DePIN Altcoin Outpaces Crypto Market and Skyrockets by Nearly 44% Following High-Profile Exchange Listing

An altcoin associated with a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) project surged by nearly 44% on Friday after receiving a prominent exchange listing. On Thursday, the South Korean crypto exchange giant Bithumb announced it was listing XYO, the native token of the XYO Network. The XYO Network aims to process any type of decentralized data. Explains the project’s website, “Encompassing both a network and protocol, XYO can be used for aggregating, verifying, organizing, and utilizing decentralized data from any hardware node capable of running XYO-enabled software or firmware. XYO’s defining premise…

Bitcoin Sees Highest Exchange Outflows In 2 Years, What This Means For Price

Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Bitcoin has been on the rise again with positive sentiment returning after Donald Trump revealed plans to reduce tariffs on China. This suggests that an end to the tariff…

Top US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Adds Brand-New On-Chain Social Media Altcoin to Listing Roadmap

Coinbase has added the newly launched native asset of an on-chain social network to its listing roadmap. The exchange’s customers may soon be able to trade ZORA, the native asset of the Zora Network, a layer-2 protocol built on top of Ethereum (ETH). Explains the project’s website, “Zora’s mission is to make the internet valuable and free – that’s why we’re building a social network that makes tokenizing and trading posts easy, fun, and rewarding.  Our Rewards enable creators and developers on Zora to earn from trading activity through two…

Fidelity Reports Record Bitcoin Exchange Withdrawals Amid Institutional Accumulation

Bitcoin is rapidly disappearing from cryptocurrency exchanges as both corporate treasuries and sovereign wealth funds accumulate the asset, creating a supply squeeze that could reshape market dynamics. Fidelity Data Shows Bitcoin Moving to Long-Term Holders at Record Pace Bitcoin reserves on cryptocurrency exchanges have plummeted to 2.6 million BTC, the lowest level since November 2018, […] Source

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group to launch XRP futures

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, which operates the largest financial derivatives exchanges worldwide, recently announced that XRP (XRP) futures contracts will go live on May 19. According to the April 24 announcement, investors have the option of choosing between micro-sized contracts, featuring 2,500 XRP, or standard contract sizes of 50,000 XRP. All XRP futures contracts will be cash-settled. In January 2025, the CME Group signaled an impending launch of XRP futures before quietly pulling the related page from its website. CME’s announcement is the latest in a growing wave…

Shaq Inks Deal to Settle With FTX Investors Over Boosting Failed Crypto Exchange

Shaquille O’Neal has reached a settlement agreement with a group of FTX investors who accused him of enabling the failed crypto exchange’s fraud by acting as a celebrity promoter, according to a court filing. Details of the settlement agreement, including the amount O’Neal will pay, have not yet been disclosed. Plaintiffs in the case are seeking up to $21 billion in total damages from O’Neal and other promoters, former executives and other insiders. The former basketball star-turned-business mogul was just one of a host of celebrity promoters named in the…

Bitcoin exchange outflows mimic 2023 as whales buy retail ‘panic’

Key points: Bitcoin exchange 100-day average netflows are at their most negative since the start of the current bull market in 2023. Exchange balances continue to plumb new multiyear lows. Whales are particularly active buyers this month, while retail shows classic “panic selling.” Bitcoin (BTC) exchanges are evoking the end of the 2022 crypto bear market as user inflows dry up this year. Data from onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant reveals exchanges’ average net flows hitting two-year records. Bitcoin analysis eyes “reaccumulation of assets” Bitcoin may be trading significantly higher than…

Russian Central Bank to Launch Crypto Exchange for “Super-Qualified Investors”

The Russian Central Bank and the Finance Ministry have teamed up to launch a local cryptocurrency exchange aimed exclusively at the country’s “super-qualified investors.” As reported by local news outlet RBC, the exchange will operate under an experimental legal framework. Russian Finance Minister, Anton Siluanov “Together with the central bank, we will launch a crypto exchange for super-qualified investors,” Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said (translated from Russian) during a ministry meeting, according to local news agency Interfax. “Crypto assets will be legalised, and crypto operations will be brought out of…

Russia’s central bank, finance ministry to launch crypto exchange

Russia’s finance ministry and central bank are reportedly planning to launch a crypto exchange for qualified investors under an experimental legal regime. The platform will be aimed at “super-qualified investors,” Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said during a ministry meeting, according to April 23 reports from Russian media group RBC and Russian news agency Interfax. “Together with the central bank, we will launch a crypto exchange for super-qualified investors. Crypto assets will be legalized, and crypto operations will be brought out of the shadows,” he said in a statement translated from…