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Africa Bitcoin Corporation (ABC), a firm that strategically invests in Bitcoin, announced via X that it will move its listing from the AltX market to the Main Board of South Africa’s Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on May 22. The Main Board’s higher standards for governance, disclosure, and liquidity will expand the company’s access to institutional investors. ABC was formerly known as Altvest Capital. What the Move to the Main Board Means Listing on the JSE Main Board subjects ABC to more stringent regulatory requirements, including enhanced financial reporting, independent board oversight, and stricter liquidity thresholds. For a Bitcoin-focused investment firm,…

A recent TradingView technical outlook suggests Bitcoin remains locked beneath a stubborn upper trendline resistance that continues to suppress bullish momentum. Despite several recovery attempts, $BTC has repeatedly failed to break through the resistance zone, causing speculations that the price could push below $60,000. Bitcoin Trapped Beneath A Heavy Ceiling The TradingView chart highlights how this upper trendline has consistently acted as a ceiling for price action, rejecting Bitcoin each time buyers attempt to push higher. That resistance area also overlaps with key Fibonacci retracement levels, making it an increasingly important barrier within the current market structure. Source: X Current…

Aave, the leading lending protocol, will be pursuing a “revenue-led protocol strategy” over the next 12 months, according to its founder, Stani Kulechov. Kulechov believes this is the next phase for DeFi to move past the phase of token speculation, writing on X, “Sustainable, consistent revenue is what proves that DeFi can evolve beyond pure token speculation into durable businesses backed by balance sheets.” How does Aave’s revenue compare to other lending protocols? Data from DeFiLlama shows Aave generated $7.96 million in fees over the past seven days and holds over $14 billion in total value locked (TVL). No lending…

Similar to Bitcoin, Ethereum has bounced back from a key support level and could rally higher despite declining institutional support. Ethereum($ETH) is trading above $2,140 on Thursday, up by less than 1% in the last 24 hours. The broader market rally comes following positive developments in the US-Iran war. Momentum indicators for Ethereum are also improving, indicating that the buyers are slowly stepping in. However, institutional demand continues to decline, with Ethereum ETFs recording massive outflows on Wednesday. Institutional demand for Ethereum remains weak $ETH is in the green as the broader crypto market recorded gains over the past 24…

Jia, a financial platform targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Southeast Asia, has secured $3 million in a seed funding round led by Coinbase Ventures. The investment also drew participation from the Stellar Development Foundation, A100x, TCG, and Hashed Emergent, signaling growing interest in blockchain-based lending solutions for underserved business segments in the region. Addressing a Persistent Funding Gap Small and medium-sized enterprises account for the vast majority of businesses across Southeast Asia, yet they frequently struggle to access traditional bank financing due to collateral requirements, limited credit histories, and high administrative costs. Jia aims to bridge this gap…

Anatoly Yakovenko told an applauding Consensus Miami 2026 conference earlier this month that Solana would be upgrading to Alpenglow, heralding a live testnet within a week as evidence that it’s “basically due sometime this year, I think next quarter.” According to developers implementing that upgrade, Alpenglow actually broke while going live. Anza, the Solana development outfit leading the rollout, left that error out of the mainstream press cycle. Alpenglow is supposed to be the largest consensus change in Solana’s history, and is supposed to replace proof-of-history which has cryptographically ordered Solana’s network since launch. Validators approved it in September 2025…

The CLARITY Act might be delayed until as late as 2030. Lawmakers have warned that if it does not pass before the August recess begins, there is an open-ended calendar on how far into the future the delays could stretch. The delay in passing the CLARITY Act is due to the Senate being unable to agree on certain terms like anti money-laundering rules and stablecoin yield. Can the CLARITY Act still pass before the August recess? The long anticipated CLARITY Act might be delayed again due to the legislative calendar. The Senate is returning from its Memorial Day break in…

The Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun is set to expand its trading options by introducing support for $USDC pairs when launching new coins. The update, scheduled for implementation on May 21, will allow users to trade newly created tokens against the $USDC stablecoin for the first time. Expanding Beyond $SOL-Only Trading Currently, Pump.fun only supports trading pairs denominated in Solana’s native token, $SOL. This limitation has been a defining feature of the platform since its launch, but also a point of friction for traders who prefer stablecoin-based trading. The upcoming change will not affect existing $SOL trading pairs, meaning both options…

Bitcoin’s seemingly stable and dull price moves over the past couple of days came to an end hours ago as the asset initiated a notable leg down that drove it to a new multi-week low of well under $76,000. The latest rejection came just hours after Kevin Warsh officially became the seventeenth Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve. He was sworn in on Friday at the White House for the four-year role. US President Donald Trump said he expects Warsh to “go down as one of the truly great Chairmen of the Federal Reserve that we have ever had,…

A few days after more abrupt departures of several high-profile Ethereum Foundation researchers and contributors, the silence from the EF has only deepened the uncertainty gripping the Ethereum community. What began earlier this week as shock over more exits of core figures has now evolved into something more existential, according to some community members: a public reckoning over whether Ethereum’s most influential institution still understands the ecosystem it was built to steward. The Foundation has yet to offer a detailed explanation for the departures or address the growing criticism of its leadership and strategic direction, which many have pointed out…