Jane Street Slashes Bitcoin ETF Holdings by 71%: Is TradFi Rally Cooling?
In the latest Bitcoin ETF news, Jane Street cut its position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust by 71% in Q1 2026, dropping from 20.3 million shares worth over $1 billion to 5.9 million shares worth $225 million, a reduction that…
ETH, XRP, ADA, BNB, and HYPE
This Friday, we examine Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Hyperliquid in greater detail. Ethereum (ETH) Ethereum has been hovering just below the $2,400 resistance for over four weeks. With bulls unable to break this level, the price has entered…
Bitget’s OpenAI-linked token sale tops $100M before deadline
Bitget said commitments for its OpenAI-linked preOPAI sale on IPO Prime passed $100 million before the subscription window closed on May 15 at 8:00 UTC. Summary Bitget said OpenAI-linked preOPAI commitments passed $100 million before the May 15 subscription deadline….
EU in talks to join US-led alliance for tech supply chain security
The European Union is negotiating to join a US-led coalition designed to lock down supply chains for the world’s most sensitive technologies. The alliance, described as a “trusted network” of partners, focuses on AI infrastructure, advanced semiconductors, and the critical…
Crypto Correlations Hit Record Highs as BTC-SOL Reaches 0.99
Ethereum emerged as the most connected asset, showing strong alignment with Cardano, Solana, and Dogecoin. Analytics platform DefiLlama has reported an elevated degree of price synchronization among leading cryptocurrencies. Over the past week, several major trading pairs showed correlation…
Bitcoin Pulls In $706M as Traders Abandon Short Positions in Massive Sentiment Shift
While Bitcoin dominated headlines, Solana and XRP investment products also recorded sharp increases in activity. Digital asset investment products posted inflows of $857.9 million, and extended six straight weeks of positive flows – the highest weekly figure since April…
Solana and Google Cloud Team Up for Stablecoin-Powered AI Agent Payments
Developers can link a Solana wallet to AI tools like Claude Code or Gemini and have an agent accessing paid APIs within one minute. The Solana Foundation has partnered with Google Cloud to launch Pay.sh, a platform that allows…
Wall Street Giant Morgan Stanley Enters Crypto Race With Pricing Edge: Report
Morgan Stanley is bringing Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana trading to E*Trade clients soon. One of the world’s largest wealth management firms, Morgan Stanley, is all set to introduce cryptocurrency trading on its E*Trade platform, which it acquired for $13…
Lido joins DeFi relief push after $292M Kelp exploit
Lido Labs has asked the Lido DAO to approve the use of up to 2,500 stETH, worth about $5.8 million, to help reduce the rsETH shortfall caused by the recent Kelp exploit. Summary Lido Labs asked its DAO to allocate…
Sonic Builds Quantum-Ready Blockchain With Simpler Architecture – Bitcoin News
Key Takeaways Sonic redesigns proof-of- stake to avoid Boneh–Lynn–Shacham aggregation, easing quantum upgrades. Shor’s algorithm risk pushes shift from Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm to hash-based schemes. Sonic Consensus System directed acyclic graph model could lead to reduction in upgrade…
Bitcoin ETFs see $223M inflow for eighth consecutive day
Bitcoin ETFs attracted $223M for the eighth consecutive day, while Ethereum ETFs recorded a $75.9M outflow that broke a 10-day inflow streak. On Polymarket, the odds for a Bitcoin all-time high by June 30 sit at 3.1% YES. The June…
Michael Saylor Just Dropped His “Think Bigger” Signal: Billion in BTC USD Buy About to Hit the Price?
BTC/USD price is holding a fragile line. The leading cryptocurrency trades near $75,407 on CoinMarketCap, up 1.73% in 24 hours, but sitting roughly 40% below its all-time high of $126,210.50 reached in October 2025. That gap tells a story worth…
Crypto Earn Products Resemble Deposits With No FDIC Protection – Bitcoin News
Key Takeaways: The BIS Financial Stability Institute warned in April 2026 that major crypto platforms like Binance and Coinbase now operate more like banks than trading venues. Celsius Network collapsed in 2022 after a USD 1.4 billion depositor run exposed…
Top Ethereum (ETH) Price Predictions as of Late
A renewed uptrend or a substantial pullback: what’s coming next for ETH? The second-largest cryptocurrency recently soared to its highest level since early February, sparking hopes among bulls that a further uptrend could be on the way. However, global…
GraniteShares 3x XRP ETF Delayed to May 7
GraniteShares has delayed the launch of its 3x Long and 3x Short XRP Daily ETFs from April 23 to May 7, marking the fifth postponement in three weeks and raising fresh questions about whether the SEC will ultimately clear 3x…
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Turn Fully Positive Across Key Timeframes, Led by Blackrock’s IBIT
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin ETFs are showing stronger demand as flows turn positive across all tracked periods. Institutional investors are increasing exposure, reinforcing bitcoin market momentum. Fund competition remains visible as some products attract inflows while others continue to lose assets….
US dollar rebounds amid US-Iran conflict; Bank of Japan rate cut odds unchanged
The US dollar is showing signs of a rebound after forming a long-legged doji pattern on the DXY index, driven by safe-haven flows from the escalating US-Iran conflict. The Bank of Japan rate cut market on Polymarket sits at 0.1%…
Tokyo Offers Subsidies to Businesses That Promote the Digital Yen
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Government has launched a subsidy program offering companies up to 40 million yen – roughly $250,000 – to build real-world use cases around digital yen stablecoins, administered by the city’s Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs under Japan’s…