📢 Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI in business AI adoption for the first time in April, according to the latest Ramp AI Index.

📢 Ethereum recorded a three-week high in network realized profits, reaching $74.58M, according to Santiment.

📢 The Senate Banking Committee’s markup session for the CLARITY Act has been set for 10:30 AM ET.

📢 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a blanket no-action letter for prediction markets, relaxing certain swap data reporting requirements.

📢 According to CryptoQuant, Bitcoin traders’ unrealized profit margins have risen to 17.7%, marking the highest level since June 2025.

📢 U.S. Jobless Claims Come In Hot 🇺🇸

U.S. initial jobless claims rose to 221K, above the 205K forecast and previous 200K reading.

• Higher claims boosted Fed rate-cut expectations
• Weaker outlook for the dollar after the data
• Could support stocks and crypto if markets see it as easing-friendly, not recession-driven

📢 Stablecoin supply on BNB Chain has jumped 73% year-over-year, increasing from around $9B to nearly $16B, according to Artemis.

📢 ZachXBT alleges that LAB-linked wallets transferred 226M tokens to Bitget, raising concerns over potential insider trading activity.

📢 Kraken Picks Chainlink for $3B Migration

Kraken is moving over $3B in assets to Chainlink CCIP, replacing LayerZero as the bridge provider for kBTC and future wrapped assets.

• Chainlink CCIP becomes the exclusive bridge for kBTC
• More than $3B in TVL expected to migrate
• Move follows the $292M Kelp exploit tied to LayerZero infrastructure

📢 Crypto liquidations reached $112.86M over the past four hours, with short positions accounting for $98.65M of the total.

📢 The CLARITY Act now has a 69% probability of becoming law this year.

📢 The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve declined by roughly 8.6 million barrels last week, marking the largest weekly drawdown on record and extending its streak to seven straight weeks of declines.

📢 The total crypto market capitalization has climbed back above $2.71 trillion.

📢 Bitcoin ETFs saw $131M in inflows on Thursday as the CLARITY Act moved forward in the Senate.

Following heavy ETF outflows in recent weeks, institutional demand appears to be picking up again.

📢 According to Santiment, XRP whales are accumulating at their strongest pace since 2018, now holding 45.83B tokens valued at $68.5B as XRP targets the $1.50 level.

📢 According to Santiment, Bitcoin exchange supply remains at 5.6%, its lowest level since 2018, while Ethereum exchange supply has risen slightly to 4.6%.

📢 KOSPI dropped 6% after briefly moving above the 8,000 level, as investors sold off AI-focused technology stocks.

📢 Boeing shares have fallen 4.7% since Donald Trump stated that China would purchase 200 aircraft.

📢 NVIDIA is now under $300B away from becoming the world’s first company to reach a $6 trillion valuation.

📢 According to ZachXBT, THORChain has suffered exploits across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BSC, and Base, with losses exceeding $10M.