Coinbase (COIN) shares fell more than 5% in after-hours trading Thursday after the crypto platform reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter results as falling crypto prices weighed on trading activity, one of the company’s main sources of revenue. The company posted a loss of $1.49 per share, compared with analyst expectations for a $0.27 profit. Revenue came in…
Large corporations looking to modernize payments and AI agents making autonomous transactions are emerging as the two biggest growth drivers for stablecoins, executives of Bridge and Deus X Capital said Thursday at Consensus 2026 in Miami. Lindsey Einhaus — who leads strategy and operations at stablecoin infrastructure firm Bridge, which was acquired by Stripe for…
Public blockchains make transactions transparent enough to trace, audit and police, but that visibility can come at the expense of user privacy. Traditional compliance systems often address accountability by identifying people, but that can undermine one of crypto’s original promises: the ability to transact without exposing personal identity by default. According to panelists at CoinDesk’s…
MIAMI – Coinbax won the $20,000 grand prize at Consensus Miami’s PitchFest after pitching a system designed to help banks and financial firms manage compliance for stablecoin payments. The company, founded by former Jack Henry executive Peter Glyman, builds programmable escrow infrastructure that adds controls to wallet-to-wallet crypto transactions. The software is meant to reduce…
Miami — Tether.io Head of Government Affairs Jesse Spiro said the crypto industry sees the 2026 U.S. midterm elections as a critical test for whether Washington’s recent embrace of digital assets will endure. “What we’ve seen is a lot of good immersion and progress over the last year,” Spiro said during a panel discussion at…
Miami — Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said a revived Binance.US is one possible path for giving American crypto traders access to better prices. Binance wants to help restore U.S. users’ access to global crypto liquidity, CZ said, naming a possible Binance.US revival as one route after years of limited engagement in the American market….
Miami — Bitmine (BMNR), the largest Ethereum treasury firm, may slow the pace of its ether (ETH) accumulation as the firm is inching closer to reaching its accumulation goal, Chairman Tom Lee said Thursday at Consensus 2026 in Miami. The company, which holds over 5.1 million ETH worth around $11.9 billion at current prices, originally…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) rolled out a new payments infrastructure for AI agents on Thursday which is built in partnership with Coinbase and Stripe. AWS explained that autonomous software agents will be allowed to buy APIs, web content, MCP servers and other online services in real time using stablecoins. It added, however, that future versions…
Bitcoin BTC$79,960.87 funding rates are flashing one of the most bearish positioning signals in years, even as spot prices keep grinding higher. Funding rates have been running near minus 4% annualized, James Aitchison, founder and CIO of Caerus Global, said during a panel at Consensus Miami 2026. That means longs are being paid to hold…
Miami — Aave Labs is set to fundamentally reshape how it assesses and lists collateral assets on its protocol, following the largest DeFi exploit of 2026, and the overhaul could set a new standard across the entire industry. Linda Jeng, chief legal and policy officer at Aave Labs, said at Consensus Miami 2026 that the…
