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KOSDAQ-listed technology firm Parataxis Ethereum has expanded its cryptocurrency portfolio, purchasing an additional 398 $ETH, according to a report by Hans Kyungjae. The acquisition brings the company’s total Ethereum holdings to 9,399 $ETH, underscoring a continued institutional accumulation trend among publicly traded firms in South Korea. Details of the Acquisition The latest purchase adds to Parataxis Ethereum’s already substantial position in the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. At current market prices, 398 $ETH is valued at approximately $1.3 million, though the exact purchase price and timing of the transaction were not disclosed in the initial report. The company’s total holdings…

Attitudes to crypto investment in Japan are shifting from cautious interest to active portfolio planning, according to a survey by Nomura and its digital asset arm, Laser Digital, with almost 80% of the country’s institutional investors saying they plan to add crypto in the next three years. The shift reflects a growing view of crypto as a diversification tool. Many of the respondents cited low correlation with traditional asset classes as a key reason for adding exposure. Allocations, though, remain restrained, with more than half targeting between 2% and 5% of their portfolios. It also reflects improving sentiment: 31% percent…

Cardano’s governance system is facing two deadlines that belong in the same conversation. JPG Store, a prominent Cardano $NFT marketplace whose product page calls it the #1 Cardano $NFT marketplace, began a ‘Restriction Mode’ on April 23 and scheduled its ‘Complete Shutdown for May 23′. The shutdown gives users immediate work to do. The shutdown FAQ tells users to remove listings, cancel offers, and settle or cancel loans before the final date. A separate social-login wallet notice tells users to transfer NFTs, tokens, and $ADA to a self-custody Cardano wallet before access through those wallets ends. At the same time,…

eToro said the value of customer assets on its platform reached $20.1 billion in May, up 18% from a year earlier, as heavy stock and commodities trading offset another drop in crypto activity. The preliminary figures also showed the trading app leaning on two recent acquisitions to lift its headline account growth. The monthly snapshot extends a pattern that has run through eToro’s data all year, with traditional markets activity rising while digital assets fade. Capital markets trades, a bucket covering stocks, commodities and currencies, rose 59% from May 2025 to 64 million. Crypto trades fell 31% to 2.2 million…

Bitcoin mining giant MARA (formerly Marathon Digital) has purchased 1,000 $BTC, valued at approximately $66.7 million. The transaction has been executed through the institutional platform FalconX. This comes following the company’s aggressive streak of selling that took place during the first quarter of 2026. During that specific period, MARA sold a staggering 20,880 Bitcoin for roughly $1.5 billion. MARA’s previous Bitcoin sales Early in the year, the company amended its digital asset management policy for 2026, making it possible to sell the coins that it holds on its balance sheet. This was a significant departure from its 2025 policy, which…

In brief Bitcoin hit an intraday low of $78,795 as ETFs posted $630 million in outflows, the largest daily exit in three months. Strategy’s STRC stock has driven mid-month buying rallies, ramping up from 4,467 $BTC in January to 46,872 $BTC in April. Myriad users remain optimistic, assigning an 85% chance that Bitcoin’s next major move will take it to $84,000. Bitcoin dipped below $80,000 this week, but one analyst expects the decline to be brief—pointing to a structural buying mechanism tied to Strategy’s preferred stock that has fueled mid-month rallies for three consecutive months. The leading crypto is trading…

Chun Wang, the founder of major cryptocurrency mining pool F2Pool, has withdrawn a significant amount of Ethereum from the Binance exchange. On-chain analytics firm Lookonchain reported that 15,740 $ETH, valued at approximately $26.4 million, was moved from Binance to a private wallet over the past two hours. What the On-Chain Data Reveals Large withdrawals from centralized exchanges are often interpreted by market analysts as a bullish signal. The logic is that moving assets off an exchange reduces the available supply for immediate sale, suggesting the holder intends to store or stake the cryptocurrency rather than trade it. This transaction is…

A prominent whale trader made a massive bet against altcoins, spreading $1M in 100 positions. The trader also signaled general bearish sentiment for all altcoin markets. Trader Dr. Profit opened a high-visibility bet against altcoins. The trader allocated $1M spread into 100 altcoin positions. Dr. Profit is generally bearish, holding a $120K $BTC short, as well as a prominent SPX short position. The sentiment matches Polymarket bets for a long-term slide of the entire altcoin market. Polymarket traders match the sentiment of Dr. Profit, also expecting the altcoin bear market to continue in 2027. | Source: Polymarket The trader selected…

The Solana Foundation says it has a plan for dealing with future quantum computing risks, outlining in a new blog post how its developers are already aligned on a potential solution. The foundation said on Monday two of the network’s core developer teams, Anza and Jump Crypto’s Firedancer, have independently landed on the same solution, a new type of digital signature called Falcon designed to withstand quantum computing, and have already started building early versions of it. The alignment is notable given Solana’s technical constraints. The network’s high-speed, low-latency design has raised questions about whether more computationally intensive post-quantum cryptography…

Cardless, a firm that has facilitated credit cards for brands like Qatar Airways and Alibaba, said it developed a payment card in conjunction with crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) for stablecoin holders who are unable to obtain one through traditional channels. The Coinbase stablecoin-secured product is for situations where a regular credit card cannot be approved on an unsecured basis, but the applicant holds digital assets on the exchange, said Cardless co-founder Michael Spelfogel. Some of their stablecoin holdings are set aside as collateral against the debt. “People apply from all different parts of the credit spectrum,” Spelfogel said in an…