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Stablecoin issuer Circle has reportedly blacklisted a smart contract linked to privacy protocol Zama,freezing approximately $12.6 million in user funds. The development, first flagged by on-chain investigator ZachXBT, involves the protocol’s Confidential USDC (cUSDC) contract deployed on Ethereum se...

Spot Bitcoin ETFs have now logged 10 straight days of outflows, with total net redemptions nearing $3 billion since May 15. That is the backdrop against which social media sentiment around Bitcoin has climbed to its most bullish point all year. Related Reading: $1.88M Wiped Out As Sui Blockchain Suf...

The crypto market in 2026 seemed to be performing similarly to last year, after a negative first quarter, marked by a particularly horrendous February. This similarity continued into the recovery path, as the digital asset market rebounded quite nicely in the month of April despite a somewhat unstab...

Over the last month, Bitcoin prices have dipped by 3.45% net, as the leading cryptocurrency struggles to sustain its April momentum. During this time, Bitcoin has faced multiple rejections at the $82,000 price zone, triggering a sustained downward trend since mid-May.

Prediction markets put the odds of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act becoming law this year at 59%, down from a high of 68% following a Senate committee vote earlier this month.

After beginning the week with a steep drop from around $78,000, the Bitcoin price appears to have found stability near $73,500. However, a recent on-chain evaluation suggests that if a condition is not met, this newfound stability might just be the typical calm that precedes a storm.

Leveraged traders betting on a price recovery got hit hardest when the Sui blockchain went down for the third time in under 48 hours. Data from CoinGlass shows that long positions accounted for $1.72 million of the $1.88 million in SUI liquidations recorded during the latest disruption. Related Read...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently revealed that the United States has seized $1 billion worth of crypto assets tied to the Iranian government. This figure has continued to rise amid the ongoing conflict between the two nations. Operation Economic Fury Sends Iran Into Crisis: US Treasury Secr...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pressing charges against Nathan Fuller, a Texas resident, for running a multi-million dollar crypto investment fraud scheme. The case, filed at the US Southern District of Texas, seeks several penalties against the defendant for allegedly defrauding...

In a market where most institutions focus on crypto, Bit Digital appears to have taken a more forward-looking approach by recognizing Ethereum’s strategic importance early on. While many players were still treating ETH as a secondary asset, Bit Digital began positioning itself around ETH’s lon...

A public website showing real-time Bitcoin holdings and valuations will be required from whichever firm wins the contract — a transparency measure that sets Texas apart from most institutional holders. The state’s comptroller office released the requirement last Thursday alongside the announce...

Tom, the founder of OpenFind, has drawn attention to a research paper co-authored by the Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, in which they highlighted XRP. Specifically, the paper discussed cross-border payments and how crypto assets such as XRP could serve as a bridge currency. Fed Chairman’s Research Paper Hig...

Bitcoin is struggling below $75,000 as the market faces uncertainty that has made directional conviction difficult to sustain across multiple sessions. The price is under pressure — and top analyst Axel Adler has identified a development in the institutional wallet data that adds a specific supply d...

OKX and Korea Investment & Securities have joined the list of companies investing in South Korean crypto exchanges after agreeing to acquire a 20% stake each in Coinone, one of the country’s largest platforms. Related Reading: Ripple CEO Says Voters, Trump Defeated The ‘Anti-Crypto Army’ OKX, KI...

Bitcoin is struggling below $75,000 as the market faces uncertainty that has persisted long enough to raise fundamental questions about the nature of the current weakness. The price action is frustrating for bulls who expected the recovery from the February lows to deliver more, and XWIN Research Ja...

Bankless co-founder David Hoffman recently sold the last of his Ethereum holdings, saying the investment case for ETH had largely played out. That exit came the same week Bit Digital went the other direction — dropping $20 million to add more to its already substantial Ethereum stash. Related Readin...

Data shows the Bitcoin loss supply has risen to 8.33 million BTC as the recently-bought tokens have been pushed underwater by the drawdown. Bitcoin Total Supply In Loss Has Shot Up Recently In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has talked about the latest trend in the Bitcoin Total S...

The XRP Ledger Foundation has introduced a new draft proposal that could significantly expand how trading and liquidity work on XRP’s decentralized exchange (DEX). The proposed update, called AMM Swappable Curves, will allow XRPL users and liquidity providers to choose different pricing models when ...

Bitcoin (BTC) regained the $73,000 level on Friday after earlier dipping to $72,500 earlier in the day for the first time since April. While the rebound may look like a quick recovery on the chart, market analyst J.A. Maartun said the bigger story is what the data shows about selling pressure undern...

Strategy can cover its debt and preferred dividends even if Bitcoin drops to $8,000 — down from current levels around $73,000 — a claim the company makes as gold advocate Peter Schiff steps up his warnings about its business model. Related Reading: Crypto Card Payments Explode As Transaction Volume ...