Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Hyperliquid’s HYPE token has surged to record highs, but the rally is being powered less by institutional ETF demand and more by an aggressive protocol-driven buyback system. The mechanism has created a powerful feedback loop tying HYPE’s price direc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
A tracked onchain wallet has opened a 23x leveraged short position on ether worth $100.33 million via Hyperliquid, with the trade facing automatic liquidation if ETH climbs just $41 from its entry price. A Nine-Figure Bet Against Ether Wallet address...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
A Hyperliquid trader who opened a short position on HYPE ahead of the token’s recent price surge is now unwinding the bet, having already sold more than $14 million worth of tokens with more supply still hitting the market. A Short Position Under Pre...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
As cryptocurrency adoption accelerates, crypto gaming platforms are becoming a natural extension of how users interact with digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Faster transactions, enhanced privacy, and global accessibility have shifted expe...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
A couple of unrelated bitcoin wallets that sat dormant for more than a year suddenly transferred 1,650 BTC, valued at approximately $127 million, into U.S.-based institutional prime brokerage Falconx. Whales Wake up Large-scale bitcoin transfers from...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
International Holding Company recently executed a $30 million transaction using the new United Arab Emirates dirham-backed stablecoin. Major Institutional Transaction Executed The Abu Dhabi-based global investment company, International Holding Compa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
A wallet linked to Bitmex co-founder Arthur Hayes has repurchased 85,714 HYPE at $62.69 each, days after the same wallet sold a larger batch of 115,453 tokens at $54.81, confirming a sell-low, buy-high sequence that analysts flagged on Monday. The Bu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has flagged a structural vulnerability in the network’s transaction infrastructure, warning that smart contract wallets and privacy protocols remain dependent on third-party intermediaries just to get their transac...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, OFAC sanctions Sinaloa Cartel’s crypto laundering group, the Venezuelan government shuts down a 4,000 ASIC mining farm,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
The announcement was made during the 8th EU-Mexico summit, where Mexico and the EU signed a trade agreement to decrease dependence on the U.S. The two governments would be focused on cooperating to curb this kind of crypto-linked illicit activity. Me...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
The Abolish Super PACs Act, introduced in the House and Senate, would cap individual super PAC donations at $5,000 amid growing concerns over crypto-backed campaign spending and other independent election expenditures. Super PAC Cap Would Reshape Ele...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong identified eight finance priorities, including tokenization, stablecoins, AI, and capital formation. He said the system still needs technology and policy work to broaden access and modernize markets. Finance Still Needs T...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Adeniyi Abiodun, co-founder of Mysten Labs, stated that this new feature will allow users to leverage Sui’s network without announcing their holdings to the whole internet. He bets on this functionality to entice institutions to build on Sui, allowin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Oil markets slid over the Memorial Day weekend as President Trump said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is “largely negotiated,” pulling Brent crude below $99 while bitcoin held near $77,000 with U.S. stock exchanges shuttered for the holiday. T...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Vitalik Buterin laid out a direct case on Sunday for why the Ethereum Foundation must become a leaner, more opinionated organization focused on the properties that set Ethereum apart. Buterin Warns Ethereum Risks Mediocrity if It Chases Speed Over De...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Fenwick & West LLP, the Silicon Valley law firm that served as lead outside counsel for collapsed crypto exchange FTX, agreed to pay $54 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit filed by former FTX customers. Lawfirm Cuts $54M Deal With...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
A new report from Keyrock, a global crypto investment group leading in market making, asset management, OTC, and options trading for digital assets, finds that artificial intelligence (AI) agents have settled more than $73 million across approximatel...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Michael Burry warned this week that the U.S. may be heading toward a “Snow Crash cyber-punk future” as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prepares rules that would let crypto platforms trade tokenized versions of traditional stocks. Bu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Strategy paused reported bitcoin buying as Saylor said its “BitVac” is charging, highlighting bond-related activity after holdings climbed to 843,738 BTC. The update underscores how debt, preferred stock, and liquidity reserves continue shaping the c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Gold traded near $4,509 per ounce on Sunday and finished the week down roughly $30 to $35 as a firm dollar and climbing Treasury yields kept buyers cautious. Gold Faced Headwinds This Week Spot gold opened the May 17-24 period near $4,540 and spent m...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
NEAR Protocol traded around $2.41 Sunday, up roughly 54% over seven days and 13% in the past 24 hours, as a short squeeze, artificial intelligence (AI)-sector rotation, and a chain abstraction product story converged at the same time. NEAR Surges as...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Malta-based stablecoin issuer StablR suffered a security incident on Sunday, after an attacker exploited a weak multisig configuration to mint millions of unbacked EURR and USDR tokens and dump them on decentralized exchange ( DEX) platforms. EURR Dr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the wee...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
Over a year after the token’s demise, the Libra Trust has arranged a strategy to fund nearly 71 companies that have applied for this support. The Trust has close to $110 million to invest in this task, transferred by Hayden Davis, CEO of Kelsier Vent...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 weeks ago
You would be wrong to assume that major crypto licensing regulations are converging to the same point. On the opposite: they tend to focus on area-specific goals. MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored by LegalBi...