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Panelists at Consensus Miami 2026 identified trust in cryptocurrency as the biggest barrier to mainstream adoption, according to speakers at the event. Beyond trust, participants highlighted three key obstacles preventing wider user uptake: complexity, poor user experience, and lack of

Blue Owl Capital reported Q1 2026 earnings showing revenue of $753.8 million, up 10% year-over-year, and assets under management (AUM) of $314.9 billion, up 15% year-over-year, according to the company's earnings release. The company's stock has declined approximately 50% from its peak, yet the earn

Angus Fletcher, State Street's head of digital assets, has emphasized that the crypto industry must develop robust security solutions before large-scale real-world assets (RWAs) migrate on-chain, according to the statement. Fletcher's remarks follow recent decentralized finance (DeFi) attacks,

Executives from PayPal, Robinhood, Public.com, and 248 Ventures convened at Consensus Miami to discuss barriers to retail adoption of cryptocurrency and AI. According to the panelists, technological advancement alone is insufficient to drive mainstream adoption—instead, transparency and user

Senior leaders from Mastercard, the Crypto Council for Innovation, and Clerisy discussed how strategic positioning and key personnel influence crypto policy outcomes at Consensus Miami. According to the panelists, having the right people in the right rooms can reshape internal organizational decisio

Cloudflare's Chief Strategy Officer stated that more than half of internet traffic is now non-human, highlighting a significant shift in web usage patterns driven by AI agents and automated systems. The executive suggested that the x402 Foundation is building infrastructure to address challenges

Robinhood's senior vice president Johan Kerbrart stated that overseas demand for U.S. equities is growing, driven by three key factors: tokenization, 24-hour trading, and regulatory shifts. According to Kerbrart, these developments are enabling broader investor access to U.S. markets beyond

Ryan Rugg, an executive at Citi, said at Consensus in Miami that tokenized money efforts face limits as corporate clients demand real-time payments that work seamlessly across banks. Rugg's comments highlight concerns that fragmented cryptocurrency systems could repeat challenges from traditional ba

Five major bank trade groups formally opposed a proposed stablecoin yield compromise on Monday, raising concerns that the crypto market structure bill may struggle to pass this year, according to investment bank TD Cowen. The Bank Policy Institute, Financial Services Forum, Independent Community Ban

Cryptocurrency strategist Benjamin Cowen has cautioned investors that recent Bitcoin rallies may represent temporary rebounds within a broader bear market rather than the start of a sustained bull season. Cowen stated he continues to view the market through "bear glasses," warning that short-term pr

Tokenization firm Securitize has partnered with major crypto market maker Jump Trading and decentralized trading platform Jupiter to launch fully onchain, regulated tokenized equities on Solana. The assets can now be issued, traded, and settled onchain, representing a significant step forward for Se

Consensys founder and CEO Joseph Lubin stated that the world's entire economy will be tokenized, tracing the concept back to Ethereum, the blockchain he helped co-found. Lubin's statement underscores the role of blockchain technology and tokenization as foundational to the future of economic systems

Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST), the Dallas-based firm co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, disclosed on Monday that its Bitcoin treasury has crossed the 15,000 BTC threshold following the purchase of an additional 444 bitcoin for approximately $33.9 million, according to CEO Matt Cole's post on X and a

MoonPay has acquired DFlow, a Solana-based execution layer, in a $100 million stock deal to expand beyond fiat conversion into trading infrastructure, according to the announcement. The acquisition gives MoonPay direct control over execution capabilities and marks a strategic shift deeper into

Enda Tamweel, Tunisia's largest microfinance institution, has introduced a blockchain-based loyalty program built on the Hedera network in collaboration with The Hashgraph Association. The initiative represents one of the earliest applications of distributed ledger technology in the microfinance

The U.S. Department of Labor will release April non-farm payroll (NFP) data on May 8 at 9:30 PM Korean time (8:30 AM ET), amid heightened inflation pressures from the Middle East conflict. NFP is the primary employment indicator measuring total job gains and losses excluding the agricultural

The Solana Foundation has partnered with Google Cloud to develop Pay.sh, a new payments system for AI bots that enables agents to discover, access, and pay for API usage using stablecoins on Solana, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Through this open standard, AI agents will be able to

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse warned Tuesday at the Consensus Miami conference that the next two weeks are pivotal for passing broader U.S. cryptocurrency legislation, as the Senate Banking Committee prepares for a critical markup hearing following months of setbacks. If the Senate Banking Committee