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Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins rose yesterday following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of talks with Iran and a five-day pause in operations targeting Iran’s energy infrastructure. As Bitcoin climbed above $71,000, altcoins continued their upward trend. This situation also spurred whales into action, resulting in new purchases of Ethereum ($ETH) and many altcoins. According to Lookonchain, a cryptocurrency analysis platform, whales have been buying Ethereum and altcoins. Accordingly, whales were the first to target Ethereum. In the last two hours, three newly created wallets purchased 54,763 $ETH worth $118.24 million from Binance. A new wallet named “0x8315” was created and,…

A significant transfer has occurred in the cryptocurrency market. According to on-chain data, a wallet reportedly linked to Garrett Bullish deposited 166,000 ETH into Binance after approximately two months of inactivity. The transfer, worth approximately $395 million, has triggered selling pressure in the market and fueled speculation about possible strategic moves. Garrett Jin, who emerged as the key figure behind the transfer, has a history that has resurfaced due to controversial events in the cryptocurrency sector. A 2008 graduate of Boston University’s Economics department, Jin began his career at China Construction Bank. In 2012, he founded Da Yo Trading, based…

Faston Crypto Etherions has been generating search traffic since late 2024, but the project remains poorly understood by most of the people looking it up. The name is part of the confusion — it blends references to Ethereum, a “Faston” protocol, and digital creatures called Etherions, without an obvious single definition. This guide untangles what EFC actually claims to be, what its technology is supposed to do, and where significant questions remain unanswered. What Is Faston Crypto Etherions? Faston Crypto Etherions — commonly abbreviated as EFC — is a blockchain-based ecosystem that combines three components: a native cryptocurrency token, a…

Washington is building a cleaner lane for digital dollars, and the consequence for Bitcoin is becoming easier to map. Over the past year, U.S. lawmakers, regulators, and the White House have moved in the same direction. The $GENIUS Act framework advanced in the Senate with language built around payment stablecoins, reserve backing, consumer protection, and cross-border efficiency. The White House’s digital assets report described dollar-backed stablecoins as the “next wave of innovation in payments” and tied them directly to U.S. monetary reach. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent later said the law gives the dollar an “internet-native payment rail.” Then the OCC’s…

While the broader market has experienced significant upside volatility, Ethereum has closed at lower lows for two consecutive days. After it was rejected at $2.4k, the altcoin dropped to a low of $2.3k and is now testing that level of support. With the market showing some signs of weakness, Ethereum whales and institutions have increased selling activity. Paradigm Capital deposits $27 million in $ETH After Ethereum [$ETH] failed to hold $2.4k towards the end of April, institutional investors stepped back from the market. The Coinbase Premium Index has remained negative for 10 consecutive days, suggesting U.S. institutional investors have turned…

Bitcoin ($BTC) has climbed above $80,000 for the first time in a long while, and it is predicted that the markets could experience movement in either direction. While investors are opting for caution, Coinshares has released its cryptocurrency report, stating that there were $117.8 million in inflows last week. “Cryptocurrency investment products saw inflows of $117.8 million, marking the fifth consecutive week of positive growth.” However, weekly total inflows mask four days of outflows that were reversed by a strong session on Friday. Bitcoin ($BTC) Continues to Remain Strong! Looking at crypto funds individually, inflows are concentrated in Bitcoin. $BTC…

The Solana Foundation is launching a new developer platform aimed at making it easier for financial institutions to build blockchain-based products, with early users including Mastercard, Western Union and Worldpay. The Solana Developer Platform (SDP), currently available for developers to test, is a toolkit that enables enterprises to create and scale financial applications on Solana without deep crypto infrastructure expertise. The SDP will also integrate AI tools such as Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex. The platform bundles services from more than 20 infrastructure providers — spanning custody, compliance, wallets and payments — into a single interface, streamlining what has…

PayDo is broadening its business offer with stablecoin payments, aiming to give companies faster settlement, more flexibility and broader payment choice. BVNK partnership brings conversion tools The company has formed a strategic partnership with BVNK, a global provider of stablecoin payment infrastructure. The setup lets customers access fiat-to-stablecoin conversion for pay-ins, payouts and checkout, without directly handling crypto. Moreover, the integration supports stablecoin account top-ups, allowing users to add stablecoins to their PayDo balance. The funds are then automatically converted to fiat in a single transaction. It also enables merchant stablecoin payouts. Users can send outgoing transfers by automatically converting…

Erik Reppel said at Consensus Miami 2026 that AI agents bypass internet ads entirely, threatening the web’s core business model and pointing to x402 stablecoin micropayments as the structural replacement. Coinbase Developer Platform head and x402 founder Erik Reppel took the Consensus Miami 2026 stage on Wednesday to argue that autonomous AI agents will collapse the advertising model that has funded the web for three decades. His argument is structural: the internet was built for humans clicking links and seeing ads, not for software interacting directly with other software. “I think the thing people haven’t quite realized is that we’re…

Bitcoin mining pioneer Wang Chun said he sold a condominium in Pattaya, Thailand, for 7 Bitcoin, a fraction of the 2,900 $BTC he paid for the property in 2015, highlighting the steep opportunity cost of early crypto spending. The F2Pool co-founder disclosed the transaction in a Tuesday X post. Chun bought the apartment in North Pattaya when Bitcoin ($BTC) traded at roughly $270, valuing the purchase at around $785,000 at the time, and around $470,000 at today’s prices, a decrease of roughly 40%. “In 2015, I purchased this Naklua condo in North Pattaya for 2900 $BTC. It was the first…