🔍 🔴😞 Market Analysis: 5-12-12

The past four hours have seen fresh tremors ripple across the crypto landscape, as leveraged selling snowballs and market nerves fray. Bitcoin, once the darling of December, has plunged 32%, shattering its holiday reputation and igniting fears of forced liquidation at major players like MicroStra... ... Read full 🔴😞 Market Analysis: 5-12-12

Ripple CTO Breaks Silence and Publishes His Full XRP Ledger Hub Metrics

Ripple CTO Breaks Silence and Publishes His Full XRP Ledger Hub Metrics

Ripple CTO David Schwartz broke his silence about his long-running XRPL Hub by posting its operational data, network details and performance graphs, turning a low-profile internal node into a public reference point for anyone running an XRPL setup. Schwartz disclosed that his hub has been running ve…

Global Stock Markets Mostly Rise Ahead of Key U.S. Inflation Data

Global Stock Markets Mostly Rise Ahead of Key U.S. Inflation Data

By Dow Jones Newswires StaffFriday's key focus will be the U.S. personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation. Investors will be hoping that the delayed September report will provide some much-needed clarity on the Fed's rate path after a string …

Fed Rate Cut Expected Next Week After Kevin Hassett’s Alert

Fed Rate Cut Expected Next Week After Kevin Hassett’s Alert

Kevin Hassett has caught the market’s attention.In a new Fox News interview, the White House economic adviser said the Federal Reserve is “likely” to cut interest rates at next week’s meeting. Coming from someone seen as the leading contender to become the next Fed Chair, his words carry extra weigh…

Italy sets hard MiCA deadline for crypto platforms to comply

Italy sets hard MiCA deadline for crypto platforms to comply

Italy’s securities regulator set a firm timetable for applying the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) in the country, warning that unlicensed crypto platforms face a deadline to either seek authorization or leave the market.The move directly affects virtual asset service pro…

IMF Warns Stablecoins Pose Financial Stability Risks as Cross-Border Flows Surpass Bitcoin and Ether

IMF Warns Stablecoins Pose Financial Stability Risks as Cross-Border Flows Surpass Bitcoin and Ether

Cross-border stablecoin flows have reached new 2025 highs, surpassing those of Bitcoin and Ethereum for the first time. This has prompted a sharp warning from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).The Fund says the explosive rise of digital dollars could accelerate currency substitution, disrupt cap…

Dogecoin Bulls Smell $1.30 As On-Chain Data Turns Red-Hot

Dogecoin Bulls Smell $1.30 As On-Chain Data Turns Red-Hot

Dogecoin is hovering near $0.15, but a cluster of technical and on-chain indicators shared on X suggests the market structure is far healthier than during the last bear phase, prompting fresh upside calls from analysts.Dogecoin Could Target $1.30Trader Cryptollica posted a long-term monthly DOGE cha…

XRP News: Ripple Completes $1B GTreasury Deal to Boost Corporate Adoption

XRP News: Ripple Completes $1B GTreasury Deal to Boost Corporate Adoption

Ripple has completed its $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury, expanding its reach into corporate finance and digital asset services. Meanwhile, XRP price has slipped to $2.2245, down from this week’s high and about 42% below its yearly peak of $3.6680.Ripple Expands Into Global Liquidity ManagementW…

AlphaTON eyes meme-sized $420.69M raise for TON, AI expansion after baby-shelf exit

AlphaTON eyes meme-sized $420.69M raise for TON, AI expansion after baby-shelf exit

Small-cap publicly traded firm AlphaTON Capital has signaled ambitions to access a substantially larger fundraising capacity as it delves deeper into the artificial intelligence and Telegram ecosystem. The company has exited the SEC’s “baby-shelf” limitations and filed a $420.69 million shelf regist…

DeFi Protocol USPD Loses $1 Million in “CPIMP” Attack

DeFi Protocol USPD Loses $1 Million in “CPIMP” Attack

A decentralized finance platform called USPD has fallen victim to a complex security breach that resulted in approximately $1 million being stolen from its protocol. What first looked like a normal system setup months ago was actually a hidden trap waiting to strike. In the meantime, USPD is offerin…

Ether vs. Bitcoin teases 170% gains as ETH price breaks 5-month downtrend

Ether vs. Bitcoin teases 170% gains as ETH price breaks 5-month downtrend

Ether is teasing 170% gains in under two months as history repeats itself against Bitcoin .Key points:Ether has the potential to rematch long-term highs above 0.09 in Bitcoin terms.Bull market history continues to play out for the largest altcoin, with $3,700 the next target.Bitcoin itself could se…

Cantor slashes Strategy target by 60%, tells clients forced-sale fears are overblown

Cantor slashes Strategy target by 60%, tells clients forced-sale fears are overblown

US-based financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald slashed its price target on Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin-heavy company, Strategy, but kept a bullish stance on the cryptocurrency’s long-term upside, downplaying fears of forced liquidation, according to the Financial Times.Cantor Fitzgerald reportedly lowered i…

International operation busts crypto fraud network that laundered more than $815 million

International operation busts crypto fraud network that laundered more than $815 million

What began as an investigation into a single fraudulent cryptocurrency platform has culminated in a sweeping coordinated action against online investment scams, taking down a criminal network that authorities said laundered more than €700 million ($815.75 million) through a maze of exchanges, exploi…