May 19th, 2026 – Nuremberg, Germany Based on Coinbird DCA Calculator data: monthly Bitcoin buying since 2015 returned +4,515%, while investors would still have endured a 76.72% drawdown, and DCA underperformed lump-sum investing in Coinbird’s tested shorter-term scenarios New analysis from independent crypto comparison platform Coinbird shows what disciplined monthly Bitcoin buying since 2015 would …
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Goldman Sachs Exec Says High Leverage Could Spark Volatility in AI and Semiconductor Sectors: ‘3% Can Turn Into 10% Very Quickly’
A Goldman Sachs executive is warning that high levels of leverage in the market could spark volatility in the artificial intelligence and semiconductor sectors. Shawn Tuteja, a managing director who oversees ETF and custom baskets volatility trading, says in a new interview that the market is underappreciating the potential for two-way volatility. “What worries me …
Bitget Wallet integrates Kraken-backed xStocks tokenized equities
Bitget Wallet said it has integrated xStocks infrastructure, giving its 90 million users access to more than 130 tokenized stocks and ETFs through its self-custodial wallet platform. The integration expands Bitget Wallet’s tokenized real-world assets offering to more than 300 products, including equities, commodities, precious metals and index-linked assets, according to a Tuesday announcement. The company said its …
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Swan Bitcoin sued for nearly $1B over pre-bankruptcy transfers from Prime Trust
The post-bankruptcy trust for Prime Trust has filed suit against Swan Bitcoin, alleging the Bitcoin services company exploited insider knowledge to pull nearly $1 billion in assets from the custodian days before its collapse. The complaint, filed in Delaware bankruptcy court, accuses Electric Solidus, the corporate entity behind Swan, of receiving over $24.6 million in …
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Wallet cluster earned $2.4M with 98% win rate on Polymarket military bets: Bubblemaps
Blockchain data platform Bubblemaps said it identified a cluster of Polymarket wallets that collectively earned $2.4 million with a 98% win rate on contracts tied to US military operations. Nine wallets placed all their major bets just before major military developments, including the Feb. 28 attack on Iran, the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah …
Institutional Investors Sell $1,070,000,000 in Bitcoin and Crypto Assets in One Week, Ending Streak of Inflows: CoinShares
Institutional investors just sold an overall total of $1.07 billion in Bitcoin and crypto assets in one week, according to a new update from CoinShares. The outflows are the first negative result in seven weeks and the third-largest weekly outflow of the year. Bitcoin drove most of the selling with $982 million in outflows. Ethereum …
Michael Saylor’s Strategy Buys $2,010,000 Worth of Bitcoin in One of the Firm’s Largest Acquisitions Ever
Michael Saylor’s firm Strategy just completed of its largest Bitcoin buys ever, acquiring 24,869 BTC for approximately $2.01 billion. The company now owns 843,738 BTC acquired for $63.87 billion at a price of $75,700 per Bitcoin. The recent acquisition, priced at an average of $80,985 per Bitcoin, was Strategy’s sixth-largest on a BTC basis and 8th-largest …
Republican lawmakers call for permanent CBDC ban as House vote approaches
A pair of Republican lawmakers is calling for a permanent ban on a US central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be enshrined in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, as the measure is expected to come up for a vote in the US House this week. The bill released by the US Senate Committee …
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About 10% of Americans used crypto in 2025, highest level since 2022: Fed
About one-tenth of US adults said they used or invested in crypto in 2025, the highest level in three years, according to a Federal Reserve report on the economic well-being of households. Roughly 10% used crypto for any reason, up from 2023 and 2024, according to the Fed report published on Wednesday. Despite the rise, …
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Ethereum Foundation sees 2 more high-profile departures
The Ethereum Foundation saw the resignations of two top researchers on Monday, bringing the total number of high-profile departures at the organization to at least eight in recent months. Julian Ma and Carl Beek, both researchers at the Ethereum Foundation, ended their respective four and seven-year tenures at the organization. Ma contributed to Ethereum’s censorship-resistant …
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Echo Protocol’s eBTC exploited for $77M in admin key compromise
Decentralized finance protocol Echo Protocol was exploited after an attacker minted about 1,000 unauthorized eBTC on the protocol, which is deployed on the Monad blockchain. Blockchain security firm PeckShield and analytics platform Lookonchain both reported the incident on Tuesday, noting that a hacker minted 1,000 synthetic Bitcoin (eBTC) worth around $76.7 million. “We are currently …
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Ether pullback was ‘attractive opportunity’ for 71,672 ETH buy: Bitmine’s Lee
Bitmine Immersion Technologies chairman Tom Lee says the crypto treasury company took advantage of a recent Ether price drop under $2,200 to scoop up another 71,672 Ether for its stockpile. Ether (ETH) has traded between $2,081 and $2,341 over the past seven days. It was trading at $2,128 as of Tuesday and was down 8.7% …
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Retail Bitcoin investor demand falls by 73% as futures selling tops $2B: Are the bears back?
Bitcoin (BTC) retail investor activity on Binance has fallen to its lowest level in history. Retail BTC inflows on Binance now average near 314 BTC per month in 2026, down sharply from the 1,200 BTC range recorded in March 2024. Bitcoin’s recovery in May also slowed as spot inflows on Binance weakened, with the 30-day …
Bitcoin Supply Shock? Binance Flags 500,000 BTC Leaving Exchange
Binance Research said a cluster of Bitcoin on-chain indicators is pointing toward tighter available supply and reduced sell pressure, with exchange balances falling to a six-year low as roughly 500,000 BTC have left trading venues since the COVID-era peak. In a May 17 thread, the research arm of Binance argued that four metrics now point …
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Ethereum Whales Flood Binance With 225,000 ETH In Largest Inflow Since 2022
Ethereum has lost the $2,150 level as selling pressure and market uncertainty combine to erase the recovery that had been building since the February lows. The decline is not gradual — it has the character of a market meeting supply that was positioned and waiting. CryptoOnchain data has identified the origin of that supply, and …
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