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BitcoinWorld Bitcoin Rallies as Reports of US-Iran Peace Deal Boost Risk Appetite Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market experienced a significant rally on [Date], following unconfirme
BitcoinWorld Arthur Hayes-Linked Wallet Receives $5.4 Million in ETH from Market Maker Flowdesk A cryptocurrency address linked to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has received 3,000 Ether (ETH
BitcoinWorld Glassnode Co-Founders Warn Bitcoin and Ethereum Risk Retesting Lows Despite Recent Rally Despite a recent uptick in price action for Bitcoin and Ethereum, the co-founders of on-c
Geoffrey Kendrick, head of digital asset research at Standard Chartered, has stated that Bitcoin likely reached the bottom of its current market cycle at around $59,000. Kendrick believes a r
Ethereum's Most Uncomfortable Year Ethereum price entered 2026 at roughly $3,000 and has spent the first half of the year steadily losing ground in ways that have genuinely surprised even lon
What to Know: XRP ETFs attracted over $2 million as investor confidence improved. More than $2 million in XRP shorts were liquidated marketwide. Peace deal optimism boosted demand for XRP inv
The United Nations Development Programme (@UNDP) launched its Blockchain Advisory Group (BAG) on June 3, 2026 in Paris during the Proof of Talk 2026 conference, bringing together senior leade
Stellar (@StellarOrg) set a new record for its DeFi ecosystem, with total value locked (TVL) reaching roughly $242 million on May 30, 2026, the highest level the network has ever posted. That
Coinbase Wallet and the Coinbase exchange are two separate products that do fundamentally different things. Coinbase Wallet is a self-custody wallet, meaning you hold your own private keys an
Circle, the company behind USD Coin (USDC), has made Stellar one of its core blockchain deployments for the world's largest regulated stablecoin. The decision comes down to three concrete fac
Dogecoin is the older, more liquid, and more widely recognized of the two, but Shiba Inu has built a significantly more complex technical ecosystem. As of June 4, 2026, DOGE trades at approxi
It has not burst yet, and no one can name the day it will. But a growing list of respected investors now argue the AI boom looks like a bubble, and that 2026 is the year it could crack. The l
