Crypto Industry News & Market Trends

For Will Buxton, ‘No Race Comes Close’ To The Indy 500

Now 18 months on the job with FOX Sports as the lead commentator for the IndyCar series and the Indianapolis 500, Will Buxton has arguably become the series greatest advocate. In an exclusive with me for Forbes, Buxton goes through his evolution heading into the 110th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”.　　Talking with Will Buxton is like talking to that kid who discovers racing for the first time. Racing isnt work. Racing is a newborn passion for him again and again. There is a genuine love for motorsports, with the passion coming through each and every time.　　And while he has a bit of rock-star status due to his role as a key figure in Netflix‘s series and his tenure with Formula 1, Buxton is approachable and honest about where he’s at and about his continued education in IndyCar.　　“I guess the biggest thing for me over the last 18 months has been the realization that so much of what I knew about Formula 1 had gone in by osmosis, whether that was as a kid watching it or working in the sport for 25 years,” Buxton says. “And while I‘d always loved IndyCar, I hadn’t taken that kind of studious

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AT&T Stock Forecast and T Dividend History: Is T a Buy in 2026?

AT$18BAnalyst Avg Target$30.53Analyst ConsensusBuy (17 analysts)　　Live data: Yahoo Finance T · AT&T Investor Relations　　AT&T Dividend History: From 1881 to Today　　AT&Ts dividend history is one of the longest in American corporate history — the company has paid dividends continuously since 1881, making it one of only a handful of US companies to maintain uninterrupted dividend payments for over 140 years.　　1980s–2000s growth era: AT&T grew its quarterly dividend from $0.58 annually in 1988 to $0.73 by 1992, then to over $1.00 per share through the late 1990s. The company was a “Dividend Aristocrat” for decades, raising its payout annually from 1985 through 2021 — a 36-year consecutive increase streak.　　2018–2021 DirecTV/WarnerMedia era: The massive debt accumulated from the $67 billion DirecTV acquisition (2015) and the $85 billion WarnerMedia acquisition (2018) put the dividend under strain. AT&T was paying $2.08 annually per share while carrying extraordinary debt, making the payout unsustainable relative to free cash flow.　　2022 reset: When AT&T spun off WarnerMedia in April 2022, creating Warner Bros. Discovery as a separate public company, it simultaneously reduced its quarterly dividend from $0.52 to $0.2775 per share ($1.11 annually). This cut — roughly 47% — was the most significant negative event in AT&Ts modern dividend

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Bitcoin Pumps Hardest on US Holidays, CoinGecko Finds

Bitcoin (BTC) delivers its strongest single-day returns on US federal holidays, according to a CoinGecko study covering May 2013 to May 2026, with New Years Day producing an average next-day return of +2.01% and an 84.6% win rate.　　The research analyzed 4,753 daily price observations and found that US holidays produced an average next-day return of +0.77 %, roughly four times the +0.19% baseline for non-holidays.　　Holiday Effect Skews Heavily Positive　　On the win-rate side, Columbus Day also hit 84.6%, with a +1.70% next-day average. Christmas Day produced a smaller +1.46% gain on a 53.8% win rate, while Labor Day registered +1.22% across a 69.2% win rate, according to CoinGecko.　　Two holidays buck the trend. Martin Luther King Jr. Day averages -0.84%, dragged down by a -18.65% Bitcoin drop on January 15, 2018. Independence Day averages -0.26%, with both holidays posting win rates below 50%.　　Bitcoin Next-Day Return By Holiday. Source: Coingecko　　CoinGecko researchers attribute the New Years Day signal to fresh January capital allocations and December tax-loss selling reversals.　　The effect held even as BTC prices ranged from $313 in 2015 to $93,507 in 2025, despite the split 2026 price outlook between bulls and bears.　　Day-of-Week Effect Fades Over Longer Horizons　　Within the trading week, Monday and Wednesday

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Leading cryptos to buy right now before DOGEBALL moves to the next tier

DOGEBALL extended its presale after strong demand, offering another low-entry chance before staged price increases.DOGEBALL combines gaming and payments on DOGECHAIN, using its token for fees, staking, and ecosystem activity.The project has raised $287K+ and burned 4B tokens, with investors watching its staged presale and utility-driven model.　　Missing an extended window to get into an explosive utility project before its price skyrockets can cost thousands in missed profits. Right now, heavy trading volume is shifting toward networks with actual utility as the industry prepares for a major breakout.　　In this structural breakdown, the article examines the concrete data behind Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, Chainlink, and Sui to see how they stack up against a disruptive newcomer. Due to an overwhelming wave of community requests, the highly anticipated DOGEBALL presale has officially been extended after experiencing explosive initial growth.　　This extension gives investors a sudden second chance to lock in massive value before the token shifts to its next pricing tier. For those who want to make an informed, data-backed choice for their portfolio, evaluating these projects will show exactly which asset stands out as the best crypto to buy right now.　　Secure a stake in the best crypto to buy right now by grabbing

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XRP Price Prediction: ETFs Lock Up 881M XRP as CLARITY Act Sends Bill to the Senate Floor

Seven US XRP spot ETFs now hold 881.52M XRP worth over $1.2B, nearly 1% of total supply removed from open market circulation.Weekly ETF inflows hit $60.5M for the week ending May 15, the strongest weekly close of 2026, with a cumulative total now at $1.39B.XRP pulled back to $1.4156 after the CLARITY Act spike, with the SAR flipping bearish at $1.5501 and the 100 EMA at $1.4922 now overhead resistance.　　XRP trades at $1.4156 on May 16, fading below all four EMAs after the CLARITY Act cleared the Senate Banking Committee 15-9 and sent the token to $1.55 before sellers stepped in, as ETF products quietly absorbed their biggest weekly inflow of the year.　　XRP Daily Chart: SAR Flips Bearish After the CLARITY Act Spike　　XRP spiked to $1.55 on the CLARITY Act news before reversing sharply. Price is now trading at $1.4156, below all four EMAs and with the SAR flipping bearish at $1.5501, sitting above the current price for the first time since early May. That SAR flip is the charts clearest near-term signal. Until price reclaims $1.4922, the 100 EMA, on a daily close, the path of least resistance is lower.　　The 20 EMA at $1.4247 and 50 EMA at $1.4180

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Zcash (ZEC) Price Prediction: ZEC Holds Macro Support as Traders Watch $533 Reclaim

ZEC price is trading near a key support zone after cooling from recent highs, with traders now watching whether buyers can defend $503–$513 and reclaim $533–$540 for the next recovery move.　　ZEC price is cooling after a sharp run, and that pullback matters because ZEC recently tested higher levels but is now sitting closer to a key short-term support region. According to Brave New Coin data, ZEC is trading near $518.10, down 4.57% in the last 24 hours, with price moving between an intraday low of $513.29 and a high near $567.32.　　ZEC Price is Losing Short-Term Momentum　　The Brave New Coin chart shows ZEC losing momentum after its recent push towards the $560–$567 region. Price has pulled back towards $518, but it remains above the intraday low near $513, which keeps the short-term setup alive for now.　　From a technical view, the immediate support sits around $513–$503. If this zone holds, ZEC could attempt another rebound towards $533, followed by the $550–$567 resistance zone. However, if $503 breaks cleanly, the short-term structure would weaken, and the price could retest deeper support.　　Macro Support Reclaim Becomes Important　　Ardi highlighted that ZEC has reclaimed its macro support around $540 after a spring below the level. This type

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Anthropic prioritizes speed to market over compute costs, says analyst

Anthropic is paying a premium to get its models into customers hands faster, even if that means eating higher compute costs in the short term.　　Claude Code, one of Anthropics flagship developer products, has seen revenue surge 14x from late 2024 to early 2026. The product now sits at $2.5B in annual recurring revenue with more than 300,000 business customers onboarded.　　On the distribution side, Anthropic‘s product-led growth engine has driven a 42% year-over-year increase in organic traffic and a 28% rise in developer sign-ups. The company’s customer acquisition cost runs roughly 35-50% below industry averages. Internally, AI tools deployed across Anthropics sales operations have produced a 64% increase in seller output.　　Anthropic has been particularly aggressive in targeting regulated industries, where its safety-first branding gives it a competitive advantage. Financial services, healthcare, and government agencies don‘t just want the most capable model — they want the model least likely to generate a compliance nightmare. Anthropic’s Constitutional AI framework makes it an easier sell to chief compliance officers. That positioning allows Anthropic to justify premium pricing and secure longer contract terms, since customers in regulated sectors calculate the cost of AI adoption against potential compliance savings.　　For crypto markets specifically, Anthropics approach reinforces narratives

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SpaceX and Blue Origin plan to build orbital data centers powered by solar energy

The AI industry has a power problem. Terrestrial data centers are devouring electricity at rates that make grid operators nervous, and suitable land near power sources is getting scarce. SpaceX and Blue Origin think the solution is obvious: just put the data centers in space.　　Both companies have announced plans to deploy satellite constellations designed specifically to handle AI computing workloads, powered by the one energy source that never runs out in orbit: the sun.　　The plans: thousands (or millions) of satellites　　Blue Origins initiative, called “Project Sunrise,” aims to deploy up to 51,600 satellites into sun-synchronous orbits between 500 and 1,800 kilometers above Earth. The orbits are chosen so the satellites maintain a consistent angle to sunlight, which is critical when your entire power strategy depends on solar energy.　　SpaceXs plan involves launching up to one million satellites to provide 100 gigawatts of AI computing capacity. For context, 100 gigawatts is roughly equivalent to the total electricity generation capacity of the United Kingdom. SpaceX filed paperwork with the FCC on February 1, 2026 outlining the initiative.　　The technical reality check　　SpaceX itself appears to understand the gap between ambition and delivery. The companys pre-IPO S-1 filing explicitly acknowledges “significant technical complexity and unproven technologies” involved

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Roundhill Memory ETF attracts $200M in retail cash in record time amid AI trade surge

A fund built around memory chips has become the hottest thematic ETF launch in five years, pulling in over $200 million in cumulative retail net buying in just 27 trading days. The Roundhill Memory ETF, trading under the ticker DRAM, launched on April 2, 2025, and has returned roughly 88% since inception.　　High-bandwidth memory, or HBM, is the component that feeds data to GPUs fast enough to keep them busy. DRAMs investment thesis is built around this bottleneck. As AI server buildouts accelerate globally, demand for high-bandwidth memory and traditional DRAM chips is expected to surge in what some in the industry are calling a “memory super cycle.” The fund offers concentrated exposure to the companies manufacturing these components, rather than spreading bets across the broader semiconductor universe.　　The top holdings tell the story clearly. SK Hynix commands roughly 27.4% of the fund‘s weight, making it by far the largest position. Micron Technology, Samsung Electronics, and SanDisk round out the portfolio’s core.　　Crossing $200 million in retail net buying within 27 trading days makes DRAM the fastest thematic ETF to hit that milestone since 2020. The fund has grown to approximately $6 billion in assets under management, putting it among the most successful

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STABLE plummets 18% - Fakeout above $0.04 traps bulls

In the past 24 hours, the crypto market witnessed $650.35 million in liquidations. Of these, $622.85 million were long liquidations. These forced long closures added to the downward pressure.　　Bitcoin [BTC] saw $205 million in liquidations after losing 3.14% in 24 hours. The move came as a slight surprise after BTC bounced from the $78.9k support level on Wednesday, the 13th of May. It could only reach as high as $82k before sliding lower.　　Stable bulls unable to reclaim range highs　　The recent Bitcoin selling has impacted altcoin market confidence and resulted in market-wide losses. Stable [STABLE] was down 18.7% in the past 24 hours. Earlier in the week, it had looked as if it had breached a range formation it had been trading within since February.　　Source: STABLE/USD on TradingView　　In the final week of April, AMBCrypto had reported that STABLE was trading within a range formation that reached from $0.024 to $0.039. On Tuesday, the 12th of May, a daily session close at $0.04, above the range highs, confirming a breakout.　　This move didnt last. After a sweep of the $0.044 liquidity pocket, the bears seized control, enforcing the rapid losses in recent days.　　Anticipate further losses after a brief bounceSource: STABLE/USD on TradingView　　The 1-hour

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