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President Donald Trump’s push to install Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve moved closer to completion Tuesday after the Senate confirmed him to the Fed’s Board of Governors, a step that clears the path for a final vote on the chairmanship later this week. The Senate approved Warsh in a 51-45 vote that fell along party lines, with Sen. John Fetterman joining Republicans in support of the nominee. If confirmed as chair, Warsh would replace Jerome Powell, whose term leading the central bank ends Friday. Warsh’s rise has drawn attention across financial markets and the Bitcoin…

OpenAI introduced a new cybersecurity initiative, Daybreak, on May 11, designed to find, validate, and help fix software vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. The firm describes the approach as making software “resilient by design,” moving security earlier into the build cycle through AI-assisted code review, threat modeling, patch validation, and dependency analysis. For crypto, where a software failure can result in an immediate capital loss within a single block, the urgency is clear. The standard pattern in the crypto industry is reactive, going through a pre-launch audit, post-deployment monitoring, response when funds move, a post-mortem on the method, vulnerability…

In brief Bhutan moved 100 BTC ($8.1 million) out of holding wallets on Tuesday, per Arkham Intelligence data. The sovereign fund has sold $230 ,million in Bitcoin since January, drawing reserves down 70% from their late-2024 peak. Analysts say the steady sell-down reflects a “hold and optimize” sovereign treasury strategy. Bhutan has quietly offloaded another slice of its Bitcoin holdings, moving 100 BTC worth $8.1 million, extending a steady sovereign sell-off that analysts say is driven by a treasury management strategy rather than market pessimism.The transfers are part of a selling trend that has accelerated last year and into 2026.“At…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, has picked Ethereum over the XRP Ledger (XRPL) as it plans to launch two tokenized money-market funds. These funds will target stablecoin holders as BlackRock continues to expand its crypto offerings.  BlackRock Picks Ethereum Over XRP Ledger For New Funds According to a Bloomberg report, BlackRock has filed with the U.S. SEC to launch two tokenized money market funds. The first fund will be tokenized shares of its BlackRock Select Treasury-Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL), which will launch on the Ethereum network.…

In brief Bhutan moved 100 BTC ($8.1 million) out of holding wallets on Tuesday, per Arkham Intelligence data. The sovereign fund has sold $230 ,million in Bitcoin since January, drawing reserves down 70% from their late-2024 peak. Analysts say the steady sell-down reflects a “hold and optimize” sovereign treasury strategy. Bhutan has quietly offloaded another slice of its Bitcoin holdings, moving 100 BTC worth $8.1 million, extending a steady sovereign sell-off that analysts say is driven by a treasury management strategy rather than market pessimism.The transfers are part of a selling trend that has accelerated last year and into 2026.“At…

Five of the nation’s largest labor organizations are urging the Senate to vote against a pending cryptocurrency market structure bill, warning that the legislation would expose retirement accounts to digital asset volatility ahead of a key committee vote Thursday. The AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association, and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees sent letters and emails to Senate Banking Committee members, according to CNBC, which obtained the correspondence first. The crypto industry takes ‘risks’ The groups wrote that the bill “jeopardizes the stability of workers’ retirement plans, including public pensions, and…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure XRP has been a major topic of discussion since the CLARITY Act was first proposed, with many in the crypto community suggesting that the altcoin could greatly benefit from the bill as a cross-border neutral bridge asset. However, a market expert has outlined several entities and cryptocurrencies he believes would benefit even from this upcoming legislation. He mentions a handful of coins, but XRP is not among his list of winners.  Analyst Picks CLARITY Act Winners, But No XRP The Digital Asset CLARITY Act was first introduced…

May 12th, 2026 – ZUG, SWITZERLAND Nine protocol initiatives that target EVM compatibility, gasless transactions, compliant security tokens, transaction privacy, AI agent micropayments, and quantum-safe cryptography ?The Casper Association today published the Casper Manifest, a multi-year technical roadmap designed to make Casper Network the infrastructure layer for regulated real-world asset tokenization and the emerging machine-to-machine economy. The Manifest was introduced by Casper Association President & CTO Michael Steuer at the Digital Finance Forum in Bermuda, before an audience of leaders from Web3, traditional finance, and institutional finance. Building on major protocol releases delivered since mid-2025, including Casper 2.0 with deterministic…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our new daily news show covering all of the top stories in 5 minutes or less, downloadable on Apple Pod or Spotify.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors, equities fall ahead of today’s CPI; BTC at $80.7k Circle stock jumps 15% after Q1 earnings beat, $222M Arc raise STRC regains par, moves enough for 1,400 BTC in purchases Kraken parent Payward raises fresh capital at $20B valuation Hyperliquid’s first ETF (THYP) goes live for trading today…

In brief Circle launched Agent Stack, a suite of tools letting AI agents autonomously hold funds, make payments, and hire other services using USDC stablecoins. Key products include agent wallets, a marketplace, and a nanopayments protocol capable of transfers as small as $0.000001. Circle is positioning AI agents themselves, not just human developers, as the primary customers for its financial infrastructure. Circle Internet Group made a series of sizable announcements Monday, including reporting its quarterly earnings and announcing a $222 million token sale that values its Arc network at $3 billion. On top of that, the firm also said that…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has published a major security report warning that artificial intelligence is now being weaponized by state-linked hackers and criminal threat actors at industrial scale — with autonomous malware, AI-generated zero-day exploits, and credential-targeting operations posing a direct and escalating threat to crypto users relying on standard security measures. The May 11 report, published on the Google Cloud blog by GTIG and drawing on Mandiant incident response engagements, marks a significant escalation from the group’s February 2026 findings. Where that earlier report identified…