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Last month, the $XRP spot ETFs recorded their largest monthly inflow so far this year, amid renewed institutional interest. Per SosoValue, the US $XRP spot exchange-traded funds saw a monthly total net inflow of $81.59 million in April. This recent figure took the cumulative total net inflow to $1.29 billion and the total net asset to $1.04 billion. Key Points The US $XRP spot ETFs saw a monthly total net inflow of $81.59 million in April. The latest monthly figure took the cumulative total net inflow to $1.29 billion and the total net asset to $1.04 billion. April’s $81.59 million…

Crypto token Siren surged 340% in the last week, amid claims that a large portion of the circulating supply may be concentrated among a small group of wallets. Siren markets itself as the “first AI analyst agent deployed on BNB Chain.” At the time of writing, CoinGecko data shows $SIREN trading at $2.81, up over 340% from $0.63 on March 16. In the past month, the token exploded by nearly 1,300% from $0.22. The rally drew scrutiny after analysts said a large share of the token’s supply may be concentrated in a small group of wallets, a dynamic that could…

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Sports betting should be regulated as a federal financial product rather than a state-licensed casino product, two panelists said Thursday. Appearing at Consensus Miami 2026, Jacob Fortinsky, co-founder and CEO of sports betting platform Novig, said the legacy sportsbook model is structurally broken because it treats winning bettors as cheaters. “Sports betting is really the only industry in the country that regularly limits and bans their power users,” Fortinsky said. He framed sports event contracts as binary financial instruments that “for so long have been treated as a gambling product and instead should really be treated…

The biggest decentralization move bitcoin mining has seen in years just happened quietly, with seven of the largest pools agreeing to back the same open standard. Foundry, AntPool, F2Pool, SpiderPool, MARA Pool, Block Inc, and DMND have all joined the Stratum V2 working group, the group announced last week. Stratum V2 is an open-source protocol governing how mining pools communicate with the individual miners in those pools. The biggest practical change it introduces is letting individual miners construct their own block templates, meaning the choice of which transactions get included in each new block sits with the miner rather than…

Bitcoin ($BTC) started the new week below $70,000. While the direction of the US-Iran conflict is being closely watched in both $BTC and global markets, an analysis firm has assessed the current situation. QCP Capital, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency analytics firm, stated that Bitcoin has entered a consolidation phase and is outperforming gold and stocks. “$BTC briefly dropped to $65,000 during quiet hours in Asian markets, but quickly recovered.” It is currently trading steadily around $67,000 and is maintaining the stability it showed at the beginning of the week after the typical weekend decline.” Although Bitcoin started the new week with…

GameStop proposed an unsolicited, non-binding $55.5 billion acquisition of eBay in a cash-and-stock deal, as the video game retailer looks to push further beyond its legacy retail business. The company on Sunday submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire 100% of eBay at $125 per share in cash and stock, according to an announcement. The offer includes a 46% premium to eBay’s unaffected closing price on Feb. 4, 2026, when GameStop began building its position in the company. GameStop also disclosed it has accumulated a roughly 5% economic stake in eBay through derivatives and common stock holdings. The proposal comes as…

Solana token trading has completely changed its profile in two years. On average, token holders only retain new assets for 62 seconds. Solana token trading is shifting from community-based activity to a bot-driven frenzy. In 2024, Solana meme tokens could last for weeks, building communities and going through multiple price cycles. Some projects relied on long-term holding and took months or years to climb to new highs. Average time for holding tokens has fallen steeply and continues its downward trend. In 2026, holders traded tokens as fast as 44 seconds. As of March 22, the median holding time is around…

Bank of Canada stablecoin regulations could arrive in mid or late 2027, pushing the detailed rulebook later into the same year that Canada’s government has already marked for its framework to take effect. That timing lands just as Visa Canada and Wealthsimple are piloting $USDC settlement for certain card-network obligations in Canada. The result is a live institutional use case in one part of the payment stack while the framework for non-bank stablecoin issuers remains unfinished. A Reuters report said an early-2027 launch plan was ambitious and that regulations could instead be introduced by mid or late 2027. Canada’s own…

China’s producer price index surged 2.8% year-on-year in April 2026, hitting its highest level since July 2022. It marks the definitive end of a 41-month deflationary period that had weighed on the world’s second-largest economy. The culprit is energy. Geopolitical turmoil, particularly the Iran conflict disrupting oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, has sent global energy prices climbing. The inflation picture in detail Consumer prices in China rose 1.2% in April, beating analyst expectations. The extraction industry was the hardest hit sector, with prices jumping 5.1% as the Iran conflict continued to choke global oil supply. Non-ferrous metals also…

On-chain data is suggesting that Bitcoin ($BTC) is likely to see more losses ahead before the asset finds a bottom. This outlook was shared by crypto analyst Willy Woo in an X post on March 30, where he noted that traditional on-chain valuation frameworks place Bitcoin’s likely bottom range between $46,000 and $54,000. Central to this view is the CVDD Floor Model, which currently sits near $45,500 and continues to trend upward over time, reflecting the asset’s long-term accumulation dynamics. The analysis shows Bitcoin has traded above both the realized price and the CVDD floor for most of the cycle,…