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Ethereum Price Prediction: Can ETH Rally Above $3,000? Analyst Weighs In

Traders are watching a major ascending triangle pattern that could send the ETH price back toward the $3,000 level.Ethereum on-chain activity is climbing again, with active addresses and transactions hitting strong levels.Despite ETF outflows and macro pressure, the ETH price continues holding key support zones across multiple timeframes.　　Ethereum has been playing with traders emotions for many months now. The price would go up, but never gain momentum and be stuck in consolidation after an enormous sell-off in early 2026.　　Now the atmosphere concerning Ethereum is beginning to shift once more. Traders are watching the charts much more closely because ETH is pressing against a major resistance zone, and the overall structure looks far healthier than it did a few months ago.　　Traders think the ETH price is coiling for a breakout　　One of the bullish takes came from crypto trader Ray, who pointed out that Ethereum is trading inside a large ascending triangle pattern. In simple terms, ETH keeps printing higher lows underneath the market while repeatedly running into resistance near the same price area around $2,400-$2,450　　That kind of setup usually gets traders excited because ascending triangles often lead to strong breakout moves once resistance finally gives way. In this case, the projected

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CLARITY Act Faces Growing Scrutiny as Senate Markup Begins

Senate Democrats intensified criticism of the CLARITY Act on May 14, 2026, warning that the market structure bill could leave major illicit finance vulnerabilities unresolved as the Senate Banking Committee began debating the legislation. The pressure campaign coincided with a separate request from Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed for a federal investigation into World Liberty Financial (WLF).　　The markup adds urgency to the fight over the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act. The Senate Banking Committee is currently debating the bill. Lawmakers are weighing a revised 309-page draft backed by Chairman Tim Scott and Senators Cynthia Lummis and Thom Tillis, with more than 130 amendments filed. Warren submitted 44 amendments, including one aimed at political corruption in banking applications. The draft also includes a compromise and added housing language, underscoring the effort to assemble support before Memorial Day recess and keep a potential summer floor vote alive.　　The advisory released by the Senate Banking Committee minority staff stated:　　“As Congress considers market structure legislation, it must protect Americans by closing known illicit finance vulnerabilities in our own system and lay the foundation for pressing other countries to do the same. It must avoid creating new carveouts that can be exploited by sanctions evaders,

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AI Agents May Complete Dangerous Tasks Without Understanding the Consequences: Study

Researchers found AI agents often carried out unsafe or irrational tasks while staying focused on completing the assignment.The study identified a behavior called “blind goal-directedness,” where AI systems prioritize finishing tasks over recognizing potential risks or problems.Researchers warned that the issue could become more serious as AI agents gain access to emails, cloud services, financial tools, and workplace systems.　　AI agents designed to autonomously operate like human users often continue carrying out tasks even when the instructions become dangerous, contradictory, or irrational, according to researchers from UC Riverside, Microsoft Research, Microsoft AI Red Team, and Nvidia.　　In a study published on Wednesday, researchers called the behavior “blind goal-directedness,” which describes the tendency of AI agents to pursue goals without properly evaluating safety, consequences, feasibility, or context.　　“Like Mr. Magoo, these agents march forward toward a goal without fully understanding the consequences of their actions,” lead author Erfan Shayegani, a UC Riverside doctoral student, said in a statement. “These agents can be extremely useful, but we need safeguards because they can sometimes prioritize achieving the goal over understanding the bigger picture.”　　The findings come as major AI companies develop autonomous “computer-use agents” designed to handle workplace and personal tasks with limited supervision.　　Unlike traditional chatbots, these

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Ripple insider warns XRP holders as fake airdrop scams surge across XRPL

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is seeing a drastic rise in fraud attempts targeting its users as the network draws more institutional activity, higher transaction volumes, and renewed attention from XRP traders.　　On May 14, David Schwartz, the former chief technology officer at Ripple, published a public warning regarding the increasing scam efforts targeting the XRPL ecosystem.　　Schwartz, a highly visible figure within the community, cautioned users that malicious actors are increasingly deploying fake airdrops and impersonation accounts to drain user funds.　　The XRP Ledger Foundation issued a similar warning, saying that scams targeting the XRP community had increased sharply. The foundation urged users to avoid airdrops, giveaways, and fake customer support offers on X, where impersonation campaigns often move quickly around trending XRP narratives.　　The warnings come as XRPL activity, institutional tokenization experiments, and XRP market flows have drawn renewed attention to the network.　　That attention has also created a wider opening for fraudsters, who are increasingly packaging old scams in the language of airdrops, governance votes, DeFi rewards, and institutional adoption.　　XRP-themed characters stand in a police-style lineup as a sheriff investigates an alleged fake airdrop scam targeting XRPL users.Scam reports rise across XRP social channels　　The most common pattern of these scams involves impersonation accounts

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BoE’s Pill: Cannot say now if rate rise would only be temporary

Bank of England (BoE) MPC member, Huw Pill, said that he does not expect second-round effects to be as strong as in 2022, and also that the second-round effects are behavioral, affected by what the BoE does next. He spoke at an event hosted by NatWest on Thursday.　　Key quotes:　　We must not allow ourselves to drift off into deep space of unmoored inflation dynamics.　　I do not expect 2nd round effects to be as strong as in 2022.　　Labour market weakness means second round effects likely to be weaker than in 2022.　　Latest GDP data shows some robustness.　　Not clear labour market is as loose as when there were oil price spikes in 2008 or 2011.　　Tighter financial conditions do not get BoE out of question of whether to raise rates itself.　　Prompt but modest increase in rates advantageous.　　Second-round effects are behavioural, affected by what BoE does.　　If you wait until market forces you to move, that would be more challenging to BoE.　　Cannot say now if rate rise would only be temporary or a plateau for rates.　　Fiscal and global situation are influencing long-term market rates as well as inflation outlook.

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CLARITY Act Advances as Senate Banking Committee Approves Crypto Bill

The CLARITY Act has advanced after the U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted in favor of the crypto bill at todays markup. The bill will now head to the Senate floor for consideration, as it moves one step closer to becoming law, in what will represent a major win for the crypto industry.　　Senate Banking Committee Votes In Favor Of Advancing CLARITY Act　　At the Senate Banking hearing, the committee voted 15 to 9 in favor of advancing the CLARITY Act to the full Senate. The crypto bill received bipartisan support, with two Democratic Senators, Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks, voting in favor.　　The vote to advance the bill followed comments from both Republican and Democratic members of the committee and votes on the proposed amendments. Notably, anti-crypto Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized the bill, calling it a bill for the crypto industry, by the crypto industry. The senator also indicated that the bill wasnt a priority and that it would only further enrich crypto stakeholders.　　The senator also said that the CLARITY Act will only further enable fraud within the crypto ecosystem. As CoinGape reported, Senator Warren proposed amendments to the crypto bill that would block the Fed from issuing master accounts to crypto firms.　　Meanwhile,

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Media Metrics Problem: Why PR Decisions Still Rely on Guesswork

Choosing a media outlet used to be a relationship business. Now it is a data problem.　　Communications teams sit inside dashboards flooded with traffic estimates, SEO rankings, engagement scores and social metrics. None of them agree. One platform says an outlet dominates search visibility. Another shows weak audience retention. A third suggests the publication barely influences broader industry conversation at all.　　How OMI Applies a Unified Benchmarking Framework　　Outset Media Index, or OMI, is a media intelligence platform that measures media outlets through a unified framework built on more than 37 normalized metrics.　　The public relations industry has no shortage of tools. Cision, Muck Rack and Agility PR help teams manage outreach, monitor mentions and maintain journalist databases. But these systems were largely designed around workflow management. OMIs focus is comparative media intelligence: which outlet actually matters for a specific objective, under a standardized methodology.　　Consider a common dilemma facing a communications director in crypto or technology media. One publication has higher traffic. Another has stronger domain authority. A third is repeatedly cited by analysts, researchers and secondary outlets despite lower headline numbers.　　Traditional dashboards rarely reconcile those differences. PR teams compensate with intuition.　　That creates two expensive distortions.　　First, brands overpay for visibility that looks impressive in

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Circle deepens Hyperliquid partnership to expand USDC infrastructure

The stablecoin issuer said Hyperliquid is evolving beyond perpetual futures trading into outcome-based markets.Circle became the technical deployment partner for USDC on Hyperliquid as the stablecoin issuer expands its DeFi strategy.USDC will continue serving as the primary collateral and quote asset across Hyperliquids growing trading ecosystem.Circle disclosed it staked an additional 500,000 HYPE tokens after previously purchasing HYPE in September 2025.　　Circle announced it is deepening its partnership with Hyperliquid by becoming the technical deployment partner for USDC on the decentralized trading platform, further embedding the stablecoin into one of crypto‘s fastest-growing on-chain derivatives ecosystems. According to a report from ChainCatcher, USDC will operate as an “Aligned Quote Asset” across Hyperliquid’s expanding network of trading products.　　USDC is continuing to function as the platforms main collateral and quote asset. Circle stated it will provide minting, redemption, and cross-chain transfer infrastructure designed to support liquidity management and capital movement across the ecosystem.　　The partnership also includes a larger financial commitment from Circle into the Hyperliquid network. The company disclosed that after purchasing HYPE tokens in September 2025, it has now staked an additional 500,000 HYPE tokens as it moves toward potentially becoming a validator within the ecosystem.　　Circle expands DeFi and infrastructure ambitions　　Circle‘s growing involvement

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Trump’s 250-Pardon Plan Sparks Fresh Talks Around Sam Bankman-Fried

Trump may issue 250 pardons during Americas 250th anniversary celebrations.Crypto circles speculate over possible clemency for Sam Bankman-Fried.Critics warn mass pardons could affect Republican midterm election prospects.　　President Donald Trump is weighing plans to issue about 250 presidential pardons as part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of American independence.　　Sources familiar with the discussions said the pardons could be announced on June 14, which is Trump‘s birthday, or on July 4 during Independence Day celebrations. White House officials later clarified that no final decision has been made and that clemency actions remain under the president’s authority.　　The WSJ reported that discussions around the proposed pardons remain in their early stages.　　Following the rumors, some officials within Trumps administration reportedly raised concerns that issuing a large number of pardons could affect Republicans ahead of the midterm elections.　　Crypto Industry Watches Closely　　The crypto industry is also in focus because Trump has already pardoned some high-profile crypto figures during his second term. Those include Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, and Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. Trump also pardoned co-founders linked to crypto exchange BitMEX.　　The possibility of additional pardons is promoting speculation surrounding former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who is serving a prison sentence after his

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Best Early Stage Opportunity for Investors Chasing Unicorn Returns

Retail investors usually hear about Uber, Airbnb, Stripe, or OpenAI after insiders enter first. That late-entry problem keeps everyday buyers one step behind. Private investors often take the biggest early gains before the public even gets a chance.　　That is why early access matters more than a low starting price. IPO Genie ($IPO) offers a clear path through tokenized private-market access. It also enters the top crypto presale list with $IPOs access-focused model.　　Holders can explore private-market opportunities before most retail buyers notice them. Could this be the route retail buyers wanted before the next unicorn story goes public？　　The Early-Access Edge Investors Miss　　Unicorn-style returns rarely begin when a stock reaches public markets. They often start earlier, during seed, Series A, Series B, or pre-IPO rounds. That is the edge most retail investors miss.　　For buyers asking how to invest in IPO stocks with crypto, the main idea starts with access before the public listing. Traditional venture capital often demands $250K to $1M+ checks. Some private deals can also lock capital for 7–10 years.　　IPO Genie targets this problem through $IPO-powered tokenized deal access. The platform focuses on a $3T private-market gap, where retail access sits below 1%.　　Why Pre-IPO Deals Stay Out of Reach 　　The

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