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South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has announced the listing of Helium ($HNT), the native token of the decentralized wireless network Helium, for Korean Won (KRW) trading. The trading pair went live at 5:00 a.m. UTC today, marking a significant expansion of access to DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network) tokens in one of Asia’s most active crypto markets. Listing Details and Timeline According to Bithumb’s official announcement, $HNT deposits and withdrawals are now supported, with the KRW trading pair activated as scheduled. The exchange has not disclosed any specific trading fee promotions or events tied to the listing, which is standard…

The standard playbook for scaling a mining operation has been the same for a decade: buy machines, find power, deploy fast. After the latest halving, that playbook has a problem. Revenue per unit of hashrate has compressed by more than half in under a year, and the margin for error on capital deployment has all but disappeared. In that kind of environment, the way operators look at capacity tends to change. Owning ASICs matters, and it remains the foundation for most operations. At the same time, access to flexible hashrate introduces a tool that becomes useful when timing, uncertainty, or…

As Bitcoin ($BTC) continues to find a pathway to $80,000, economist and market analyst Henrik Zeberg has warned that the asset could face a severe collapse after what he believes will be a temporary bullish rebound. He argued that the current recovery phase represents a “B-wave” bounce within a broader bearish cycle. According to his analysis shared in an X post on May 25, investor sentiment is likely to turn extremely bullish during the rebound before the market eventually experiences a sharp reversal. The outlook was based on an Elliott Wave structure dating back to Bitcoin’s early market cycles. $BTC…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is exploring a new way to build crypto investment products that could reduce one of decentralized finance’s biggest risks: sudden liquidations. In a research post published Monday, Buterin proposed creating index-tracking assets using options contracts rather than the debt-based structures that underpin much of DeFi today. The idea is to allow users to gain exposure to a basket of crypto assets, similar to an index fund, without relying on collateralized debt positions (CDPs), which can be wiped out when markets move sharply. “What if we use options as the base of DeFi, instead of CDPs and…

In brief Billionaire Tether investor Christopher Harborne has entered the Sunday Times Rich List in sixth place, with most of his wealth tied to his Tether stake. Harborne’s $6.7 million gift to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in 2024 has come under scrutiny. Farage faces a standards probe over the gift, which he claimed was a “reward” for Brexit campaigning. Christopher Harborne, a major investor in stablecoin issuer Tether and financial backer of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, was named one of the UK’s richest people as Farage faces a parliamentary standards inquiry over a reported $6.7 million (£5 million)…

Whale wallets holding 100,000 to 10 million $LINK added 32.93 million tokens in 30 days, lifting their balances by 7.7%. The daily setup points toward $15 and $17.52 if $LINK keeps support around $9.40 and Bitcoin maintains its broader bid. Short-term structure remains cautious, with rejection near $10.40, downside pressure on MACD and $9.30 as a lower channel test for traders watching the move closely this week. Chainlink appears to be exiting a multi-month accumulation phase after whale wallets added 32.93 million $LINK over the past 30 days, a move that has sharpened focus on a possible push toward $15.…

The latest press release from the US Senate Banking Committee regarding the CLARITY Act included strong messages of support from leading companies in the cryptocurrency sector. Particularly noteworthy were the assessments from Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, Fidelity Investments, and Coinbase management. Brad Garlinghouse stated that the Senate Banking Committee has been working intensively to advance the CLARITY Act, describing it as “incredible leadership.” Highlighting that millions of Americans are already involved in the cryptocurrency market, Garlinghouse said Ripple supports the bill because investors deserve to benefit from the same rules and protections as those in other asset classes. Garlinghouse also…

Mike Dudas, co-founder of The Block and the crypto investment firm 6th Man Ventures, has publicly defended the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, calling comparisons to Binance ‘absurd.’ The remarks came after Multicoin Capital co-founder Kyle Samani suggested that Hyperliquid operates with a level of opacity similar to the embattled centralized exchange Binance. Background of the Dispute The debate began when Samani posted on X (formerly Twitter) that ‘Hyperliquid is as shady as Binance,’ arguing that charges brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against Binance could theoretically apply to Hyperliquid as well. Samani dismissed claims of regulatory dialogue as ‘meaningless,’ noting…

Spot bitcoin prices traded at $77,343 per coin at 10:15 a.m. EST on May 25, 2026, sitting below the heaviest options strike concentrations but comfortably inside the max pain range that options writers across Deribit, Binance, and OKX have been gravitating toward all week. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin futures OI across all exchanges reaches $54.94B, with CME holding 16.97% at $9.33B. Options calls lead puts 56.79% to 43.21% on Deribit, signaling modest bullish positioning on May 25. Max pain for the May 29 Deribit expiry sits near $76K–$79K with spot at $77,343 in range. Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Holds at $54.9B,…

A dicey weekend for DeFi hacks has seen a total of $7 million lost across four separate incidents. Disruption on Sui network continued through the back end of last week, ultimately extending to three incidents, and early this week, popular Euro crypto card Gnosis Pay warned users to withdraw their funds. The hacks Despite being first to occur, Fluid only disclosed a compromise of its “rewards distribution infrastructure” on Sunday, four days later. The announcement came after X account YieldsAndMore drew attention to the loss of 125,000 FLUID (worth approximately $200,000 at the time) and 52,000 of the GHO stablecoin…