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More than half of the top 25 TRUMP tokenholders — those eligible to apply for a "VIP tour" with the president — reportedly used foreign exchanges that exclude US-based users. At least some of the top holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin who apply to attend a private dinner with the president could be based outside the United States. According to a May 7 Bloomberg report based on an analysis of the top TRUMP tokenholders, 19 of the top 25 wallets on the leaderboard used foreign exchanges that exclude US-based customers, suggesting either foreign nationals or Americans living abroad. In addition, more than half of the top 220 holders — the group eligible to apply for a dinner with the president — also used exchanges in other countries. As of May 7, the identities of the top tokenholders and those who might choose to apply for the May 22 Trump dinner and “special VIP tour” were unknown. However, the project stated that anyone who applied could not bring guests, had to pass a background check, and “can not be from ...

Geneva, Switzerland, May 7, 2025  – TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), has announced a strategic collaboration with MoonPay, the global leader in crypto payments. The first phase of the collaboration enables users across the United States to purchase TRX, the […] The post MoonPay Enters Strategic Collaboration with TRON appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin profit-taking "dominates" as price continues to rise, and this can easily extinguish the bull market comeback, research from CryptoQuant warns. Key points: Bitcoin investors are making the most of the highest price levels in several months by cashing out profits. These are averaging $1 billion per day, leading to concerns that the market comeback may stall or even reverse. Read more

Barclays, JPMorgan, Compass Point and Oppenheimer all cut their first-quarter forecasts last month, citing weaker crypto trading.

Latest CryptoQuant data show TRON has achieved a 99.7 % average of its 28,800 daily blocks in 2025, evidencing stable infrastructure and high throughput. A shifting mix of 30 Super Representatives has kept block production distributed, confirming the delegated proof-of-stake model’s resilience. The post TRON Hits 99.7% Block Output – Has the Network Finally Mastered Reliability? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade boosts scalability, staking, and gas payment options with significant tech enhancements.

Billionaire investor and Bitcoin bull Tim Draper remains “optimistic” that the price of Bitcoin will hit $250,000 by the end of 2025.

On the U.S. exchange's online site for the documents obtained by Freedom of Information Act requests, it's illuminating some internal SEC discussions.

Data shows extreme inequality in TRUMP coin returns, fewer than 60 wallets captured billion-dollar gains while 764,000 lost money.

Sidelined? Aptos head of ecosystem says the team would be "super open" to bringing the anonymous memer onto the team.

"You shouldn’t have to sell the best-performing asset in human history to access cash. Now you don't have to," founder Jack Mallers wrote.

The situation highlights the struggle of balancing DeFi protocol interests.

The response of bitcoin prices to the destabilizing announcement of U.S. tariffs in April suggests the digital asset may be achieving one of its fundamental promises, says Hashdex’s Gerry O’Shea.

The rise of staking represents a critical point in Ethereum’s development, says SenseiNode’s Pablo Larguía.

Wallet infrastructure provider Magic Labs has announced the Genesis launch of Magic Newton, an AI agent platform that enables autonomous finance and simplifies crypto managing, on Coinbase’s layer-2 Base blockchain. The post PayPal-Backed Magic Labs Reveals Verifiable Crypto Agent Platform Newton on Base appeared first on Cryptonews.

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF has recorded $6.96 billion in net inflows since the start of 2025, surpassing the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) to become the sixth most popular ETF by inflows. The post BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Surpasses Gold Rival With $6.96B in Inflows This Year appeared first on Cryptonews.

Apparel giant Adidas is still making moves in Web3, teaming up with Sui game Xociety following previous Bored Ape and Doodles collabs.

SocialFi's struggle to succeed stems from technical hurdles, user experience barriers, and fragmentation. It needs purpose-built infrastructure, seamless user experiences, and innovative social networking models. Opinion by: Anurag Arjun, co-founder of Avail  On paper, SocialFi is a no-brainer. It promises to shift the balance of power in social media — giving people control over how their content and personal data are used and monetized. It even offers users a stake in the $200+ billion social media advertising market, a pie currently devoured almost entirely by giants like Meta. And yet, SocialFi platforms today feel more like digital ghost towns than the bustling hubs of Web2. Friend.tech, hailed as a breakout star in 2023, peaked at just 80,000 daily active users before falling below 10,000. What's holding SocialFi back? Why does it seem to be following Friend.tech's fade into obscurity rather than rising to rival Facebook's dominance? Read more

Security should be transparent, auditable, and accessible to everyone building in this space, a Safeheron spokesperson told Cointelegraph. Safeheron, a digital asset infrastructure provider based in Singapore, has introduced an open-source Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) framework. This solution could bolster security and privacy for Web3 in sectors like decentralized finance (DeFi), payment services, and decentralized autonomous organizations. The TEE framework is the first built upon the native Intel SGX SDK and developed using modern C++, a general-purpose object-oriented programming language often used for operating systems, game development, and high-powered computing. Safeheron decided to open-source the framework because the company had seen growing concerns across the industry about closed, opaque systems, especially as security incidents have become more widespread. Read more

XRP price is up today as macroeconomic conditions improve, but traders say key support levels must hold to sustain a recovery to new all-time highs. Key takeaways: XRP price is up 2% on May 7, buoyed by US-China trade talk optimism, with key support at $2.08 critical for sustained recovery. Whale accumulation signals XRP price strength. Read more