Every May 22, the crypto trade remembers and celebrates a commerce that sparked a monetary revolution: 10,000 bitcoins (BTC) for 2 Papa John’s pizzas. That one commerce, though trivial on the time, marked the primary recognized real-world transaction utilizing BTC. Today marks Bitcoin Pizza Day’s sixteenth anniversary, and it’s time to evaluate how far the…
XRP recorded 4,300 new pockets creations previously 24 hours, in line with knowledge posted by Santiment on May 22, marking the fourth-largest spike in community progress this yr. The leap arrived with XRP buying and selling close to $1.37, and derivatives exercise throughout Binance and CME elevated regardless of the token’s weak efficiency in current…
An Italian police unit cracked a tax fraud case price over 1,000,000 {dollars} — and on the middle of it was not a secret checking account or a shell firm, however Bitcoin inscriptions. A New Way To Hide Old Money Italy’s Economic and Financial Police Unit in Foggia uncovered a scheme during which a suspect…
US President Donald Trump made some daring and bullish guarantees throughout his election marketing campaign in 2024 for the cryptocurrency business, however the precise implementation has been controversial to say the least. Although his group has launched sure digital asset initiatives and initiatives, corresponding to accumulating BTC for certainly one of their corporations, they proceed…
Around 20,500 Bitcoin choices contracts will expire on Friday, May 22, with a notional worth of roughly $1.5 billion. This occasion is smaller than typical, so it’s unlikely to have any influence on spot markets. Crypto markets have been in decline all week, with round $50 billion leaving the house as Bitcoin continues to weaken….
One 12 months after launching XRP futures, knowledge from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) present the product has gained regular traction in the derivatives market. Since buying and selling started on May 19, 2025, the change has recorded virtually $63 billion in notional buying and selling quantity throughout its XRP futures suite as of May…
Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, pushed to a recent all-time high close to $63 on Thursday, whereas Zcash (ZEC) additionally continued working its approach towards its present document ranges. HYPE’s momentum has been particularly sturdy over the longer view in comparison with its market friends, recording a couple of 45% acquire on the month-to-month timeframe. Zcash…
Syndicate Labs, an on-chain growth startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz, introduced that it’s winding down operations after 5 years of constructing infrastructure for on-chain builders. It cited main shifts within the rollup market as the first motive behind the choice. EVM Rollups No Longer the Standard In a press release on X, Syndicate Labs said…
World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token lately hit an enormous milestone after it recorded its highest-ever realized revenue occasion. According to on-chain analytics agency Santiment, 1.8 billion of the Trump-linked tokens have been offered at a revenue on May 18, with the spike coming solely weeks after WLFI hit an all-time low. WLFI Holders Cash Out…
The latest value efficiency of the main cryptocurrencies, together with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Ripple (XRP), and plenty of others, displays the broader weak spot in the market, reinforcing the outlook that we’re at the moment in a bear cycle with no clear timeline for the subsequent bull run. However, some altcoins have…