Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Headline: Whale activity spikes as Bitcoin slides below $67K — on-chain metrics flash warning signs On-chain data shows the latest Bitcoin pullback has been accompanied by a notable surge in whale-sized transfers, highlighting increased activity among large holders as the market turns sour. Santim

Despite Ethereum falling below $2,000, institutional demand remained resilient as Bitmine added another 25,000 ETH to its treasury, worth approximately $47.98 million from BitGo. This latest transfer extended a buying trend that continued even as Ethereum traded near multi-month lows. Notably, an ea

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning to set a fixed IPO price of $135 per share ahead of its roadshow, according to CNBC, marking an unusual move for a company preparing what could become the largest public listing ever.The company plans to sell 555.6 million shares, implying a $75 billion offering size.

Hyperscale Data (NYSE American: GPUS) added another 4.66 BTC to its corporate treasury, bringing total holdings to 704.3405 BTC valued at roughly $51.8 million as of May 31, 2026.The firm, led by CEO Milton “Todd” Ault III, has been on a steady Bitcoin accumulation run throughout 2026. Holdings stoo

OpenAI wants the federal government to require mandatory evaluations of advanced AI models for potential risks. That puts the company at odds with President Trump’s recent executive order, which explicitly prohibits mandatory licensing or preclearance for frontier AI systems.Where OpenAI and the Whi

CoinDesk reports:Foreign media reported that over the past week, Bitcoin fell by more than $15,000, dropping from $82,400 to around $65,900. Amid the rapid price decline, approximately $2.41 billion in liquidations occurred across the crypto market within 48 hours, with hourly futures liquidations r

CoinDesk reports:Mastercard is expanding its stablecoin settlement capabilities by incorporating more regulated USD stablecoins into the credit card transaction clearing process. This move will provide issuers and acquirers with additional intraday, weekend, and holiday settlement options, advancing

CoinDesk reports:Mysten Labs has launched Walrus Memory, a new product for AI agents. The company describes it as a portable memory layer designed to enable AI agents to retain context across different applications, sessions, and model providers, while keeping data control in the hands of users.Main

Regulators approach digital asset policy through an economic lens, not a crypto-specific lens. The CLARITY Act is a proposal to set standards before other jurisdictions set rules for global digital finance.Market participants are watching whether regulatory certainty attracts investment and innovati

Chainalysis’ analysis shows more than 100 million agentic transactions on Coinbase’s Base network via the x402 protocol within roughly nine months of its launch, signaling that machine-to-machine payments are advancing from proof-of-concept to a functioning on-chain pattern.In a report published thi

Speculation of a new “alt season” has flared again after recent rallies in several altcoins and a fresh all-time high for Hyperliquid. But a closer look at the data shows those gains are more isolated than systemic — and the market isn’t signaling a broad shift away from Bitcoin yet. How the market

California, New Jersey, and South Dakota shaped a political landscape in which crypto industry–backed committees directly funded media buys to bolster candidates perceived as friendly to digital-asset policy. Across the three states, several incumbents and challengers won primaries, with observers n

TL;DR:The technical glitch affected Orchard’s zero-knowledge proof circuit, potentially allowing invalid state transitions within the shielded pool. Developers deployed the Zebra 4.5.3 and Zebra 5.0.0 (NU6.2) updates to temporarily disable and then reactivate the patched protocol. Following the inci

The numbers from the XRP Ledger’s real-world asset dashboard tell a story of rapid growth that the price movement has not fully priced in. The latest attention comes from the ledger’s expansion from about $900 million in tokenized assets at the start of the year to almost $4 billion within five mont

In a recent development, Rep. Robert Scott, along with Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and others, withdrew their proposal to allow digital assets, private credit, private equity, and other ‘alternative assets’ in 401(k) plans. In response, ranking members remarked: Federal efforts to ex