Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Every May 22 the crypto community marks Bitcoin Pizza Day — and behind the meme is an often-overlooked participant: Jeremy Sturdivant, the forum user who received 10,000 BTC in exchange for two pizzas in May 2010. The trade began on May 18, 2010, when Florida programmer Laszlo Hanyecz offered 10,00...

Pi Network shows cautious strength as traders eye CEX withdrawals Pi Network’s native token is holding steady above $0.15 on Friday, as on-chain and exchange data point to mild accumulation and easing selling pressure. While PI continues to encounter resistance near $0.1550, shrinking exchange rese...

Headline: Kevin Warsh sworn in as Fed chair — Bitcoin holds near $77,400 as markets eye liquidity risks Kevin Warsh was sworn in Friday as the 17th chair of the Federal Reserve at a White House ceremony — the first time a Fed chair took the oath at the executive mansion since Alan Greenspan in 1987...

Crypto analyst Merlijn the Trader is warning traders to watch a recurring midterm pattern that has historically presaged sharp Bitcoin sell-offs — a setup he says has driven average declines of about 15% when it shows up. In a May 19 X post, Merlijn flagged the pattern as present in the current cycl...

Headline: Trump’s executive order could open Fed payment rails — and give Ripple/XRP a major shot at becoming the dollar’s crypto “bridge” A new executive order signed May 19 by President Donald Trump is forcing a fast review of how the U.S. dollar payment system treats fintech and crypto firms — a...

Bank of America’s Q1 13F filing shows that its total holdings in cryptocurrency ETFs and related stocks amount to approximately $53 million. Of this, BlackRock’s IBIT holdings are valued at approximately $37 million, with 972,590 shares—up from 719,008 shares in the previous quarter. Bitwise’s BITB ...

Ethereum [ETH] was testing the $2,095–$2,138 Fibonacci golden zone at press time after a recent selling spree.Rising whale supply on exchanges suggests profit-taking, but a sharp drop in withdrawals points to shifting holder behavior.Price drifts into a technically critical zoneETH’s recent pullback...

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on May 23, Japan-based yen stablecoin issuer JPYC announced that its Series B second round of funding is nearing completion, with total raised capital expected to reach approximately ¥5 billion. New investors in this round include Life Design Fund, IHD STRATEGY FUND, t...

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ME News reports that, on May 23 (UTC+8), according to SoSoValue data, the HYPE spot ETF recorded a total net inflow of $10.9538 million on May 22 (Eastern Time).Yesterday, only the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF (BHYP) saw net inflows, with a single-day net inflow of $10.95 million, bringing its total hist...

ME News reports that, as of May 23 (UTC+8), according to SoSoValue data, the total net inflow for XRP spot ETFs on May 22 (Eastern Time) was $9.47 million.Yesterday, only the Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ) saw net inflows, with a single-day net inflow of $9.47 million, bringing its total historical net inf...

Aave, MetaMask, and Mastercard have partnered to launch the MetaMask Card, enabling users to directly spend yield-bearing assets from their Aave wallets. The card automatically converts assets such as mUSD into fiat currency for settlement, while still earning interest on the assets until the transa...

Strive, the Bitcoin treasury and asset management firm trading on NASDAQ under the ticker ASST, just had its biggest week of Bitcoin buying yet. The company raised enough capital through its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock, known as SATA, to purchase 790 Bitcoin over the course of t...

On May 23, PANews reported that JPYC Co., Ltd., the issuer of the Japanese yen stablecoin, has completed its Series B funding round, raising a total of 5 billion yen (approximately $31.4 million) across its first and second funding rounds. Four new institutional investors have joined: Life Design Fu...

ChainCatcher report, according to Bloomberg, the U.S. SEC has approved the listing of Bitcoin price-based index options on Nasdaq. The product is a European-style option, benchmarked against the CME Bitcoin Real-Time Index, settled in cash, allowing investors to directly bet on or hedge against Bitc...