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Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky is seeking a one-year prison sentence, sharply contesting the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recommendation of 20 years for fraud and market manipulation tied to the cryptocurrency platform’s 2022 collapse. Mashinsky’s Lawyers Push for Leniency in Sentencing Memo In a 30-page filing to the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Alex … Read more
Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao expects Bitcoin’s price to top at $500,000 to $1 million during this market cycle. During an interview with Rug Radio published on May 5, Zhao said that he expects Bitcoin to reach up to one million dollars during this market cycle. He also highlighted the role of Bitcoin spot exchange-traded … Read more
Southeast Asia’s superapp Grab has partnered with Natix, a project within Solana’s decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN), to cooperate on mapping and autonomous driving technologies. The joint collaboration aims to combine Natix’s blockchain-based mapping data with Grab’s camera hardware and mapmaking technology featuring artificial intelligence support, Natix said in an announcement on May 6. “This … Read more
Latest figures position USD1, the stablecoin linked to Trump-aligned World Liberty Financial (WLFI), as the seventh-largest stablecoin by market cap—an impressive feat given its rapid rise. WFLI’s USD1 Stablecoin Play World Liberty Financial’s (WLFI) new stablecoin has secured a place among the top ten fiat-pegged cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. The token, USD1, now sits squarely … Read more
Key points: Bitcoin is struggling again as gold retakes the limelight with week-to-date gains of nearly 5%. Bitcoin’s correlation with gold is under scrutiny amid ongoing macroeconomic shifts. Traders see a short-term slump amid a wider BTC price rebound. Bitcoin (BTC) eyed fresh month-to-date lows into the May 6 Wall Street open as “directionless” crypto … Read more
Investment bank Citi and Switzerland’s SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) are teaming up to modernize traditional private markets through tokenization. The initiative, revealed during the Point Zero Forum in Switzerland, will leverage SDX’s blockchain-based Central Securities Depositary (CSD) platform to tokenize, settle, and safekeep assets, according to a May 6 announcement. The platform, expected to go live by … Read more
On Monday, two long-dormant wallets—first activated in July 2013, precisely a decade and ten months ago—moved 3,421 bitcoin valued at $322.5 million, marking their first transaction since inception. Long-Dormant Silk Road Wallets Move Millions in Bitcoin Data compiled on May 5, 2025, reveals two separate transactions (1,2) originating from wallets established in July 2013. The … Read more
Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s Coinbase premium index turned negative for the first time in 15 days, indicating defensive short-term sentiment among US investors. Bitcoin CME futures gaps between support at $92,000-$92,500 and resistance at $96,400-$97,400 suggest a period of range-bound trading. Bitcoin’s Coinbase premium index, which measures the gap between BTC price at Coinbase Pro and … Read more
Key takeaways: Berkshire holds $347B in cash, enough to buy ~18% of Bitcoin’s supply. Greg Abel has not signaled a shift from Warren Buffett’s anti-Bitcoin stance. Berkshire already has indirect crypto exposure via Nu Holdings, Jefferies. Warren Buffett announced at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting on May 3 that he will step down as CEO … Read more
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, the fifth-largest billionaire in Mexico, has offered major investment advice to his followers on X, which unsurprisingly includes bitcoin. Salinas, who owns TV Azteca and Grupo Electra, advised against real estate investments and encouraged considering bitcoin instead. “Investing in REAL ESTATE is a BAD INVESTMENT!!! Don’t be fooled; real estate is NOT … Read more
