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Barclays has joined a growing list of UK banks imposing restrictions on crypto transactions after blocking its customers from purchasing cryptocurrencies with their credit cards. Announcing the move on its Barclaycard website, Barclays said, “From 27 June 2025, we’ll block crypto-transactions made with a Barclaycard because we recognise there are certain risks with purchasing crypto-currencies.”  The bank went on to explain that it has imposed the block because a decline in cryptocurrency prices could land its customers in debt, while adding that digital assets aren’t covered by existing banking and financial protections. Barclays move comes after reports that the…

While US President Donald Trump continues his Bitcoin and cryptocurrency moves, another new move has come. At this point, Trump-linked company American Bitcoin has raised $220 million to purchase Bitcoin and mining equipment. American Bitcoin, a Bitcoin mining company backed by two sons of US President Donald Trump, has raised $220 million to purchase BTC and BTC mining equipment, Bloomberg reported. The financing comes after the company issued and sold more than 11 million new shares to private investors last Friday. Approximately $10 million worth of shares were sold for Bitcoin instead of dollars, at an exchange rate of $104,000…

David Sacks confirms the U.S. has presidential authorization to acquire more Bitcoin for its strategic reserve if it remains budget-neutral Trump’s crypto agenda aims to expand Bitcoin reserves and pass key legislation like the Genius Act and market structure bill by August On May 27, 2025, US President’s crypto czar, David Sacks, says there is a pathway to acquire more bitcoin for the U.S. strategic reserve. This move follows Donald Trump’s executive order signed in March 2025, establishing the reserve as a new pillar for US digital asset policy. US Crypto-Focused Executive Action During a fireside chat with Gemini co-founders,…

One of the expected events that will trigger a rise in Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins is the US Federal Reserve (FED) starting to cut interest rates. At this point, tomorrow’s FED June interest rate decision will be more important, while the general expectation in the market is that the FED will keep interest rates constant. While the possibility of the FED making a surprise move is almost non-existent, analysts argue that the FED is actually in a position to cut interest rates. FED May Cut Interest Rates But…! Accordingly, analyst Nick Timiraos said the FED will keep interest rates steady…

This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. As the Solana community descended on Pier 36 in New York for the Accelerate conference, the feeling in the air was one of reset expectations. Propositions about Solana’s tech and investment prospects that seemed like consensus just six months ago have now gone out of style. For one, there’s the muted impact of Firedancer. The Jump-developed client was once spoken of in quasi-religious terms by Solana fans. The software’s launch was going to let Solana hit one million transactions per second — a nice and round, if…

Robinhood shares hit an all-time high on Monday after the trading platform unveiled tokenized stock trading for customers in Europe alongside its own blockchain network. Robinhood shares jumped 11.25% to $92.37 on Monday, according to Yahoo Finance. Year-to-date, the company’s stock has rallied 148% from $39 in January. The company said on Monday that users in Europe are now able to trade U.S.-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds on the Ethereum layer-2 scaling network Arbitrum as tokens, while the company will eventually unveil the service on its own Ethereum-compatible blockchain. Meanwhile, Robinhood said that users in Europe will be able to…

Although Bitcoin (BTC) is consolidating, a trading expert projects that the asset is poised to break out toward $120,000. In this case, prominent online analyst TradingShot pointed out that Bitcoin nearly touched its four-hour 200-period moving average (MA) on Saturday, a critical support level since April 16. In a June 2 TradingView post, TradingShot noted that after testing this level, BTC immediately rebounded. While the bullish reaction has been moderate since price action remains capped below the four-hour 50-period MA, there are compelling reasons to expect an imminent breakout. Specifically, the formation of a blue Arc pattern over the past…

UK institutional investors managing money on behalf of retail clients are preparing to pull the trigger on crypto exchange-traded products, according to asset manager WisdomTree. Speaking at DigiAssets 2025, Dovile Silenskyte, WisdomTree’s Director of Digital Assets Research, said that she had been in contact with “a large number of institutional investors who are doing a lot of work in getting ready to invest into crypto.” Silenskyte added that UK firms see the “light at the end of the tunnel” with the country’s regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, reviewing whether retail investors should be able to access crypto ETPs. “If it…

As the broad crypto market continues to show bullish signals, XRP is one of the major cryptocurrencies investors are most optimistic about. Recent metrics suggest that the coin might be on the verge of a major breakout to the much anticipated $3. XRP eyes major breakout Amid the ongoing crypto market rally, the Ripple ecosystem has seen major developments which has fuelled more speculations among market participants. This has posed the price of Ripple’s native token, XRP for a massive upsurge this season. While Ripple has garnered more investors’ interests since its regulatory clarity with SEC, the recent launch of…

Sparkassen, one of Germany’s largest financial groups, is preparing to offer cryptocurrency trading to its individual clients. Sparkassen, which had previously kept its distance from this area, is thus following in the footsteps of the genossenschaftliche banks (cooperative banks) Volksbank and Raiffeisenbanken. The cooperative banks plan to launch crypto services for individual customers this summer. “The Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe will provide reliable access to a regulated cryptocurrency offering,” the Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband (DSGV) said in a statement on Monday. Accordingly, individual users who make their own investment decisions will be able to access the cryptocurrency platform offered by Sparkassen’s investment institution…