Author: Vickie Helm

During the “XRP in a Minute” segment at XRP Las Vegas, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse positioned the XRP Ledger as a specialized payments infrastructure that can settle transactions in 3-5 seconds for just a fraction of a penny. He highlighted that it has processed over 4 billion transactions since 2012 and its potential as a foundational layer of the Internet of Value. Garlinghouse highlighted the technical architecture of the ledger, which traces its origins to the original Bitcoin developers, as a competitive advantage for XRP over Ethereum and Bitcoin. This approach aims to shift the audience for XRP from retail…

Recent on-chain research shows that the Bitcoin market has entered a new critical phase due to the growing disconnect between retail and whale activity. Whale’s positioning is far removed from the retail industry’s optimism In a May 16 post on X, crypto analyst Joanne Wesson highlighted the clear divide between Bitcoin retail and whale activity. The claims in this post are based on measurements taken from the Bitcoin: Whales and Retail Delta indicator. For context, this indicator monitors the differences in trading behavior between large Bitcoin holders (whales) and retail traders. In turn, it helps identify whether smart money is…

Trustworthy editorial content reviewed by industry-leading experts and experienced editors. Advertising disclosure The cryptocurrency market had a rough time in the first quarter of this year, with the price of Bitcoin dropping to $62,000 by early February. Several institutional investors reduced their exposure as digital assets underperformed, while others saw the downtime as an opportunity to pack up. Below is how some institutional investors allocated (or withdrawn) their funds from the crypto market in Q1 2026. Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund expands IBIT holdings, Harvard University scales back Friday, May 15th was the deadline for institutional investors and asset managers…

THORChain confirmed the $10 million exploit and launched a recovery portal, providing affected users with a self-custody pass to revoke the authorization of malicious tokens and submit refund requests backed by a similarly sized refund pool provided by the Treasury Department.In a post to X on Saturday, the THORChain Foundation introduced a recovery portal and said that “affected users can now see the amount they will be paid in compensation after the exploit.”Citing PeckShield’s postmortem, the portal claims the attack was detected at 2:14 a.m. UTC on May 11, when a node operator flagged an unusual outbound transaction. Transactions and…

Revolut received FCA approval on May 14 to offer private wealth services and leveraged products in the UK. summary The FCA has granted Revolut Trading a range of permissions to enable managed investments and principal trading for the first time. Revolut plans to launch a UK private banking arm this summer with a deposit threshold of £500,000. The move follows the granting of Revolut’s UK banking license in March 2026 and the MiCA crypto license secured through Cyprus. Victoria Laffey, head of operations at Revolut Trading, said the new permission was “the missing piece that allows us to bring together…

The Bitcoin Open, a combined golf and poker tournament hosted by Bitcoin Sports Network and Satstreet, is scheduled to take place on June 8, 2026 at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario. This event will be held at the club during its 50th anniversary year. Designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 1976, Glen Abbey Golf Club is one of Canada’s most famous golf venues. It has hosted the Canadian Open multiple times and is known for its championship-level layout and professional golf history. The course is located approximately 30 minutes west of Toronto and serves as a public…

In today’s Bitcoin news, Starknet launched strkBTC on May 12, 2026, a wrapped BTC-backed asset that runs on Starknet’s Bitcoin Layer 2 network and uses zero-knowledge encryption to keep balances and transaction history from the public. The real question isn’t whether Bitcoin privacy is a good idea. The question is whether this approach will actually achieve that, and what you will give up to achieve it. Bitcoin for institutional investors has been neglected for a decade because moving Bitcoin on-chain before a transaction is finalized exposes one’s position, counterparties, and intentions. @Decentralizedco just wrote the clearest breakdown of why it’s…

“SHIBs often benefit from the flow of sector-wide speculation, rather than needing their own news first,” Perplexity said. It was in late 2021 that the self-proclaimed Dogecoin killer shocked the crypto world with a massive price spike, pushing its market cap to over $40 billion. However, that peak did not last long, and the Shiba Inu headed south, making an apparent comeback in 2024 (though it did not reach its historic peak). The past year has been nothing short of disappointing for the token, with its price dropping 60%. There may be a lot of mistrust within the community right…

XRP remains above $1.45 as the market enters a critical week with Thursday’s Senate Banking Committee vote on the CLARITY Act, a bill that directly impacts XRP’s regulatory status and the broader framework governing digital assets in the United States. Prices are constructive, and Arab Chain Analytics, which tracks order flow on Binance, has added a layer of structural context to the current setup that price levels alone cannot provide. Related books This analysis examines the 30-day correlation between XRP price and cumulative volume delta. This is a measure of whether price movements are supported by genuine buying activity or…

JPMorgan Chase & Co. filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 12 for a second tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, proposing a digital token linked to a portfolio of U.S. Treasuries and overnight cash forwarding contracts that investors can hold in digital wallets or deploy as on-chain collateral. The filing estimates that the total market value of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) tracked by rwa.xyz is approximately $32 billion, and notes that competitors, including BlackRock, are moving forward with comparable institutional offerings under the recently enacted GENIUS Act. (Source RWA.xyz) This is not just a new…