SOL Rally To $200 Possible As ETF Approval Odds Rise

Key takeaways: SOL’s futures open interest surged to a 2-year high, reflecting growing institutional interest. Rising competition from other blockchains and neutral funding rates continue to dampen SOL’s bullish momentum. Solana’s SOL (SOL) failed to hold its bullish momentum after gaining 10% between Monday and Thursday. The cryptocurrency has shown weakness after testing the $180…

Bitcoin May Shine If US Debt Climbs And Inflation Spikes

Key takeaways: President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill could add over $2.4 trillion to the US debt, accelerating a looming debt crisis and spiking inflation. Inflation and dollar devaluation remain the path of least resistance in the US economy, eroding the real value of cash and bonds. Bitcoin can offer a hedge, but only if…

Tencent exploring MapleStory developer Nexon acquisition

Tencent, a Chinese technology and holding company with a global footprint, is reportedly exploring the possibility of acquiring game developer and publisher Nexon. Representatives from the tech company contacted the family of Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju to explore a potential deal, but no concrete terms have been reached and a deal is not guaranteed, according…

Bitcoin Price (BTC) News: Late Thursday Selloff

Cryptocurrencies were broadly lower on Thursday, with the selloff picking up steam in the early U.S. evening hours. Bitcoin slipped more than 2.5% over the past 24 hours to $105,900, but the declines were far steeper in altcoins, with ether , solana , XRP and dogecoin among those tokens sporting 5%-7% drops. Risk assets in…

Ethereum Whale Opens $11M Leveraged Bet Amid ETH Price’s 30% Rise Potential

Key takeaways: An Ethereum whale opened a $11.15M leveraged long position just as ETH broke out of a bull flag. ETH’s price surged above $2,850, pushing the whale’s trade into a $366K unrealized profit. Ethereum options skew turned sharply negative, indicating growing bullish trader positioning. A high-stakes Ether (ETH) long trade is making waves just…

Donald Trump Addresses Coinbase Conference To Discuss Crypto Plans

US President Donald Trump released a prerecorded message for attendees of Coinbase’s State of Crypto Summit as Congress considers legislation to regulate payment stablecoins and establish a digital asset market structure framework. In his second message directly addressing a crypto conference since becoming president in January, Trump said he was “not done” implementing crypto policies…

Bitcoin May Shine If US Debt Climbs And Inflation Spikes

Key takeaways: President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill could add over $2.4 trillion to the US debt, accelerating a looming debt crisis and spiking inflation. Inflation and dollar devaluation remain the path of least resistance in the US economy, eroding the real value of cash and bonds. Bitcoin can offer a hedge, but only if…

Circle’s USDC Stablecoin Debuts on Ripple’s XRPL

Circle’s USDC stablecoin (USDC) launched on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) on Thursday, bringing the overcollateralized dollar-pegged token to users of the layer-1 blockchain network. According to an announcement from Ripple, the launch of USDC on the platform will enable investors to use XRP as a bridge currency to transfer their stablecoins between decentralized exchanges (DEXs)…

Tether Buys $89 Million In Elemental Altus Royalties Shares

Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization, continues its buying spree with its 32% stake acquisition in Canada’s public gold royalty firm Elemental Altus Royalties. Tether Investments on Thursday announced the acquisition of 78,421,780 common shares of Elemental (ELE) from La Mancha Investments, representing 31.9% of Elemental’s issued and outstanding shares….

Nillion Launches Enterprise Cluster for Blockchain Privacy

Several technology companies have joined Nillion’s newly launched Enterprise Cluster — an initiative aimed at extending decentralized applications beyond cryptocurrencies into privacy-focused use cases such as healthcare, financial management and enterprise data sharing. As part of the partnership, Deutsche Telekom, Alibaba Cloud, STC Bahrain and Pairpoint by Vodafone are operating infrastructure nodes on Nillion’s decentralized…