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The embattled bridging provider has now lost control over more than $4B amid ongoing fallout from last month's KelpDAO exploit.

Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS), an artificial intelligence ("AI") data center company anchored by Bitcoin ("Hyperscale Data" or the "Company"), today announced that it intends to commence a tender offer to purchase up to $5,000,000 of its Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), at a price of $0.21 per share.

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Prediction market bettors are convinced that Strategy could sell part of its Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) holdings this year after years of maintaining a strict “never sell” stance. Odds on Polymarket surged following comments from Executive Chairman Michael Saylor about potentially using BTC sales to cover dividend obligations. Traders now appear more focused on the company’s ... Why Polymarket Now Gives Strategy 82% Odds of Selling Bitcoin (BTC) This Year

Last week, Michael Saylor said it's ok to sell BTC to pay dividends; now his DATco is preparing to tap the treasury to repay early investors.

Bit Digital (NASDAQ:BTBT) reported a sequential decline in first-quarter revenue as management said the company continued shifting its business away from legacy Bitcoin mining and toward Ethereum treasury and staking, AI infrastructure and recurring cash-flow opportunities. On the company’s first-q

Gemini stock surged in premarket trading after the founders' capital fund bought shares at $14 each, paid in bitcoin

The pound is also on track for its worst week since 2024 amid growing concern over political instability.

In Bitcoin news today, 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 cryptography to shield your balances and transaction history from public view. The real question isn’t whether Bitcoin privacy is a good idea. The question ...

Bitcoin opened at $81,069.54 on Friday, up 2.3% from Thursday’s open. The value of bitcoin fell to $80,596.43 by 7:10 a.m ET. Ethereum opened at $2,282.46 on Friday, up 1.1% from Thursday’s open. The value of ethereum was down as of 7:10 a.m. ET, at $2,257.73.

Binance (CRYPTO: BNB) co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao recounted on Thursday a moment from a recent interview, in which the host surprised him with a moving gesture. The ‘Lamborghini’ Surprise CZ appeared on Patrick Bet-David's podcast earlier this week, where they discussed a wide range of topics, including Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), artificial intelligence, and the rise of Binance. Recalling the podcast, CZ mentioned never sitting in a Lamborghini before. But to his surprise, Bet-David had one waiti

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) signaled strong bullish conviction on cryptocurrency after the Clarity Act cleared a major vote in the Senate on Thursday. The GoT Reference Lummis posted an AI-generated image depicting her in a Game of Thrones-like setting, featuring “laser eyes” and the text, “Clarity Is Coming.” The “laser eyes” meme, a 2021 Bitcoin community signal of bullish belief, typically shows a person with glowing red eyes in their profile picture to signify "laser focus" on Bitcoin's (CR

kBTC joins a growing list of crypto assets that have abandoned LayerZero in favor of alternative interop solutions.

A few weeks ago, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETFs were the bull case. The funds pulled in $3.29 billion combined in March and April, marking the first sustained inflow streak of 2026. However, the streak snapped yesterday. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs bled $635 million, recording their largest outflow since late January. The reversal wasn’t a one-off ... Bitcoin ETF Outflows Just Hit a 3-Month High of $635 Million: What’s Driving the Exit?

For years, investors have been told the Federal Reserve was draining liquidity from the financial system. Higher interest rates, quantitative tightening, and tough inflation talk all pointed toward tighter money. Yet beneath the surface, something very different has been happening. U.S. money supply is climbing again — and it just reached $22.7 trillion, according to ... Is the Federal Reserve Quietly Fueling a Bubble? U.S. Money Supply Just Hit $22.7 Trillion

Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ:BTDR) reported sharply higher first-quarter revenue as its Bitcoin mining output expanded, while management emphasized a broader push into AI cloud services and large-scale data center colocation. On the company’s first-quarter 2026 earnings call, Chief Strategy O

The US spot Bitcoin ETF products recorded a single-day outflow of $630M on Wednesday, the largest since January 29, bringing total redemptions over five trading days to $1.26Bn, according to data from SoSoValue. The Bitcoin price slipped by more than 1.5% in the same window, touching $79,300, as renewed US ...

Compute power and AI chips are becoming strategic assets for Bitcoin mining and national competitiveness. The US mining sector still depends heavily on Chinese-linked ASIC ...

A May 7 JPMorgan client note estimated that Strategy could buy roughly $30 billion in Bitcoin in 2026 if Michael Saylor's company maintains its current purchasing pace. That figure positions Strategy alongside spot ETF flows and miner supply as a structural force in Bitcoin's demand architecture. Strategy holds 818,869 BTC acquired for $61.86 billion at […] The post JPMorgan’s $30 billion Strategy call exposes Bitcoin’s new market fault line appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ledger and Consensys have paused their long-awaited US IPO plans as crypto market conditions weaken. The delays come amid Bitcoin’s pullback, ETF outflows, lower trading ...