81,000 | $BTC

🗞️ Coinbase reduces its workforce by 14%. CEO Brian Armstrong cites a down market and AI fundamentally changing how the company operates. Armstrong said engineers now ship in days what used to take weeks. 💻 Coinbase is flattening its structure to 5 layers max.

Stocks are at all-time highs, Bitcoin is at $80K. The question? Whether this is real strength or late-cycle euphoria. In this edition of The Weekly, @graminitha1 and @2084Richardson cover the stablecoin boom, Trump-linked crypto drama, and a new “reverse wrench attack.”

Real Finance chose EVM compatibility because Ethereum’s developer stack is already the “global language” of crypto. As @pauli_speaks puts it: don’t reinvent the wheel — build a better road for it to roll on. @graminitha1 @2084Richardson Full episode: https://t.co/2vOOa8uU1T Token Narratives ep 99 is brought to you by https://t.co/OL94nRreJD: Institutional Infrastructure for Real-World Assets. Тhe first fully decentralised and permissionless L1 Blockchain that offers native tokenisation of RWAs. $ASSET TGE IS LIVE. Learn more at https://t.co/zUcbKarozr On X: @RealFinOfficial Youtube: https://t.co/w7VpX2QHpF

Prediction Market Traders Push April 2026 Volume to $8.6B, Kalshi Takes the Lead

Graham isn’t buying the $60K ETH thesis. His take: institutions won’t build on Ethereum — they’ll use permissioned “corpo chains.” And even if they do use Ethereum, that doesn’t mean value accrues to ETH. @graminitha1 @2084Richardson Full episode: https://t.co/2vOOa8uU1T Token Narratives ep 99 is brought to you by https://t.co/OL94nRreJD: Institutional Infrastructure for Real-World Assets. Тhe first fully decentralised and permissionless L1 Blockchain that offers native tokenisation of RWAs. $ASSET TGE IS LIVE. Learn more at https://t.co/zUcbKarozr On X: @RealFinOfficial Youtube: https://t.co/ek9F2LIOpB

Stefan Muehlbauer Warns DOJ Indictments End ‘Safe Zone’ as US Army Sergeant Case Expands Risk

Markets may be pricing in calm, but Alex isn’t buying it. Oil shock risks, jet fuel shortages, record consumer debt, private credit stress, and a potential Fed “excuse” for QE could mean one thing: Bitcoin dips first — then slingshots to $200K. @graminitha1 @2084Richardson Full episode: https://t.co/2vOOa8uU1T Token Narratives ep 99 is brought to you by https://t.co/OL94nRreJD: Institutional Infrastructure for Real-World Assets. Тhe first fully decentralised and permissionless L1 Blockchain that offers native tokenisation of RWAs. $ASSET TGE IS LIVE. Learn more at https://t.co/zUcbKarozr On X: @RealFinOfficial Youtube: https://t.co/ek9F2LIOpB

UAE Intercepts Missiles as Bitcoin Surges Past $80K, Triggering $270M Liquidations

🇪🇺 Bank of Italy Deputy Governor Chiara Scotti says the EU should evaluate a tokenized version of its SEPA payments system. She warns the financial innovation is questioning the role of central banks, adding infrastructure for public and private money to interact is a priority.

🟠 $80,000 #Bitcoin

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🇺🇸 Apollo Global Management reports that American households no longer want long term treasuries, instead opting for ultra-short duration T-bills while selling the long end. 📉 Meanwhile, $TLT has been down only since April 2020.

Real Finance chose EVM compatibility because Ethereum’s developer stack is already the “global language” of crypto. As @pauli_speaks puts it: don’t reinvent the wheel — build a better road for it to roll on. @graminitha1 @2084Richardson Full episode: https://t.co/2vOOa8uU1T Token Narratives ep 99 is brought to you by https://t.co/OL94nRreJD: Institutional Infrastructure for Real-World Assets. Тhe first fully decentralised and permissionless L1 Blockchain that offers native tokenisation of RWAs. $ASSET TGE IS LIVE. Learn more at https://t.co/zUcbKarozr On X: @RealFinOfficial Youtube: https://t.co/ek9F2LIOpB

Markets are ripping, oil is flashing danger, and Bitcoin may be at a major inflection point. Alex says this setup feels eerily like February 2020: euphoria first, panic later — before a possible Bitcoin slingshot to $200K. @graminitha1 @2084Richardson @pauli_speaks Token Narratives ep 99 is brought to you by https://t.co/OL94nRreJD: Institutional Infrastructure for Real-World Assets. Тhe first fully decentralised and permissionless L1 Blockchain that offers native tokenisation of RWAs. $ASSET TGE IS LIVE. Learn more at https://t.co/zUcbKarozr On X: @RealFinOfficial Youtube: https://t.co/ek9F2LIOpB

Markets are ripping, oil is flashing danger, and Bitcoin may be at a major inflection point. Alex says this setup feels eerily like February 2020: euphoria first, panic later — before a possible Bitcoin slingshot to $200K. @graminitha1 @2084Richardson

From $80K Breakout to Stablecoin Boom: Who’s Really in Control? | The Weekly for May 4

Raoul Pal Backs Zcash as Bitcoin's 'Younger Sibling' While ZEC Climbs 8%, Outpacing Altcoins

🇺🇸 CFTC Chairman Mike Selig declared this week that "America is now the crypto capital of the world." 🗓️ In his first 100 days, Selig worked with SEC Chair Atkins to establish a clear taxonomy for crypto assets, clarifying which are securities and which are not.

🟠 Metaplanet's Dylan LeClair said this week that Bitcoin reaching $1M to $10M requires Wall Street to institutionalize the asset. 🗨️ @DylanLeClair argued that hyperbitcoinization doesn't happen without big players coming in and institutionalizing $BTC.

🎙️ "We are mining and we are not selling. We believe in the asset," said Eric Trump at Bitcoin 2026. Eric highlighted American #Bitcoin mining and the Trump Organization's $BTC treasury and growing institutional holding. "There is a limited supply...people are not selling it."

📜 A Taiwanese legislator delivered a #Bitcoin reserve report to the Premier and Central Bank Governor this week. The legislator urging the allocation of part of Taiwan's $602B FX reserves to $BTC. 🇹🇼