Ripple’s own top engineer has thrown cold water on one of the XRP community’s most persistent theories — that the company’s 1,700 non-disclosure agreements are hiding secret, large-scale adoption plans. Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz said those NDAs are standard business practice and that claims of massive undisclosed events are “almost always completely false.” No…
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Bitcoin Slips Below Key Holder Cost Basis Ahead Of $1.74B Options Expiry
Bitcoin is trading below a key cost threshold that short-term holders paid to acquire it — a sign that many recent buyers are sitting on losses heading into one of the largest options expiry events of the month. Bitcoin: Bears Hold The Edge Going Into Expiry Glassnode data shows Bitcoin is currently priced under the…
US CLARITY Act Moves Closer To Law After Surprise Stablecoin Yield Update
Prediction market traders on Polymarket put the odds of the CLARITY Act becoming law in 2026 at 55% — a jump of nine percentage points in a single day — after two US senators released final language settling one of the bill’s most contested disputes. Banks Got Restrictions, Crypto Got Rewards The new text, published…
Shiba Inu (SHIB) Breakout Blockers—Is A Crash To $0 On The Table?
Shiba Inu (SHIB), one of the market’s largest memecoins, is still far from its glory days. The token is trading more than 90% below the all-time highs it reached in October 2021. Even with gains of about 5% during April’s price action, the rebound looks limited in the broader context—especially as investors weigh the long-term…
Bitcoin’s Path To $100K May Happen Before Anyone Understands Why: Analyst
A “big announcement” tied to US President Donald Trump’s Bitcoin reserve is expected within weeks, according to White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt, who made the statement at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas earlier this week. Bitcoin: Market Momentum, Not Messaging The timing of that potential announcement comes as Bitcoin sits well below the…
23 Billion+ XRP Already Quantum Safe, According To New Wallet Analysis
Ripple’s escrow accounts are among the wallets that may not be as protected as they appear. A new breakdown of every account on the XRP Ledger found that multi-signature wallets — including those tied to Ripple — hold 36.60 billion XRP, or over 36% of the total supply, but are not automatically shielded from future…
CEO Behind $4.7 Billion Crash Banned From Crypto, But How Will This Work?
Celsius founder Alexander Mashinsky, who was responsible for the $4.7 billion 2022 crypto crash, has been banned from crypto. This forms part of a $10 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) while the crypto founder continues to serve a 12-year sentence. Celsius Founder Banned From Crypto As Part of $10 Million FTC Settlement …
Dogecoin Futures Open Interest Explodes As Leveraged Traders Pile In
A crypto analyst has placed a seven-figure bet against Dogecoin, warning that the market looks dangerously overextended. CryptoQuant’s JA Maartun opened a short position of 1 million DOGE, citing a sharp and rapid buildup of leveraged contracts that he described as a risky setup. The Numbers Behind The Warning DOGE futures open interest climbed 33%…
Stablecoins Go Mainstream As Meta Rolls Out Creator Payouts In Philippines, Colombia
Facebook paid its creators nearly $3 billion in 2025 — a 35% jump from the year before. Now some of those Meta creators will get paid in crypto. Meta: A Second Try At Digital Payments Meta has begun rolling out USDC stablecoin payouts to select creators in the Philippines and Colombia, marking the company’s return…
Galaxy Digital Posts $200M Quarterly Loss—Did Hyperliquid Help Avoid New Crisis?
Galaxy Digital reported a tough start to the year as crypto prices fell and market values broadly contracted. In its first-quarter (Q1) results, the company reported a net loss of $216 million while the total crypto market capitalization slid by roughly 20% during the same period. Despite that difficult environment, Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz said…