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Blockworks has acquired Messari, marking the company’s first major move after raising new funding to consolidate crypto’s fragmented data and information sector. The deal brings together two of the best known names in crypto research and market intelligence. Blockworks has been expanding from media and events into data, investor relations, disclosures, and institutional tools, while Messari has built one of the industry’s broadest data platforms for crypto assets. Messari provides coverage for more than 40,000 assets, including data on markets, exchanges, protocols, stablecoins, token unlocks, fundraising, research, news, social sentiment, and event monitoring. Its API is used by funds, exchanges,…

Around 25,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, May 15, with a notional value of roughly $2 billion. This event is small, so it is unlikely to have any impact on spot markets. Crypto prices took a mid-week dip following the US inflation report, but have started to recover a little on Friday, with around $25 billion in total capitalization exiting since Monday. Bitcoin Options Expiry This week’s batch of Bitcoin options contracts has a put/call ratio of 0.55, meaning that there are almost twice as many sellers of longs as shorts. Max pain is around $80,000, according to…

News of an agreement between the US and Iran has boosted Bitcoin and altcoins. Bitcoin’s price rose above $66,000, while Ethereum ($ETH) also climbed above $1,750. Although Ethereum has seen a 5% increase in the last 24 hours, it has lost 18.39% of its value so far in the second quarter of this year. If the quarter closes without a recovery, it will be the first time $ETH has recorded negative returns for three consecutive quarters. According to the data, $ETH had previously fallen by 28.28% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and by 29.26% in the first quarter of…

The tokenized real-world assets sector just crossed a major threshold. Total value locked in RWAs surpassed $31 billion in 2026, up nearly four times from $7.8 billion at the start of 2025. Market capitalization reached $19.3 billion by the end of Q1 2026. With a 256.7% increase in just fifteen months, according to CoinGecko’s RWA Report 2026. However, the pace is accelerating, not slowing. RWA news today confirms this is no longer an experimental corner of crypto. It is becoming a core pillar of institutional finance. The Numbers Driving the Surge Tokenized treasuries remain the dominant asset class, adding $9…

In today’s newsletter, Beth Haddock reviews the three due diligence questions advisors should be asking in 2026: how client cash is managed, how regulatory assumptions should be disclosed and how to manage liability when AI executes crypto trades. Then, in “Ask an Expert,” Aaron Brogan reviews the $GENIUS Act implementation timeline, how things will change once it’s here and what to do in the meantime. – Sarah Morton Crypto due diligence has changed: three questions advisors should revisit As digital money, shifting regulatory requirements and AI-enabled infrastructure mature, advisors need to revisit what legal and regulatory diligence covers. The objective…

Alchemy Pay, a leading fiat-to-cryptocurrency payment gateway, has announced that it has obtained a Money Transmitter License (MTL) in the U.S. state of Maine. The company confirmed the development via its official blog, marking the latest step in its ongoing effort to build a compliant regulatory framework across the United States. Regulatory Expansion in the U.S. With the addition of Maine, Alchemy Pay now holds money transmitter licenses in 17 U.S. states. This licensing is critical for the company’s operations, as it allows the platform to legally facilitate the transfer of fiat currency in connection with cryptocurrency transactions within those…

Trikon, a famous Web3 platform for chain abstraction, is excited to disclose its strategic partnership with ZNS Connect, a decentralized naming and digital identity platform. The hidden purpose of this collaboration is to simplify cross-chain user identity and sort out complicated blockchain wallet addresses. Your wallet address is not your identity.@ZNSConnect has proven that Web3 users actually want a name they own.ZNS is the identity layer for Web3, domains across 50+ chains, onchain activity tracking, AI NFTs, quest infrastructure all unified under one handle.Trikon brings… pic.twitter.com/bPfyBE9gRN — Trikon (@0xTrikon) June 13, 2026 The core purpose of this strategic alliance is…

Bitcoin price returned above $80,000 ahead of the CLARITY Act markup, but the rally once again fizzled around the $82,000 mark, which has proven to be a stubborn key resistance level. During the US trading session on Thursday, Bitcoin price rallied to an intraday high of $81,957 as crypto traders priced in bullish momentum around the key Senate Banking Committee voting session. The legislation is widely viewed as a pivotal regulatory milestone for the crypto space and, as such, Bitcoin printed a “god candle” as traders hoped that the bill would provide the long-awaited legal framework for stablecoins. Much to…

As of June 15, 2026, Ethereum trades at $1,718.21, caught between a persistent macro downtrend and short-term bullish signals. The Ethereum price today sits over 30% below its 200-day moving average, yet hourly momentum has quietly flipped positive — a tension that defines the current setup. $ETH/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Key takeaways Ethereum trades at $1,718.21, more than 30% below its 200-day moving average of $2,460.23. The daily EMA stack — price under the 20, 50, and 200 EMAs — confirms a sustained bearish regime with no signs of reversal. Hourly structure shows a bullish…

Within the last 24 hours, more than 59 million Ripple USD tokens were burned at the $RLUSD treasury on the $XRP Ledger. A trend of increasing $RLUSD activity is usually spotted at the month’s end. Along these lines, burn and minting activity has revolved around more than 118 million $RLUSD tokens in the last 24 hours. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 59,364,323 #$RLUSD burned at $RLUSD Treasury.https://t.co/3eTOpzgGcQ — Ripple Stablecoin Tracker (@RL_Tracker) April 27, 2026 Ripple Stablecoin Tracker, which tracks $RLUSD activity on the $XRP Ledger and Ethereum blockchain, reported three transactions in the last 24 hours. This activity was performed on the $XRP…