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$RLUSD Markets Open With $XRP, $BTC, $ETH, and $USDT Pairs Gate listed $RLUSD on June 15, opening $BTC/$RLUSD, $ETH/$RLUSD, $XRP/$RLUSD, and $RLUSD/ $USDT spot trading. The launch gives users direct access to Ripple’s U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin against bitcoin, ether, $XRP, and $USDT. Market access drew a separate statement from Ripple, the company behind $RLUSD and a major developer in the $XRP Ledger ecosystem. The company tied the $XRP/$RLUSD pair to broader use of stablecoin liquidity across trading and settlement. Ripple wrote: “ $XRP/$RLUSD spot trading pairs are available today, unlocking real interoperability and capital efficiency for digital asset markets worldwide.”…

A Bitcoin whale dormant since 2013 moved $40 million in $BTC on May 10, with analysts ruling out an exchange dump. A long-dormant Bitcoin whale wallet moved about $40 million in $BTC on Sunday after more than 12 years of silence. Whale Alert detected the transfer at 19:16 UTC, with funds moving to a new address not associated with any known exchange. The wallet was created on November 27, 2013, and had remained untouched ever since. Bitcoin traded at roughly $923 when the coins were originally received, making the 500 $BTC stash worth about $461,500 at the time. At current…

Despite the current market downturn, Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise, said recent conversations with more than 40 financial advisors showed that interest in crypto remains strong. But their focus has shifted beyond Bitcoin. In a recent blog post, Hougan said he spoke with advisory teams, who collectively manage more than $175 trillion, and the discussions reflected a broader change in how traditional finance views digital assets and could shape the next phase of crypto market growth. Beyond Bitcoin According to the Bitwise CIO, previous crypto recoveries were driven by a combination of new technologies and new investor groups…

Vitalik Buterin, one of the most followed figures in the cryptocurrency market, has had his current portfolio allocation revealed. The data shows that the Ethereum founder holds the majority of his assets in Ethereum, and his portfolio is significantly focused on the main asset. According to portfolio data, Buterin holds approximately 224,144 ETH. At current prices, the total value of these assets is around $517.1 million. Looking at assets other than Ethereum, a more limited but noteworthy diversification is evident. Buterin holds approximately 1.75 million AETHLUSD tokens, a stablecoin belonging to the Aave ecosystem, worth approximately $1.75 million. In addition,…

Anthropic has suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after receiving a US government export control directive citing national security concerns. In a statement posted Friday, Anthropic said the government order requires it to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The AI firm said it received the directive at 5:21 pm ET, and while it applies only to foreign nationals, the “net effect” of the order is to abruptly disable the models for all users to ensure…

Kalshi’s perpetual futures push has crossed a major early volume mark, as the prediction market platform looks to expand the product beyond crypto-linked contracts. According to Bloomberg, Kalshi said its perpetual futures products generated more than $5.5 billion in trading volume within two weeks of launch. The company now lists 11 contracts tied to crypto tokens and is speaking with regulators about additional products. Fast start for Kalshi perpetual futures Perpetual futures are contracts that do not expire. Bloomberg described them as “never-expiring derivatives,” a structure that lets traders hold long or short exposure without rolling into a new contract…

# Why is Pudgy Penguins ($PENGU) Trending? What You Need to Know Pudgy Penguins ($PENGU) is trending because its native token has surged over 300% in the past week, driven by the launch of the Pudgy Penguins $NFT collection on Solana, a major airdrop announcement, and growing institutional interest in the project’s ecosystem. This sudden price action, combined with a viral social media campaign and integration with leading exchanges, has catapulted $PENGU into the spotlight as one of the most talked-about tokens in the crypto space right now. What is Pudgy Penguins ($PENGU) and Why is it Surging? Pudgy Penguins…

The Ethereum Foundation’s (EF) co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang shared that she has stepped down from her role leading the organization effective immediately, in a post shared on X on Thursday. Wang reached the decision after a recent sabbatical, which gave her time to reflect on her priorities and future plans. “I’ve come to feel that this is the right moment for me to step back,” she wrote. Her departure follows the resignation of fellow co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak, who announced earlier this year that he would leave the role after helping steer a leadership transition at the Switzerland-based nonprofit that…

Everyone knows about the ETFs, but almost nobody knows about the dozens of obscure institutional products being built around Bitcoin while the funds soak up all the attention, from a $40 million insurance reserve in Barbados to an S&P-rated bond deal sold to Wall Street investors by Jefferies. The ETFs answered only one question, which was how ordinary investors and institutions could own Bitcoin inside a regulated wrapper. The products in this article answer a different, and arguably bigger one: what can you actually do with Bitcoin once you own it? The answer is: the same things finance has always…

As Justin Sun’s lawsuit against World Liberty Financial moves through California federal court, an institutional investor in the Trump-backed platform has broken his silence and given Coinpedia the most detailed account yet of what $WLFI says actually happened. Syed Sameer, CEO of Sameer Group LLC, holds a significant stake in $WLFI alongside UAE partners Aryam 1 and Aqua 1, a combined bloc of over $300 million. Other Institutions Respected Their Lockups “$WLFI says other institutions respected their lockups,” Sameer told Coinpedia. “This arrangement was only granted to him based on that commitment.” The issue started with an agreement made before…