Day: May 4, 2026

Paradigm launches PACTs Bitcoin quantum proposal

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Paradigm Bitcoin general partner Dan Robinson published a proposal on May 1 for Provable Address-Control Timestamps, or PACTs, a system that lets dormant Bitcoin holders privately timestamp proof of key ownership before quantum computers arrive, creating a potential rescue path for Satoshi Nakamoto’s estimated 1.1 million BTC. Summary PACTs use three steps: a secret salt, a BIP-322 ownership proof, and an OpenTimestamps commitment anchored on-chain, all without any public on-chain transaction. If Bitcoin later implements a quantum sunset soft fork, PACT holders can submit a STARK zero-knowledge proof to reclaim…

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Morgan Stanley says Bitcoin on bank balance sheets

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Morgan Stanley head of digital asset strategy Amy Oldenburg said at the Bitcoin 2026 Conference in Las Vegas that Bitcoin on US bank balance sheets is “not totally out of the question,” citing 16 months of regulatory progress while warning that Basel capital rules and Fed guidance still stand in the way. Summary The Basel Committee’s 1,250% risk-weight on unbacked crypto makes direct Bitcoin balance-sheet exposure economically unviable for major banks under current rules. Morgan Stanley’s MSBT launched April 8 as the first US bank-affiliated Bitcoin ETP, hitting $100M in…

Trump-Linked WLFI Platform Sues Justin Sun for Defamation

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World Liberty Financial filed a defamation lawsuit against Tron founder Justin Sun in Florida, escalating a legal fight between the Trump family-linked crypto platform and one of its largest investors. The lawsuit, filed Monday in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, accused Sun of making false public statements about World Liberty and violating WLFI token-sale terms through alleged prohibited transfers, short-selling and straw purchases. The lawsuit also accused Sun of spreading defamatory statements surrounding the crypto platform, demanding a court-ordered retraction and compensation from the founder. Sun denied…

DTCC Sets Plans for October Tokenized Securities Launch

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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plans to pilot trading of tokenized securities in July with a goal of a full service launch in October. The post-trade market infrastructure giant said Monday that more than 50 TradFi and DeFi firms will play a role in the design and deployment of the service. That DTCC Industry Working Group includes Alpaca, Anchorage Digital, BitGo Bank & Trust, BlackRock, Circle and Fireblocks, along with some of the biggest banks in the country. Source: DTCC DTCC, which currently custodies $114 trillion in liquid…

Influencer Ashcrypto Under Fire for Alleged ROYA Pump-and-Dump Scheme – Bitcoin News

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Key Takeaways: ZachXBT alleged that Ashcrypto ran several pump-and-dump schemes on illiquid CEX-listed altcoins. Evidence shows Ashcrypto called ROYA publicly, then told followers he was “holding 100%” while selling. The allegation is amongst other similar influencer-based manipulations that have continued into 2026. The ROYA Incident Ashcrypto, who has over 2.1 million followers on X, made a public call for ROYA, the native token of decentralized lending platform Royale Finance, on a centralized exchange ( CEX). Within hours, he acted puzzled and messaged “who the f is selling like this” on…

Bitcoin price breaks $80,000 at Consensus 2026

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Bitcoin price broke above $80,000 on May 4 for the first time since January 31, reaching the level as Consensus 2026 opened in Miami and $630 million in US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows on May 1 gave the move institutional backing. Summary April’s $1.97 billion in spot Bitcoin ETF inflows was the highest monthly total of 2026, setting the stage for the $80,000 reclaim. CryptoQuant analysts said the rally is driven by ETF inflows and leveraged longs, not broad-based spot buying, a pattern historically linked to fragile gains. Polymarket odds…

Bitcoin Price Rally Could Trigger 20% Push for Dogecoin, Here’s When

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Bitcoin’s recent weekend breakout above a key resistance level has set a potential blueprint for Dogecoin, with analysts pointing to a 25% move for DOGE if the meme coin can replicate BTC’s feat in the coming days. Related Reading The world’s leading cryptocurrency cleared the $78,330 level — its 23-week moving average — over the weekend, posting a more than 3% rise and forming a pin bar candle on the weekly chart. That technical confirmation matters. Dogecoin faces the same test at its own 23-week moving average, sitting at $0.111,…

FAMOUS EX-CIA SAYS XRP WILL BECOME NEW WORLD CURRENCY???

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Jim Rickards — ex-CIA contractor, New York Times bestselling author, former advisor to the White House and Pentagon, and the man who literally HELPED BUILD the petrodollar system with Henry Kissinger in 1973-74 — just went on The Julia La Roche Show and named Ripple/XRP as a potential cryptocurrency for oil settlement in the emerging new monetary system. His exact words: “They would take it in the cryptocurrency equivalent. Now, they didn’t say which cryptocurrency. A lot of people just assume Bitcoin.…