America’s biggest banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and others, are in early discussions about creating a joint stablecoin to compete with the crypto industry, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, on May 22. The conversations reportedly involve bank-owned payment companies like Zelle operator Early […]
[PRESS RELEASE – San Francisco, United States, May 22nd, 2025] XVC Tech, the venture capital arm of the XDC Network, today announced its investment in the Laser Digital Carry Fund (LCF), a market-neutral digital asset strategy managed by Laser Digital, the digital asset subsidiary of Nomura Holdings. As part of this collaboration, Libre, a regulated […]
Around 25,400 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, May 23, and they have a notional value of roughly $2.8 billion. This week’s event is pretty much identical to last week’s, as derivatives crypto trading has stabilized. Spot markets have seen solid growth with Bitcoin notching a new peak on Thursday above $111,000 for the […]
OKX, a blockchain technology company that also operates one of the largest crypto exchanges globally, is launching xBTC, a wrapped version of bitcoin (BTC) on the layer-1 blockchain Aptos. According to a press release sent to CryptoPotato, the launch will give Aptos users access to wrapped BTC without any minting or redemption fees required. OKX […]
[PRESS RELEASE – Hong Kong, China, May 22nd, 2025] Solana users will be able to transact with Dogecoin securely, powered by Psy and Wormhole, tapping into a $36B asset and its vast community for DeFi, gaming & more. Psy (formerly QED Protocol) has developed a trustless bridge connecting Dogecoin to the Solana blockchain. This innovation […]
TL;DR Bitcoin’s price skyrocketed beyond $110,000 for the first time ever, and the community was quick to pull out the big prediction guns and lay out the next impressive targets. Since the tweet below, BTC’s price has risen even further, and its market cap is well beyond $2.2 trillion. Its realized cap has also been […]
TL;DR Do you remember the Bitcoin Lamborghini meme, whose story began well over a decade ago? Well, now you can buy Lambos with just a single BTC instead of the 200+ spent in 2013. At least one community member remembers who found a pretty good one for sale in the US. The Lambo-Bitcoin Story The […]
Fueled by the wider crypto market uptrend, Tron (TRX) has climbed close to 12% in the last month. After a mild correction, however, the altcoin is trading below $0.28. Despite this, new data suggest that TRX has emerged as one of the most “resilient” crypto assets in a turbulent market, as it maintained proximity to […]
Bitcoin prices reached an all-time high of almost $112,000 on Thursday, May 22, following a 4% daily gain, according to Coingecko. The asset has now surpassed a peak of $109,500 on Wednesday and is in a new price discovery phase. It has also pushed total crypto market capitalization to $3.6 trillion. However, this remains below […]
Robinhood has submitted a proposal to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) calling for a standardized federal approach to regulating tokenized real-world assets. The latest move seeks to bring clarity and modernization to the financial system. Robinhood’s Proposal In a comprehensive 42-page submission, the trading platform argues that RWAs – blockchain-based representations of tangible […]