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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink told the Milken Institute that the growing demand for computing power could create an entirely new asset class. He mentioned that traders in the future might be able to buy and sell futures contracts on raw computing power.

During the conference in Beverly Hills, Fink described computing power as so scarce that it needs its own derivatives market. He likened it to energy and agricultural commodities, where firms are already hedging using structured futures contracts.

The WHO is ringing the alarm worldwide over an outbreak of hantavirus, which has already claimed three lives on the cruise ship MV Hondius. Bitcoin investors are recalling Black Thursday in March 2020.

The similarity to the onset of COVID-19 is sparking doubts again about a potential strong reaction in the crypto market.

What's hantavirus and why is the WHO concerned?

Hantavirus is a serious viral disease transmitted through contact with the urine, droppings, or saliva of infected rodents. The mortality rate can soar up to 50% in the U.S., and there is currently no approved vaccine or specific antiviral treatment.

Morgan Stanley has kicked off direct trading in cryptocurrencies on the E*Trade platform. The bank charges clients 50 basis points per transaction, which is more favorable than Coinbase, Robinhood, and Charles Schwab.

The pilot is now live for a small group of users. According to Bloomberg, all 8,6 million E*Trade clients will gain access later in 2026.

A direct attack on crypto-native brokers.

With a fee of 0.5%, Morgan Stanley is undercutting several competitors vying for retail crypto flows. Schwab charges 75 basis points for spot Bitcoin and Ether trading. Retail costs on Coinbase could exceed 0.5%, depending on the tier and payment method.

Bitcoin (BTC) pumped back above $82,000 on Tuesday, bouncing back from the level it last held at the end of January. This came as Jim Cramer from CNBC told viewers that the U.S. stock market had cooled down enough to support a new leg up.

BTC was trading on Binance around $82,450, up about 1.9% for the day. Cramer indicated that sectors like compute-AI, financials, travel and leisure, and U.S. manufacturers involved in reconstruction in the Middle East are likely to take the lead as the rally continues.

The recent Bitcoin rally hasn't convinced Benjamin Cowen that the bear market is over. The founder of Into the Cryptoverse warns that this current uptick will likely top out within a few weeks before we see another drop, possibly hitting a low in October.

His forecast is based on a pattern that played out multiple times in 2014, 2018, and 2019, when Bitcoin broke above key moving averages during the middle of the bear market, only to continue the downward trend afterward. Historically, the time between cyclical lows has ranged from 140 to 174 days.

South Korea's KOSPI broke through the 7,000 mark for the first time in history on Wednesday. The index closed 6.45% higher at a record 7,384.56 due to a rally, fueled by soaring demand for AI chips.

The main index has risen about 75% so far this year, following a 76% jump in 2025 – the best year since 1999.

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Notably, Samsung Electronics surged 14.4%, pushing its market cap above $1 trillion. This makes it the second Asian company – after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) – to hit this milestone.

The Solana Foundation and Google Cloud have launched Pay.sh, a pay-as-you-go marketplace that lets AI agents settle payments in stablecoins on Solana.

The platform is swapping out accounts and subscriptions for pay-per-use API payments via the x402 protocol. This allows services like Gemini, BigQuery, and Vertex AI to be used directly, even by autonomous software.

Solana is enabling a new settlement layer for AI trading.

Pay.sh expands the x402 standard, originally backed by Coinbase and Cloudflare, into a central registry where Google Cloud joins over 50 community API facilitators. Each request is settled in stablecoins, and facilitators handle the execution on Solana’s fast network. The Solana Foundation announced the launch on X and referred to it as 'machine-native commerce.'

Three altcoins outside the top rankings surged on May 6: Filecoin (FIL), Internet Computer (ICP), and Dash (DASH) all gained over 10% in a single day.

This simultaneous rise shows that investors are regaining interest in mid-cap coins that were stuck in a narrow range throughout April. On the daily charts, we see breakouts, increased volatility, and the RSI for all three tokens diving into bullish territory.

Filecoin (FIL) has been moving between $0.80 and $1.06 over the past three months in a tight accumulation phase. The Volume Profile (VRVP) indicated $0.91 as the key support level within this range.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) surged about 18% in pre-market trading on May 6 after strong Q1 numbers, while Intel (INTC) continued its multi-week climb with a 13% gain to a new all-time high around $108.

Both stocks had a 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) well above 70 for most of April. However, the price didn't react with a dip that this technical situation typically predicts, but rather with further gains on each new overbought signal.

Overbought signals are less potent for AMD and INTC

Carl Runefelt, the Swedish creator known as Carl Moon to his 650,000 YouTube subscribers, has pulled off something rare in a bear market. He openly admitted that his content impacts the wallet of retail investors.

In an interview with BeInCrypto, Runefelt and David Wulschner from Crypto Familie reflected on the responsibility of creators. They reached different conclusions, but the discussion was notably candid about a question that the crypto space often sidesteps.

Stablecoins have evolved into much more than just trading tools. The global supply is now around $316 billion, while US policymakers have been working on establishing a clearer legal framework for responsible issuers over the past year. Meanwhile, Europe is still trying to turn regulations into actual adoption, especially for euro-backed coins.

BeInCrypto asked five industry experts if stablecoins are currently the strongest real-world use case in crypto.

A majority of Israelis believe that ending the war with Iran under the current conditions doesn't align with their country's security interests. In contrast, 77% of Americans think that an attack on Iran was the wrong move.

The survey from the Israel Democracy Institute drops while the markets are still showing major volatility due to the war.

Two allies, two studies, two judgments on the US-Israeli war with Iran.

The Viterbi Family Center of IDI surveyed between April 26 and 30 with 601 Jewish and 150 Arab participants. In total, 59% of Israelis indicated that stopping the war with Iran doesn't currently align with national security.

Zcash (ZEC) made a sharp recovery move, rising nearly 30% in one session. This pushed the price to a new year-to-date high of $550.

On a monthly basis, the value of ZEC has more than doubled. This latest surge has recouped all losses from 2026, showing a strong reversal for the asset.

Zcash hits a new high in 2026 and makes up for its losses this year.

The price then dipped slightly to around $545 at the time of writing. This privacy coin was the biggest gainer among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap on CoinGecko.

Pi Coin's price is forming a cup-and-handle pattern, and the surprise beneath the consolidation is that big money is buying, not selling. Usually, you see capital outflow during consolidations after a quick rejection.

With PI, the opposite happened. Moreover, a hidden bullish divergence indicates a continuation of the modest 6% month-over-month upward trend.

All these bullish signals and the pattern itself are targeting a 23.62% breakout if this setup gets confirmed.

Pi Coin is forming a cup-and-handle, after which sellers stepped in at $0.20.

Anchorage Digital has rolled out Agentic Banking. This infrastructure gives AI agents regulated access to capital.

The platform handles identity verification, spending limits, and real-time risk monitoring before approvals of payments via fiat, stablecoins, or tokenized credentials.

Anchorage Digital launches Agentic Banking for AI agents

Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital, stressed that strict controls are essential when integrating AI into financial systems. He pointed out that autonomous agents can't just have direct access to company finances.

Bitcoin's price has surged over 20% in the past month, but the underlying market structure tells a different story than what the price action suggests.

Derivatives traders are predominantly short, and whales are selling in the current rising market. The momentum indicates a potential pullback rather than a new upward trend: the price looks bullish, but the underlying structure remains bearish.

Derivatives data is bearish despite the rally.

Most of the increases in the past quarters followed a similar pattern: long traders jump in early, leverage on the perpetual futures market ramps up, funding rates quickly turn positive, and the rise continues until a sudden dip flushes out the over-leveraged longs, and the cycle starts anew. This pattern is so frequent that many rallies are viewed with skepticism, as there often remains a significant amount of longs that need to be 'washed out' from the market.

A new study reveals that 45% of Americans say investing in cryptocurrency isn't worth the risk, while 44% believe that artificial intelligence (AI) is developing too rapidly.

This stance puts candidates who are reliant on crypto and AI super PAC dollars in a tough spot.

Spending by the industry faces skepticism from voters.

The poll also shows that nearly 50% of respondents have more trust in traditional banks than in crypto platforms. Additionally, about two-thirds want lawmakers to impose strict regulations or heavy oversight on AI.

Microsoft's annual Work Trend Index Report for 2026 shows that employees are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) tools. However, employers often fail to adjust their systems, rewards, and metrics to fully capitalize on the value of AI.

The report refers to this as a 'transformation paradox'. It indicates that the forces driving AI adoption simultaneously hinder its usage.

Significant disparities in AI readiness in the workplace

Microsoft analyzed trillions of anonymized Microsoft 365 productivity signals. Additionally, 20,000 employees from the US, UK, India, and Japan were surveyed.

MemeCore (M) surged 25% to $3.38 on Tuesday after testing the 0.382 Fibonacci support at $2.59 again. This indicates that buyers have become active again at this crucial correction level.

With this rally, M finds itself in a low liquidity zone around $3.40, where clusters of short liquidations are piling up. A clear breakout opens the path to $3.88 and possibly $4 in the upcoming sessions.

Short liquidation clusters above $3.50

The M Exchange Liquidation Map from Coinglass shows that there are many short positions starting from $3.49 and growing larger between $3.69 and $3.88. A second group lies higher between $4.05 and $4.27.

Oil prices took a hit on Tuesday after President Donald Trump hit the brakes on the Project Freedom initiative. Brent crude dropped by 1.81% to $107.88 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) slipped 1.72% to $100.51.

The sell-off continued across the entire energy sector. Natural gas fell 0.67% to $2.77, gasoline dipped 0.93% to $3.59, and heating oil lost 1.28%, settling at $3.98.

Why did Trump pause Project Freedom?

Trump confirmed the pause via a Truth Social post. He cited progress towards an agreement with Iran and requests from Pakistan and other nations as reasons to hit the brakes.