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Global payment networks Stripe, Visa and Mastercard are close to introducing a new stablecoin platform, according to three people familiar with the plans. U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) is also looking into the possibility of participating in the stablecoin platform, one of the people said. Coinbase, Stripe and Visa declined to comment. Mastercard had not responded to requests for comment by publication time. Stablecoins, one of the busiest areas of crypto, have become a focal point for the large card networks and payments players. The total stablecoin market cap is about $325 billion, according to CoinGecko data. The market is…

Bitcoin shocked the crypto market again. The world’s largest cryptocurrency surged toward $82,000 after lawmakers advanced the CLARITY Act through the Senate Banking Committee. Traders expected bullish momentum to continue. Instead, the market reversed almost immediately. Bitcoin now sits on the edge of its fifth consecutive red daily close since the headline appeared. The sudden reversal surprised many investors. Most traders believed regulatory progress would strengthen confidence across digital assets. The market initially reacted with excitement. Buyers rushed into Bitcoin after the announcement broke. However, the optimism faded faster than expected. Selling pressure entered the market within hours and erased…

The supply of Ethereum ($ETH) across several cryptocurrency exchanges has dropped by roughly 475,000 units during the first week of June. The reported $ETH reserves across Binance, OKX, Gemini, and Bitfinex declined over the past few days, according to data from CryptoQuant analyzed by Finbold on June 8. Ethereum multi-exchange reserves. Source: CryptoQuant Binance reserves fell from 3.87 million $ETH on June 4 to 3.68 million $ETH by June 7, a drop of approximately 190,000 $ETH, which represents a 4.91% decline. Bitfinex saw its $ETH holdings drop from 2.67 million $ETH on May 31 to 2.49 million $ETH by June…

Two Trump-branded ventures aimed at retail buyers are both in difficult positions months after their debuts, though for different reasons. Roughly 600,000 buyers have paid $100 deposits for the gold-colored Trump Mobile T1 phone since its initial announcement, putting around $60 million into a venture that has not delivered a single confirmed device as of May 2026, per Moneywise. Deposits were paid to Trump Mobile’s registered company T1 Mobile LLC, which uses a limited liability agreement from DTTM Operations, LLC – the company that manages intellectual property, trademarks, and likeness on merchandise associated to U.S. president Donald Trump. Wow those…

Binance disclosed a revenue-sharing arrangement with custodian and brokerage infrastructure API provider Alpaca, which has become a major infrastructure provider in the custody of tokenized US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Under Binance Securities Trading Terms published Tuesday, Binance will receive 50% of Alpaca’s payment-for-order-flow fees and 65% of remaining profit from user stock lending after users are paid interest, Binance will receive 50% of Alpaca’s payment-for-order-flow, or PFOF, fees and 65% of profit from user stock lending after the platform pays user interest. Alpaca provides brokerage, clearing and custody infrastructure for Binance’s stock trading product and is also a…

Bitcoin’s long-term chart has produced another interesting price projection, as crypto analyst Crypto Tice is pointing out a technical roadmap needed for a rally to $500,000. This Bitcoin price forecast is based on a broad ascending channel that has guided the cryptocurrency through previous support tests, midrange rallies, and rejection zones. Notably, the latest structure is now positioned at what the analyst called the second major support touch. Bitcoin’s Bull Channel Structure Crypto Tice, a technical analyst on the social media platform X, analyzed a macro bull channel on Bitcoin’s weekly chart that has been governing price action across multiple…

An anonymous cryptocurrency whale has executed a significant portfolio shift, selling 9,781 Ethereum ($ETH) at an average price of $1,663 and using the proceeds to acquire 5,114 $AAVE tokens. The transaction, tracked by onchain analytics platform Onchain Lens, involved a total of 15.9 million $USDC, highlighting a major reallocation of capital from the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap to the governance token of the Aave lending protocol. Details of the Whale Transaction According to onchain data, the whale’s wallet address sold the $ETH in a series of transactions, converting the digital asset into the $USDC stablecoin. Immediately following the sale,…

Ripple’s prime-brokerage unit announced Monday it closed a $200 million funding agreement with global investment firm Neuberger Berman to expand the margin it offers investors to trade in traditional and digital asset markets. In its announcement, Ripple also said the funding will help support the ongoing growth of its multi-asset prime brokerage platform, Ripple Prime, citing increasing client demand for its institutional-grade services and margin financing solutions. The crypto firm said that since it acquired Hidden Road and rebranded it as Ripple Prime in 2025, this platform’s revenue has tripled year over year. Neuberger Berman has approximately $570 billion in…

Shiba Inu has reported a significant increase in its burn rate over the last day as the Shiba Inu ecosystem begins to note increased network usage. The surge in the network activity comes amid growing optimism and renewed interest in the leading meme token after it delivered a strong price gain in the last month. Shiba Inu supply shrinks by 12,066,401 $SHIB On Saturday, May 2, blockchain tracking platform Shibburn provided data that shows that a total of 12,066,401 $SHIB has been sent to irretrievable addresses over the last 24 hours. While this activity permanently removed the specified amount of…

The Russian ruble-backed A7A5 stablecoin continued to grow despite Western sanctions, processing more than $110 billion in cumulative onchain transactions, according to CertiK. CertiK said A7A5 processed over $110 billion in cumulative onchain transactions, captured about 43% of the global non-US dollar stablecoin market, and that its holder count rose from 13,000 to 29,000 wallets between February 2025 and May 2026. The security company described A7A5 as one of the clearest examples of a sanctions-evasion stablecoin ecosystem, linking it to Russian cross-border settlement companies. The growth highlights the limits of Western sanctions against blockchain-based payment systems, including the European Union’s…