Coinbase (COIN) is expanding its presence on Hyperliquid (HYPE), one of cryptos fastest-growing trading networks, by becoming the official treasury deployer of USDC on the blockchain, the companies a… [+2374 chars]

Coinbase will manage USDC liquidity on Hyperliquid, deepening ties with one of crypto’s fastest-growing trading platforms.

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Coinbase backs Hyperliquid stablecoin push as DeFi trading volumes climb

Zcash will roll out quantum-recoverable wallets within a month and reach full post-quantum status within 12 to 18 months, Zcash Open Development Lab founder and CEO Josh Swihart told a Consensus Miam… [+2346 chars]

Bitcoin no longer holds up as the cypherpunk-grade money it was meant to be, Zcash's Zooko Wilcox told an engaged audience.

Zcash to roll out quantum-recoverable wallets within a month, go quantum-proof by 2027

The line separating crypto derivatives from traditional finance has all but dissolved, and the two markets are now so intertwined that perpetuals, once a purely crypto instrument, could soon be as mu… [+5154 chars]

At Consensus 2026, industry leaders outlined how crypto derivatives—especially perpetual futures—are dissolving the boundary with traditional markets, setting the stage for equities, commodities, and more to trade on-chain.

Crypto derivatives have converged with Wall Street. Equity perps could soon prove it.

Three tests land inside one week. The first is jobs data, with April payrolls print coming, the first read after a delay caused by the 2025 federal shutdown.
A weaker-than-expected print gives the F… [+4772 chars]

Your look at what's coming in the week starting May 4.

Jobs data, earnings calls: Crypto Week Ahead

Gemini Space Station (GEMI), the crypto exchange run by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, received U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approval for a derivatives clearinghouse (DCO) license,… [+2016 chars]

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss' crypto exchange now holds licenses allowing it to expand into regulated derivatives and prediction markets, the fastest-growing sectors in crypto.

Gemini eyes prediction market challenge to Kalshi, Polymarket, secures derivatives license; shares surge

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$0.1062 traders are taking risks, sending the tokens price sharply higher, even as the rally in market leader bitcoin BTC
$75,735.40 stalls.
It's evident in the futures market where open inte… [+3050 chars]

Open interest in DOGE-tracked futures climbed to 15.36 billion tokens, a sign that traders are adding fresh leverage as the memecoin’s price surges.

Dogecoin zooms 10%, breaking away from bitcoin as open interest hits a yearly peak

Leading decentralized exchange Hyperliquid's push into prediction markets is about who captures the upside, not just cheaper trading, according to Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX exchange and CIO … [+2577 chars]

HIP-4 could become a dominant prediction-market venue because Hyperliquid users can get economic exposure to platform usage through HYPE, unlike users of Polymarket or Kalshi.

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token could be its prediction market weapon, Arthur Hayes says

Hyperliquid has published the fee structure for its outcome tokens, the assets that underpin prediction market-style trading on the platform, in a sign that a mainnet launch is getting closer. 
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Hyperliquid is gearing up to challenge Polymarket with a zero-fee entry for event betting as the $63 billion prediction market sector continues to explode.