Category: Crypto

Strategy Buys BTC in its treasury expansion, picking up 4,020 bitcoin for $427m during 19–25 May 2025 at an average $106,237 each. Holdings now total 580,250 BTC bought for $40.61bn, and the firm reports a 16.8% bitcoin yield year to date, reinforcing its digital-gold thesis.
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Sam Bankman-Fried has been moved from New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center to a transfer hub in Oklahoma after a solitary stint over an unauthorized interview. The 25-year term runs to December 2044, while FTX plans 119% creditor payouts beginning May 30, 2025.
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Synthetix and Derive have officially shelved a proposed $27 million acquisition deal that would have seen the two decentralized derivatives platforms merge under a token swap agreement.
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Lawmakers close to Lee Jae-myung, the frontrunner in the South Korean presidential elections, have called for Seoul to steal a march on Washington by expediting the rollout of a KRW stablecoin.
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A US federal judge has thrown out major convictions against Avraham Eisenberg, the man accused of exploiting decentralized exchange Mango Markets for $110 million.
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Bitcoin holds at $107,911 as ETF inflows surge 4.5× and Memorial Day nears. Will thin liquidity push BTC toward $115K or trigger a pullback?
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Pavel Durov will not appear in person at the Oslo Freedom Forum after a French court denied his request to travel to Norway.
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XRP holds $2.31 ahead of Memorial Day as real estate tokenization boosts XRPL. Can reduced volume spark a rally to $2.75?
The post XRP Price Prediction: XRP Holds $2.31 Before Memorial Day Volume Decline — Will Reduced Institutional Activity Spark Rally to $2.75? appeared first on Cryptonews. …

$200M Crypto Seized as the DoJ’s multinational Operation SpecTor dismantles darknet networks. The sweep has detained 270 suspects, removed fentanyl supplies and firearms, and shown crypto’s double role: payment rail for crime and traceable trail. Kraken’s 68 % volume jump now tests global oversight.
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Crypto Regulation has shifted sharply this week. Judge Torres has rebuffed the SEC-Ripple bid to settle, citing strict standards. The Senate has moved the GENIUS Act toward a federal stablecoin framework, while Trump’s $150 m meme coin dinner has raised concerns over political funding transparency.
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