X suddenly blocked the accounts of Pump.fun, GMGN, ElizaOS, and other memecoin platforms
The X platform suddenly massively blocked trading and memecoin launch platforms, as well as those involved in them. On June 16, Pump.fun and the personal account of co-founder Alon Cohen, as well as GMGN, Bloom Trading, and BullX platforms, were targeted, ElizaOS and others.
WSJ: Amazon and Walmart want their own stablecoins
Retailers such as Amazon and Walmart pay commissions Visa or Mastercard every time a customer uses these cards. Of course, stores are not happy about losing money. That is why Amazon seems to be in the initial stages of developing its own stablecoin. It is reported that there have been discussions about using external stablecoins for payments.
Binance celebrates the SEC’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit: «It’s a 180 degrees change»
Richard Teng, CEO of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has called the SEC’s decision to withdraw the 2023 lawsuit «a radical change» — a 180 degrees change.
NFT project Bored Ape Yacht Club has joined Telegram
The legendary NFT project Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) by Yuga Labs has launched its Telegram channel. Apparently, one of the most famous NFT brands in the world has decided to join the TON (The Open Network) ecosystem through growing popularity of gifts on Telegram, while NFT market in decline since 2022.
Tether sets its sights on gold, and SharpLink Gaming becomes the largest ETH holder
Tether Investments, an affiliate of Tether company Group, has acquired a 31.9% stake in Elemental Altus Royalties. This is a gold-focused Canadian royalty company. Thus, Tether will strengthen its stable long-term assets such as gold and bitcoin.
Positions worth $1.14 billion were liquidated on the crypto market, with one trader losing $201 million
Last night, Israel attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities. As a result of the attack died Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami, Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri, and physicist Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi.
Bitcoin is ready to break through $130 thousand by the end of June
Bitcoin sets a record price of $111 thousand, but later pulled back. Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin (BTC) has risen in price by $3000, rising from $105,400 to $108,600. The well-known bitcoin analyst PlanB published an optimistic forecast (for longers and holders, of course). He suggested that bitcoin has every chance of soaring to $130 thousand.
Societe Generale is the first major bank to launch a dollar stablecoin
French banking giant Societe Generale in partnership with Bitpanda launched the EUR CoinVertible stablecoin (EURCV) according to MiCA standards based on Stellar. The next step is the dollar stablecoin.
Crypto funds assets hit a record high in May
Assets crypto funds reached a record high in May. The reason was the easing of the trade war between the US and other countries. Some investors use digital currencies to hedge against market volatility and diversify.
Uber is considering integration of stablecoins
During the Bloomberg Tech Summit in San Francisco, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi spoke about expanding taxi and delivery capabilities, The future of autonomous vehicles and the impact of the current political landscape. According to Khosrowshahi, the company is also at the «stage of exploring» the use of stablecoins as a way to make profitable…
Musk-Trump dispute brings down crypto markets and stocks
The public dispute between U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk may go far beyond mutual insults on social media… Maybe, Grok was right.
Crypto market in May 2025: ETH’s grand return, BTC’s record, and new trends
Growth in the cryptocurrency market began in April. This was despite strong volatility due to US trade policy. In May, the sector showed growth of 10.3%. However, price spikes led to significant liquidations. In total, almost $1 billion worth of short positions in Bitcoin (ETH) and Ethereum (BTC) were liquidated after the announcement of the…
TRUMP to launch a crypto wallet in partnership with Magic Eden, but there are subtleties
The team behind TRUMP memecoin has announced that it will make it easier for Trump supporters to access cryptocurrency and join the community by launching a crypto wallet. Trump Wallet has not been launched yet. However, it is already known that the application will be based on Magic Eden, a digital cross-chain NFT wallet for collectors. The…
MetaMask crypto wallet sees significant improvements with Web3Auth acquisition
Crypto infrastructure company Consensys has announced the completion of its acquisition of Web3Auth. This is especially important for Consensys’ most popular product, a crypto wallet called MetaMask. Web3Auth is part of a broader effort to make the wallet more accessible to users who are not crypto pros. This is to allow newcomers to access…
SEC withdraws lawsuit against Binance
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has withdrawn its civil lawsuit against Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Joint documents on the final withdrawal were signed by lawyers of the SEC, Binance, and Binance founder Changpeng «CZ» Zhao.
GameStop shares fall 10% after buying $500 million in bitcoin
American video game retailer GameStop announced investments in cryptocurrencies earlier this year, which led to a 20% rise in the price of its shares. Later, the company confirmed that it would spend $1.3 billion on general corporate needs, including the purchase of bitcoins. On May 28, GameStop announced that it had purchased 4,710 BTC for $500…
Cetus Protocol attack: how hackers managed to steal $223 million
On May 22, hackers found a vulnerability in the business logic of the Cetus protocol smart contract targeting CLMM pools Cetus is the largest decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Sui blockchain and the largest liquidity aggregator on the network. Due to the bug found cybercriminals managed to extract $223 million from Cetus Protocol. This led…
Grayscale launches a new investment fund with 20 AI tokens
Leading crypto asset management company Grayscale Investments announced the launch of a new investment fund called Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund. This fund is aimed at investing in cryptocurrency projects that combine blockchain technology and artificial intelligence (AI).
The Financial Times’ «dumb writers» were right: Trump Media suddenly remembers that it will buy $2.5 billion worth of bitcoin after all
Trump family media company Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the company behind Truth Social, wants to raise about $2 billion in new capital and another $1 billion through convertible bonds. These funds will be used to buy bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, six insiders told the Financial Times. The publication added that the terms,…
Popular DeFi platform Alpaca Finance will close after 4 years of operation
Alpaca Finance, a decentralized lending platform, has decided to close. This applies to all products. Alpaca Finance — the largest platform DeFi products on the BNB Chain and Fantom with high leverage.
Bitwise: $426.9 billion will be spent on bitcoin funds by 2026
Demand from investors, including large public companies and governments, that open bitcoin reserves, crypto funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will cause significant capital inflows to BTC in the coming years. According to Bitwise, a cryptocurrency index fund management company, injections into Bitcoin could reach $120 billion by the end of 2025,…
Kraken to launch xStocks: tokenized shares of the largest companies and ETFs — on the Solana blockchain
The Kraken team is combining traditional (TradFi) with decentralized (DeFi). The company will launch tokenized stocks on the Solana blockchain under the xStocks brand, developed by Backed.
Cetus protocol on SUI hacked: network tokens collapsed, USDC stablecoin lost its peg to the dollar
The largest liquidity aggregator in SUI blockchain network called Cetus, which is focused on the Move ecosystem, has fallen victim to a hacker attack. The attackers have already managed to withdraw assets worth $11 million. This provoked the collapse of most tokens operating on the SUI. Trading is effectively stopped, as liquidity pools have been…
Flash drives, crypto, two guns: how digital wealth is turning people into human targets
As cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity and value, so has the number of crimes related to them. And the villains have recently moved from cyberspace to more daring and radical acts: kidnapping, extortion, torture, and murder. At the beginning of this year, in France David Balland, co-founder of the French hardware wallet company Ledger, and…
Bybit opens trading in shares of 78 companies, and JPMorgan allows customers to buy BTC
The second largest crypto exchange in the world Bybit has expanded its Gold & FX (MT5) trading platform to include trading in 78 major global stocks using the USDT stablecoin. This will allow users to buy shares of companies from various sectors for as little as 5 USDT and with a commission of 0.04 USDT. […]
Coinbase is now the first crypto company to be included in the S&P 500
The largest crypto platform in the US Coinbase became the first cryptocurrency company to be included in the S&P 500 index. This is a stock market index that tracks the performance of 500 leading companies listed on US stock exchanges.
A well-known analyst started selling his bitcoins: what is the reason?
Despite the joy of traders and longists about the next Bitcoin’s breakthrough beyond $100 thousand. Some analysts do not share this joy. While most influential experts are shouting that BTC should be bought all the time and never sold, Willy Wu sells his assets to invest in bitcoin infrastructure instead.
eToro stock jump 29% on the first day of trading on Nasdaq
Shares of the investment company eToro have risen by 29% since its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The company recently went public and is valued at approximately $4.2 billion.
Bull market for Ethereum: why the Pectra update did not reduce the risk of correction
Last Ethereum update called Pectra was launched on May 7, potentially making it the fastest and cheapest blockchain in its history. The ETH price has risen 82% in the last 30 days (also due to several macroeconomic factors). It is evident that investors are enthusiastic about the update as new features have been introduced. In […]
Bitcoin will replace the US dollar in 10 years — billionaire Tim Draper
Famous venture capitalist and billionaire Tim Draper believes that within 10 years, bitcoin will replace the US dollar and become a standard currency. He also repeated his forecast: bitcoin will grow to $250 thousand by the end of 2025.
Fortune: Meta plans to start using stablecoins this year
Meta is considering the use of stablecoins on the Ethereum blockchain and wants to start using them in 2025. The tech giant expects to attract up to 3.5 billion users from its global ecosystem, which includes Facebook, WhattsApp, Instagram, and Threads. The company plans to use stablecoins to pay rewards to content creators.
Nakamoto raises $710 million to establish a bitcoin treasury: Trump’s crypto advisor to head it
David Bailey, founder of BTC Inc and UTXO, who advised Donald Trump on cryptocurrencies, together with the Nakamoto holding company, raised $710 million and announced the creation of bitcoin-treasury. In addition, Nakamoto announced a merger with KindlyMD, a leading provider of integrated healthcare services.
Trump’s social platform Truth Social will launch memecoin within 3 days
Truth Social, the social network owned by Donald Trump, will launch its own token. At first, the 47th US president wrote that his next post would be one of the most important and influential he would ever make. And later, Crypto Banter co-founder and CEO Ran Neuner announced that the Truth Social memecoin would be launched within the next 72 hours.…
Bitcoin is on the way to $120k and new historical highs
Finally, bitcoin managed to break above the $100,000 mark and is currently trading at $102,916 (at the time of writing) At the end of April, 21Shares crypto researcher Matt Mena spoke about signs of growth.
Ethereum has received the Pectra — update, the largest since Merge. Will it help to break out of stagnation?
For a long time, Ethereum has been a topic for memes with a touch of sadness. The network closed the first quarter of this year with the worst profitability since 2018. During the first three months of 2025 Ethereum faces a record number of sales. Despite all this, ETH remains a key player in the […]
BNB token will surge to $2,775 by the end of 2028 — Standard Chartered
Jeffrey Kendrick, head of digital asset research at Standard Chartered, predicted that the token of the largest Binance crypto exchange (BNB) could reach $2775 by the end of 2028. The current price is $601.
Arthur Hayes, former CEO of BitMEX, talks about cryptocurrencies and stocks: «Time to go long everything»
Former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX and CIO of Maelstrom Arthur Hayes warned about the fall of the crypto market in early 2025. Then he talked about Bitcoin recovery to $110 thousand. Now he considers the $1 million mark to be achievable.
Tether leaves the EU market due to new MiCA restrictions
Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, the issuer of the largest USDT stablecoin by capitalization, commented on the decision not to apply for registration under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) in the European Union. Tether has no plans to adapt its USDT-pegged stablecoin to EU requirements. This may lead to the fact that European exchanges…
HODL strategy no longer works even with the best altcoins — Swan analysis
The strategy of holding cryptocurrencies for a long time under any market conditions, known in the community as HODL (an acronym with a misprint, derived from Hold On for Dear Life), no longer works. The only token capable of enriching its owner in this way is bitcoin. With the others, even top altcoinsThis strategy makes no sense.
Ethereum has set a new record, but not the one awaited
Ethereum (ETH) has long been the subject of ridicule and memes. After the transition to the Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism, the token had a hard time. And in recent months, the situation was only getting worse. But suddenly, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager (according to rumors) invested $67.5 million in Ether.
Shaquille O’Neal, who promoted the bankrupt FTX exchange, has settled with outraged investors
NBA star Shaquille O’Neal has entered into a settlement agreement with a group of FTX investors who accused the athlete of facilitating fraud. The former basketball player acted as a celebrity promoter of a bankrupt crypto exchange. Details of the deal, including the amount to be paid by Shaq, were not disclosed.
ARK Invest: even in the worst-case scenario, bitcoin will cost $300 thousand by 2030
Everyone started talking again about how Bitcoin will cost a lot and even more. In their forecast titled Big Ideas 2025, ARK Invest analysts have issued as many as three scenarios for the value of BTC by 2030.
TRUMP memecoin has risen sharply after the announcement of a private event with the US President for top holders
A memecoin in honor of the 47th President of the United States called TRUMP has been depreciating for a long time. However, on April 24, the coin suddenly jumped by as much as 70%. Later, the price pulled back: +32.40% — to $12.18. But this is still far from the January high of $74.
It will show where the crawfish hibernate: BTC is preparing for a breakthrough and has already beaten Google and Amazon
This week, BTC showed growth. The price of bitcoin has been rising for three days in a row as US President Donald Trump softens his tone on Chinese tariffs and sharply softened his criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The price rose to $94 thousand, the highest level since March 3. Later, BTC dropped […]
Analysts expect XRP to soar to $33 and even higher
XRP analysis by Sistine Research showed that the price of this cryptocurrency could reach $33-$50. The price could be even higher if the model predicts «cup and handle». With such an analysis, the XRP price shows a potential growth of up to $77-$100. The coin is currently trading at $2.
Trump Media and Crypto.com to launch cryptocurrency ETFs
President of the United States Donald Trump and his media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, have entered into an agreement with the largest US exchange, Crypto.com, to launch a number of investment products for the retail market, including cryptocurrencies. The plan includes a series of exchange traded funds (ETFs). The products will be…
Bitcoin overtakes Nasdaq, but short sellers aren’t smiling — liquidations reach $57 million
On Monday, April 21, bitcoin exceeded $88 thousand and then dropped to $86,800. Currently, the price is $88,543, the highest since the end of March. BTC’s surge came after a sharp drop in the US dollar, which hit a three-year low amid growing concerns about political interference in the US Federal Reserve. Donald Trump criticized Fed Chairman…
Ripple, Kraken and a dozen other crypto companies spent $18 million on Trump’s inauguration
On April 20, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) released the documents of the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee. It turned out that US President Donald Trump collected $245 million in donations for his inaugural fund between November 15 and April 20. Cryptocurrency companies or their CEOs transferred a total of $18 million.
For the first time in 7 years, the volume of stablecoin transactions exceeded the volume of Visa payments
ARK Invest analysts reported that last year, stablecoins outperform Visa and Mastercard in terms of transaction volume. Now, Bitwise has reported that the volume of transactions using stablecoins in 2024 almost reached $14 trillion, exceeding Visa’s figures. Back in 2023, stablecoins stood at $7 trillion, while Visa had $13 trillion. The fact…
The altcoin market has fallen by 41% since December 2024
As of mid-April, the total capitalization of the crypto market (excluding bitcoin) has decreased by 41% from its peak in December 2024. Also, capitalization decreased by 17% compared to the same period last year. The total amount fell from $1.6 trillion to $950 billion. The volume of venture capital funding decreased by 50-60% compared to the level…
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