Bitcoin

May 4, 2026
Joseph Rees
Bitcoin

Blackrock IBIT Drives Inflows as Bitcoin ETFs Post $163M Weekly Gains

Key Takeaways: Bitcoin ETFs logged $162.8M inflows, boosted by Blackrock IBIT’s $136.6M. Ether ETFs saw $82M outflows, led by Blackrock ETHA, showing weaker demand. XRP (-$35K) and Solana (-$1.2M)...

May 4, 2026
Joseph Rees
Bitcoin

Taco Tech Tuesday Returns to Miami for Consensus Week With Cinco de Mayo Edition at Crysp Studio

PRESS RELEASE. Taco Tech Tuesday (TTT), the flagship blockchain and technology networking series, well known for previous standout events such as Taco Tech Tuesday ETHDenver Edition and Taco Tech...

May 4, 2026
Joseph Rees
Bitcoin

Remittance Giant Western Union Ditches Legacy Rails for Its Own Stablecoin

Key Takeaways: Western Union launched its 1st stablecoin, USDPT, on Solana with Anchorage Digital Bank. Solana’s 24/7 settlement capabilities free up idle liquidity for Western Union’s operations. By June...

May 4, 2026
Joseph Rees
Bitcoin

ZachXBT Flags Polyarb as Fake Prediction Market With an Active Wallet Drainer

Key Takeaways: ZachXBT warned on May 4, 2026, that Polyarb hosts an active wallet drainer targeting crypto users. Prominent accounts replying to Polyarb posts amplify the scam to new...

May 4, 2026
Joseph Rees
Bitcoin

Gamestop Bids $56B for Ebay, Leveraging $519M Bitcoin Treasury

Key Takeaways: Gamestop offered $55.5B for Ebay at $125/share, with TD Bank providing $20B in debt financing. The bid draws on Gamestop’s $519M bitcoin position, built from 4,710 BTC...

May 4, 2026
Joseph Rees
Bitcoin

These Filipino Students Built an AI and Blockchain-Powered Scholarship Platform to Fix Education Funding

Frustrated by the confusing and scattered process of finding educational funding, a team of Filipino college students took matters into their own hands. They built iSkolar, a centralized scholarship...

May 4, 2026
Joseph Rees
Bitcoin

Blackrock’s European Bitcoin ETP Surpasses $1.1 Billion in Assets With 14,200 BTC

Key Takeaways: Blackrock’s European IB1T ETP crossed $1.1 billion AUM with 14,200 BTC as of May 4, 2026. IB1T launched in March 2025 and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam...

May 4, 2026
Joseph Rees
Bitcoin

OKX, BlackRock, and Standard Chartered Launch Collateral Framework for Tokenized Treasuries

Global cryptocurrency exchange OKX has announced a collaboration with asset management giant BlackRock and multinational bank Standard Chartered to introduce a new utility framework for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs)....

May 4, 2026
Joseph Rees
Bitcoin

Massive Short Squeeze and Institutional Buying Drive $96K Target

Key Takeaways: Bitcoin hit $80,039, breaking above key resistance for the first time in weeks. Capriole data shows institutions absorbing 500%+ of daily mined BTC, pointing to a $96K...

May 4, 2026
Joseph Rees
Bitcoin

China Defies US Sanctions on Oil Refiners With Sweeping Non-Compliance Order

Key Takeaways: On May 2, China’s MOFCOM invoked the Blocking Statute against U.S. OFAC sanctions on 5 local oil refiners. SMU’s Henry Gao notes this 1st use of the...