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Despite recent years bringing overwhelming optimism for the cryptocurrency market as the latest ‘crypto winter’ ended, digital assets found mainstream appeal, and a friendly U.S. administration, Bitcoin ($BTC) ended up underperforming stocks in the last 12 months. Specifically, while the benchmark S&P 500 index soared 26.98% from 5,921 to 7,519 across the previous 52 weeks, $BTC declined 30.35% from $108,927 to $75,867 for an overall underperformance of roughly 56%. S&P 500 and Bitcoin price 12-month charts. Source: Google Additionally and perhaps more worryingly, 2026 has seen Bitcoin and most other cryptocurrencies move and consolidate lower while stocks appear to only…

Ethereum has dropped below $2,000, and a recent market analysis highlighted the ideal time to start buying the current dip. The Santiment analysis identified possible reactions to this drop among retail traders, each providing a different timeline for DCAing or gaining fresh exposure to Ethereum (ETH). The outlook focuses on their behavior amid the dip and playing contrarian to it. Key Points Ethereum fell below the psychological $2,000 price level for the first time since March 29th. Santiment has analyzed two different ways that market traders react to such a dip. In the first case, FUD dominates market sentiments, signaling…

India just made it significantly harder to bring silver into the country. Starting May 16, 2026, high-purity silver bars, those with 99.9% purity or higher, have been reclassified from “Free” to “Restricted” under the country’s trade policy. The practical effect: more than 90% of silver imports now require a government-issued license. The move, implemented by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), is part of a broader effort to stem foreign exchange outflows at a time when the rupee is under pressure from geopolitical turmoil and rising energy costs. What actually changed The restriction targets silver bars classified under ITC…

Institutional exposure to $XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continues to grow. New regulatory filings show that major Wall Street firms are now holding positions across several spot $XRP ETF products. Community figure Chad Steingraber shared a list of institutional investors with $XRP ETF exposure, led by banking giant Goldman Sachs. According to the shared data, most institutional $XRP ETF holders remain unknown because only firms managing more than $100 million in qualifying securities are required to disclose holdings through quarterly Form 13F filings. Still, the available filings already show growing participation from some of the world’s largest financial institutions. Key Points…

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the federal government to update its regulatory frameworks to integrate “digital assets and innovative technology into traditional financial services and payment systems” in an executive order signed Tuesday. According to the document, the U.S. should foster financial technology services into its existing payment and financial services rails. “It is therefore the policy of the United States to streamline regulatory processes, reduce unnecessary barriers to entry, and encourage collaboration between fintech firms, federally regulated financial institutions, and Federal financial regulators,” the order said. The order directed the heads of financial regulators to review their existing rules…

A new report from Keyrock, a global crypto investment group leading in market making, asset management, OTC, and options trading for digital assets, finds that artificial intelligence (AI) agents have settled more than $73 million across approximately 176 million transactions since May 2025, while four competing payment architectures have taken shape, backed by some of the largest companies in technology. Key Takeaways: Keyrock’s May 2026 report found AI agents settled $73M across 176M transactions in just 12 months, with 98.6% in $USDC. Coinbase and Stripe each span 5 of 6 payment stack layers, while incumbents deployed over $8B in acquisitions.…

Bitdeer moved ahead to sell all the coins it mined during the week ending May 29. This led the company to maintain its zero-balance treasury policy. It had mined more than 206 $BTC during the period and sold all of them. However, the customer deposit has been excluded from this. The biggest crypto is dealing with heavy selling pressure, and Bitdeer added some more to it. Bitcoin price has dipped by 16% since the beginning of the year. The Fear and Greed index is flashing big warnings. The index dipped into the “Fear” category with 33 points. Bitdeer chooses Cash…

Ads3, a next-gen AI-led advertising and consumer acquisition entity, has partnered with MarsCat, a privacy-focused Web3 social entity. The collaboration underscores a key step toward bolstering privacy-centered, Web3 social architecture. As per Ads3’s official social media announcement, it is offering its capabilities like AI-led advertising as well as client acquisition to advance the worldwide network growth of MarsCat. Thus, the joint effort is establishing the foundation of the wide-scale adoption of secure and decentralized communication within the Web3 landscape. 🤝 Ads3 x MarsCatThrilled to announce our partnership with MarsCat!MarsCat @MarsCat_Global is a privacy-first P2P connection network and Web3 social platform.…

CME gaps are supposed to die Friday. CME Group says its regulated crypto futures and options will move to 24-hour, seven-day trading on May 29, pending regulatory review, cutting into one of Bitcoin‘s familiar institutional market tells. The weekday venue that helped create weekend CME-gap talk is preparing to keep matching trades while crypto prices keep moving. CME is extending the moment traders can execute, while other parts of the regulated futures stack still keep a business-day clock. Weekend and holiday trades from Friday evening through Sunday evening will still carry the following business day’s trade date, and CME says…

Ethereum traded below the $2,000 level as on-chain activity weakened and short-term technical indicators stayed under pressure. The move came as exchange withdrawal data dropped to its lowest level since June 2024, while failed transactions and exchange inflows showed fresh signs of network and market stress. Ethereum withdrawals fall to June 2024 low Data from the Ethereum Exchange Outflow 30D indicator showed that total withdrawals from exchanges fell to about 16.05 million $ETH. Arab Chain said the reading marked the lowest level since June 2024. Lower exchange withdrawals can show that fewer users are moving $ETH away from trading platforms.…