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The dollar index (DXY00) on Wednesday rose by +0.27%.  Wednesday’s better-than-expected US economic news on Mar housing starts and Mar core capital goods new orders supported gains in the dollar.   Also, Wednesday’s +6% jump in crude oil prices increases inflation expectations, a hawkish factor for Fed policy, and a positive factor for the dollar. The dollar raced to its highs on Wednesday afternoon after three FOMC members dissented in favor of no easing bias in the FOMC ‘s decision to keep policy unchanged.  Also, hawkish comments from Fed Chair Powell support the dollar, as he said a bit of monetary…

SINGAPORE, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VerifyVASP, a leading Travel Rule solution provider, today announced the acquisition of Sygna, a prominent Japan-based provider. This transaction represents a major step in VerifyVASP’s global expansion strategy, further establishing the company as a core compliance infrastructure provider for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) across key international markets. Consolidating the Travel Rule Ecosystem The acquisition marks a defining moment in the evolution of the global Travel Rule landscape. By integrating Sygna into its network, VerifyVASP is advancing the consolidation of a fragmented market into a unified, interoperable compliance network aligned with national regulations, Financial…

Microsoft and OpenAI have amended their partnership agreement, simplifying the structure while introducing greater flexibility around licensing and revenue sharing. Under the revised terms, Microsoft’s license to OpenAI’s technology becomes non-exclusive, and the company will no longer pay a revenue share to OpenAI. At the same time, Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary cloud partner, with OpenAI products continuing to launch first on Azure. Microsoft also retains access to OpenAI’s intellectual property for models and products through 2032, while revenue-sharing payments from OpenAI to Microsoft will continue through 2030. “While this amendment simplifies the partnership, the work we’re doing together remains ambitious,”…

June WTI crude oil (CLM26) today is up +3.13 (+3.25%), and June RBOB gasoline (RBM26) is up +0.0241 (+0.72%).  Crude oil and gasoline prices are sharply higher for a second day today, with crude oil posting a 2-week high, and gasoline posting a 3.75-year high.  Crude prices continue to climb as stalled peace talks between the US and Iran are keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed, tightening global oil supplies.Crude prices rallied today after the New York Times reported that President Trump is not satisfied with Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, which…

Eightco treasury composition as of April 27, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $25M Beast Industries equity, 11,068 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $121M cash and equivalents World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes and agentic agents Tinder, Zoom, Docusign, Vercel, Browserbase, and Exa to integrate Proof of Human verification features Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or the “Company”) today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting…

New York, United States, April 28th, 2026, Chainwire 30-day Trade-to-Feed competition marks BitMart’s 8th anniversary and the exchange’s strategic listing of $EAT, the first cause coin. BitMart, the global digital asset exchange serving millions of users worldwide, today launched the Trade-to-Feed competition, a 30-day trading competition paying out up to $4.4 million USDT in trader rewards. The campaign marks BitMart’s eighth anniversary and the exchange’s listing of $EAT (WYDE: End Hunger), the first cause coin to list on a major centralized exchange. Cause coins are an emerging asset class engineered so that fees from trading activity flow to charitable grant-making…

London, United Kingdom, April 28th, 2026, Chainwire AxeCasino announced that members of its leadership and product teams will attend iGB L!VE 2026, one of the established events in the online gaming and affiliate marketing calendar. The company said its participation reflects an ongoing effort to remain closely engaged with the conversations shaping the digital gaming sector, including platform usability, product development, responsible gaming standards, and changing player expectations. During the event, AxeCasino representatives plan to take part in networking sessions, meetings, and broader industry discussions with operators, affiliates, technology providers, and service partners. According to the company, the goal is…

Bitmine owns more than 4.21% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 84% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 10 months Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains Bitmine uplisted to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) from the NYSE American effective as of April 9, 2026 Bitmine has 3,701,589 staked ETH, representing $8.8 billion at $2,369 per ETH MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network) is a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR…

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is unchanged, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.09%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -0.10%.  June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26) are down -0.02%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM26) are down -0.25%.Stock indexes are seeing some downward pressure today from today’s +2% rally in WTI crude oil prices.  However, chip stocks are seeing support after Qualcomm rallied more than +3% on a report by TF International Securities that Qualcomm is working with OpenAI and Taiwan’s MediaTek to develop smartphone processors.  Join 200K+ Subscribers: Find out why the midday Barchart Brief…