This week was buzzing with news from the world of finance and technology. From predictions of Bitcoin’s future worth to the Trump sons backing a billion-dollar investment network, there was no shortage of intriguing developments. Here’s a quick recap of the top stories.

Bitcoin’s Million-Dollar Future

Lightspark CEO David Marcus expressed confidence in Bitcoin’s long-term trajectory, despite its notorious volatility. “Over the very long term, this thing should be worth over a million dollars or more,” Marcus stated, without specifying a timeline for this prediction.

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Bitcoin As A Power Projection Tool

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed that the U.S….

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Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) co-founder Michael Saylor recently expressed a view on the diminishing value of hard work amid the rise of artificial intelligence.

AI Will Make Hard Work Obsolete?

During the Peter McCormack show dated April 30, Saylor suggested that the traditional virtues of hard work and talent are becoming less valuable in a world increasingly dominated by AI and automation. 

“What you don’t want to do today is you don’t really want to make money by being talented and working hard,” he said. “That sounds pretty provocative, but the problem is the robots are going to work hard. The cars aregoing to drive themselves.”

He then used a Shakespearean sonnet…

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A pivotal Senate Banking Committee vote next week could move the U.S. closer to establishing long-awaited crypto regulations amid heightened concerns from banks that stablecoins may disrupt traditional deposit systems.

Senate Stablecoin Legislation Advances Amid Industry Divide

A major crypto market structure bill is scheduled for an initial vote on May 14 before the Senate Banking Committee, CNBC reported.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has pushed to secure full Republican backing for the legislation.

However, Democratic support remains uncertain due to unresolved disputes, including provisions aimed at restricting politicians from profiting off digital assets.

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The disruption came during a turbulent stretch for Coinbase after the company reported weaker-than-expected quarterly results and announced plans to cut roughly 14% of its workforce as it pushes to become “lean, fast, and AI-native.”

This Is ‘Never Acceptable’

For hours, traders across crypto markets speculated about the cause of the outage as users reported problems accessing accounts, executing trades and moving funds.

Armstrong addressed the incident in a post on X on Friday.

“We experienced an outage at Coinbase last night, which is never acceptable,” he wrote.

According to Armstrong, the disruption began after multiple chillers failed inside an AWS facility, causing a room to…

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Every few years, the capital markets are declared to be on the brink of disruption. And every few years, something interesting happens instead.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent release regarding the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) proposed rule change (Release No. 34-105260) to permit the trading of tokenized securities is the latest example. It has all the language of innovation, including blockchain, tokenization, and digital representation, but the structure tells a different story.

Under the proposal, tokenized securities must look exactly like their traditional counterparts in every way that matters. They must have the same CUSIP, the same economic and voting…

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Tether Leaving Room For Competition

Zhao explained that Tether moved early and built dominance without paying users. Newer stablecoins are now offering yields, creating an opening for competition.

“Stablecoins should generate interest for the users,” Zhao stated during the ARK Invest podcast. 

“I don’t think Tether is going to do that anytime soon. They’ve achieved dominant position without doing that because they were the early mover,” he added.

Businesses will find ways to reward users regardless of restrictions.

Activity-based rewards, different account types, staking options, and other mechanisms allow companies to pass value to users even if direct interest payments face…

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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has been trading sideways for a month, but traders say growing liquidity and fresh technical buy signals could set the token up for a sharp upside move.

Traders See Short Squeeze Setup Building

Analyst Cryptoinsightuk said XRP may be approaching a major local bottom as momentum indicators including RSI and MACD begin flashing historically bullish reversal signals.

The trader argued that deeply negative funding rates combined with heavy liquidity sitting above current price levels could fuel a strong short squeeze higher.

He compared XRP’s current structure to the setup seen before Toncoin (CRYPTO: TON) broke out earlier this cycle.

According to the analyst, XRP could…

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) shed 245,000 wallets in five days, the fastest holder decline in nearly two years, as BTC holds just below the critical 200 EMA at $82,041.

Capitulation Fuels Bull Runs

The wallet exodus marks the sharpest drop since summer 2024, when Bitcoin lost over 964,000 wallets across five weeks before launching into the bull run that followed, according to Santiment.

Holders leave during both price drops out of fear and price rises out of doubt. 

That means the remaining supply consolidates into the hands of participants with the highest conviction, who have already decided they are not selling at current prices.

With fewer coins actively circulating and more locked away in…

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ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood says orbital data centers could take SpaceX revenue 10 to 20 times higher than existing models.

Orbital Data Centers The Game Changer

Wood explained that ARK’s preliminary work on orbital data centers suggests this business line could dwarf current SpaceX revenue projections by orders of magnitude.

“We have not added data centers, orbital data centers in,” Wood told Bloomberg. 

“However, our preliminary work suggests that that part of the business could take SpaceX from a revenue generation point of view, orders of magnitude higher. Ten, 20 times higher,” she added.

Elon Musk’s experience in Memphis, Tennessee, and Mississippi informed the orbital data…

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