Category: Other Crypto News

FG Nexus Sells 10,000 ETH as Treasury Losses Top $100M

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A wallet tagged by Arkham to the publicly listed Ethereum treasury company FG Nexus moved another 10,000 Ether on Wednesday, extending a series of sales that began after the company built a large position in 2025. The latest transfer equates to roughly $17.8 million at current prices and comes after earlier disposals that saw the Nasdaq-listed firm unwind more than 21,000 ETH from its treasury for roughly $55 million. FG Nexus accumulated 50,770 ETH between August and September 2025 at an average price of $3,860 per coin, building a position…

$623 Million In Bitcoin Longs Liquidated

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Bitcoin’s 200-week moving average, sitting at around $61,700, is the line the market is watching most closely right now. That level has marked the bottom of every major Bitcoin bear cycle going back to 2015, and it held again this week — at least for now. Related Reading A Classic Bottom Signal — Or Just A Pause? The selloff dragged Bitcoin down to around $61,300 before buyers pushed the price back up past $64,750, a recovery of more than 5%. Reports say the rebound came alongside news that Israel and…

Something Spooked Arthur Hayes Into Dumping HYPE And NEAR — Here Are The 5 Reasons

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Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and Chief Investment Officer of Maelstrom, announced on June 4 that he has exited his entire positions in both Hyperliquid’s HYPE token and NEAR Protocol — reversing two of his most publicly stated high-conviction long calls — citing five macro and geopolitical factors he believes will weigh on risk assets between now and early Q3 2026. Related Reading The exit marks a significant about-face for Hayes, who had publicly identified HYPE as one of his two largest positions outside Bitcoin earlier this year — alongside…

Polymarket Resolves Strategy Bitcoin Sale Dispute to No

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A disputed Polymarket contract on whether Strategy sold Bitcoin by May 31 resolved to “No” after two dispute rounds, despite Strategy later disclosing that it sold 32 BTC during the market’s covered window. UMA Optimistic Oracle (UMA) token holders voted to settle the market in “no” following a second resolution cycle that closed at 12:34 am UTC on Thursday, blockchain data shows. An overwhelming 98.6% of the 607 participants voted for the market to resolve in “no,” while only 1.4% voted “yes,” data from Betmoar shows. Polymarket said that no…

Bitcoin ETF Sell-Off Hits 13 Days With $4.4B Outflows

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US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their sell-off Wednesday to a record 13 consecutive trading days as Bitcoin demand continued to weaken. Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $396.6 million in net outflows on Wednesday, bringing cumulative withdrawals to roughly $4.4 billion since the streak began, according to data from SoSoValue. The current run exceeds the previous record of eight consecutive trading days of outflows in February 2025, which saw roughly $3.2 billion exit the funds. Bitcoin price briefly dipped below $63,000 on Thursday. Source: CoinGecko Since the outflow streak began…

Arthur Hayes Says Worldcoin (WLD) Could ‘Moon’ To $5 By August

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Arthur Hayes has amplified a bullish Worldcoin thesis from Maelstrom, arguing that WLD could become a high-beta proxy for the coming wave of artificial intelligence IPOs. The call centers on a short-heavy setup, a potential balance-sheet bid from Eightco, and a scheduled reduction in WLD unlocks later this month. Hayes, the BitMEX co-founder and Maelstrom chief investment officer, put the argument in his typically blunt style on X. “Read it and weep WLD bears,” he wrote. “This shitcoin is going to moon … cause AI duh. Don’t mid-curve this shit.”…

Over $600M in Bitcoin Longs Liquidated As BTC Price Nears $60K

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Bitcoin’s (BTC) brief plunge toward the $60,000 area triggered more than $600 million in long liquidations, raising doubts over whether the latest rebound marks a real bottom or only a relief bounce after a leverage flush. BTC price may rebound toward $70,000 next BTC fell to roughly $61,300 on Thursday before recovering 5.52% to around $64,690, with the rebound coinciding with reports that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to implement a ceasefire. BTC/USD four-hour chart. Source: TradingView The volatile move liquidated over $737 million in BTC positions on a 24-hour…

Maelstrom Predicts Worldcoin Token Surge to $5

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Arthur Hayes’ investment firm Maelstrom said Worldcoin could surge to as high as $5 per token over the next few months, with WLD acting as a crypto proxy for the AI boom. “The AI mega IPOs are coming — and it appears the market has overlooked one of the cleanest proxies,” said Maelstrom researcher Lukas Ruppert on Wednesday.  The AI boom has been in full swing in the US. OpenAI confidentially filed its IPO prospectus with the SEC on May 22, targeting a public debut in September 2026, with the…

US Democrats Push for FTC Investigation Into Prediction Markets

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Nine Democratic lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have called on the Federal Trade Commission to launch a probe into how prediction markets are advertising to customers compared to how they present themselves to regulators. In a statement on Wednesday, US Representatives Kevin Mullin and Gabe Vasquez said the FTC should investigate whether online prediction market platforms are misleading customers by advertising as gambling platforms while telling regulators they are financial tools offering investment products. Prediction markets allow users to trade contracts on the outcome of future events. They…

Zcash Fixes Critical Vulnerability As ZEC Holds $600 Support

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Zcash has patched a dangerous vulnerability in its privacy-focused infrastructure that could have enabled double-spending, deploying an emergency network upgrade to prevent exploitation. Related Reading Zcash Fixes Critical Bug With Emergency Upgrade On Wednesday, the Zcash Foundation revealed that developers had fixed a serious vulnerability in its Orchard shielded pool, which could have allowed invalid state transitions, potentially enabling double-spending within the pool. According to the report, Zcash researcher Taylor Hornby, who is conducting an ongoing protocol audit on behalf of Shielded Labs, discovered a critical soundness vulnerability in the…