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Tristan Thompson has become a top search result over the weekend as the retired NBA champion filed a lawsuit against World Mobile Group over an allegedly botched $2 million endorsement deal. Separately, he revealed on his ex-partner Khloe Kardashian’s podcast that she gave him an “ultimatum” to get a vasectomy. Both incidents have caused the former NBA player to trend on both courtrooms and celebrity gossip columns, with coverage ranging from legal analysis of his Delaware Chancery Court filing to recaps of his reproductive choices. It is a combination that shows how much the 35-year-old has embedded himself in both…

Blockworks, a media and events company focused on digital assets, has announced it is phasing out its role as a delegate within the Arbitrum DAO. The decision, shared via the company’s official X account, was framed as a strategic move aligned with its evolving business objectives. Strategic Shift, Not a Vote of No Confidence In its announcement, Blockworks emphasized that the move does not reflect a negative outlook on the future of the Arbitrum DAO or its governance model. The company stated it remains committed to collaborating with key ecosystem players, including the Arbitrum Foundation and Offchain Labs, the development…

Today a scenario has emerged that leads to the hypothesis that the price of Bitcoin may be rising in the coming days. This is only a hypothesis, but it is supported by at least one clear element. To tell the truth there is also another dynamic that suggests this, but that dynamic only suggests a small short-term rebound, while the clear element suggests a potentially longer and more extensive rise. The MVRV ratio The Market Value to Realized Value ratio (more commonly called MVRV) is an on-chain indicator that measures how much Bitcoin’s current market price deviates from its “realized…

Ethereum trades near $1,762, down 4.20% in the last 24 hours, as derivatives markets show rising pressure on leveraged long positions. Liquidation data highlights a dense cluster extending toward $1,500, a level that could amplify volatility if selling accelerates. Technical indicators, including a deeply oversold RSI near 18 and a weak MACD, point to limited momentum, while traders weigh continued downside risk against potential short-term relief bounces. Ethereum is trading near $1,762 after falling 4.20% over the past 24 hours, with market participants closely monitoring leveraged positioning across derivatives platforms. The focus remains on downside liquidity zones where forced liquidations…

Figure’s adjusted net revenue came in at $167 million in Q1, beating consensus by 6% and up 92% year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA reached $82.7 million — approximately a 50% margin — edging past the $80 million consensus estimate. GAAP diluted EPS of $0.18 missed estimates by 9%, driven by $26 million in stock-based compensation, down from $40 million in the fourth quarter of 2025. Management guided Q2 loan volumes at $3.8 billion to $4.1 billion, roughly 35% above Q1. In a note to clients on Tuesday, Bernstein analysts led by Gautam Chhugani said the range was unsurprising given that April volumes…

In the cryptocurrency market, the size of the user base remains one of the most critical indicators for measuring the level of project adoption. On-chain data reveals that many large projects, particularly Layer-1 (L1) networks, have reached hundreds of millions of users, while changes over the past 30 days clearly reflect growth and contraction trends within the ecosystem. Related News Coinbase Makes a Seven-Figure Investment in an Altcoin Project: It’s Price Soars The cryptocurrency projects with the most users are ranked as follows, along with their current user numbers and changes over the last 30 days: $BNB Chain ($BNB) –…

Storm, who might still face a retrial on the Tornado Cash case, rebuked statements from Lead Bank CEO Jackie Reses, who referred to debanking as a “crock of shit.” He affirmed that the phenomenon was real and that he had experienced it multiple times after having his accounts subpoenaed by the DOJ. Key Takeaways: Roman Storm accused the DOJ of using debanking during his trial, highlighting crypto’s market utility. After GoFundMe blocked him, Storm used crypto to sustain his defense after being debanked. Facing a 2nd trial for money laundering, Roman Storm will next rely on crypto donations to survive.…

Solana ended the month of May at the number one position in the app revenue table across every chain at $90.62 million according to data from DefiLlama. Despite this bullish read, $SOL finished the same month with the eighth consecutive red monthly candle, the longest losing streak in the token’s history. The network kept printing money while the asset kept printing lower lows. The losing streak started in October last year, when $SOL was trading at around $220. Fast forward to May and the token closed the month near $82. That is roughly $78 billion in market cap gone, leaving…

Bitcoin has moved below the 100,000-block countdown to its next halving, putting the network on course for its fifth programmed reward reduction around April or May 2028. The event is scheduled to take place at block 1,050,000, when the miner block subsidy will fall from 3.125 $BTC to 1.5625 $BTC. The network is now past the 950,000-block area, leaving roughly 100,000 blocks before the next reward cut. Based on current block production rates, trackers such as CoinGecko and IG estimate that the event is about 700 days away. Prediction market data from Kalshi shows strong odds for the halving to…

On June 4, Ether’s 8-hour network-wide average funding rate was only 0.0028%, according to CoinGlass. This low rate suggests traders were not very sure about the market’s direction. Usually, higher leverage shows that traders have more confidence in how an asset will move. This average considers all major exchanges, but the figures differ significantly from one platform to another. For instance, Binance had 0.0047%, OKX 0.003%, and Gate 0.0052%. Bybit surprisingly showed -0.0013%, according to ChainCatcher. These variations matter because they show there are no coordinated directional bets. Instead, it shows more fragmentation when funding rates are negative on one…