Bitcoin bounced May 1 on big-tech earnings **Optimism** [(OP)](https://www.noncemedia.com/asset/op), but futures volume hit $47.6B against just $4.1B in spot.
Forbes warns that AI agents are proliferating inside companies faster than governance structures can contain them, raising accountability and rogue-behavior.
SBI Holdings is pursuing a stake in Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank while expanding into Singapore and launching a Visa card that lets users earn digital.
Stripe launched 288 new products on April 29 targeting AI agent-led commerce, including a digital wallet for autonomous agents and a new developer CLI.