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Launch Coin on Believe ($LAUNCHCOIN) has seen its price explode by 34,882% in the past month according to data from CoinMarketCap, as it moved from $0.00055 to $0.1877 during this period. The post Launch Coin on Believe Price Update: Whales Snipe $LAUNCHCOIN at $0.16, Is $1 Next? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum's crypto market dominance has reached its most overheated levels since May 2021, which may lead to a sharp pullback in ETH prices. Key takeaways: Ethereum’s market dominance has hit overbought RSI levels not seen since May 2021, historically followed by major pullbacks. ETH/USD is showing a bearish divergence on the four-hour chart, hinting at a potential 10–15% price correction. Read more

While the three leading presidential candidates have indicated a pro-Bitcoin ETF stance, previous political promises have yet to materialize in South Korea. South Korea could soon follow Hong Kong in legalizing spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as the country’s top presidential candidates have expressed pro-crypto positions. Still, some industry observers remain cautious about the likelihood of near-term regulatory change. “All three major South Korean presidential candidates support #Bitcoin ETFs and institutional investment,” Ki Young Ju, the founder and CEO of onchain data platform CryptoQuant, wrote in a May 14 X post. Read more

The firm was ordered to respond to allegations that its AI expert cited a non-existent academic source as part of a $75M copyright suit.

Ripple’s token has broken out from a prolonged period of consolidation against both USDT and BTC, showing renewed bullish strength across key timeframes. The recent surge above multi-week trendlines and resistance zones puts XRP in a favourable position, but further confirmation is needed before calling a full uptrend. Technical Analysis The USDT Pair XRP/USDT has […]

The degens have spoken and they’re betting on frogs. Pepe Hunt, the world’s first live frog bug catching betting platform, just launched its presale and has already raised over $150,000 in its first 24 hours. With crypto Twitter buzzing, memes flying, and the first wave of $hPEPE holders piling in, this is shaping up to […]

One X user suggested that PNUT has a 100x potential.

Pixelmon has signed an exclusivity deal with Avalanche as the franchise gears up to launch two mobile games on the network.

Sia’s Q1 2025 was shaped by macro-driven headwinds in transaction volume, revenue, and market cap, yet showed signs of strengthening fundamentals. Network utilization climbed to a five-quarter high, supported by infrastructure upgrades and ecosystem tools ahead of the pivotal V2 hardfork. Core modules renterd, hostd, walletd, and explored received critical enhancements, while grant-funded projects advanced usability across mobile, web, and analytics. With the V2 upgrade slated for June, Sia enters the next quarter poised for renewed adoption and ecosystem growth.

In Q1 2025, Filecoin continued its strategic transition from emphasizing raw storage volume to prioritizing high-value, enterprise-grade users and storage providers. Although active storage deals and network utilization declined, these shifts reflected a deliberate pivot toward long-term archiving, AI-optimized datasets, and Web2/Web3 enterprise integrations. Key developments during the quarter included the near-finalization of Proof of Data Possession (PDP) for continuous data verification, ongoing Layer-2 scaling initiatives (Basin, Akave, Storacha), and preparation for the Fast Finality (F3) upgrade to improve transaction settlement speeds. Despite a 41% drop in FIL’s market cap and a 49% decline in DeFi TVL (USD), native FIL-denominated activity remained resilient, supported by new client onboarding and retrieval market growth. The ecosystem expanded through partnerships with major networks (Cardano, Solana) and AI infrastructure projects (Aethir, KiteAI, Nuklai). New community initiatives like FIL ProPGF...

OORT's AI image data set reached Kaggle’s front page in multiple categories, highlighting increasing demand for high-quality, community-sourced training data. An artificial intelligence training image data set developed by decentralized AI solution provider OORT has seen considerable success on Google’s platform Kaggle. OORT’s Diverse Tools Kaggle data set listing was released in early April; since then, it has climbed to the first page in multiple categories. Kaggle is a Google-owned online platform for data science and machine learning competitions, learning and collaboration. Ramkumar Subramaniam, core contributor at crypto AI project OpenLedger, told Cointelegraph that “a front-page Kaggle ranking is a strong social signal, indicating that the data set is engaging the right communities of data scientists, machine learning engineers and practitioners.“ Read more

Billy Bets is an AI agent that is looking to upend the sports betting industry by using blockchain networks to promote transparency.

“Bitcoin still needs to mature before decoupling from stock markets,” but presents significant benefits as a portfolio diversifier, according to the co-founder of Redstone Oracles. Bitcoin’s fluctuating correlation with US equities is raising questions about its role as a global safe-haven asset during periods of financial stress. Bitcoin (BTC) exhibited a strong negative correlation with the US stock market when analyzing the short-term, seven-day trailing correlation, according to new research from blockchain data provider RedStone Oracles, shared exclusively with Cointelegraph. However, RedStone said that the 30-day indicator signals a “variable correlation” between Bitcoin price and the S&P 500 index, with the correlation coefficient ranging from -0.2 to 0.4. Read more

Scam crypto investment platforms are everywhere, and spotting them isn’t as complicated as you may think. Fake crypto investment platforms give themselves away in a few obvious ways. Many use fake reviews, incorrect contact information and unrealistic promises to lure you in. The best approach is a healthy dose of skepticism. Watching for these red flags will keep you safe while investing. Read more

The CEO offered DOGE staffers a fast track into Coinbase after a viral clip showed a Harvard dropout facing backlash for joining the agency.

The indictment came in part because blockchain investigators have been tracing how cartel drug profits are being laundered through crypto.

Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor told the Financial Times in a new documentary that his company is well-positioned to become a $10 trillion enterprise one day. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, may become the top publicly traded equity one day, according to a Strategy analyst. Strategy will be the “number one publicly traded equity in the entire market” because of its future financial strength enabled with Bitcoin (BTC), Strategy analyst Jeff Walton predicted in the new Financial Times documentary, Michael Saylor’s $40 billion Bitcoin bet. The company currently holds about 568,840 Bitcoin, worth roughly $59 billion, and Walton said that advantage could push it past all other publicly listed firms in the future. Read more

Kazakhstan’s digital minister says lifting crypto restrictions and expanding regulations could turn the country into Central Asia’s top blockchain hub. Kazakhstan has the potential to become a leading crypto hub in Central Asia if regulatory restrictions are eased, according to Kanysh Tuleushin, the country’s first vice minister of digital development, innovation and aerospace industry. In a recent op-ed for the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper, Tuleushin said digital mining and smart policy shifts could position Kazakhstan as a regional leader in blockchain innovation. “If all restrictions were lifted and digital asset trading was allowed across Kazakhstan, the impact could be significant,” he wrote.   Read more

Over 80% of investors are betting on the approval of a Solana and Litecoin ETF in 2025, despite the latest delay from the SEC. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pushed back its decision on a proposed spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF), with the cryptocurrency industry now looking to the deadlines for the Polkadot and XRP-based ETFs in June. The SEC pushed its decision on listing Grayscale’s spot Solana (SOL) Trust ETF on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to October 2025, according to a May 13 filing by the securities regulator. The decision came the week after the SEC delayed its ruling on Canary Capital’s Litecoin (LTC) ETF, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst James Seyffart wrote in a May 5 X post. Read more

Banking giant UBS says its high-net-worth clients in Asia are pivoting from US dollar assets toward gold, crypto and Chinese markets. High-net-worth clients across Asia are gradually pivoting away from US dollar-based investments, favoring gold, cryptocurrencies and Chinese assets instead, according to financial services giant UBS Group. “Gold is getting very popular,” Amy Lo, the Swiss bank’s co-head of wealth management for Asia, said during Bloomberg’s New Voices event held in Hong Kong on May 13. She cited rising geopolitical uncertainty and persistent market volatility as primary factors behind the shift. Investors, traditionally concentrated in US-centric assets, are now seeking broader exposure across alternative asset classes, including crypto, commodities and other currencies. Read more