XRP Spot Volume Surges 40% as Open Interest Lags Behind Rally XRP volume spiked 40% amid a sharp price move, but futures open interest dropped approximately 50%, signaling that retail and spot market participants are driving the current rally rather than leveraged traders.[2]…
Tether Billionaire’s $6.7M Gift to Farage Triggers UK Standards Probe Christopher Harborne, a billionaire holding approximately 12% of Tether’s USDT stablecoin, gifted Nigel Farage £5 million ($6.7 million) in 2024 without disclosing the transaction under UK campaign finance rules. The previously undisclosed payment…
ICE Backs OKX at $25B Valuation for Tokenized NYSE Stocks Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent of the New York Stock Exchange, invested in crypto exchange OKX at a $25 billion valuation and secured a board seat, the firms announced Thursday.[1] OKX users will gain…
Ethereum Eyes $7,500 as Institutional Buyers Accumulate, But Quantum Computing Risk Clouds 2030 Outlook Ethereum has climbed to $2,343 as of mid-April 2026, marking a $766 gain over the past year, with institutional participation accelerating through corporate treasury purchases and spot exchange-traded funds.…
Bitcoin Dominance Hits 61% Amid Altcoin Volume Surge Bitcoin’s market dominance climbed above 61% this week, its highest level since November 2025, as BTC traded near $81,000 following a 36% rally from February lows.[1][4] The surge underscores BTC’s grip on investor flows despite…
OpenTrade Raises $17M Amid $300B Stablecoin Surge London-based OpenTrade secured $17 million in strategic funding on May 6 to expand its stablecoin yield infrastructure. The round lifts the firm’s total capital to over $30 million and coincides with global stablecoin supply topping $300…
Samourai Co-Founder Appeals for $2M Aid Amid Flat Privacy Tool Usage Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of the shuttered Bitcoin privacy wallet Samourai, appealed to the crypto community on May 6 for donations to cover over $2 million in legal debt, five months into his…
Ethereum Staking Hits $120B as DeFi Activity Stalls, Exposing Centralization Risks Ethereum’s staking ecosystem has reached $120 billion in total value locked, with over 36 million ETH-roughly 30% of circulating supply-now secured by validators. Yet the milestone masks a structural tension: while capital…
Stablecoin Supply Flatlines While Exchange Balances Climb Global stablecoin supply has remained essentially flat for five months near $305 billion, yet concurrent data shows rising balances on centralized exchanges-a pattern that market participants interpret as institutional positioning ahead of anticipated volatility rather than…
