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Bitcoin slipped below $77,000 on Monday as higher oil prices and a jump in global government bond yields reduced investors' appetite for riskier assets. The cryptocurrency last traded 1.5% lower at $76,946.6 by 00:54 ET (04:54 GMT), marking its lowest level since May 1. Broader market pressures included a surge in oil above $110 per barrel after re…
Bitcoin traded near $78,100 as investors weighed a surge in U.S. retail crypto ownership and a strategic shift from the largest corporate Bitcoin holder that could introduce sales of its holdings to fund corporate obligations. New survey data shows broadening demographic adoption, and Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) disclosed a $1.5 billion repurchase of co…
A concentrated liquidation event targeted long positions across crypto markets, sending Bitcoin toward $78,000 and erasing a week’s gains. Roughly $581 million of leveraged positions were liquidated during the 24-hour episode, with about $552 million coming from long bets. The move coincided with higher inflation prints, rising oil prices and a jum…
E-Estate Group Inc. will host a one-year anniversary summit on June 13, 2026, in Washington, D.C., to review its progress in real estate tokenization and present plans for further infrastructure, portfolio and access development. Company figures cited include a tokenized portfolio structured at more than $100 million in 2025 and over $32 million in…
An examination of April 2026 CoinGlass data across nine major derivatives platforms by crypto outlet ChainCatcher found Bybit ranked second in open interest and topped centralized exchanges on the open interest-to-trading volume metric. The findings point to deeper, longer-held positioning on the platform, alongside reserve growth that outpaced ope…
The Republican-led Senate Banking Committee convened Thursday for a mark-up session on the Clarity Act, legislation intended to define regulators' authority over cryptocurrencies and to classify crypto tokens. The session will test whether supporters can win the seven Democratic votes necessary to move the measure to the full Senate. Democrats voic…
MapleStory Universe (MSU), the blockchain adaptation of Nexon’s MapleStory franchise, is marking its first anniversary since the May 15, 2025 launch of MapleStory N. The platform reported more than 150 million cumulative on-chain transactions and over 3.82 million registered accounts. NEXPACE announced MSU 2.0 - a multi-year expansion introducing t…
BTSE Bhutan announced it has received an In-Principle Approval from the Gelephu Financial Services Office in Gelephu Mindfulness City to pursue a Financial Services License. If the firm satisfies outstanding pre-conditions, the eventual license would authorize a multilateral trading facility for virtual assets and institutional-grade custody servic…
Scandic Finance Group has introduced SNC Scandic Coin (SNC), a utility token intended for payments, access and loyalty across a range of real-world services inside the group’s ecosystem. Project representatives and documents describe a regulated framework with audited smart contracts, KYC/KYB and AML arrangements, a capped supply and a staged rollo…
Cantor8 has signed exclusive memoranda of understanding with Yiksi Limited to pilot bringing major African mobile money platforms, notably M-PESA and EVC Plus, onto the Canton Network. Working with Taran App and Yiksi’s exchange infrastructure, Cantor8 plans to enable direct conversion between mobile money services and crypto assets onchain. The in…
Fuse Network released a roadmap asserting that infrastructure, enabled by AI agents, is the missing element for last-mile payments. The plan centers on strengthening its Layer 1 chain to serve AI-native commerce, integrating emerging agentic payment standards, and expanding its Solid non-custodial neobanking stack into lending, insurance, index fun…
NEXST announced that its native token, $NXT, will begin trading globally on May 12, 2026 on OKX Boost, KuCoin, MEXC and LBank. The token is intended to serve as the utility asset for NEXST's AI Entertainment ecosystem, which combines VR experiences, Japanese idol IP-based social gaming, AI social platforms and real-world asset tokenization to creat…
At the World Fintech Summit 2026, Bybit’s Global Head of Policy outlined how Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenisation and blockchain-based financial infrastructure can broaden retail access, unlock liquidity in illiquid asset classes, and support India’s ambitions to build a $1 trillion fintech economy. The firm engaged with policymakers and industry le…
Bitcoin traded above the $80,000 mark, reaching $80,760, as risk-on sentiment and renewed legislative progress in Washington buoy digital assets. The Senate Banking Committee has set a markup date for the CLARITY Act, a market-structure bill that backers say would create regulatory certainty for institutional participation. At the same time, crypto…
Bitcoin surpassed the $80,000 mark this week, trading at $80,227.3 as of 04:00 ET (08:00 GMT), amid heavy institutional inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs, custody service rollouts from major financial custodians and a legislative push to clarify the regulatory status of digital tokens. Network fundamentals such as record hash rates and growing integra…
The Senate Banking Committee will meet on May 14 to consider the Clarity Act, a legislative framework that would assign regulatory jurisdiction over digital assets and decide whether particular tokens are securities or commodities. The bill includes a compromise on dollar-backed stablecoins that would bar crypto firms from paying rewards on idle ho…
Bitcoin retreated on Friday amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran around the Strait of Hormuz, dragging broad cryptocurrency prices lower. Despite the intraday decline, Bitcoin remained on track for a sixth straight weekly rise, supported by institutional purchases, bargain hunting, and progress among U.S. lawmakers on a regulatory bil…
Roobet has launched a prediction markets product on May 6, 2026, becoming the first major crypto casino to natively integrate prediction markets into its platform. The feature allows users to take positions on real-world outcomes across sports, culture, and global events using their existing Roobet accounts and balances, with an initial rollout foc…
Atlas, supported by CoinMarketCap, is assuming responsibility for the price feeds and data delivery services previously run by Binance Oracle across BNB Chain, opBNB and other applicable networks. A 90-day migration window has begun; Atlas offers protocol-level configurability, access to CoinMarketCap’s aggregated pricing from over 905 sources, and…
Bybit is providing its Bybit Card users with an exclusive early access window to buy Tomorrowland Brasil 2027 tickets beginning May 12, 2026, at 10 a.m. BRT (1 p.m. UTC). Eligible cardholders will be able to purchase select ticket categories before public release and enjoy up to 20% off certain passes, with maximum savings of R$400. The move follow…
Bitcoin traded marginally higher but pared some intraday gains after Strategy said it may sell a portion of its 818,334 BTC holdings to help fund dividend and debt payments. The cryptocurrency remained close to a three-month high as broader markets responded to comments suggesting progress toward de-escalation between the U.S. and Iran.
Banco Sabadell has confirmed it will join the Qivalis consortium, a coalition of European banks creating a company to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin in the second half of 2026. The project, which includes a dozen institutions such as ING, UniCredit, BNP Paribas, Caixabank and BBVA, is presented as a European initiative to improve transaction effic…
Andreessen Horowitz has closed a $2.2 billion fund dedicated to crypto investments, bringing its cumulative capital allocated to digital assets to about $9.8 billion across five funds. The raise arrives as token prices remain well below recent highs and smaller venture vehicles struggle to attract commitments. The firm said it will target projects …
DeLorean Labs has integrated its native token, $DMC, onto the Solana blockchain with support from the Solana Foundation and a technical bridge provided by Wormhole Labs and Sunrise. The move aims to make DeLorean's intellectual property accessible to a broad Solana user base, enable participation in governance and tokenized vehicle drops, and posit…
Bitcoin advanced to a three-month peak on Monday, surpassing $80,000 as sizable inflows into U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds and renewed bargain buying supported the rally. Gains were moderated by continued geopolitical and interest-rate uncertainty, and corporate demand softened as Strategy Inc paused its weekly Bitcoin purchases ahead of first-…
