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CatFi Creators Charged Over $600K Solana Meme Coin Rug Pull
South Korean prosecutors have charged five people accused of running a CatFi meme coin rug pull that allegedly caused about $600,000 in losses to 256 investors. The case has drawn...
Mastercard Secures NYDFS BitLicense to Expand Digital Asset Infrastructure
Mastercard has secured a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services, marking another step in the company’s expanding digital asset strategy. The approval allows Mastercard Transaction Services...
XRP Ledger AMM v2 Proposal Adds StableSwap and Concentrated Liquidity
XRP Ledger developers are moving toward a larger DeFi upgrade after the XRPL Foundation published a new standard for AMM v2. The proposal adds new pool curves designed to improve...
BTC Falls to 13th Largest Global Asset as Capital Shifts to AI and Precious Metals
As of May 27, 2026, Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped to the 13th largest global asset with a market cap of $1.5 trillion after an 11% Year-to-Date (YTD) decline in 2026,...
Pi Network Sets June 2 Deadline for Mandatory Protocol 24.1 Upgrade
Pi Network is moving into another large infrastructure overhaul, requiring all mainnet node operators to upgrade to Protocol 24.1 by a hard deadline of June 2, 2026. This upgrade is...
DTCC and Stellar Partner to Tokenize DTC-Custodied Assets
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), in collaboration with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), has announced plans to enable the tokenization of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) custodied assets...
Why the Indian Rupee Is Falling and What It Means for Bitcoin
The Indian rupee is under intense pressure in 2026, hitting some of the weakest levels in its history against the US dollar. At the same time, many crypto investors are...
Banca Sella Becomes Italy’s First Bank Authorized for MiCA Crypto Services
Banca Sella has become the first Italian bank to offer crypto-related services under EU MiCA after completing notification with the Bank of Italy. The move gives the lender a regulated...
Britain Targets Crypto Firms Linked to Russian Financial Operations
The United Kingdom expanded its Russian sanctions regime by targeting several crypto-related entities, including crypto exchange HTX, as part of its effort to disrupt financial networks allegedly connected to Moscow’s...
Is Altseason Really Here? Analysts Split on Crypto Rally
Altseason calls are flooding crypto social media. Individual coins are posting 200% to 400% gains. Exchange volume for altcoins outside the top five assets is quietly rising. Some tokens are...
S&P 500 and Nasdaq Hit All-Time Highs While Bears Warn of Most Overvalued Market
US equity markets hit record territory with the S&P 500 touching a fresh all-time high of 7,539 and the Nasdaq 100 closing above 30,000 for the first time in history....
Kyrgyzstan Emerges as Central Asia’s Crypto Switzerland
Kyrgyzstan is moving quickly to build a state-backed crypto economy, rapidly becoming the Switzerland of crypto. The government has already launched two stablecoins, built a national gold vault, and brought...
Bitcoin Power Law Model Sees BTC Fair Value Above $163K
Bitcoin’s long-term power law model is again gaining attention after strategist Joe Burnett said the framework now places Bitcoin’s fair value near $163,500. The estimate stands more than 2x above...
David Schwartz Links Etymology Debate With Bitcoin Ownership Dispute
David “JoelKatz” Schwartz turned a casual X exchange into a broader discussion about language, logic, and crypto governance. The Ripple CTO emeritus pushed back against the idea that a word’s...
Ethereum Value Debate Grows as Former ETH Supporter Questions Thesis
Ethereum is facing renewed debate after Xaif Crypto shared comments from a former ETH supporter who questioned the network’s current value story. The criticism focused on whether ETH still captures...
Hyperliquid Hits All-Time High as SpaceX Pre-IPO Trading Gains Heat
Hyperliquid is moving deeper into traditional finance territory as traders use its markets to price SpaceX before the company’s expected Nasdaq debut. The latest data shows HYPE trading near record...
Wall Street Climbs as AI Momentum Offsets Middle East Oil Fears
Wall Street pushed toward fresh highs as investors balanced renewed Middle East tensions against accelerating enthusiasm for artificial intelligence and corporate earnings growth. Traders returned from the long weekend with...
BitMine Nears 5% of Ethereum Supply After $237M ETH Purchase
BitMine Immersion Technologies bought 111,942 ether worth about $237 million last week, increasing its Ethereum holdings to 5.39 million ETH. The company now controls roughly 4.47% of Ethereum’s circulating supply,...
Ripple Earns Fortune Praise as Web3 Finance Leader in 2026
Ripple gained fresh recognition from Fortune after the company landed on the magazine’s 2026 list of Best Workplaces in the Bay Area. The recognition arrived as Fortune also named Ripple...
Ex-Hodlnaut CEO Charged For False Statements on TerraUSD Exposure
Former Hodlnaut Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Zhu Juntao (Zhu) is facing six charges of fraud by false representation for allegedly misleading users about Hodlnaut’s exposure to the TerraUSD (UST) price...
XRPL Ledger Validators Must Upgrade to 3.1.3 by May 27 or Face Network Lockout
The XRP Ledger community is facing an important technical deadline as validators, exchanges, marketplaces, and infrastructure providers are scrambling to upgrade their nodes before a big network change kicks in...
AI Tokens Surge as Bitcoin Stalls; NEAR Leads Rally
Artificial intelligence-linked crypto tokens are posting strong gains even as Bitcoin and the broader crypto market cool off. At press time, Bitcoin stabilized around $77,147, down 0.27% over the past...
Taiwan Overtakes India as World’s 5th Largest Stock Market
Taiwan has overtaken India in total stock market value, becoming the world’s fifth-largest equity market as the artificial intelligence trade continues driving massive flows into semiconductor-linked stocks. Data showed Taiwan’s...
Researchers Warn AI Agents Must Be Treated as Untrusted Systems or Security Will Fail
A research paper from scientists at Google, Meta, UC San Diego, and several universities has taken a direct position that challenges how the industry currently approaches AI agent security. The...
US Launches “Self-Defense” Strikes in Iran as Qatar Peace Talks Begin
The United States military says it carried out fresh “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran. It targeted missile launch sites and vessels allegedly attempting to lay mines near the Strait of...
