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Key TakeawaysKiyosaki warns millions of boomers could face unemployment, financial distress, and even homelessness in 2026.Financial education remained central, with two of his books cited as preparation tools.Bitcoin, ethereum, gold, and silver were presented as... 
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Key TakeawaysThe Cryptoquant Korea Premium Index (KPI) hit 1.98% on May 7 as BTC topped $80K across South Korean exchanges.Upbit and Bithumb saw BTC swing from -2.27% to premiums amid 2026 war-driven volatility.Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix AI demand may keep... 
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Key TakeawaysEvernorth says XRP’s institutional story depends on infrastructure for regulated capital.Recent XRPL upgrades added compliance controls, restricted environments, and settlement tools.Future lending and privacy features could expand XRP’s role beyond... 
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Key TakeawaysU.S. credit card debt hit a record $1.33T in May 2026, the highest since the Fed began tracking.The personal savings rate fell to 4.0% in Q1 2026 as average credit card APR reached 21%.Bitcoin advocates cite the record as evidence for BTC’s fixed-supply,... 
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Key TakeawaysAntpool, F2pool, Foundry, and 4 others joined the Stratum V2 Working Group on May 7, 2026.Stratum V2 offers miners up to 7.4% higher profitability through lower latency and better fee capture.Braiins and Spiral founded the Working Group in 2022, now... 
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Key TakeawaysCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong called the AWS-linked exchange outage unacceptable for customers.Trading, account access, and customer account information were disrupted across several Coinbase exchange services.Coinbase plans to revisit resilience tradeoffs... 
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Key TakeawaysEthereum’s DeFi TVL share fell from 63.5% to 53% between January 2025 and May 2026.Defillama data shows Ethereum holds around $45B TVL, with Solana and BNB Chain gaining ground.Layer-2 chains like Base (5.31% TVL share) are reshaping Ethereum’s multichain... 
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Key TakeawaysECB President Lagarde called euro-denominated stablecoins a financial stability risk on May 8, 2026.Lagarde mentioned that USDC depegged to $0.877 during SVB’s 2023 collapse, exposing $3.3 billion in Circle reserves.The ECB’s Pontes project launches in... 
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Key TakeawaysPayward, the parent company of Kraken, filed an OCC application to establish a national trust company for institutional digital asset custody.The proposed Payward National Trust Company would complement Kraken Financial, which holds a Federal Reserve... 
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Key TakeawaysLazarus Group attacked Layerzero Labs internal RPCs and poisoned data sources in order to attack the KelpDAO DeFi project.The security breach impacted 0.14% of applications and roughly 0.36% of asset value associated with Layerzero.Layerzero Labs is... 
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Judge Garnett cleared 30,765 ETH ($71M) for transfer to Aave’s wallet on May 9, 2026.The April 18 KelpDAO exploit saw attackers borrow $230M in ETH using unbacked rsETH collateral.Aave’s ETH LTV ratios are returning to normal as rsETH bridge recapitalization begins.... 
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Key TakeawaysBlackrock filed to tokenize its $6.1B BSTBL fund on Ethereum, targeting stablecoin investors.The move builds on Blackrock’s BUIDL fund, now at over $2.50B AUM across 8 blockchains.SEC approval is pending; Ethereum holds over $8.0B in tokenized treasuries... Translate »
