Strategy Grabs 24,869 BTC for $2.01B, Now Holds 843,738 Bitcoin Total

Key Takeaways Strategy adds 24,869 BTC for $2.01 billion, bringing its total holdings to 843,738 bitcoin as of May 17, 2026. The $75,700 blended average cost basis and 12.6% BTC Yield YTD signal continued confidence in bitcoin as a treasury asset. Strategy plans to retire $1.5 billion in 2029 convertible notes, reshaping its debt structure going forward. Strategy Crosses 843K BTC After $2 Billion Purchase and Convertible Note Buyback Michael Saylor announced the purchase on May 18, 2026, via X, noting an average acquisition price of roughly $80,985 per bitcoin…

Saylor’s Strategy adds 24,869 BTC as Bitcoin falls below $77K

Strategy bought 24,869 Bitcoin for about $2.01 billion between May 11 and May 17.  Summary Strategy’s latest purchase lifted its Bitcoin holdings to 843,738 BTC, over 4% of total supply. The company funded the buy through MSTR common stock and STRC preferred stock sales. Market updates showed Bitcoin below $77,000 as ETF outflows and liquidations pressured crypto prices. The company paid an average price of $80,985 per Bitcoin, including fees and expenses, according to its May 18 Form 8-K. The purchase raised Strategy’s total holdings to 843,738 BTC. The company…

Pundit Says Only This Move Will Make It Happen

Crypto pundit BarriC has said that an XRP price rally to $10,000 isn’t possible at the moment. He also revealed what needs to happen for the altcoin to potentially reach this level and even rally to $50,000.  Pundit Says XRP Price Cannot Rally To $10,000 Now In an X post, BarriC stated that the XRP price cannot reach $10,000 to $50,000 if the altcoin remains purely a retail asset, which investors can buy and trade on exchanges. Instead, he explained that the only way this can happen is if XRP…

Crypto Bull Market Doors Opening! Bitcoin, Ethereum & Altcoins Breaking Out NOW

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Bitcoin Cash breaks below $400 level, is a return to 2025 lows next?

Bitcoin Cash price plunged sharply this week after losing the key psychological $400 support level, raising concerns that the cryptocurrency could revisit its 2025 lows if bearish momentum continues accelerating. Summary Bitcoin Cash price plunged more than 11% below the key $400 support level, falling to its lowest point since early March. Bearish momentum strengthened after a MACD bearish crossover, while RSI dropped near 21, signaling deeply oversold conditions. Analysts now see the $320–$340 region as the next major downside target if BCH fails to reclaim the broken $400 support…

‘Ripple is the Infrastructure for the Internet of Value’

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, during an ‘XRP in a Minute’ segment at XRP Las Vegas, positioned the XRP Ledger as a specialized payment infrastructure capable of settling transactions in three to five seconds for mere fractions of a penny. He highlighted its processing of over 4 billion transactions since 2012 and its potential as the foundational layer for the Internet of Value. Garlinghouse emphasized the ledger’s technical architecture, tracing its origins to former Bitcoin developers, as XRP’s competitive advantage over Ethereum and Bitcoin. This approach aims to shift XRP’s audience…

Bitcoin Drops to $76K as Fresh US-Iran Tensions Resurface

Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to $76,000 during the early Asian trading hours on Monday as US-Iran tensions resurfaced.  Key takeaways Bitcoin falls to $76,500 as bearish momentum becomes increasingly tied to geopolitical developments. Over $607 million in long positions have been liquidated in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin traders say support at $76,000 should hold to avoid a BTC price drop to $65,000. Bitcoin hits three-week lows with 7% drop Data from TradingView showed BTC price dropped as much as 7% over the last three days to three-week lows of $76,500,…

Estas Narrativas DOMINARÁN 2026 según COINBASE!

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io ¡Aprende Análisis Onchain con nosotros! 👉🏻Reserva tu plaza aquí: / Coinbase ya publicó su reporte más importante para 2026 y no habla de precio, sino de dónde va a ir el dinero grande. En este video analizamos las narrativas y proyectos que Coinbase Ventures considera ganadores y por qué la altseason fácil ya quedó atrás. Desglosamos el informe punto por punto: RWA perpetuos, DeFi de nueva generación, mercados de predicción, privacidad on-chain y proof of humanity, explicando qué modelos tienen sentido, cuáles…

XRP Ledger’s 121% RWA Surge Is Leaving Solana And BNB Chain Behind — Here’s The Data

The XRP Ledger has recorded a 120.97% surge in distributed real-world asset value over the past 30 days, with total represented RWA value on the network climbing to $2.43 billion — a 71.24% increase in the same period — according to live data from RWA.xyz, the industry’s primary tracker for tokenized asset activity across public blockchains. Related Reading The figures place XRPL among the fastest-growing networks in the global RWA sector. XRP community educator and market commentator @Xfinancebull flagged the momentum in a post on X, noting that in just…

Proof of Talk returns to the Louvre with 100+ C-Level speakers representing $18 trillion in AUM

Paris, May 18, 2026 — Proof of Talk, widely known as the Davos of Web3, today confirmed its 2026 programme and opened remaining passes for its fourth edition at the Louvre Palace in Paris on June 2–3. The gathering will bring together more than 120 speakers, 95% at CEO or Founder level, representing a combined $18 trillion in assets under management. Attendance is capped at 2,500. The event sold out in both 2024 and 2025. When the most senior leaders in digital assets, finance, and infrastructure need a room that…