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May 2026
Every story TheChainPost published in May 2026. Most recent first.
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Solana defends $79 support as weekly and daily charts flash a breakout setup
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CFTC: 24/7 crypto perpetual futures trading can work, but round-the-clock rules may not fit everywhere
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Ethereum Foundation returns to crypto’s culture-war spotlight
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Tether’s USA₮ supply jumps 540% month over month to 140M+
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UniCredit warns Europe could struggle containing a crypto bank crisis under MiCA
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DeFi’s $20B TVL drop isn’t proof of collapse, firms argue stablecoin liquidity is intact
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Sequans says its remaining 658 BTC are now fully unrestricted after debt redemptions
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Tempo L1 posts 3.9M transactions in two months as TIP-20 stablecoins scale
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VanEck launches first U.S. spot BNB ETF on Nasdaq
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Grayscale pushes back IPO plans as crypto listing appetite cools
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Why HYPE is pulling back after a near-$65 record high
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CME starts 24/7 Bitcoin futures and options, ending the weekend “CME gap” era
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VanEck tokenized fund routes through Euler as regulated DeFi integration deepens
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Theta and XYO team up to verify AI agent workloads with cryptographic proofs
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Bitcoin drops below $73,000 as Iran escalation hits crypto, while Stellar (XLM) jumps 19%
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Samsung Securities buys 2% stake in Dunamu in deal worth $200M+
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Bitcoin CME weekend gaps are set to vanish as 24/7 futures trading launches
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Crypto slips after Hormuz airstrikes as $897M in long liquidations hit leveraged longs
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US-Iran escalation jolts crypto, Bitcoin drops to $72,622 as $870M long bets unwind
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Bitcoin mining’s next leg could be AI and HPC compute, not just BTC blocks
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Bitcoin whales add BTC as retail turns bearish, signaling risk for breakout bets
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Pro-crypto PAC cites Rep. Green loss as proof voters punish anti-crypto hostility
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Altcoin rotation returns as infrastructure buzz meets ongoing presales
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Crypto card payments jump 230% to $7.8B a month, per Kobeissi Letter
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Fed’s Kevin Warsh calls Bitcoin “market discipline,” as SOL and XRP trade near $82
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CFTC and Gemini seek to reverse a $5M consent order, citing a filing they say should not exist
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Samsung arms to buy $408M stake in Dunamu, Upbit operator, as Korea’s crypto rules near
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Bit Digital adds $100M credit facility with WhiteFiber, using an ETH-backed structure
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Nearly half of crypto firms now meet stricter alerting standards, but compliance gaps persist
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Bitcoin drops below $73,000 as Iran strikes and a BlackRock IBIT block sale hit risk appetite
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BLOX ETF promises 37% trailing yield as crypto exposure meets options income
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Mastercard gets a U.S. crypto license as stablecoin compliance tightens
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CFTC files to vacate Gemini consent order, citing relief from 2025 judgment
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XRP underperforms Bitcoin again as analyst flags more downside
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BRICS investment pitch, rural fuel station woes, rand to crypto migration
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BlackRock’s IBIT posts $528M outflow as Iran-linked sell-off drains institutional bitcoin demand
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Bitcoin slips under $75,000 as ETF outflows feed downside pressure
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CLARITY Act clears Senate Banking Committee, giving crypto a new regulatory timeline
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Thin liquidity still bites emerging crypto markets, even as infrastructure improves
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Dogecoin jumps in 2021 as India’s Nifty mutual funds narrative gets attention
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Bitcoin faces sharp downside risk as $150B Treasury liquidity drain nears, fund manager warns
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XRP slides 4% below $1.30 as heavy selling breaks key support
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CryptoQuant flags a rare miner-to-Binance inflow event and asks what happened after it
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Bitcoin dips under $73,000 after US strikes on Iran trigger nearly $1B in crypto liquidations
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XLM jumps nearly 10% after DTCC and Stellar plan tokenization on Stellar
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Falcon Finance and Anchorage Digital launch fUSD, a regulated dollar stablecoin for institutions
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Altcoin rotation chatter grows as BTC and ETH trade sideways
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Falcon Finance and Anchorage Digital Bank launch fUSD stablecoin for Ceffu users
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Bitcoin funding turns positive as long positions pile up
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Kraken launches Bitcoin Earn Vault, pulls $30M in deposits in first 10 hours
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BTC spot volumes plunge on major exchanges, reviving 2023 recovery comparisons
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Bitcoin slips as US pro-crypto regulation stalls and miners pivot to AI
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Trump vows to codify “future-proof” digital asset market structure, but the Clarity Act still faces hurdles
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Grayscale flags Hyperliquid as a potential DeFi scale play, tied to demand
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Trump vows crypto market structure law that ‘cannot be undone’
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Dogecoin traders watch a falling wedge as DOGE holds $0.100–$0.105
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Beginners’ crypto guide linked to Bitcoin hype, but the risk warning stays the point
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Bitcoin slips under $75,000 for first time since early 2024
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CFTC asks court to erase Gemini settlement after revisiting 2022 case fairness
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Dogecoin’s House of Doge launches “Such” beta app with payments, self-custody wallet, and on-chain tracking
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SoFi adds its SoFi USD stablecoin to its retail app, a first for a U.S. bank
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Coinbase teams with Standard Chartered to expand institutional fiat access in six currencies
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Crypto-linked card payments hit $7.8B cumulative as monthly volume jumps 230%
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Glassnode: 30% of BTC supply could face future quantum exposure if keys can be broken
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Long-silent Bitcoin wallets move $7.8M after 12 years as BTC dips
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Solana slips under key EMA zone as 86–88 area flips to supply
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BTC dips below $75K as spot BTC ETF flows flip negative, analysts eye a bounce
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Texas bank’s new national charter puts it in the crypto payments seat
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OpenZeppelin fires back after ex-CTO says all DeFi is unsafe
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Whale shorts $16M in BTC and ETH while going long TradFi indexes on Hyperliquid
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Cash App adds stablecoin support on Ethereum and Solana, moving beyond its Bitcoin-first habits
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Musk-Tesla-SpaceX merger talk could vault him into top 5 corporate Bitcoin holders
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APEMARS nears a final launch window as meme momentum surges, while SOL slips and Chainlink holds
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Deribit sees a surge in BTC $82,000 call trading into May 29 expiry
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Grayscale files for a Bitcoin fund tied to a “surplus” pot that could beat MicroStrategy’s BTC reserve
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Dogecoin stalls near $0.10 as Worldcoin news wavers, while BlockDAG pitches higher returns
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Ethereum dev Max Resnick calls “Crypto Metrics” a VC-designed scam, raising data integrity alarms
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Altcoins slide as bearish sentiment spikes, ZEC drops 11% and WLFI slips 8%
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Fold starts issuing a Bitcoin credit card on Visa, powered by Stripe Issuing, with up to 4% BTC rewards
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Bitcoin slips under $75,000 as Iran peace-deal headlines lift stocks and cool oil
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XBIT DEX opens prediction-market leverage whitelist, targets 2026 FIFA World Cup
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Falcon Finance and SoFi launch regulated stablecoin products tied to banking infrastructure
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Kraken adds “Bitcoin Vault” yield to BTC holdings via DeFi lending
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StakeDAO exploit mints 5.4T vsdCRV, attacker cashes out only $91K
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GENIUS Act reprices Bitcoin’s monetary premium, and looped ETH staking changes again
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Kraken adds BTC “lending vaults” so users can earn yield without moving bitcoin
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BIS-backed Project Agorá moves to real-value testing for tokenized central bank money
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Jefferies expects crypto IPO wave that could reach $1T as tokenization grabs institutional attention
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Tokenized Pokémon card marketplaces see record $7.4M as 30th anniversary hype spikes on-chain revenue
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Bitcoin heads into June on a bearish streak if May closes red
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Bitcoin holds steady after $1.3B BlackRock ETF block sale
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UK sanctions Huobi-operator HTX over alleged Russia “A7” shadow network ties
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Hacker mints 5.4T vsdCRV on StakeDAO after deployer key compromise, swaps $91K ETH
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Streamex and Orca launch 24/7 Solana liquidity pool for gold token GLDY
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Block starts phased stablecoin feature rollout in Cash App, reaching all users by week’s end
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UK sanctions HTX. Major exchanges tighten transfer checks in response
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DTCC targets Stellar for tokenized stocks, ETFs, and Treasuries by first half of 2027
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$21M Micron long on Hyperliquid shows $8.25M unrealized gains for a whale wallet
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Crypto-backed candidates sweep Texas primary runoffs with heavy PAC spending
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Circle taps Nium to route USDC settlement through global payout rails
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CatFi meme coin rockets 6,000% after creators arrested under Korea’s new crypto consumer law
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Orca on Solana adds a tokenized RWA marketplace, expanding where real-world assets can trade
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XRP metrics flash a possible breakout path, but wedge and on-chain signals still need confirmation
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Strategy shifts to debt repayment and AI tokens surge as BTC lags
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Vitalik Backs Kohaku Wallet’s per-dapp addresses as a privacy baseline for Ethereum
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Spot HYPE ETFs pull 1.04% of Hyperliquid market cap in 10 trading days, Kairos says
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Kraken launches Bitcoin Vault “earn” that pays BTC-denominated rewards via DeFi strategies
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BTC dips below “M2 supply fair value” as liquidity-linked model flags downside risk
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SignSplit and wAI Advance Industries form a data protection partnership for research used in AI
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BPMG picks up Fortress 3 Blue and EOS RED IP, plans Web3 game builds and POPLUS GHUB token integration
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Ethereum’s Hegota upgrade proposal targets native censorship-resistant private transactions by next year
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Stake DAO attacker mints 5.4T vsdCRV on Arbitrum and swaps into ether, researchers say
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China sets a two-year deadline to shut offshore broker access aimed at mainland investors
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HYPE spot ETFs set U.S. altcoin debut record as whale withdraws $30.93M from Coinbase Prime
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11-year Bitcoin dormancy ends with $8.3M burn, likely coordinated sweep
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SoFi expands bank-issued stablecoin to 15M users, adding trading and transfers in the banking app
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SoFi rolls out SoFiUSD stablecoin in its app on Ethereum and Solana
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South Korea charges CATFI memecoin operators in first DEX rug-pull case, report says
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Bitcoin hovers under $76k line as alt pockets strength, per CoinDesk
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Coinbase adds Standard Chartered multi-currency funding rails and relaunches U.S. Direct Deposit
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Robinhood crypto revenue tanks in Q1 2026 results, signaling deeper friction
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RAIN jumps 44% to a new high after Rain Foundation pledges $100M liquidity base
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Bitcoin slips to 13th largest asset as AI chip and metals rally pulls capital
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OpenZeppelin security chief warns AI coding agents make DeFi smart contracts fatally vulnerable
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South Korea arrests suspects behind CatFi memecoin rugpull under new law
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Dark pool trade dumps $1.29B BlackRock bitcoin ETF as spot ETF outflows continue
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RAIN pops 40% to new ATH as Bitcoin drops roughly $3K day after $82K rejection
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Popular “high-risk” payment gateway markets USDT and USDC settlement without reserves claims
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UK sanctions target Russian crypto networks as funding channels face new restrictions
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New “high-risk” gateway pitches USDT and USDC settlement with no rolling reserve
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Bitget launches Reality platform for tokenized stocks with stablecoin dividend payments
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Ethereum evangelist David Hoffman says he sold his ETH after “getting the price it deserves”
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Bitcoin slides toward $75K after a $1.289B IBIT dark-pool block trade, analysts eye ETF flow
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Chainlink (LINK) clings to rising channel support as whales accumulate
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Grayscale flags SpaceX IPO could vault it into top public bitcoin holders
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$1.29B dark pool block trade hits BlackRock’s IBIT as BTC holds above $75,000
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Analyst flags Bitcoin Head-and-Shoulders risk after failed breakdown and $82K rejection
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Bitcoin slips after a $78K pop as $77K holds for bears and $74K steadies buyers
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BNB Plus Corp. locks in $4.1M convertible financing to shore up its crypto treasury
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Digital Chamber urges OCC to defend crypto company charter approvals after Sen. Warren raises legal concerns
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XRP holds key support despite Binance sell pressure falling short of breakdown
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Bitcoin mining stocks rise as AI infrastructure boom lifts miner optimism
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ETH treasury firms lean on staking as losses top $1.4B, Everstake study says
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Base launches an MCP gateway to let Claude and Cursor run onchain DeFi actions
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XRP’s utility case expands beyond market cap, with payments rails and policy access in focus
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DeFi TVL drops 14% in five weeks after KelpDAO breach, risk appetite cools
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Bitcoin flashes below $76,000 after $2,000 slide in hours as momentum fades
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Strive boosts BTC holdings to 16,500 as “digital credit” products like SATA and STRC see traction
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XRPL heads to v3.2.0 after v3.1.3 activation. Here’s what the next update signals
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Ethereum tests breakout zones at $2,500 and $3,000 as ETF demand climbs
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Bitcoin exchange market set to grow to $14.0B by 2033, projected 13.1% CAGR
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Whale wallets pile $4.3M LINK and DOGE long bets, plus $8M+ in pending limit orders
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UK sanctions Justin Sun’s HTX and related crypto firms over alleged Russia ties
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HTX pitches “time barriers” for crypto as it markets new finance rails
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Stable and Theo launch StableEarn, routing USDT deposits into Morpho real-world asset yield
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Bitmine says it holds 5.39M ETH and is expanding institutional staking via MAVAN
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Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi says Ethereum faces an identity crisis
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Alps Blockchain starts Bitcoin mining at decommissioned 127 MW gas plant in Bolivia
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IHC completes $30M Dirham-pegged stablecoin deal on ADI Chain after regulatory approval
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UK sanctions Huobi and a ruble stablecoin issuer, forcing asset freezes and transaction tracing
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Base adds an MCP gateway so Claude and ChatGPT can execute token swaps and transfers
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Arthur Hayes points to a NEAR pattern that preceded a surge. Here’s what that implies
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Bitcoin slips as liquidity “hunts” sap upside near $78K, targeting $77K
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UK sanctions Huobi Global and links HTX to alleged Russian sanctions violations
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Coinbase’s Base launches “Base MCP” so ChatGPT can manage wallets and DeFi apps
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Umbra and Streamflow ship private token vesting on Solana for confidential distribution at scale
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Binance suspends SEI deposits and withdrawals for Sei migration to SEIEVM
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Bitcoin gambling is booming. The real question is regulation and user risk
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SEC approves Nasdaq PHLX cash-settled Bitcoin index options (QBTC), launch eyed for late 2026
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JPYC plans a credit card points to stablecoin swap in Japan starting June 1
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Hyperliquid adds macro prediction markets as HYPE tops $64
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Bitcoin burn address takes 107 BTC, pushing the burn wallet to 807 BTC
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XRPL draft proposal aims to close a major DeFi gap by adding 3 AMM curve types
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Bitcoin stalls under $79K as Bitfinex analysts flag a liquidation-built resistance wall
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TeraWulf shifts revenue mix as HPC outpaces bitcoin mining in Q1 2026
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Why the Clarity Act won’t drive crypto adoption without US crypto tax reform
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GRVT taps Plume for tokenized fixed-income and structured credit tied to onchain yield
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MicroStrategy shifts from adding Bitcoin to buying bonds, per latest announcement
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Strive jumps to 7th-largest public corporate bitcoin holder after $85.4M BTC buy
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Polkadot sets 10,000 DOT validator self-stake and reshapes staking risk and unbonding
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Stable’s USDT yield product ties payouts to Treasuries and gold on a USDT-focused chain
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Bitcoin on sidelines as oil drops, yields fall on Iran peace hopes
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Ethereum staking queue hits 3.39M ETH as unstaking backlog drops to just 64 ETH
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UK sanctions HTX for alleged support of Russia, widening crypto enforcement
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Bitcoin firm Strategy cuts cash 61% and uses $1.5B to repurchase convertible debt
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ChatGPT’s take on Pi Network beating AI crypto coins in 2026 looks speculative
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Ethereum treasury firms lean on staking as ETF pressure builds, report says
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Strategy and Bitmine pause buys while four firms add 612 BTC worth $47.5M
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Memeburn touts AI tools for finding XRP referral deals in 2026
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Lawsuit claims 3.7M BTC ownership tied to wallets believed to be Satoshi’s
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Lazarus-linked actors use stealthy Telegram malware to target crypto investors
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Bitcoin treasury firms add 603 BTC as Strategy pauses weekly buys
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Strive buys 1,109 BTC, pushing holdings to 16,500 as ASST jumps 133% in 3 months
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Binance seeks back door to Philippines via SEC sandbox partnership
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Kraken deposits ETH into Eigencloud as EIGEN trades ~96% below its ATH
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Crypto mining founder Wang Chun joins SpaceX Mars mission on the “why bother” question
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Bitcoin wavers as Iran tensions flare and analysts warn of an $79,000 range trap
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Hyperliquid ETFs extend 8-day inflow streak as HYPE hits a new all-time high
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Ethereum price risks a drop toward $1,800 as TVL slides
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Whale closes $100M ETH short, opens 20x leveraged $13.43M Bitcoin long
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