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The cryptocurrency market closed the past week with a generally sideways trend. The Bitcoin price, which remained below $ 105,000 for almost the entire week, managed to break through this threshold with the attack it made today. On the other cryptocurrencies side, a mixed picture dominated the top 100 altcoins. While major altcoins, especially Ethereum, managed to stay in the green zone in general, a significant number of other altcoins closed the week with losses. In addition, there will be token unlocks in many altcoins in the new week and these will be followed closely. Here is the token unlock…

A newly released report from Binance Alpha reveals that the ever-increasing score threshold and low airdrop rewards are pushing ordinary users out of the system. Most of the projects listed in May lost value, with the average return rate remaining at -5.04%. The average drop in altcoins distributed via airdrop was 31.5%. According to a report published by Wu Blockchain, the participation threshold exceeding 200 points and the airdrop rewards dropping to around $25 caused the investment returns to decrease rapidly and brought about serious discussions within the community. As the number of users joining the system increases, the earning…

Paris Saint-Germain, in collaboration with Matchain, proudly unveils PlayerID, an innovative data platform developed through PSG Labs and the Joint Innovation Studio (JIS) link. This cutting-edge initiative redefines how professional athlete data is captured, managed, shared, and safeguarded. PlayerID provides each athlete with a secure, unified Player Identity and Data Profile, integrated into an AI-powered platform designed to enhance decision-making for coaches, analysts, medical teams, agents, and players themselves. Powered by MatchID technology, PlayerID delivers four key benefits: End-to-end player data ownership: Athletes can capture, manage, and control all relevant career data while directly engaging their fan communities. Smarter player…

According to Samson Mow, someone paid a senior Bitcoin developer to write the year’s most contentious code change request to eliminate OP_RETURN’s datacarrier limit from Bitcoin Core’s default mempool. Rather than the idea emerging organically from a grassroots discussion among Bitcoin community members, Mow claims that pull request (PR) 32359 was a corporate initiative from the start. During initial discussions on the Bitcoin-Dev Mailing List and GitHub, Chaincode Labs’ Antoine Poinsot and PR author Peter Todd expressed cultural and technical reasons for removing the “nudge of” OP_RETURN’s datacarrier limitation that had allegedly become “ineffective” at deterring non-financial, on-chain data storage.…

Key Insights: Critics say Ethereum is boring, but a top proponent says this could be the next big thing for Ethereum price. ETH is building user value, setting the stage for long-term growth. The Ethereum Foundation has also launched the Trillion Dollar Security (1TS), a new security initiative. Ethereum crypto investor and analyst Scott Melker has told the public that boring is the new bullish for the second-largest altcoin. “The Wolf Of All Streets” took X to share the reasons for his statement earlier, hinting at some bullish case scenario for the top altcoin. Boring Ethereum Narrative and 5 Factors…

A major PEPE holder has resurfaced after a two-year silence, pulling over 2 trillion tokens from Binance in a move that has captured the attention of the crypto market. This surprise activity has ignited a fresh wave of interest in the meme coin, driving both price gains and trading volumes. PEPE Trading Explodes as Whale Shifts $29 Million Tokens From Binance On May 17, blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain reported that a whale initiated a major transaction involving PEPE tokens. The investor withdrew 1.79 trillion PEPE—valued at $22.23 million—from Binance into a newly activated wallet. A day later, the whale withdrew…

Cryptocurrency trading platform Gate recently marked its 12th anniversary, celebrating by adopting a new international domain, Gate.com, and unveiling a new logo, alongside other activities. This change is part of a visible evolution process for the exchange, as highlighted in reports and social media posts like one from WuBlockchain on X. Gate announced the launch of its new international domain, https://t.co/LDNwb2E8CS, along with a refreshed brand logo to unify its global brand identity. The change applies across multiple regional platforms under Gate, including Gate Japan, Gate Dubai, and Gate Europe.… — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) May 19, 2025 Gate Celebrates 12…

GitHub Copilot is no longer just an autocomplete tool. At Microsoft Build 2025 on Monday, the company revealed it’s transforming Copilot into a full AI agent—capable of thinking, reasoning, and writing code while a developer steps away for a coffee break. This shift toward so-called “vibe coding”—where developers describe goals in natural language and let AI handle the implementation—underscores a broader evolution in software development, one that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella described as a seismic platform shift. “Here we are in 2025, building out this open, agentic web at scale,” he said. “And we’re going from these few apps with…

Ethereum dropped 4% to $2,575, with long liquidations taking $64.6 million in 24 hours. The open interest dropped 4.5% to $31.52 billion, reflecting a lack of confidence by the traders. The ETH/BTC chart made a bottom around 0.045, copying the 2019 formation prior to the 2021 breakout. Ether dropped 4% in the previous 24 hours, dropping to around $2,575 on 15 May. This decline followed a larger decline in the crypto market. With a 2.4% decline recorded in the total market capitalization, nearly $3.3 trillion. A gentle reminder that the previous bottom for $ETH was in September ’19.After that, a…

Early investors could see the value of their Shiba Inu investments skyrocket massively if SHIB’s price rallies toward lofty targets like $0.0001 or $0.0005. The recent market onslaught affected notable cryptocurrencies like Shiba Inu (SHIB), crashing their prices over the weekend. In particular, Shiba Inu, which clinched a multi-month high of $0.00001757 on May 12, plunged to the $0.000014 mark a few days later. Most SHIB Investors Currently Underwater As of 6:40 a.m. (UTC) on May 17, 2025, Shiba Inu was trading at $0.00001425, down 8.17% over the past week. Notably, the price of Shiba Inu plummeted by 5.93% within…