At the recent Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, Jack Mallers, Strike CEO, and Miles Suter, Bitcoin Product Lead at Block, Inc. and Cash App, are pushing the same idea from different angles: Bitcoin isn’t just something to hold, it has to function as money.

This week overview (April 27 - May 1, 2026): KuCoin integrates Ondo Finance to offer 260+ tokenized stocks and ETFs directly in its Web3 wallet. Mezo launches institutional Bitcoin yield vaults with Anchorage Digital and Bullish participation. SoftBank Group plans a $100B AI robotics spinout, Roze, led by Masayoshi Son. Meta Platforms prepares a $25B bond sale as AI capex climbs toward $145B.

In the recent conversation with BeIncrypto, Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and managing partner at Maelstrom Fund, reduces the entire crypto market to a single variable:

In a conversation with Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, the trajectory of crypto comes into focus: from fringe experiment to foundational financial infrastructure.