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BitMine Immersion Technologies has appeared on the preliminary list for Russell 1000 inclusion, according to Fundstrat’s Tom Lee. The move has drawn attention because BMNR is one of the largest public Ethereum treasury plays. Lee said FTSE Russell published its preliminary index additions and deletions on May 23. He added that BitMine’s market value was above the roughly $5.7 billion minimum for large-cap inclusion. Current market data places BMNR’s market capitalization near $8.58 billion. FTSE Russell published their preliminary index inclusions and deletions– Bitmine is on this list for inclusion for large-cap Russell 1000– $BMNR market cap above the minimum…
Nvidia just went from shipping $4.6 billion worth of its most advanced AI chips to China to shipping exactly none. Zero. In a single quarter. The company’s CFO confirmed that no data center Hopper architecture shipments reached China this quarter, a jaw-dropping decline from approximately $4.6 billion in Q1 2026. For a company that has treated Chinese cloud and AI firms as a critical revenue pipeline, this isn’t a speed bump. It’s a wall. What happened and why it matters The Hopper architecture is Nvidia’s crown jewel lineup for AI workloads. It includes the H100 and H200 GPUs, the chips…
A newly created cryptocurrency wallet has withdrawn 11,827 Zcash ($ZEC), valued at approximately $7.96 million, from the Binance exchange. The transaction, identified by blockchain tracking firm Lookonchain, represents one of the larger single $ZEC outflows from a centralized exchange in recent months. Large Exchange Outflow Signals Holding Intent Withdrawals from exchanges to private wallets are widely interpreted by market analysts as a sign of intent to hold, rather than sell. When tokens move off an exchange, they are typically less accessible for immediate trading, reducing the available supply on order books. This particular transfer, originating from a fresh wallet address,…
India’s Standing Committee on Finance held a formal session on Wednesday at Parliament House Annexe in New Delhi to discuss virtual digital assets and the path forward for crypto regulation in the country. Representatives from ZebPay, Binance, and Wazir X appeared before the committee in the morning session, followed by the International Financial Services Centre Authority and then the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs in the afternoon. The Lok Sabha Secretariat notice, dated May 13, 2026, confirms the session was scheduled for May 20 under the subject “A Study on Virtual Digital Assets and Way Forward.” The…
TeraWulf just bought itself a very large piece of Kentucky real estate, and it has nothing to do with bourbon. The Nasdaq-listed company closed its acquisition of the Muskie Data Campus on May 22, a 285-acre site in eastern Kentucky’s EastPark Industrial Park that it plans to develop into a hyperscale data center with more than 1 gigawatt of total capacity. The deal and the numbers TeraWulf completed the transaction with Industrial Equity Partners, picking up the sprawling site near Ashland and Grayson, Kentucky. The company plans to develop capacity in two phases: 500 MW targeted for the second half…
AGNT Hub has announced a strategic partnership with PROM, a blockchain infrastructure project developing an economic layer for autonomous AI agents. Together, they will help propel the escalating demand for machine-native finance, automated task execution, and on-chain coordination of AI-driven systems. New Partnership – @agnt_hub x @prom_io PROM is building an economic layer for autonomous AI agents.As agents become more than chat interfaces, they need infrastructure for coordination, payments, task execution, and service exchange without constant human input.PROM… pic.twitter.com/OejFDm2lxf — AGNT Hub (@agnt_hub) May 25, 2026 As AI agents become more than just chatbots, the partnership comes as a timely…
Trump Media & Technology Group has transferred another 2,650 Bitcoin worth about $205 million to Crypto.com, adding fresh scrutiny to the company’s crypto treasury strategy as its holdings remain deeply underwater. According to blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain, the transfer was detected from wallets linked to Trump Media, the company behind Truth Social and majority owned by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Trump Media just sold 2,650 $BTC($205M)?Trump Media bought 11,542 $BTC($1.37B) at an average cost of $118,522.4 months ago, they transferred out 2,000 $BTC($175M) at $87,378.An hour ago, they deposited another 2,650 $BTC($205M) into https://t.co/INIxikglp6.Trump Media is… pic.twitter.com/unfYm1o70m —…
Ethereum price started a downside correction from $2,120. $ETH must clear the $2,110 and $2,120 resistance levels to continue higher. Ethereum started a downside correction below the $2,110 zone. The price is trading below $2,095 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $2,105 on the hourly chart of $ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it stays below the $2,120 zone. Ethereum Price Dips Below Support Ethereum price failed to stay above the $2,120 zone and extended its decline, like Bitcoin. $ETH price…
US targets Iran’s $7.7B in cryptocurrency, freezes $500M in assets under Operation Economic Fury
The US government has frozen nearly $500 million in cryptocurrency linked to Iran, with the bulk of that haul, some $344 million, seized in just the past month. The crackdown is part of a broader campaign called “Operation Economic Fury,” aimed at cutting off Tehran’s ability to use digital assets to dodge sanctions. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent disclosed the figures as the administration ramps up what amounts to a financial siege on Iran’s crypto infrastructure. The target is staggering in scope: a threat-detection data firm estimates that Tehran controls roughly $7.7 billion in digital assets. How Iran built a crypto…
Dogecoin and Bitcoin share the same foundational DNA, but they are built for very different purposes and work in meaningfully different ways. Bitcoin was designed as a scarce, decentralized store of value. Dogecoin was built for fast, cheap transactions and everyday spending, with no upper limit on how many coins can ever exist. The two coins diverge on their mining algorithm, block time, supply model, and market positioning, despite Dogecoin tracing its origins back to Bitcoin’s open-source code. How Dogecoin Traces Its Origins Back to Bitcoin Dogecoin is not a direct Bitcoin fork. It is a fork of Litecoin, which…