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United States Representative Tim Moore has seen his bet on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) surge by more than 300% in less than a year, significantly outperforming the broader market in the process. Particulars of the trade indicate that Moore, a Republican representing North Carolina, purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of Intel common stock on August 8, 2025. The transaction was reported on September 3, nearly four weeks later. At the time of the purchase, Intel shares were trading in the low-$20 range. As of press time, Intel’s stock had climbed 326% to $81 from Moore’s purchase price. Over the same…

Canada’s largest bank just put $XRP on its official books. Royal Bank of Canada has disclosed a position in the Bitwise $XRP ETF through a 13F filing with the SEC. The holding is approximately 2,000 shares valued at roughly $30,000. It is modest relative to RBC’s $570 billion portfolio. 🚨 JUST IN: Royal Bank of Canada now has indirect ripple:native exposure through the Bitwise $XRP ETF. 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/63PNQCj9hj — RippleXity (@RippleXity) May 16, 2026 But the size is not the story. The story is that a top-five Canadian bank is now officially on record holding an $XRP ETF through a…

The crypto industry’s primary goal in Washington has taken a major step forward, with the passage of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act through a Senate committee process that’s been held up for four months. The Thursday vote of the Senate Banking Committee to advance the Clarity Act was, at the last moment, secured in a 15-9 bipartisan vote after a maneuver to admit further amendments Chairman Tim Scott had earlier rejected and winning some last-minute Democratic support as a result. “This process has been one of the most informative and challenging processes I’ve been through as a United States…

Binance TR, the cryptocurrency exchange, has released the second installment of its highly rewarding Community Content Creators event, which it launched for the first time this month. As you know, Binance TR’s Community Content Creation Event, starting in May and over the next three months, offers 200 users who create the best content on specific topics the chance to win a digital gift voucher worth 1,000 TL. As part of this event, Binance TR has released the second Binance TR Community Content Creator content guide, which content creators will use as a benchmark to create the most original content. Related…

Traders watching bitcoin’s $BTC$69,649.34 nearly 50-day choppy price action through a bearish lens may be getting it wrong. Since hitting lows close to $60,000 on Feb. 6, bitcoin has traded largely between $65,000 and $75,000, a period defined less by direction and more by exhaustion. This phase reflects a dynamic where investors are tested not only by sharp drawdowns, but by time, as prolonged sideways action grinds both bulls and bears through repeated false breakouts. Not a bear flag Some on social media are calling this a bear flag—a technical pattern representing a minor bounce within a broader downtrend. Bear…

Some $4 billion in assets has moved or is being moved to Chainlink’s CCIP bridge, a way to transfer tokens and data between blockchains, as the systems’ security faces heightened scrutiny after $292 million was drained from Kelp’s LayerZero-powered equivalent. Decentralized finance protocol Lombard is the latest firm to join the shift. The protocol is deprecating LayerZero and migrating more than $1 billion in bitcoin -backed assets to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, it said. Lombard issues two bitcoin-backed tokens, LBTC and BTC.b. The firm said the migration followed an internal security review after the April exploit. The move follows similar…

David Marcus, the former CEO of PayPal and the executive who led Meta’s shelved Libra digital currency project, is making a new push to rebuild banking on stablecoin rails. He now runs Lightspark, which has unveiled an API-based product that gives platforms and AI agents access to dollar accounts, payments and cards on top of Bitcoin and stablecoin infrastructure. The latest offering launch pushes Banking-as-a-Service into the stablecoin era, giving platforms and AI agents access to dollar accounts, payments and cards over Bitcoin-based rails instead of traditional bank stacks. The move marks a new phase in Marcus’s long-running effort to…

$SUI Network is starting to look like one of those projects whales accumulate quietly while retail traders argue over candles on social media. According to CryptoQuant data, large-volume buyers have been aggressively absorbing $SUI in the $0.80 to $1.00 range during recent consolidation phases, creating what traders now view as a major macro support pocket. Whale Wallets Quietly Load $SUI Positions The latest Spot Average Order Size data points toward heavy institutional-style accumulation inside the $0.90–$1.00 range. Instead of chasing pumps, larger players appear to be using sideways price action to build positions without sending the market vertical too early.…

United Kingdom politician Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform Party, purchased a property valued at 1.4 British pounds ($1.8 million) after receiving a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) “personal gift” from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. The real estate deal closed in May 2024, several weeks before Farage announced that he was running for office in the general elections, according to Sky News. Farage is now facing a UK parliamentary probe over the 5 million pound gift, which critics of the politician say should have been declared and registered after he took office. The Reform Party and Farage maintain that…

Canaccord adds Bitcoin and Ethereum ETP access through Bitwise for wealthy UK clients. A 5% crypto exposure cap keeps allocations limited inside managed client portfolios only. Bitwise gains a UK wealth channel as crypto ETPs enter traditional managed portfolios. Canaccord Wealth UK has partnered with Bitwise Asset Management to offer Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded products to high-net-worth clients. The new service limits crypto exposure to 5% of client portfolios and keeps allocations inside a managed wealth structure. Bradley Duke, Bitwise’s Head of Europe, disclosed the partnership in an X post. He said the arrangement gives selected Canaccord clients access to…