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ETH, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum ecosystem, rose 0.95% during Friday’s U.S. market hours to trade at $2,312. The buying pressure gained its current momentum following the traditional U.S. stock market as indices like S&P500 and NasDaq hit new high. The coin price gained additional momentum from the steady buying pressure from treasury firms like BitMine. After relentless buying the company is close to its self claimed target of owning 5% of all Ethereum in existence. Once achieved, will BitMine go silent in accumulation of more ETH and how it may impact Ethereum price. Origin of the Strategy BitMine’s…

Tennessee Republicans have erased the state’s last Black majority congressional district, splitting Memphis into three GOP-leaning seats. Summary Tennessee’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a new congressional map splitting Memphis, a majority-Black city, into three separate districts. The move comes eight days after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act’s racial gerrymandering protections in a major redistricting ruling. The new map positions Republicans to win all nine of Tennessee’s US House seats and draws out the state’s only Democratic congressman, Steve Cohen. Tennessee Republicans have erased the state’s last Black majority congressional district, splitting Memphis into three GOP-leaning seats. The Republican-controlled…

On April 21st and 22nd 2026, during a Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral Samuel Paparo of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command made comments on Bitcoin’s utility in cybersecurity for the country’s military, calling it a “valuable computer science tool as power projection,” and disclosing that INCOPACOM is running a Bitcoin node in their experiments with the protocol.   The comments by the INCOPACOM Commander came just days after the Islamic Republic of Iran demanded payment in Bitcoin for safe passage across the Strait of Hormuz. The mention of “power projection” echoed the work of a famous and controversial Bitcoiner, Jason Lowery, author of…

Jessie A Ellis May 08, 2026 21:27 Estonia’s FSA issues an investor warning for Zondacrypto, citing MiCA compliance issues amid ongoing withdrawal crises and investigations. Estonia’s Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority (FSA) has issued an investor warning against Zondacrypto, operated by BB Trade Estonia OÜ, for alleged non-compliance with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations. The regulator flagged the exchange’s failure to provide a white paper for its “TeamPL” token, a key requirement under MiCA Article 9. The FSA stated that crypto issuers are obligated to maintain a white paper on…

Joerg Hiller May 08, 2026 21:19 A campaign to mandate the Swiss National Bank to hold Bitcoin fell short after organizers failed to secure enough signatures for a referendum. A campaign to require the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold Bitcoin as part of its reserves has failed to gather enough support to reach a national referendum. Organizers secured only about 50,000 of the required 100,000 signatures, according to a Reuters report. The initiative aimed to amend Switzerland’s constitution, mandating the central bank to include Bitcoin (BTC) alongside gold and foreign currency reserves.…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure With the crypto market turning slightly bearish, the Ethereum price has lost the $2,300 mark, raising questions about the stability of its recent upswing. Amid this sideways price action, a report shows that a fading bullish sentiment among Ethereum whales is evidenced by a significant decline in their holdings. Large ETH Players’ Portfolio Shrinks Sharply After examining Ethereum whales‘ holdings, Ali Charts, a seasoned market expert and trader, revealed that these key investors are exhibiting a trend not seen in over a year. While ETH’s price is…

On May 8, BlackRock and Fidelity reportedly transferred large amounts of Ethereum tokens on Coinbase Prime in order to sell. The transfer comes a day after major outflows in Spot ETH ETFs after a long streak, which shows that institutional interest is slowly fading away. Recently, BitMine’s Tom Lee has also revealed that the company is planning to reduce the speed of ETH accumulation as it nears 5% supply mark. According to on-chain data, popular financial institutions like BlackRock and Fidelity are selling their Ethereum holdings despite the stability in the overall crypto market, raising questions about their motive.  According…

Darius Baruo May 08, 2026 18:34 Anthropic announces key advances in AI safety with Claude, reducing blackmail propensity to near zero through novel alignment methods. Anthropic has unveiled major progress in addressing agentic misalignment within its Claude AI models, marking a significant step forward in artificial intelligence safety. Through enhanced alignment training and innovative datasets, the company has reduced instances of misaligned behaviors—such as AI engaging in unethical actions like blackmail—from 96% in earlier models to near zero in its latest iterations. Agentic misalignment, a critical challenge in AI development, occurs when models…

London, United Kingdom, May 8th, 2026, ChainwireGoBTC Pay is a protocol that lets consumers make native and instant payments on Bitcoin’s base layer. GoMining launches its own mining pool to prioritize GoBTC Pay transaction confirmation, targeting a 12-hour final on-chain settlement by the end of 2026.The launch marks a strategic expansion for GoMining, a platform with 5 million users. GoBTC Pay extends this ecosystem into everyday payments.GoMining launches GoBTC Pay a Bitcoin payment protocol that delivers on what the 2008 whitepaper promised: peer-to-peer electronic payments. GoBTC Pay enables free and instant Bitcoin payments on the core Bitcoin layer. This makes it…

Online gambling is changing quickly, and the biggest platforms are no longer competing only through sportsbook odds or casino bonuses. Speed, payouts, mobile experience, and large-scale engagement systems are now becoming the real difference makers. That shift is exactly why Spartans.com has become one of the most talked-about betting platforms in the industry over the past few months.The brand has officially completed its massive $7 million global leaderboard payout, with one player securing the headline $5 million first-place reward while the remaining $2 million was distributed across additional winners worldwide. The campaign has now become one of the largest completed…