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Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor has hinted at another large Bitcoin purchase, just a week after the company disclosed that it bought around $1 billion of Bitcoin in the second week of April. Strategy disclosed last Monday that it acquired 13,927 Bitcoin for $1 billion between April 6 and 12, at an average price of $71,902 per coin, posting “Think ₿igger” the day before the filing. However, Saylor posted “Think Even ₿igger” on X on Sunday along with a chart of Strategy’s purchase history, something he has historically done to hint at another purchase announcement. It comes just days after the Bitcoin treasury company…

Bitcoin’s current market cycle is performing dramatically worse than any previous halving cycle, with gains of just 97% from the April 2024 halving price compared to triple and quadruple-digit returns in earlier eras. The data raises uncomfortable questions about whether BTC’s legendary boom cycles are becoming a relic of the past.Alex Thorn, head of firmwide research at Galaxy, published the sobering comparison on April 19, showing the current cycle’s peak at $125,000 in October 2025 represents a fraction of historical performance. For context: the 2020 cycle delivered 761% gains, 2016 saw 2,950%, and the 2012 cycle produced a staggering 9,294%…

The $292 million exploit of Kelp DAO has set off a wave of reactions across the crypto industry, with developers and traders warning that the incident exposed deeper flaws in how decentralized finance (DeFi) is built.Data shared by market participants shows the immediate fallout spread far beyond the hacked protocol.“The rsETH hack is leading to withdrawals across all lending protocols, even on solana and unaffected protocols,” 0xngmi said in one post on Sunday, pointing to steep outflows including “Aave: -6,200m (-23%) net inflows” and smaller but notable declines across Morpho, Sky and JupLend. rsETH is liquid restaking protocol Kelp DAO’s…

US media personality and former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner has escaped a class-action lawsuit after a federal judge ruled her memecoin was not a security under US law.California federal judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. wrote in an order on Thursday that the lawsuit failed to plausibly plead that Caitlyn Jenner (JENNER) tokens were investment contracts, as they didn’t pool investor money or use funds to develop “any related product or technology.”“Defendants stated that ‘[t]he $JENNER token is a memecoin on the Ethereum blockchain intended solely for entertainment purposes,’ and that its value would increase because Jenner would use her fame and influence…

Market Context: Smart Money vs. Charts DOT trades in a war zone between what the charts say and what the money does. The token sits 38% below its 200-day moving average at $2.08, screaming technical weakness. Yet derivatives positioning tells the opposite story – top traders maintain 68.9% long exposure while open interest climbed 2.94% to $51 million over 24 hours. This disconnect creates explosive setups. When institutional money fights technical gravity this aggressively, something breaks. The question is whether weak hands capitulate first or resistance levels crack under buying pressure. Technical Powder Keg Building The indicators show a market…

Polish cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto’s problems just keep mounting. Already under fire following reports of frozen or delayed customer withdrawals, the company on Friday drew the ire of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who told parliament the company had sponsored some politicians who opposed crypto market regulation.Blocking the legislation by some politicians showed they were toeing Zondacrypto’s line, Tusk said before a vote to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of the law, according to a report by AP. The exchange has links to Russia and had previously provided the lawmakers with financial support, he said.Tusk’s comments came a day after Zondacrypto CEO…

Russia’s government submitted a bill to its parliament’s lower house in an effort to amend the country’s legal code to attach criminal liability for crypto services offered without regulatory approval or licensing.In a draft law sent to the State Duma on Friday, Russian lawmakers proposed that entities “carrying out activities related to the organization of digital currency circulation,” that operate without a license from Russia’s central bank, could be subject to criminal liability.Without registration with the Bank of Russia, individuals could face up to $4,000 in fines and up to four years in prison, or more severe penalties if part…

Singapore Gulf Bank has rolled out direct stablecoin minting for institutional clients, allowing them to convert fiat to USDC through their bank accounts with 24/7 settlement on Solana. The minimum transaction sits at $100,000, with fee waivers currently in place for minting and redemption.The Bahrain-licensed digital bank, backed by the Whampoa Group and sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat, is positioning the service as a bridge between traditional banking rails and onchain liquidity. Funds move through SGB’s internal clearing system rather than intermediary banking networks—a setup designed to cut settlement friction.More Stablecoins ComingUSDC is just the start. SGB says it plans to…

Bitcoin’s BTC$75,567.38 price action signals the momentum from U.S.–Iran ceasefire headlines is fading and markets are looking for substantive progress that could unwind war-driven stress across the global economy.The largest cryptocurrency briefly topped $76,000 early today, only to fall back in a repeat of Tuesday’s choppy pattern. The stall follows a 10% climb, predominantly driven by news of the Iran-U.S. ceasefire from a week ago.However, while optimism persists and President Donald Trump suggests the conflict is nearing an end, progress in negotiations to restore oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint that accounted for 20% of global flows…

Publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies sold more BTC in Q1 2026 than in all four quarters of 2025, as business conditions tighten for the mining industry. Publicly listed BTC miners, including MARA, CleanSpark, Riot, Cango, Core Scientific and Bitdeer, have collectively sold more than 32,000 BTC in Q1 2026, according to TheEnergyMag.The Q1 sales surpassed the 20,000 BTC sold in Q2 2022 during the crypto bear market triggered by the collapse of the Terra-Luna ecosystem, setting a “new record” for BTC miner sales in a single quarter, TheMinerMag said. Quarterly BTC liquidations by publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies, Q1 2022-Q1 2026.…