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Australia Seizes $5.7M Bitcoin in Darknet Crackdown
Australian authorities seized about $5.7 million worth of Bitcoin after investigators uncovered an alleged darknet-linked crypto operation, adding to growing scrutiny around digital asset crime in the country. Detectives from...
Trump’s UFO Disclosure Overshadows Iran Market Panic
Rising tensions between the United States and Iran shook global markets on Friday. Oil prices jumped, cryptocurrencies fell, and investors moved toward safer assets after fresh military exchanges near the...
What Q1 2026 Earnings From Top Crypto Companies Tell Us About the Industry
The first quarter of 2026 was not kind to most crypto companies. Bitcoin fell 22%, and Ethereum also dropped sharply. Trading volumes softened, and the earnings reports that followed told...
Bitcoin Wins the Institutional Flow Battle as Ethereum Slips
Bitcoin is pulling further ahead in the institutional market as fund balances, ETF inflows, and corporate accumulation continue to favor BTC over Ethereum. CryptoQuant data shared on May 7 showed...
BTC 10-Year Return Beats Stocks, Gold: E*TRADE Report Shows
Bitcoin has outperformed major traditional assets over the past decade, according to a Morgan Stanley E*TRADE report. The report showed Bitcoin posted an average annual return of 85.5% over 10...
Will the US Continue Its Offensive Against Iran?
The financial fallout from the US-Iran conflict hit hard this week. Reports that President Trump is preparing to restart “Project Freedom” in the Strait of Hormuz sent US equity markets...
Coinbase Q1 2026: Brian Armstrong Says the Onchain Economy Has Reached Escape Velocity
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong used the company’s Q1 2026 earnings to deliver a message that went beyond quarterly numbers. A generational shift is happening in global finance, he said, and...
52% of Voters Back CLARITY Act as Demand for Crypto Regulation Grows
A new national survey from HarrisX, covering 2,008 registered voters, has delivered a clear message to Congress: Americans want crypto legislation passed, and they want the United States to lead...
XRP Network Activity Crashes 85%, Has the Speculative Rally Finally Ended?
Data from blockchain analytics platform Glassnode shows new addresses on the XRP network collapsed from 18,000 per day in December 2024 to just 2,700 today, marking an 85% decline in...
Algorand DeFi Tops $95M TVL as Analyst Outlines ALGO Price Scenarios
Algorand’s DeFi ecosystem expanded after access reached approximately 30 million users globally. Total value locked rose 7% from $88.78 million to more than $95 million, while stablecoin activity remained a...
XRP Price: Time to Buy, Sell, or HODL Near Critical Support?
Market attention has shifted to XRP as the token trades near a key technical zone after failing to clear its upper trendline. XRP remains close to support as on-chain data...
Bitcoin Eyes $88.8K Breakout as Key Sell Walls Stack Up
Bitcoin faces another major test as analysts watch whether the cryptocurrency can break above $88,880 and hold the level. CryptoQuant said on X that the market cannot confirm a bottom...
Ryan Cohen eBay Account Halt Follows GameStop’s $56 Billion Bid
eBay suspended Ryan Cohen’s seller account two days after GameStop announced a $56 billion takeover bid for the online marketplace. Cohen shared a notice saying the platform acted over “activity...
Trusted Volumes Exploit Drains $6.7M as 1inch Denies Protocol Impact
TrustedVolumes, a liquidity provider used across DeFi markets, said it was recently exploited and identified three Ethereum addresses holding stolen funds. The company estimated the balances at about $3 million,...
US Jobless Claims Rise as Crypto Faces Fed Pressure
US jobless claims rose modestly last week, yet the American labor market continued showing surprising strength despite ongoing layoffs across major corporations. The Labor Department reported 200,000 new unemployment claims...
Bitwise CEO Calls Old Cycle Dead as Stablecoin Supply Tops $300B
Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley said the four-year crypto market cycle is over as institutional participation reshapes the digital asset sector. Speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami, he said the old...
Tether Launches Compact Edge AI for Medical Reasoning Models
Tether has released new medical AI models that can run directly on phones, laptops, and local servers without relying on cloud systems. The company’s AI research team introduced QVAC MedPsy...
Marlon Ferro Sentenced to 78 Months in $250M Crypto Theft Network Case
Marlon Ferro, a 20-year-old from Santa Ana, California, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for his role in a criminal network that stole more than $250 million...
Toncoin Jumps 30% in 24 Hours: Why TON Price Is Rallying
Toncoin became the day’s strongest crypto gainer after rising more than 30% in 24 hours to trade at around $2.88 at press time, extending a six-day bullish run. The move...
UAE Builds Regulated Rails for Swapping Dirham and Dollar Stablecoins
The UAE is developing a regulated framework that allows near-instant conversion between a dirham stablecoin and a dollar stablecoin. The system targets institutional payments, treasury operations, and cross-border transactions. According...
Raoul Pal Stays Bullish on Crypto Through 2026, Names Top Coins to Watch
When asked at a recent event where crypto markets are heading by the end of 2026, veteran macro investor Raoul Pal did not hesitate. He is still bullish, and his...
Mastercard, JPMorgan, Ripple, Ondo Complete First Cross-Border Treasury Settlement
On May 6, several major financial firms completed something that had never been done before. Mastercard, Ondo Finance, JPMorgan’s Kinexys platform, and Ripple completed a cross-border settlement of tokenized U.S....
US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Announcement Coming Within Weeks: White House
The Trump administration is preparing to go public with new details on the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve within the coming weeks. Patrick Witt, executive director of the President’s Council of...
Why is Bitcoin’s Bull Run Delayed in 2026? Grok, Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and Perplexity Explained
Bitcoin’s rally in 2026 has not gone as many investors expected. After hitting a record high of $126,000 in October 2025, BTC has now fallen below $82,000, leaving traders wondering...
BONK Contributor Calls Meme Coin Trades a ‘Seven-Leg Parlay’
Meme coins moved back into the spotlight this week. Bitcoin climbed above $82,000, oil prices fell, and global risk assets bounced on signs of progress toward a U.S.-Iran peace agreement....
