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As gold prices surged to $5,300 this week, Tether and Coinbase — the two companies behind the world’s largest US dollar stablecoins — are taking different approaches to gaining exposure to the precious metal. Spot gold climbed above $5,300 per ounce on Wednesday, posting a record high of $5,311 at 3:30 am UTC, according to TradingView data.Amid the rally, Tether, issuer of USDt (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin, doubled down on its gold accumulation, while Coinbase, a key partner in the USDC (USDC) stablecoin consortium, has promoted access to gold futures on its platform.The contrasting strategies show the different ways…

New York University announced Tuesday that Alison Weaver will serve as the next director of its Grey Art Museum. She will begin in the role on May 26, after the conclusion of the current academic year. Weaver succeeds Lynn Gumpert, who retired last year and had been in the role since 1997. Weaver comes to NYU from another university museum, the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University in Houston, where she served as founding executive director since 2015. Her last day at Rice will be on May 1. Related Articles As founding director, Weaver was charged with overseeing…

Key NotesSantiment analyst expects LINK to rally, at least for the short term.Chainlink recorded one of the highest developer activities over the past 30 days.More than 10 million LINK tokens have left exchanges since mid-December. Multiple indicators have been pointing to a strong rebound for Chainlink’s LINK $11.96 24h volatility: 0.5% Market cap: $8.47 B Vol. 24h: $384.93 M price after five months of constant bearish momentum. LINK has struggled to approach its all-time high of $52 set in May 2021. The token reached $27.70 on August 23, 2025, and has been declining since. According to the market intelligence platform…

Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP are stuck in tight ranges as traders watch today’s Fed decision and, more importantly, Powell’s tone to decide the next big move. Summary Bitcoin is consolidating just under $90k, with bulls eyeing a break above 90,000 for a fresh leg higher and bears watching 85,000 as the line that opens deeper downside. Ethereum holds near 3,000 after repeated tests of the 2,700–3,300 band, with analysts warning a dip toward 2,700 could be a bear trap before any push toward 3,500. XRP is accumulating between $1.70–$1.90 but still capped below $2.40, with a clean break seen as…

Stablecoins are moving beyond crypto experimentation and into trusted financial infrastructure, OKX said, as it announced the launch of a new debit card in Europe.“Momentum is building fast,” Erald Ghoos, CEO of OKX Europe, told CoinDesk. “Regulators are putting real guardrails in place, major banks are not only taking them seriously for payments and settlements but are participating in industry-wide EU initiatives to become issuers, and everyday users are choosing faster, cheaper digital payments.”European regulators have accelerated that momentum through the rollout of the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework, which brings stablecoin issuers and crypto service providers under…

Bitget appointed former Bitpanda chief legal officer and prior KuCoin EU head Oliver Stauber as CEO of Bitget EU to lead the exchange’s Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) expansion and set up its new European headquarters in Vienna.The entity, which applied for a MiCA license in Austria in 2025, expects regulatory approval in the second quarter of 2026 and will not offer services in the European Economic Area (EEA) until authorization is granted, Stauber told Cointelegraph.He said that Bitget EU will ring‑fence EEA users from the offshore Bitget platform via Internet Protocol (IP) address detection and enhanced Know Your…

A cryptocurrency wallet linked by blockchain investigators to an alleged theft from US government-controlled crypto holdings has launched a Solana-based memecoin that later collapsed, renewing scrutiny of memecoin launch practices and onchain token distribution risks.The token, called John Daghita (LICK), was created on the Pump.fun launchpad and lost about 97% of its value within its first day of trading, according to onchain data. The token briefly reached a market capitalization of roughly $915,000 before falling below $25,000 by the time of writing.Leading up to the rally, the token deployer address made four acquisitions, while the coin was still trading below…

AltcoinInvestor Daily DigestOpening Note:Welcome back, Altcoin Investors! We’re thrilled to bring you another edition of your trusted daily crypto newsletter. In this ever-evolving digital asset market, staying informed is the key to making smart investment decisions. That’s why we’ve packed today’s digest with essential updates, in-depth insights, and developments you won’t want to miss. Whether you’re day trading, holding long-term, or exploring promising new altcoins, this newsletter is here to keep you ahead of the curve.Market Recap:This has been another whirlwind week in the crypto markets, with price fluctuations across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and an array of altcoins keeping traders and…

Social media discussions about silver and gold have outpaced crypto on most days this month as retail investors have latched onto a recent rise in precious metal prices, according to market intelligence platform Santiment.Gold discussion erupted in the second week of January as the metal hit new highs, and dominated social traffic between Jan. 8 and Jan. 18, according to Sanbase data shared in an X post from Santiment on Tuesday.The third week of January saw interest briefly return to crypto as traders attempted to “try to buy dip on the way down,” with crypto topping social media discussions between…

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei returned to China last month after a decade-long exile in Europe. The three-week trip to Beijing marked his first visit since authorities returned his confiscated passport in 2015, ending years of travel restrictions tied to his political dissent.  Ai is internationally famous for his criticism of authoritarianism and its cultural consequences—censorship, police brutality, extrajudicial incarceration—making him a longtime target of the Chinese government. The artist has lived in Germany, the UK, and Portugal after leaving China in 2015. He told CNN that his reentry to China included a brief airport interrogation, signaling a possible shift in…