Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

BlockBeats report, May 20: According to Al Jazeera, sources say the Chief of the Pakistani Army Staff may visit Iran tomorrow to announce the final version of the ceasefire agreement text. The next round of negotiations will be held in Islamabad after the Hajj season (early June or later).According ...

Vitalik Buterin backed new Ethereum privacy tools, including keyed nonces and FOCIL updates.EIP-8250 proposed independent replay domains for Ethereum privacy-based transactions.Ethereum developers said keyed nonces could improve concurrent privacy-based transactions.Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buter...

CoinDesk reports:This is an excerpt from CoinDesk’s newsletter, “Daily Log.”Sign up here if you haven’t already.Bitcoin (BTC) price rebounded above $77,000, triggering a broader market recovery, with both the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) and CoinDesk 80 (CD80) indexes rising over 1% since midnight UTC. Severa...

CoinDesk reports:Real, the first-layer blockchain focused on institutional-scale real-world asset tokenization (RWA), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with confidential computing infrastructure provider iExec to explore privacy-preserving infrastructure for tokenized assets.This partne...

CoinDesk reports:The German stablecoin startup AllUnity, supported by a joint venture comprising DWS, Flow Traders, and Galaxy Digital (GLXY), plans to launch a Swedish krona-backed stablecoin, along with new payment infrastructure for transactions executed by AI agents.The Frankfurt-based company s...

Meta is cutting approximately 8,000 employees and eliminating around 6,000 open positions, making this one of the largest workforce reductions in the company’s history. The layoffs represent roughly 10% of Meta’s global headcount.The process is scheduled to begin on May 20, according to an internal ...

Tether’s decision to acquire SoftBank’s stake in Twenty One Capital is about more than a simple reshuffling of ownership. It signals a broader push to build a Bitcoin-native financial company that goes far beyond the increasingly crowded “Bitcoin treasury” trade.In a statement published on 20 May, T...

Bitcoin long-term holders are accumulating the coin at record levels, pushing the SLRV ratio to levels that preceded major price moves.Crypto firm Rand Group shared this development in a recent X post, citing data from Glassnode. The on-chain analysis shows that the share of realized BTC value in sh...

A strategic investment Ripple made earlier this year is beginning to show results, with potential benefits for XRP.Notably, LMAX Group has officially launched Kiosk, a new institutional platform that allows firms to use digital assets such as XRP, Bitcoin, and RLUSD as collateral across multiple tra...

Popular community figure Eri recently argued that XRP does not require massive locked liquidity for cross-border settlements. Her commentary highlights XRP’s efficiency in payment corridors, particularly in systems where fiat currencies are converted into XRP, transferred internationally within seco...

Nvidia (NVDA) is having a breakout year that both Wall Street and the crypto world will talk about for a long time. As the backbone of the global AI revolution, Nvidia’s dominance directly fuels the rise of AI-powered crypto tokens like Bittensor (TAO), Render (RNDR), and Fetch.ai (FET) making this...

Bitcoin has shown a strong correlation with the 10-year US Treasury bond, and analysts suggest rising debt could trigger a major price move.The correlation dates back to Bitcoin’s early days, with a rise in US 10-year bond yields (US10Y) aligning with a notable price move in the asset. As debt secur...

Market watchers and industry leaders are shifting the discussion around XRP away from short-term price action.Instead, they are focusing on its role in the next phase of institutional financial infrastructure. According to Alexis Sirkia, chairman of Yellow Network, the bigger story unfolding around ...

Charles Hoskinson has reaffirmed his commitment to the Cardano ecosystem, stating that he remains one of the largest holders of ADA.The Cardano founder made the remarks during a recent X Spaces session dubbed Da Waffle Hoüse (Dream Edition). Key PointsCardano founder Charles Hoskinson confirmed he r...

Headline: Non-dollar stablecoins balloon in size but still barely dent dollar dominance on-chain Non-dollar stablecoins — pegged to euros, yen, the Canadian dollar and other currencies — have enjoyed rapid nominal growth over the past five years. Yet despite the headlines, they remain a rounding er...