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Stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group may price its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) well above its marketed range after demand from investors far outpaced supply, according to Bloomberg. The company has reportedly received orders for more than 25 times the number of shares available in the offering. Circle is expected to finalize its pricing following U.S. market hours on Wednesday. Circle’s most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed plans to sell 32 million shares at a range between $27 and $28 apiece. At the high end of that range, the IPO would value the company at…

Some voices in the XRP community believe a major shift is coming, and holding just 1,000 XRP before October 2025 is non-negotiable. One of those voices, Edoardo Farina, founder of Alpha Lions Academy, recently shared his thoughts in a video commentary making the rounds. Holding 1,000 XRP is Non-negotiable Specifically, Farina believes now is the right time to build a solid XRP position. He pointed out that 1,000 XRP, at today’s price, costs around $2,300. With five months left until October 2025, he says investors still have time to get in before major changes take place. While he didn’t make…

Industry players, including BlackRock, have recently met with the SEC’s Crypto Task Force to discuss staking capabilities and options trading on crypto ETFs. Key Takeaways The SEC clarified that protocol staking on PoS networks is not considered a securities offering. Staking activities and related services are classified as administrative or ministerial rather than entrepreneurial. The US SEC has clarified that certain protocol staking activities on proof-of-stake (PoS) networks do not constitute securities offerings under federal law. In a statement issued by the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance on May 29, the Division said that participants in protocol staking activities do…

AI deepfakes are on the rise, and they’re starting to shake up everything, from politics and finance to the basic trust we rely on online every day. In response, World Network is expanding its Proof of Human technology to help fight back against fake content and growing digital fraud. Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a scientific discipline began in the 20th century, in the 1950s. In the 21st century, AI is now driving everything from voice assistants, healthcare diagnostics, finance, agriculture, and more. There’s a catch, deepfakes, what was first viewed as experimental has now become a menace. For context, deepfakes…

Trump administration officials met with the Chinese delegation in London for the second day on Tuesday, as the two countries seek to strike a trade deal in the aftermath of a contentious tariff war. Will US-China Trade Talks Be the Catalyst for Bitcoin’s $110K Breakthrough? The world’s two largest economies have been locked in a room somewhere in the iconic Lancaster House located on the West End of London for a series of high stakes trade negotiations. U.S. President Donald Trump and his Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have indicated that the talks are “going well” but they’ve both been mum…

Ethereum (ETH) price started the first week of June 2025 with relatively muted price action, holding around $2,500 despite growing anticipation in broader crypto markets. Both the hourly and daily Ethereum price charts reveal critical technical structures, and a breakout—or breakdown—appears increasingly likely this week. Ethereum Price Prediction: Is Ethereum Price Losing Momentum? ETH/USD Daily Chart- TradingView On the daily chart, Ethereum price has been consolidating just below the 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA), currently near $2,680. This moving average acts as a major dynamic resistance. ETH price recently attempted a breakout above $2,700 but failed to hold, pulling back…

This week’s main economic event comes on Friday when the U.S. government releases employment data for May. Ahead of that though, were three fairly important data points of their own on Wednesday, and all flashed unexpected weakness. First to hit was ADP private payrolls for May and that report showed the addition of just 37,000 jobs last month, far shy of expectations for 115,000 and well south of April’s already weak 60,000. It was the weakest ADP number since March 2023. Next up was the May ISM Services report, which came in at 49.9 against 52 expected and 51.6 in…

There is growing chatter about BlackRock potentially filing an XRP ETF despite the fact that the asset management behemoth previously dismissed the idea of touching other altcoins. In a recent post, prominent ETF analyst Nate Geraci wondered whether XRP or Solana ETFs would get batch-approved with other applications. This would be in line with how BlackRock has handled Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF applications. I don’t think they should wait for next few big coins…If BlackRock files for spot sol & xrp ETFs on Monday, do you think they should be batch approved w/ everyone else? — Nate Geraci (@NateGeraci) June…

The New York Times has signed its first-ever content licensing deal focused on generative artificial intelligence, granting Amazon access to news, recipes, and sports reporting for use across its AI platforms, including Alexa and its proprietary machine learning models. Announced Thursday, the multi-year agreement includes material from the title’s flagship news operation, NYT Cooking, and The Athletic. The deal allows for real-time display of summaries and excerpts on Amazon devices and services, and permits Amazon to use the content to help train its foundation models. “It aligns with our deliberate approach to ensuring that our work is valued appropriately, whether…

The CME’s recently launched XRP XRP$2.29 futures underscore the cryptocurrency’s international appeal, with nearly half of its trading volume occurring outside U.S. trading hours.The regulated XRP futures – standard and micro-sized contracts – began trading on the global derivatives giant a week ago, registering a total trading volume of 4,032, worth $86.6 million in the first six trading days, the exchange’s spokesperson told CoinDesk. The spokesperson highlighted that “46% of the [total] volume occurred during non-U.S. hours” and nearly half of the trading comes from participants outside the U.S. The data suggest strong international participation in the futures market. XRP…