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Whale With $24.79 Million Track Record Opens $21 Million in Longs Across Bitcoin, Ether, and Dogecoin

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A tracked onchain wallet known for a $24.79 million profit record just placed $21 million in simultaneous long positions on bitcoin, ether, and dogecoin. They then proceeded to add more of the same via limit orders. One Wallet, Three Assets, Three Hours Onchain intelligence platform Lookonchain

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Wintermute-Linked Wallets Receive 500 BTC Worth $38M From Decade-Old Bitcoin Holder

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With bitcoin drifting just beneath the $77,000 range, a whale moved a cache of 500 BTC from a wallet established more than a decade ago. The funds appear to have flowed through the over-the-counter (OTC) desk Wintermute and a wallet identified as a Binance deposit address. Bitcoin Whale Moves 500 BTC; Assets Likely Sold A […]

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Long Traders Lose $17.3M as Bitcoin Stalls Below $77,000 on Iran Tension

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Bitcoin fluctuated between $76,200 and $77,245, ultimately stabilizing around $76,750. Despite the daily volatility (up 0.7%), it remained down nearly 5% for the week, holding a market cap of $1.54 trillion. Geopolitical Tension Stalls Momentum Bitcoin traded sideways on Tuesday, oscillating between a low of $76,200 and an intraday high of $77,245 as global markets […]

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Kard Powers Lolli’s Automatic Bitcoin Cashback for More Than 600,000 US Cardholders

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Lolli, the bitcoin rewards platform owned by Thesis*, has partnered with Kard to let its more than 600,000 users earn bitcoin automatically on everyday card purchases without browser extensions, promo codes, or checkout changes. Lolli Drops Checkout Friction as Kard Deal Turns Linked Cards Into Bitcoin Earning Tools The announcement, revealed May 19, 2026, and […]

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Sen. Warren Accuses OCC of Granting Illegal Charters to Coinbase, Ripple, and 7 Others

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a formal letter to OCC Comptroller Jonathan Gould on May 18, 2026, accusing the agency of illegally granting national trust charters to at least nine crypto companies and demanding full records by June 1. Warren Targets OCC Over Crypto Bank Charters That Allegedly Bypass Federal Safeguards Elizabeth Warren, the ranking member […]

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Echo Protocol Pauses Monad Bridge After Admin Key Breach Sparks $816K Loss

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Decentralized finance platform Echo Protocol suffered a security breach on its Monad network deployment after an attacker compromised an administrative key. Liquidity Limits Prevent Massive Losses Echo Protocol, a decentralized finance ( DeFi) platform focused on bitcoin liquidity, was hit by a security exploit on Monday, May 18, after an attacker compromised an

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Bitcoin Prediction Markets Show $84K Ceiling as Traders Stack Bets on Polymarket, Kalshi, and Myriad

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Prediction market traders have placed more than $100 million in combined volume across Polymarket, Kalshi, and Myriad on where bitcoin’s price lands in May 2026 and beyond, with crowd odds pointing to a market stuck below $85,000 for the near term. Traders Put $37M on Bitcoin All-Time High Milestones as $150K Odds Sit at 1% […]

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Polymarket Opens Private Company Markets Using Nasdaq Data for 1,600 Unicorns

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Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market platform, has launched the first prediction markets tied to private company performance, using exclusive data from Nasdaq Private Market to resolve outcomes. Polymarket Taps Nasdaq Private Market Data to Resolve New Private Company Bets The move opens a segment of financial markets that has long been closed to most […]

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BNB Smart Chain Shows Quantum-Safe Crypto Works Despite 50% Throughput Drop

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Developers behind BNB Smart Chain have demonstrated that post-quantum cryptography can already function on a live blockchain architecture, though the transition comes with major trade-offs in transaction size and throughput. The findings highlight how networks may eventually adapt to the long-term risks posed by quantum computing. BNB Smart Chain Advances Quantum Security

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Bitcoin’s May Rally Toward $80K Ignites Fastest BTC Perpetual Futures Open Interest Growth of 2026

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Bitcoin’s push toward $80,000 earlier this month has sparked the fastest growth in BTC perpetual futures open interest recorded so far in 2026, with Binance capturing the largest share of new derivatives capital. Open Interest Posts Strongest 2026 Surge Open interest is the measure of the total value of all active, unsettled futures positions across […]