🗞 CRYPTO NEWS OF THE WEEK | Apr 30 – May 6, 2026 #NordFX ₿ BTC BREAKS $81K – Bitcoin crossed $81,000 for the first time since January, up 6.7% on the week, riding a risk-on rally fueled by easing Iran tensions and renewed AI optimism. Whales bought 270,000 BTC over the past 30 days, while exchange reserves fell to a 7-year low. 🏛️ PENTAGON GOES BITCOIN – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress on April 30 that the Pentagon is running classified Bitcoin programs on two tracks – enabling the technology and countering it – providing the U.S. leverage "in a lot of different scenarios." INDOPACOM already operates a live Bitcoin node for cybersecurity testing. 📉 SAYLOR'S SURPRISE – Strategy posted a $12.54 billion net loss in Q1, driven by a $14.46 billion unrealized Bitcoin loss as BTC crashed below $62,000 in February. Saylor then shocked markets by hinting the firm may sell some BTC for the first time ever to fund dividend obligations. MSTR fell 4% after hours. ⚖️ CLARITY ACT ADVANCES – Senators Tillis and Alsobrooks reached a stablecoin yield compromise in the CLARITY Act. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted "Mark it up" and major crypto trade groups pushed for an immediate Senate Banking Committee markup. 🌐 RWA BOOM – Real-world asset tokenization tripled since 2025, hitting $19.3 billion in Q1 2026. Visa's stablecoin settlement program reached a $7B annualized run rate, with Solana embedded alongside Ethereum. 😂 FUN FACT – Shiba Inu's burn rate surged 812% in 24 hours on May 2. The grand total value of all SHIB burned? Approximately $72. Quadrillions of tokens, big drama, tiny dollars 🐕🔥 📊 PRICES (May 5–6) – BTC ~$81,286 | ETH ~$2,384 | SOL ~$86.78 | XRP ~$1.42 | BNB ~$634 | DOGE ~$0.11 Trade smarter with NordFX 🚀