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XRP Liquidity Hits Lowest Level Since 2019 — What Happens Next?

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The average XRP trader active over the past 30 days is currently sitting on a loss of roughly 47%, according to blockchain analytics firm Santiment. That figure comes from XRP’s 30-day Market Value to Realized Value ratio, which has now fallen to its lowest point since December 2020. Related Reading Santiment says readings like this typically move back toward 0% over time, placing the current level in what analysts describe as an extreme undervalued zone. Similar conditions in past market cycles have appeared ahead of strong price rebounds, though the…

Samsung Just Bet $408 Million On South Korea’s Top Crypto Exchange — And It’s Not Alone

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Three Samsung affiliates — Samsung Securities, Samsung SDS, and Samsung Card — announced on May 28 the combined acquisition of a 4% stake in Dunamu, the operator of South Korea’s dominant crypto exchange Upbit, for approximately 612.8 billion won or $408 million — the latest in a growing wave of South Korean financial institutions racing to secure strategic positions inside the country’s most valuable digital asset company. Related Reading The shares will be purchased from a group of Kakao-affiliated funds including Kakao Investment and Kakao Ventures, at a per-share price…

Strive Buys 1,109 Bitcoin as Treasury Rises to 16,500 BTC

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Key Takeaways Strive bought 1,109 BTC, lifting holdings to 16,500 bitcoin and 7th among publicly listed companies holding BTC. ASST shares surged 133% in 3 months as Strive expanded its bitcoin treasury model. Strive plans new capital tools and a 13.88% SATA yield product starting June 16. ASST Climbs 133% as Strive Expands Bitcoin Treasury With $85M Addition Strive has added over 1,000 bitcoin to its balance sheet, extending a treasury strategy that has helped fuel a sharp rally in its shares. The company, which trades under the ticker ASST,…

Polymarket Exec Says KYC Limited To Beta Product

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Polymarket’s vice president of engineering, Josh Stevens, clarified that the prediction market platform is not adding mandatory Know Your Customer (KYC) checks to its existing service, after a report said the company had considered user verification requirements. Stevens said in an X response that Polymarket is launching a new beta product for a select group of users and that KYC is required only to access the beta during its early test period. “No KYC is being added to any part of existing polymarket.com with this launch,” Stevens wrote. He said…

Worldcoin’s FOMO Rally Cracks After On-Chain Activity Explodes

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Worldcoin’s latest rally drew a sharp increase in on-chain activity, with whale transactions, active addresses and new wallet creation all surging as WLD briefly climbed above $0.408 to an 11-week high. The move has since reversed, with live market data showing WLD back near $0.31 after a double-digit 24-hour drop, making the rally look increasingly FOMO-driven rather than a clean trend shift. Santiment’s chart tracks WLD price action against three network indicators: whale transactions, daily active addresses and network growth. According to the firm, whale transactions rose to 64 in…

US-Iran Escalation Pushes Bitcoin to $72,622 as $870M Long Bets Collapse

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Key Takeaways U.S. strikes in Iran and IRGC retaliation in Kuwait threatened Qatar peace talks on Thursday. Bitcoin fell 3.6% to $72,622, wiping out $870 million in total long positions over 24 hours. The escalation will likely torpedo future diplomacy and embolden anti-settlement hardliners. Geopolitical Escalation Triggers Crypto Sell-off Bitcoin plunged below $73,000 early Thursday following reports of fresh U.S. military strikes inside Iran. Market data shows bitcoin tumbled to a multi-week low of $72,622—its lowest level since April 13—before staging a modest recovery back to $73,000. This downturn continues…

Will Bitcoin fall to $70K as over $6.2B options expiry and ETF outflows hit markets?

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Bitcoin price has fallen toward the $73,000 region after a wave of ETF outflows, derivatives pressure, and long liquidations triggered fresh panic across the crypto market. Summary Bitcoin price fell toward the $73,000 region as over $6.25 billion in BTC options headed toward expiry alongside nearly $733 million in spot ETF outflows. BlackRock’s IBIT recorded roughly $527.8 million in outflows, while CoinGlass data showed nearly $330 million in Bitcoin long liquidations within 24 hours. Analysts warned that failure to hold the $73,000-$71,000 support range could expose Bitcoin to a deeper…

Charles Hoskinson slams lawsuit targeting dormant Bitcoin wallets

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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has criticized a New York lawsuit that seeks legal ownership of thousands of dormant Bitcoin wallets. Summary A New York lawsuit seeks ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets under lost-property law. The wallets reportedly hold about 3.7 million BTC, including Satoshi-linked and Mt. Gox-linked addresses. Charles Hoskinson criticized the case, arguing inactivity should not equal abandonment in self-custody. The case has drawn attention because it tests whether inactivity in a self-custodied wallet can be treated as abandoned property under state law. New York lawsuit targets dormant…

BIS Project Agorá Shows Tokenized Payments Cut Settlement Risk

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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a report Wednesday on Project Agorá, an experimental prototype for cross-border wholesale payment. The BIS said the report shows how seven central banks and more than 40 regulated financial institutions can settle cross-border wholesale payments in seconds once liquidity is locked, while reducing credit and settlement risk through atomic settlement using tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits. The initiative marks one of the broadest collaborations yet between central banks and private lenders, exploring how tokenization could modernize global payments infrastructure. The…

The Future of Bitcoin Mining Is Bigger Than Bitcoin

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This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag) provides news, data, and insights on the energy–compute–markets nexus. The first installment of this Bitcoin-AI convergence series explored a foundational idea: Bitcoin mining was never just about digital currency. It was designed as a long-term energy system, converting electricity into computation. The second installment examined how modern AI data centers are built on the same physical foundation as Bitcoin mining — chips, power, cooling, and infrastructure working together…