In crypto news today, the market is struggling during this midweek trading session on May 27, 2026, with the Bitcoin price losing support at $76,000 and currently down 1.2% on the day, trading around $75,800. ETH USD is in a similar position, having lost the $2,100 level and flirting dangerously with heavy psychological support at…
Bitdeer names ex-Corsair finance chief Michael Potter as CFO, effective Tuesday, replacing Jianchun Liu. Summary Michael Potter takes over as Bitdeer CFO effective Tuesday, with outgoing CFO Jianchun Liu staying through June 30. Potter led Corsair Gaming’s 2020 IPO and held earlier CFO roles at Canadian Solar, Lattice Semiconductor, and STATS ChipPAC. The appointment lands…
SpaceX’s IPO filing quietly revealed something the market had been underestimating for years: Elon Musk’s rocket company holds 18,712 BTC on its balance sheet, worth roughly $1.42 billion at Bitcoin’s current price near $75,954. Before the S-1 dropped, on-chain analysts had publicly identified only about 8,285 BTCm meaning the real number was more than double…
David Hoffman said Ethereum succeeded technologically, but ETH may no longer see a meaningful structural rerating higher from current levels. Bankless co-founder David Hoffman said he sold his Ether holdings because he believes the long-standing “ETH is money” thesis has already largely played out. Despite this, he remains strongly bullish on Ethereum as a…
Russian officials have moved closer to a long-term shutdown of crypto mining in Moscow and nearby regions as lawmakers have advanced a separate bill to jail unregistered miners. Summary A Russian power-industry commission has backed a proposal to ban crypto mining in Moscow, Moscow Oblast, and parts of Kursk until at least 2032. Kommersant reported…
Crypto-backed political committees just spent more than $9M to reshape Texas politics in a single primary cycle, and they won nearly every race they touched. The most striking result: Houston Democrat Rep. Al Green, a 19-term incumbent and vocal crypto critic, was defeated in the Texas Primary Runoffs by fellow Democrat Christian Menefee after Fairshake…
Stablecoin payments run through settlement and B2B rails, not consumer checkout, BridgerPay CEO Ran Cohen said. Summary Cohen said real stablecoin demand sits in cross-border settlement, B2B payouts, and treasury, not retail checkout. He argued Mastercard’s $1.8 billion BVNK deal validates the rail rather than ending the case for neutral orchestration. Cohen expects stablecoins to…
The UK government has formally sanctioned HTX, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, and led by Tron founder Justin Sun, citing the platform’s alleged role in helping Russia evade Western economic restrictions. The sanctions, announced as part of a broader May 2026 enforcement action targeting 18 individuals and entities linked to illicit finance networks,…
Grand Theft Auto VI is already set up to be the cultural release of 2026; whether it becomes the first truly “crypto native” blockbuster game is still mostly a Rorschach test for the internet’s hopes and delusions. Summary Rockstar has confirmed a November 19, 2026 launch for GTA VI, but said nothing concrete about on-chain…
In XRP news today, Ripple has filed two new US trademark applications spanning treasury operations, prime brokerage, hedge fund management, and securities lending, on top of a $500M Wall Street funding round that valued the company at roughly $40Bn, and yet XRP’s price remains locked in a multi-month range that has frustrated retail holders watching…
