Bitmine Now Owns 4% of All Ethereum Ever Issued – Crypto News Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Bitmine holds 4.875 million ETH, over 4% of the total supply, after its fastest weekly buy since December 22, 2025. MAVAN, Bitmine’s U.S.-built staking platform, now delivers $212 million in annualized ETH staking revenues for BMNR. Backed by ARK and Pantera, Bitmine targets 5% of all ETH as CEO Chi Tsang and Chairman Tom Lee accelerate acquisitions. Bitmine Quietly Accumulated 4% of All ETH in Just 9 Months Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) started in 2019 as Sandy Springs Holdings Inc., running immersion-cooled bitcoin mining operations in Texas…

XRP Social FUD Nears 2-Year High—Contrarian Signal Brewing?

Data shows the XRP social media sentiment has dropped to its third-worst level in the past two years, a sign that the crowd has turned bearish on the asset. XRP Positive/Negative Sentiment Has Declined Recently According to data from on-chain analytics firm Santiment, the Positive/Negative Sentiment has plummeted for XRP. This indicator tells us about how the degree of positive sentiment surrounding a given asset compares to that of the negative one on major social media platforms. The metric works by filtering for social media posts/threads/messages containing mentions of the…

Strategy Adds 13,927 Bitcoin, Boosts Holdings to 780,897

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin (BTC), added a large haul of Bitcoin to its stash last week, edging toward 800,000 BTC in total holdings. Strategy acquired 13,927 Bitcoin for $1 billion between April 6 and 12, according to an 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The purchases were made at an average price of $71,902 per coin, marking another purchase below the company’s average acquisition price of $75,577. Strategy now holds 780,897 BTC on its balance sheet, acquired for a…

FTX’s Alameda Moves $16 Million SOL in Ongoing Creditor Repayment – Crypto News Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Alameda moved $16 million worth of SOL to a wallet linked with repayment efforts, signaling ongoing FTX creditor payouts. Alameda still holds 3.5 million SOL ($294 million), meaning supply overhang may impact solana markets. FTX-era asset releases since 2022 suggest continued distributions could shape liquidity next. Alameda Unstakes SOL, Signals Ongoing Creditor Distributions Alameda Research has transferred roughly $16 million worth of solana ( SOL) tokens after unstaking the assets, in a move that points to continued creditor repayments tied to the collapse of FTX. Blockchain data tracked…

Strategy Buys 13,927 Bitcoin for $1 Billion, Total Holdings Hit 780,897 BTC – Crypto News Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Strategy acquired 13,927 BTC for $1 billion on April 13, 2026, pushing total holdings to 780,897 bitcoin. The buy brings Strategy’s total bitcoin investment to ~$59.02 billion at an avg. cost of $75,577 per coin. Strategy has achieved a BTC Yield of 5.6% YTD 2026, per Michael Saylor’s April 13 announcement. Strategy Reaches 780,897 Bitcoin After Largest Buy in Recent Months Executive Chairman Michael Saylor confirmed the purchase on X, noting the company has now achieved a BTC Yield of 5.6 percent year-to-date in 2026. The announcement came…

Why Is Bullishness Around Hyperliquid On The Rise Again?

Bullish sentiment towards Hyperliquid is again on the rise, with crypto whales accumulating the perp DEX token. The first HYPE ETF in the U.S. could launch soon, which is also contributing to this bullish sentiment.  Why Bullish Sentiment Towards Hyperliquid Is On The Rise Crypto whales are again massively accumulating Hyperliquid, which has sparked the bullish sentiment towards the perp DEX token. In an X post, on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain revealed that BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes bought 26,022 HYPE, worth $1.1 million again, after nearly 3 months. Related Reading Hayes…

South Korea Flags API Trading at 30% of Crypto Volume

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said Monday that API-based trading now accounts for about 30% of crypto buy-and-sell turnover, warning that some traders are using automated tools to inflate volumes and manipulate prices. According to reports from Yonhap News Agency and Maeil Business Newspaper, the regulator warned that some traders are using automated tools to inflate volumes and manipulate prices, citing cases involving repeated small trades, spoofed orders and coordinated activity across multiple accounts.  The FSS said it will launch targeted investigations into accounts suspected of using APIs for…

Justin Sun Urges Trump-Linked WLFI to Disclose Multi-Sig Controller

Justin Sun, the co-founder of layer-1 blockchain network Tron, has urged the Trump-linked crypto platform World Liberty Financial to publicly disclose who controls the guardian Externally Owned Account (EOA) and multisignature wallets governing its smart contracts, after alleging the setup was used to blacklist his wallet. Sun said a single guardian EOA tied to the WLFI multisig structure appeared to be the sole owner of a second guardian safe, giving one individual unilateral power to freeze token holders, according to a Monday X post. WLFI has not publicly responded to…

Bitcoin Mining Centralization Raises Questions as AI Infrastructure Decentralizes

Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence are moving in structurally opposite directions – and the divergence is widening fast enough to constitute a systemic risk signal for anyone pricing network resilience into their models. According to analysis from Galaxy Research and Grand View Research, Bitcoin’s hashrate has consolidated dramatically from its early distributed architecture, while AI infrastructure is trending toward decentralization through edge computing deployments that distribute processing across nodes rather than concentrating it in centralized data centers. The governing concept here is what we would call the Centralization Asymmetry: two…

Can The Rising US Inflation Push The XRP Price To Reach $1,000?

Rising inflation in the United States has been one of the factors behind crypto market sentiment, with data showing XRP investors are becoming increasingly cautious due to inflation fears. A crypto commentator linked this macro pressure directly to the volatility seen across digital assets in a recent analysis shared on YouTube, while also exploring whether the same forces could eventually contribute to extreme long-term valuations above $1,000 for XRP. Macro Pressure And Investor Psychology The macroeconomic outlook heading into mid-2026 is not one that typically invites risk appetite, and according…