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Clutch’s Spring 2026 Leader Awards have just published their shortlists across the categories that crypto-adjacent agencies compete in.The recognition is split across five distinct service categories rather than one. That structural choice is more interesting than the rankings inside each category.The split tells us something specific about who founders are actually talking to in 2026, and how the supply side of crypto communications has reorganised itself around the buyer.Five Lists, Not OneCrypto-adjacent firms appear on Clutch across five separately-listed shortlists: Top Investor Relations Firms, Top Web3 Marketing Agencies, Top PR Firms for Fintech, Top Blockchain Marketing Agencies, and Top Crypto…

The Stratum v2 Working Group announces today that ANTPOOL, Block Inc, F2Pool, Foundry, Spiderpool, MARA Foundation, and DMND have joined the working group to advance the adoption of the Stratum v2 protocol.  The working group was founded in 2022 by Braiins and Spiral to develop and maintain the Stratum v2 protocol as an open and vendor-neutral specification usable by the Bitcoin mining ecosystem. The protocol is an upgrade to the original Stratum mining protocol, bringing massive efficiency gains, privacy, security, and functionality that can be used to improve overall mining decentralization.  The onboarding of the new members, all substantial players…

Lawrence Jengar May 07, 2026 13:52 Core Scientific posts $347M Q1 loss as Bitcoin mining revenue drops 55% YoY, with high-density colocation now its top revenue driver. Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ), a prominent Bitcoin mining company transitioning into AI infrastructure, reported a $347.2 million net loss for Q1 2026, highlighting a significant decline in mining revenue. The company’s digital asset self-mining revenue fell 55% year-over-year to $30.1 million, down from $67.2 million in Q1 2025. Meanwhile, high-density colocation services have become its primary revenue driver. The $347 million loss included $266.5 million in…

Bitcoin ETFs recorded $46.33 million in total net inflows on May 6. BlackRock’s IBIT pulled in $134.61 million while Fidelity, Grayscale, and Bitwise posted outflows. Ethereum funds added $11.57 million, their fourth straight day of positive flows. Bitcoin ETFs posted a total net inflow of $46.33 million on May 6, the fifth straight trading day of positive flows for the product category. The figure pushed cumulative net inflows since launch to $59.76 billion, with total net assets across the listed funds standing at $108.76 billion. The pace of buying cooled sharply from earlier in the month, when daily inflows had…

Shiba Inu is currently trading at the $0.0000063 level on Thursday, with a brief surge of 4% in two weeks. Even with the price stagnation it faced in 2026, SHIB saw two positive signals that could help it strengthen its position in the market. The dog-themed token is now so low that an investment of $10 could get traders to accumulate 1.5 million tokens.Also Read: Shiba Inu Has Been Falling Since Dec 2024: Here’s What To KnowShiba Inu: 2 Developments Signal a Positive Approach For SHIBSource: PixabayFirst, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially recognized Shiba Inu as a…

Every few years, a headline hits and the internet collectively loses its mind.This week, that headline is hantavirus — and a cruise ship called the MV Hondius.Before you spiral, let’s talk about what’s actually happening. And yes, we’re going to bring up the thing nobody wants to think about again: pandemics, markets, and what happens when fear takes the wheel.We’ve Been Here BeforeWe vividly remember March 2020.Not because of the news cycle. Because of what it cost us personally.We were deep in negotiations to sell our company. Due diligence? Done. Term sheets? Signed. We were literally ironing out final details,…

Crypto analyst Dark Defender has alluded to history to predict a 1,008% rally for XRP, which could send its price above $10. This comes as the altcoin looks to build a base at $1.4 amid the recent recovery in the crypto market.  XRP Eyes Rally Above $10 As Price Looks To Mirror Past Gains In an X post, Dark Defender predicted that XRP could record a 1,008% gain, rallying to as high as $18. This is expected to be similar to the gains that XRP recorded in the 2021 bull run, when it rallied to $1.72. The analyst noted that…

Zach Anderson May 07, 2026 10:42 Binance unveils Team Binance football jersey to celebrate its 300M+ users, blending sports and crypto with giveaways and community events. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has unveiled the ‘Team Binance’ football jersey to celebrate its global community of more than 300 million users. Announced on May 7, 2026, this initiative is designed to symbolize unity among Binance users while further bridging the gap between the worlds of sports and crypto. The launch comes with a series of promotions, including giveaways of exclusive jerseys…

Key TakeawaysA 2024 Coinwire study reveals 76% of X influencers promoted meme coins that collapsed into obsolescence.Mega-influencers with 200,000+ followers saw catastrophic 89% negative returns on their 90-day promotions.Quantmap’s Ivan Patriki predicts that by 2031, audience trust will outweigh simple follower counts on TikTok. The Collapse of Influence A study conducted in late 2024 pulled back the curtain on the “shill culture” permeating the Web3 ecosystem after revealing that a staggering 76% of X-based influencers leveraged their platforms to promote meme coins that have since collapsed. Even more damning, two-thirds of these digital assets are now deemed functionally worthless, leaving…

All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Pantera says the tokenization market has grown to $321 billion, but remains structurally immature. Its Tokenization Progress Index found most tokenized assets still operate as wrappers around traditional financial products. Pantera says tokenization is growing fast, but not yet becoming the financial redesign many in crypto expected. Most tokenized assets are still wrappers The crypto asset manager analyzed 542 tokenized assets across 11 asset classes using its Tokenization Progress Index, a framework that scores issuance, transferability and composability from 1 to 5. The average score…