The attack on Barakah highlights vulnerabilities in energy infrastructure, potentially escalating regional tensions and impacting global markets.
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The EU's struggle to access Mythos highlights a cybersecurity gap, prompting potential shifts towards AI sovereignty and regulatory changes.
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Labor argues the bill could give digital assets enough regulatory cover to move closer to retirement accounts before safeguards catch up.
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Crypto analyst Phila has predicted that the Bitcoin price could see a massive decline to $55,000 after breaking a 14-year support level. This comes amid BTC’s fall below the psychological $80,000 level, with the leading crypto now at risk of dropping to new lows. Analyst Predicts Bitcoin Price Drop To $55,000 Amid Breakdown In an X post, Phila stated that the Bitcoin price just broke a support level that has held for 14 years, noting that it had held in previous bear cycles. The analyst further remarked that this is not a dip, a correction, or a shakeout, but rather capitulation happening in real time. His accompanying chart showed that the leading crypto could drop to around $55,000 following the breakdown below the key support level. Related Reading: Bitcoin Is Playing Out The ‘Fakeout Theory’ Again, Here’s What To Expect Meanwhile, the analyst highlighted his track record, noting that he called the $16,000 bottom in 2022 and the top for the Bitcoin price in October 2025. As such, he suggested that market participants should prepare accordingly, as his prediction of a decline to $55,000 is likely to happen. In another X post, Phila stated that the Bitcoin price action was mirroring the 2021 price action, with the double top, lower highs, and lower lows. He noted that there was also a relief rally in 2021 that felt like the bottom, but it wasn’t the bottom, and everyone who bought BTC before the rally saw losses on the next leg down. Similarly, the Bitcoin price is once again in a relief rally phase, with many market participants believing that the February 2026 low of $60,000 was the bottom. He added that many think that the worst is over, but that $50,000 is on the table and that his fractal hasn’t missed a single step yet. The Key Level To Watch For Now Crypto analyst Ali Martinez said that $77,800 is the key level to watch for the Bitcoin price at the moment. This came as he alluded to a well-defined channel that has developed on the lower timeframes and that BTC has climbed to test the upper boundary of this structure around $77,800. Related Reading: What’s The Latest With The US-Iran War And How Does It Affect Bitcoin? The analyst further predicted that a flip of this level into support could clear the path for the Bitcoin price to rally to around $79,000. However, if BTC fails to break above this level, then it could see a healthy retracement back into the channel to gather liquidity. Martinez added that the key levels to watch for a bounce are the mid-range at $76,900 and the channel bottom at $76,000. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is trading at around $77,500, down in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
U.S. lawmakers have officially launched an investigation into prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi over concerns that government insiders could be using non-public information to profit from bets tied to elections, wars, and major political events. The probe comes as prediction markets rapidly grow in popularity across crypto and retail trading. Comer Launches Investigation on …
Dan Roberts outlines IREN’s strategy to build a vertically integrated AI platform spanning power, data centers, GPUs and enterprise software.
Internet Computer (ICP), up 4.3% from Thursday, joined NEAR Protocol (NEAR) as a top performer.
Bitcoin is stuck. It has been trading between $76,000 and $82,000 for weeks with no clean breakout in either direction. Most investors are watching the range with frustration. Analyst Michaël van de Poppe said, “That range brings the ultimate opportunity for altcoins to thrive,” van de Poppe said. “That’s what we start to see.” What …
DJT’s bitcoin strategy remains under pressure as the company sits on hundreds of millions in unrealized crypto losses and widening quarterly deficits.
China's regulatory scrutiny on AI-related stock moves aims to foster a genuine AI ecosystem, reducing speculative hype and enhancing market stability.
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South Korea's potential market intervention could stabilize the won, impacting regional currencies and investor confidence in Asian markets.
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House Oversight Chairman Comer probes insider trading on Kalshi and Polymarket, sending letters to both CEOs with a June 5 document deadline.
Fundstrat’s Tom Lee argues that trillions in new IPO supply from SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI could ultimately be absorbed by underallocated investors.
The escalation in violence undermines diplomatic efforts, potentially leading to prolonged regional instability and increased military actions.
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The new partnership comes as Hyperliquid’s oli futures contracts that never expire have been a huge success with over $1.6 billion in 24-hour trading volume.
Japan's renewed oil imports highlight shifting global energy dynamics, while Iran's crypto tolls could reshape sanctions and crypto regulations.
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FET price is beginning to draw fresh market attention as the conversation around AI-focused crypto assets gradually regains momentum. After months of subdued price action and fading enthusiasm across the sector, a new development inside the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance ecosystem is starting to reshape near-term sentiment around the token. More importantly, the timing arrives as …
User funds remain safe after the incident, the prediction market platform said, with contracts and core infrastructure unaffected.
The outage highlights the vulnerability of DeFi systems to validator failures, potentially impacting market stability and user trust.
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The petition's success highlights growing political pressure and potential shifts in South Korea's crypto policy, impacting global markets.
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China's humanoid robot deployment could revolutionize domestic care, addressing labor shortages and aging populations, while reshaping global markets.
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Warsh's pro-crypto stance at the Fed could reshape regulatory dynamics, potentially boosting institutional crypto adoption and market growth.
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Pyth Network reported a significant outage on Thursday affecting its core price feeds and sponsored feeds, with the disruption running for more than five hours. The incident hit Pythnet and Hermes, the infrastructure layers that power Pyth’s real-time price data delivery to DeFi protocols across multiple blockchains. Pyth confirmed it identified the root cause of …
Falling product revenue and lower guidance leave the ASIC maker's growing crypto balance harder to treat as background.
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The incident highlights the critical need for robust security measures in decentralized platforms to maintain user trust and financial integrity.
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A 30% rise in investor interest. That is part of what Canary Capital CEO Steven McClurg is predicting for XRP before December, on top of a price that he believes could double from where it stands today. Related Reading: New Bitcoin Lows? Analysts Say Chances Are ‘Extremely Slim’ The Road To Year End McClurg, who leads one of the first firms to file for a spot XRP exchange-traded fund in the US, laid out a three-phase path he expects the market to follow over the rest of 2026. The near term, he said, will be rough. Summer is expected to bring pressure across both equities and crypto broadly, and the lead-up to midterm elections will pull attention and money away from markets. But McClurg’s outlook shifts sharply once the election season passes. He said post-midterm conditions are where ETF inflows are likely to accelerate, driven in part by the potential passage of the CLARITY Act and growing activity around real-world asset tokenization. Institutional investors, he suggested, have been waiting for that kind of regulatory clarity before committing larger sums. ETF Inflows Already Building The timing of his comments follows a strong week for XRP ETFs. Net inflows hit $60 million last week, the best single-week performance so far in 2026, pushing the total cumulative figure to $1.39 billion. McClurg said he expects that number to grow another 30% by year end. XRP is trading around $1.40 at the time the comments were made. A doubling of that price by December would put the token above $2.80. Whether or not the prediction holds, the inflow data points to real and growing institutional appetite for XRP exposure through regulated fund products. Related Reading: Bitcoin Treasury Company Nakamoto Takes Action To Prevent Stock Slide A Specific Target With A Specific Timeline McClurg did not hedge his outlook with vague language. He put a number on it and attached a deadline. That kind of precision from a fund executive with direct skin in the XRP market tends to draw attention, and his comments are already circulating widely. The broader bet he is making rests on a combination of regulatory progress, post-election capital rotation, and continued ETF adoption. All three would need to show up more or less on schedule for his year-end target to come true. Summer, by his own admission, will test that thesis before the second half of the year gets a chance to prove it right. Featured image from iStock/3DSculptor, chart from TradingView
The investigation into Binance's compliance could lead to stricter regulatory oversight across the crypto industry, impacting costs and operations.
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The rapid asset accumulation in HYPE ETFs highlights growing institutional interest in diversified crypto exposure, signaling potential market shifts.
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XRP Ledger activity surges with 4,300 new wallets created in 24 hours, but strong resistance keeps XRP price capped.
Chainlink has historically been known for delivering explosive rallies after extended periods of consolidation. During the previous major breakout cycle, the LINK price surged by more than 310% after escaping a prolonged accumulation range and maintained a strong bullish trend for over a year. Now, the token appears to be forming a remarkably similar structure …