US Bitcoin ETFs ended a 10-trading-day inflow streak with a $347 million net outflow on May 29, with BlackRock’s fund the only product to see a net inflow.
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Hyperliquid whale losses near $100M after Bitcoin dips below $105K Hyperliquid trader James Wynn has seen his 949 Bitcoin long positions liquidated after the cryptocurrency dipped below $105,000.
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Base briefly nears 1,000 TPS, making it speed competitive with Solana Coinbase’s layer-2 blockchain Base saw a short-lived surge in transactions per second amid a token launch on the Virtuals AI platform.
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Bitcoin in ‘pivot zone’ as potential consolidation looms: Analyst “This week is absolutely critical,” said analyst Willy Woo, who cautioned that more consolidation could be ahead for Bitcoin.
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Crypto vulnerable if CFTC not given authority, says ex-chair Behnam Former CFTC chair Rostin Behnam said the crypto market will remain unregulated unless the agency he led under President Joe Biden is given greater authority.
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Australian regulator takes former Blockchain Global director to court Australia’s markets regulator has started legal proceedings against the former director of Blockchain Global, Allan Guo, over his dealings with the collapsed ACX Exchange.
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Trump’s CFTC pick Quintenz discloses crypto links, $3.4M assets Donald Trump's pick to lead the CFTC, Brian Quintenz, has investments in crypto and market prediction firms, which he says he will divest if he is confirmed as chair.
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Jack Dorsey’s Block to bring Bitcoin payments to Square by 2026 Block, Inc. is rolling out Bitcoin payments on Square, and merchants will be able to hold the Bitcoin, or auto-convert it to fiat in real-time.
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Bitcoin long-term holders ‘quietly capitalizing’ with drop to $109K Analysts say that long-term Bitcoin holders have been accumulating during the recent market stress, which has seen the cryptocurrency dip just below $109,000.
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Migos Instagram account hacked in apparent blackmail bid on Solana co-founder The Instagram account of ex-rap trio Migos posted images of what appeared to be Solana co-founder Raj Gokal holding identity documents, with captions asking for 40 Bitcoin.
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Meta’s AI boss says current AI lacks ‘intelligent behavior’ — Report Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, has reportedly said “world-based models” would be a better approach to AI, as these would be trained on real-life scenarios.
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Nvidia plans to make cheaper AI chips for China: Report Nvidia plans to launch a cheaper AI chip for the Chinese market following US export restrictions, Reuters reports.
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Banking groups ask SEC to drop cybersecurity incident disclosure rule Major banking groups want the Securities and Exchange Commission to rescind a rule that requires public companies to report cybersecurity incidents to the public within four days.
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Anthropic’s debuts most powerful AI yet amid ‘whistleblowing’ controversy Anthropic’s latest chatbot launch was tainted with controversy after users took issue with the behavior of a model in testing, which could report users to authorities.
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Bitcoin open interest hits record high as BTC slips below $111K Leveraged speculation in the Bitcoin futures market is at peak levels as traders hope for new highs.
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Crypto perp futures coming ‘very soon,’ says CFTC’s Mersinger Outgoing Commodities and Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Summer Mersinger says crypto perpetual futures contracts could be “trading live very soon” in the US.
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Feds charge Amalgam founder with stealing $1M via ‘sham’ blockchain Jeremy Jordan-Jones was charged with wire fraud, securities fraud, making false statements to a bank and identity theft.
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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF notches 2-week high inflow as BTC nears $112K Trading volume for BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF surged to its highest level since January, when Bitcoin hit a peak that it held for months.
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Bitcoin continues rally to surpass $110K for the first time Bitcoin has topped $110,000 for the first time ever, following a 3% gain over the last 24 hours.
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SEC’s Crenshaw says agency playing ‘regulatory Jenga’ with crypto The SEC's sole Democratic commissioner, Caroline Crenshaw, claims the regulator’s “about-face” on crypto undermines the agency’s credibility.
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JPMorgan boss says bank users can soon buy Bitcoin JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said he will allow his bank's customers to buy Bitcoin, but the bank will not custody it.
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Metaplanet scoops 1,004 Bitcoin in 2nd-biggest buy ever Japanese investment firm Metaplanet now holds 7,800 Bitcoin, worth more than $800 million, after it made its second-largest single Bitcoin purchase.
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Coinbase faces lawsuit over alleged breaches of Illinois biometric privacy law Coinbase users claimed the exchange failed to notify them about the collection, storage, sharing and retention schedule of their biometric data.
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Bitcoin notches record weekly close after highest-ever daily close candle Bitcoin came just shy of $106,500 in its highest-ever weekly close, bringing the original cryptocurrency less than 3% away from its all-time high.
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Starknet hits ‘Stage 1’ decentralization, tops ZK-rollups for value locked Starknet has $629 million in value locked, making it the top ZK-rollup-based layer-2 and reached a decentralization milestone, operating with limited “training wheels.”
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Grok 'white genocide' rant due to unauthorized prompt change: xAI An “unauthorized modification” made to the chatbot’s response prompt made Grok go off the rails, according to Elon Musk’s AI firm.
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Coinbase drops 7% on customer breach, SEC probe into user numbers The Securities and Exchange Commission has questioned Coinbase’s 2021 claim that it had more than 100 million “verified users” in the ongoing investigation.
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Telegram shuts ‘largest darknet marketplace to have ever existed’ Haowang Guarantee, formerly Huione Guarantee, has announced that it will cease operations following a massive Telegram purge of merchant accounts.
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Coinbase eyes more deals after $2.9B Deribit acquisition “We are always looking at M&A opportunities,” said the Coinbase chief executive, Brian Armstrong, following the Deribit deal.
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Synthetix makes $27M bid to re-acquire crypto options platform Derive Synthetix has floated acquiring Derive in a $27 million token exchange deal, subject to approval from both of the crypto platforms communities.