Circle posts strong results as USDC supply swells, the EU’s MiCA clock hits its final countdown, and tokenized Treasuries on Ethereum double to 8 billion dollars. We also unpack Coinbase’s AWS outage and TeraWulf’s pivot toward AI compute — and what it all means for crypto markets this week.

Five fast movers set the crypto tone for the week — from South Korea’s retail retreat and looming taxes to Bitcoin’s wedge, Trump Media’s crypto hit, crowd sentiment, and a quiet but crucial push for Stratum V2. Clear context, key levels, and what to watch heading into Tuesday’s C P I.

AUSTRAC’s new AML push, AWS brings USDC to AI agents, Kalshi lands a billion at a 22B valuation, 21Shares debuts a Canton Network ETF, and Kraken’s parent buys Reap for 600M. Your six-minute tour of the rules, rails, and capital reshaping crypto.

Bitcoin tests 83K as we cover Bithumb’s Vietnam push, a 1inch-linked exploit, whale longs on Hyperliquid, Arbitrum’s high-stakes vote, and Bitwise’s claim that the four-year cycle is over. A fast, clear rundown with context and caution.

Solana and Google Cloud debut Pay.sh for stablecoin-powered, pay-per-use AI-to-API access, while Colombia courts renewable Bitcoin mining and a Coinbase DAI freeze heads to court. Plus, CME readies BVX-linked volatility futures with 24/7 trading, and Bitwise projects a $4T stablecoin supply on the back of big-tech pilots.

Bullish’s $4.2B Equiniti deal ties crypto to core market plumbing, while Telegram doubles down on TON after slashing fees. We also cover Ripple’s security intel push, Coinbase’s SMSF rollout in Australia, and fresh inflows into U.S. Bitcoin and Ether ETFs.

Bitcoin jumps back above 80K as Asia opens, Payward closes Bitnomial to bring regulated derivatives to the U.S., and ZKsync Lite sunsets. Plus, Pyongyang denies crypto theft allegations and a New York court fight looms over Arbitrum’s frozen ETH.

Wall Street readies election prediction ETFs, Western Union preps a Solana-based dollar stablecoin, Japan eyes spot crypto ETFs by 2027, Tezos tests a unified EVM-Michelson layer, and TRM Labs spotlights North Korea’s outsized hack haul. Get the week’s biggest crypto movers in six minutes.

From a new PACTs proposal to protect Satoshi-era coins to a bipartisan deal on stablecoin yields, we cover the moves that matter. Plus, Riot’s data-center revenue pops, Bitcoin difficulty eases, and options price a cautious May.

Circle spotlights Hong Kong as a leading USDC corridor, April sets a record for exploits, and U.S. Bitcoin ETFs notch their best month of 2026. Plus, TON ships consumer-scale tools and MegaETH lands on major exchanges—here's what to watch.