Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin slides below $70k as energy‑price worries spark $1.8B in liquidations
Bitcoin fell under $70,000 amid heightened energy‑price uncertainty linked to U.S.–Iran tensions. The dip triggered roughly $1.8 billion in crypto liquidations, while institutional investors pulled more than $4.2 billion from digital‑asset positions.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
CZR Exchange Hits 100,000 Users, Signaling Growing Crypto Adoption
CZR Exchange announced it has crossed the 100,000 registered user threshold worldwide, a milestone that highlights rising confidence in its secure, user‑centric trading platform. Founder and CEO Charlie Rothkopf said the growth reflects trust in the CZR ecosystem and fuels its ambition to broaden global digital‑finance infrastructure.
Crypto Poised for Upside as Risk Appetite Rises
I do have reason to believe that literally the only asset class with significant upside is #Crypto. It's been lagging behind heavily, and the reason for that is simple: it has the most risk within the asset classes. Therefore, there's more...
Ahead-of-Time Tech Faces Early Market Neglect
Both Zcash and Starknet are ahead of their time, and both suffered in the markets from this. When we launched @Zcash, no one used it with its superior privacy, and few understood how it works or why it's needed. When...
South Korea Crypto Holdings Halve in a Year as Investors Turn to Stock Market
South Korean investors saw cryptocurrency holdings plunge from $83.3 bn to $41.4 bn between January 2025 and February 2026, a drop of roughly 48%. Daily trading volume on the nation’s five major exchanges fell from $11.6 bn to $3 bn, reflecting a sharp contraction in market...
Sentiment Surges, Price Stalls—Trim, Don’t Add.
Sentiment is running ahead of price this morning. Fear & Greed ripped from 38 to 47 in one session while BTC barely moved. Santiment is flagging the same — bullish chatter at 1.5x bearish, targeting a $75K reset. When the...
Are We Still ‘Late’ Cycle? Crypto, Bonds, and the US$600bn Fed Pivot
Crypto prices surged in recent weeks, driven largely by a quiet $600 bn liquidity injection from the U.S. Federal Reserve and Treasury that began in October. The authors remain bullish on Bitcoin and Ethereum as long‑term inflation hedges, but note that...
Solana Slides 48% in Six Months as Legal Woes Clash with Institutional Interest
Solana (SOL) has lost roughly 48% of its value over the past six months, with its flagship ETF’s net assets falling to $937.8 million and total DeFi value locked halving to $5.5 billion. A class‑action suit targeting the meme‑coin launchpad Pump.fun adds...
We’ve Calculated Your Chances of Winning Money on Polymarket
The Washington Post analyzed comprehensive trade data from Polymarket, a crypto‑based prediction market, covering every transaction from November 2022 through March 29, 2026. The study found that 1,704,601 participants lost money while 764,988 users earned a profit, indicating that roughly one‑third of traders...
BlackRock Looks to Sidestep Clarity Yield Issues, Filing for Two New Tokenized Money Market Funds
BlackRock has filed SEC paperwork to launch two tokenized money‑market funds, extending its $6.1 billion Select Treasury‑Based Liquidity Fund onto Ethereum and creating a new multi‑chain vehicle, BRSRV, aimed at stablecoin reserves. The BSTBL token class will mirror the traditional fund’s...
Deep Dive: The 2026 Directory of Stablecoin Card Program Enablers
The 2026 stablecoin card ecosystem has shifted from speculative pilots to regulated, institution‑grade infrastructure, driven by the EU’s MiCA rules and the US GENIUS Act. Europe now requires all crypto‑asset service providers to obtain full MiCA authorization by July 1, limiting...
📢 A GREAT Week Ahead
Elliott Wave 2.0 announced a comprehensive weekly briefing that will cover 24 assets, including four core equity indices, an updated alt‑coin dashboard, and meme‑style rotation plays. The newsletter emphasizes a "structure first, price confirms" approach, aiming to cut through market...
Santiment Flags Risk as Crypto Bullish Talk Spikes While BTC Holds $80K
Crypto sentiment platform Santiment warns that a surge in bullish chatter—now at a 1.5 to 1 bullish‑to‑bearish ratio—could signal a short‑lived rally as Bitcoin trades near $80,600, up 11.5% this month. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has slipped back to a...
Bitcoin's $126,000 Moonshot: The Ultimate Bull Trap or the Greatest Entry of 2026?
Bitcoin rallied 40% from its February trough, breaking the $80,000 barrier and reigniting bullish sentiment. The surge follows the recent approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs, which have opened the door for institutional investors to allocate capital to the crypto asset....
Anchorage Expands Crypto Offerings, Raises Multi‑million Minimums
Anchorage through DWP now holds Bitcoin, ETH, Solana, Matic, Chainlink, Avalanche, Quant, XRP, XLM, and HBAR. XDC coming soon. Current minimum is $500,000 across all assets including retirement accounts. Individual accounts available at 50,000 XRP. After price appreciation, expect the...
New Crypto Pepeto Presale Nears $10 Million While Ethereum Price Prediction Charts a $4,900 Target as Bitmine Loads 5.18 Million...
Pepeto, an Ethereum‑based crypto project, has raised $9.92 million in its latest presale, edging close to a $10 million milestone. A former Binance developer joined the team, prompting a surge of capital and positioning Pepeto for upcoming tier‑1 exchange listings. The token...
FIS Teams with Anthropic to Launch AI Agents for AML and Tokenized Deposits
FIS announced a partnership with Anthropic to embed Claude‑based AI agents into its banking platform, beginning with a Financial Crimes AI Agent that promises to shrink anti‑money‑laundering investigations from days to minutes. The collaboration also introduces Project Keystone, a tokenized‑deposit...
CFTC Chair Michael Selig Announces Formal Protections for Non‑Custodial Crypto Developers
CFTC Chair Michael Selig revealed a plan to codify protections for developers of non‑custodial crypto software, extending the agency’s 2025 Phantom no‑action letter. The move seeks to separate custodial services from open‑source tooling and could ease regulatory pressure on DeFi...
Bitcoin Options Volatility Surges as $2 B Short‑Gamma Pocket Forms Near $82k
Bitcoin options implied volatility rebounded sharply, with one‑week IV climbing six points to around 52% and a $2 billion short‑gamma concentration forming near the $82,000 strike. The move reflects renewed short‑dated hedging pressure and a positive volatility risk premium, signaling fresh...
Ripple Must Cut Escrow Below 20% Within One Year
Ripple gets one year to get below the 20% escrow threshold once the Clarity Act passes. Gifting a portion to the US Treasury is one path and there is a tax provision that makes it viable. Every other top 20...
White House Mulls De Minimis Bitcoin Tax Exemption
🇺🇸The White House declares its exploring de minimis tax exemption for Bitcoin "to make crypto payments easier." https://t.co/zqdTKEwcHB
Swiss Bitcoin Initiative Fails to Secure Signatures, Halting SNB Holding Push
Swiss crypto activists led by Yves Bennaim announced the failure to collect enough signatures for a national referendum that would have required the Swiss National Bank to hold Bitcoin. The initiative will now lapse, highlighting the difficulty of translating crypto...
Michael Saylor Signals Upcoming Bitcoin Purchase Tomorrow
Michael Saylor just posted "Back to work" hinting at another Bitcoin buy tomorrow. 🚀 https://t.co/VvUQhAP4pO
Traders See 89% Chance Strategy Will Dump BTC, Volatility Expected
🚨 On Polymarket, traders are now pricing in an 89% chance that Strategy will start selling $BTC. If this happens, market volatility could spike hard. 👀 https://t.co/rKKMs6iyDS
Banks and Crypto Backers Tussle as Senators Eye Landmark Digital Asset Bill
U.S. senators are moving a landmark digital‑asset bill toward a vote as a Senate panel begins deliberations. Banking groups have floated last‑minute tweaks to the stablecoin‑yield compromise originally brokered by Republican Thom Tillis and Democrat Angela Alsobrooks. The proposed adjustments...
Short Covering Fuels $IPX Momentum Toward
$IPX Short covering will like add to further momentum to get back to ATHs. 24x7 operation now happening. https://t.co/CZYFKkviYA
BTC ETF Inflows Stall After April Surge
🚨 Aggregate inflows into spot $BTC ETFs have been stagnating since early May after seeing nearly uninterrupted growth throughout April. Is momentum starting to fade, or is this just a pause before the next move? 👀 https://t.co/4pKj4eyIgc
CME Launches Avalanche and Sui Futures as Institutional Hedging Demand Surges
CME Group rolled out regulated futures on Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI) on May 4, with G-20 Group and FalconX completing the inaugural block trades. The move expands CME’s crypto derivatives suite and reflects heightened institutional appetite for altcoin hedging...
Senator Tim Scott Pushes US to Become Crypto Capital
Senator Tim Scott calls to make the US the "crypto capital of the world." 🇺🇸 https://t.co/K2FuU4kvEW
Starknet Ranks 2nd in Weekly Positive Net Flow
Nice way to start the day: seeing Starknet ranked 2nd in weekly positive net flow. gm. https://t.co/KlEi9CX39V
Nvidia Invests $2.1 B in IREN, Boosting AI Data‑Center Capacity After Bitcoin Roots
Nvidia announced a $2.1 billion investment in IREN, granting the chipmaker rights to buy up to 30 million shares as the former Bitcoin miner rolls out up to 5 GW of Nvidia‑branded AI infrastructure. The partnership also includes a $3.4 billion AI‑cloud contract, positioning...
Bitcoin Dip to $75,500 Would Erase $6.56B Longs
$6.56B in crypto long positions will be completely wiped out if Bitcoin's price drops to $75,500. 👀 https://t.co/pN88BJWJ5z
Congressman Proposes Bitcoin Reserve, Eliminates Capital Gains Tax
A U.S. congressman has introduced a new strategic Bitcoin reserve bill and said there will be no capital gains on BTC. BULLISH 🚀 https://t.co/9nqrBjFOEp
Fuutura Responds to IMF Stablecoin Concerns with Compliance-First Infrastructure for Emerging Markets
The IMF’s April 2026 Global Financial Stability Report warned that cross‑border stablecoin flows to emerging economies surged from roughly $12 billion in early 2020 to $316 billion by early 2025, outpacing Bitcoin and Ethereum. It cautioned that unchecked growth could spur currency...
Bulgaria’s 2017 Bitcoin Sale Could Have Erased Debt
In 2017, Bulgaria sold 213,500 Bitcoin. If they held it, it would be enough to pay off their entire national debt. 👀 https://t.co/7HuWn6gWNq
Post‑quantum Era Pushes Bitcoin Toward Avalanche Pre‑consensus
After the quantum hoopla is over, and turns out to be kind of like Y2K, Bitcoin will have a problem with its mining rewards being insufficient. At that point, it will benefit from a pre-consensus layer based on Avalanche.
The Nobitex Dilemma: How Iran's Biggest Crypto Exchange Stays Off the OFAC Blacklist
Iran’s leading crypto exchange Nobitex processes roughly $5 billion in digital‑asset volume and serves about 11 million users, or 12% of the population. Investigations link the platform to state‑backed stablecoin purchases, payments for Strait of Hormuz shipping, and wallets tied to sanctioned...
Strategy Buys More Bitcoin Than It Sells, Says Saylor
My latest thoughts on $BTC, $STRC, and $MSTR with @TheBonnieChang and @davidlin_TV at Consensus 2026. 0:00 - Strategy’s Bitcoin sale controversy 0:36 - Why Strategy may sell Bitcoin 3:12 - “Never sell your Bitcoin” explained 4:40 - How Strategy buys more Bitcoin than it...
Low Crypto Interest Signals Strong Portfolio Opportunity
Of course, I've been in a terrible place when it comes to my personal portfolio. I've questioned myself many times whether I should continue to hold the #Altcoins. I've been questioned many times whether it would be successful. Overall, I do...
Maintain Core Fans While Going Mainstream, or Fail
It’s better for long term viability to keep the base interested/engaged as something goes mainstream (something the Star Wars franchise totally screwed up). This was my q on the Strategy earnings call given the recent transfer of btc from individuals...
Bullish Crypto Boosts Liquidity, HYPE Targets €49
If the markets turn to be more bullish on #Crypto, more liquidity will come in. More liquidity means that there's more trading, and more trading means more retail people are interested and therefore, trading venues generate more revenue. Clearly a no-brainer...
TAO Shows Rapid Recovery After Major Setback
It's not that often that a protocol is have a significant negative event causing brand damage and network risk, that is having such a strong resilience. $TAO literally proved itself. Price fell down, but within a month, price closed the...
Crypto Community Debates Miami Club Night, Ignores Real Action
Crypto people are really arguing over a Crypto Conference Miami club night on Elon’s Internet instead of locking in?
Early Crypto Headline of the Year Sets New Benchmark
Early candidate for crypto headline of the year… Will be tough to beat. What have you all done. https://t.co/Vmq687FJYw
Tom Lee Predicts Ethereum Soaring to $12,000
Tom Lee thinks Ethereum could hit $12,000 this year That would be a 400% move from here📈 https://t.co/6PH5amtyqg
Retail Money Returns: Binance Deposits Surge Amid Optimism
JUST IN: Binance deposits are spiking again, indicating retail money is flowing back into exchanges as sentiment shifts from fear to cautious optimism.
Institutional Bitcoin Push Opens Space for ZEC
Yep. As suitcoiners drag bitcoin into the mainstream, it makes space for things like ZEC. I suspect this narrative grows over time. (And yeah, I know.)
STRC: Preferred‑Equity Credit Engine Offering Income, Stability, Liquidity
$STRC is credit engineered for income, stability, liquidity, and principal protection. It is backed by our BTC and USD assets and supported by active treasury operations. We structured it as preferred equity rather than debt to make it more scalable,...
Seeking UAE Testers for Real‑Time Grid Banking Integration
We recently added full realtime interop with the UAE 🇦🇪 banking rails via @lightspark grid. I want to test a Grid Global Account with my @openclaw M coordinating the payment on WhatsApp. Who in Dubai or Abu Dhabi wants to...
Aave V4 Hits Milestone with Controlled, Incentive-Free Launch
Aave V4 reached a new milestone. Launch is still controlled and guarded with periodic cap increases, no incentives, no points.
Senator Lummis Declares US Will Lead Crypto Innovation
Senator Cynthia Lummis says the US will "lead the way" on Bitcoin and crypto innovation 🇺🇸 https://t.co/yIOBA6S6iD