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Pictures give glimpse inside Trump’s memecoin holder dinner

Pictures give glimpse inside Trump’s memecoin holder dinner

Photos from within US President Donald Trump’s secretive dinner for his top memecoin buyers show attendees were treated to a three-course meal and gift bags as protesters gathered outside the event to accuse Trump of profiting from the presidency. Pictures posted online by some of the 220 largest holders of the Official Trump (TRUMP) token […]

Hackers using fake Ledger Live app to steal seed phrases and drain crypto

Hackers using fake Ledger Live app to steal seed phrases and drain crypto

Cybercriminals are using fake Ledger Live apps to drain macOS users’ crypto through malware that steals seed phrases, a cybersecurity firm warns.  The malware replaces the legitimate Ledger Live app on victims’ devices and then prompts the user to input their seed phrase through a phony pop-up message, a team from Moonlock said in a […]

Anthropic’s debuts most powerful AI yet amid ‘whistleblowing’ controversy

Anthropic’s debuts most powerful AI yet amid ‘whistleblowing’ controversy

Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic has launched the latest generations of its chatbots amid criticism of a testing environment behaviour that could report some users to authorities. Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 on May 22, claiming that Claude Opus 4 is its most powerful model yet, “and the world’s best coding model,” […]

Dogecoin (DOGE) Heats Up: Upside Move Hints at Major Breakout Ahead

Dogecoin (DOGE) Heats Up: Upside Move Hints at Major Breakout Ahead

Dogecoin started a fresh increase and climbed above the $0.2420 zone against the US Dollar. DOGE is now correcting gains and might start another increase. DOGE price started a fresh increase above the $0.2320 and $0.2420 levels. The price is trading above the $0.2420 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a connecting […]

Trendspotting in crypto: How to discover winning projects before the crowd

Trendspotting in crypto: How to discover winning projects before the crowd

TL;DR Spotting the next big crypto project before it explodes demands data, discipline and a sharp eye for real signals. This guide explores how to identify early winners by analyzing onchain metrics, tokenomics, dev activity and community traction while avoiding the common traps of hype-driven pumps and red-flag projects. Despite the crypto space being crowded, […]

Bitcoin open interest hits record high as BTC slips below $111K

Bitcoin open interest hits record high as BTC slips below $111K

Bitcoin futures open interest (OI) has hit record levels on crypto derivatives exchanges as traders anticipate the cryptocurrency will continue and reach new all-time highs.  Bitcoin (BTC) futures open interest reached a peak of just over $80 billion on May 23, according to CoinGlass. It’s an increase of 30% since the start of May as […]

XRP Price Rising: Bulls Eye $2.50 With Bullish Tailwinds In Play

XRP Price Rising: Bulls Eye $2.50 With Bullish Tailwinds In Play

XRP price started a consolidation phase above the $2.40 zone. The price is now rising and might aim for an upside break above $2.50. XRP price started a decent increase above the $2.40 zone. The price is now trading above $2.420 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break above a key rising […]

Swedish health firm jumps 37% on first Bitcoin buy, China EV seller to buy 1K BTC

Swedish health firm jumps 37% on first Bitcoin buy, China EV seller to buy 1K BTC

Shares in Swedish health tech company H100 Group AB rose 37% after it said it purchased Bitcoin for the first time as part of a new strategy, while China’s Jiuzi Holdings revealed its plan to stack 1,000 Bitcoin over the next year. H100 said on May 22 that it spent 5 million Norwegian krone ($490,830) […]

Crypto perp futures coming ‘very soon,’ says CFTC’s Mersinger

Crypto perp futures coming ‘very soon,’ says CFTC’s Mersinger

Crypto perpetual futures contracts could receive regulatory approval in the US “very soon,” says outgoing Commodities and Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Summer Mersinger. Perpetual crypto futures “can come to market now,” Mersinger told Bloomberg TV on May 22.  “We’re seeing some applications, and I believe we’ll see some of those products trading live very soon,” […]

Bitcoin From Pizza Day Era Still On The Move, Glassnode Reveals

Bitcoin From Pizza Day Era Still On The Move, Glassnode Reveals

As Bitcoin Pizza Day turns 15 years old, the on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has revealed how coins from back then are still being moved. Bitcoin Realized Cap Data Shows Recent Movements From 10+ Years BTC Bitcoin has managed to achieve a new all-time high (ATH), but it’s not the only thing cryptocurrency community members are […]

Ethereum Price Rally Alert: ETH Starts Its Climb Toward $3K Milestone

Ethereum Price Rally Alert: ETH Starts Its Climb Toward $3K Milestone

Ethereum price found support at $2,500 and started a fresh increase. ETH is now rising and might aim for a move above the $2,750 resistance zone. Ethereum started a decent increase above the $2,550 and $2,620 levels. The price is trading above $2,540 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a connecting bullish trend […]

‘No questions asked’ Bitcoin launderer gets 6 years in prison

‘No questions asked’ Bitcoin launderer gets 6 years in prison

A US man operating what prosecutors called a “no questions asked” cash-to-Bitcoin conversion service has been sentenced to six years behind bars and was ordered to hand over millions of dollars.  Boston federal court Judge Richard Stearns sentenced Trung Nguyen, from Danvers, Massachusetts, to six years in prison followed by three years of supervised release, […]

Bitcoin Bulls Poised? BTC Consolidates Near ATH With Eyes on Higher Highs

Bitcoin Bulls Poised? BTC Consolidates Near ATH With Eyes on Higher Highs

Bitcoin price started a fresh increase and traded to a new all-time high above the $111,500 zone. BTC is now consolidating and might aim for an increase toward $113,200 Bitcoin started a fresh upward move from the $108,000 zone. The price is trading above $108,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a […]

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Raises $135 Million—WLD Token Jumps 15%

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Raises $135 Million—WLD Token Jumps 15%

Worldcoin’s parent entity, the nonprofit World Foundation, has injected fresh momentum into its biometric-identity project after selling $135 million worth of liquid WLD tokens at spot price to two of its earliest backers, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Bain Capital Crypto. The direct purchase—explicitly “not a venture round… a direct purchase of non-discounted liquid tokens,” according […]

Michigan lawmakers file 4 crypto bills on retiree funds, CBDCs, mining

Michigan lawmakers file 4 crypto bills on retiree funds, CBDCs, mining

Michigan lawmakers have introduced four crypto-related bills covering crypto mining, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and crypto in state retirement funds. Republican state Representative Bill Schuette introduced House Bill 4510 on May 21, which would amend Michigan’s Public Employee Retirement System Investment Act to allow the state treasurer, currently Rachael Eubanks, to invest in cryptocurrencies […]

Bitcoin ATH Met With Mixed Whale Reactions – What’s The Market Signal?

Bitcoin ATH Met With Mixed Whale Reactions – What’s The Market Signal?

Yesterday, Bitcoin (BTC) made a fresh all-time high (ATH) of $111,880 on Binance crypto exchange following months of downward action during the first quarter of the year. The leading cryptocurrency has rebounded over 45% from its April 6 low of approximately $76,000, and recent whale behavior suggests that long-term holders see further upside potential. Bitcoin […]

Bitcoin Golden Cross In Play – Analyst Reveals Best Course Of Action

Bitcoin Golden Cross In Play – Analyst Reveals Best Course Of Action

Bitcoin’s price action in the past 24 hours has been nothing short of remarkable. After consolidating for several days in a tightening range, the market broke past the $105,503  support-turned-resistance zone earlier in the week and kicked off a steep climb in the past trading day. This has allowed Bitcoin to push into new all-time […]

Senators plan to amend GENIUS Act to address Trump family's stablecoin

Senators plan to amend GENIUS Act to address Trump family's stablecoin

Though a majority of members of the US Senate voted to advance a bill to regulate payment stablecoins on May 20, high-ranking Democrats are planning to propose an amendment to the legislation to address President Donald Trump’s connections to the cryptocurrency industry. According to a May 22 Axios report, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and […]

US tourist drugged by fake Uber driver and robbed of $123K BTC — Report

US tourist drugged by fake Uber driver and robbed of $123K BTC — Report

An American tourist in the United Kingdom was reportedly drugged by an individual posing as a taxi driver, who stole the tourist’s $123,000 in Bitcoin stored on a cell phone. According to a report from My London, Jacob Irwin-Cline went out to a London bar and had several drinks before calling an Uber to take […]