Crypto

German prosecutors confiscate servers and digital assets from platform accused of laundering proceeds from major crypto hacks.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott blamed the failure of the GENIUS Act on Democrat-led partisan politics. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott blamed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act’s failure on partisan politics during a Senate speech on May 8. Scott said the vote, which failed to reach cloture in the Senate, was expected to mark a step toward greater affordability and innovation. Instead, he said, political divisions took precedence. “Instead, we witnessed a disappointing display of political gamesmanship that puts partisan politics above policy, and obstruction above innovation, “Scott said. Read more

Top altcoins are mimicking BTC's late April bullish breakout that set the stage for a rally to $100,000.

ETH surged to a two-month high close to $2,500.

Taiwan legislator Ko Ju-Chun proposed allocating a small percentage of the Taiwanese reserves to Bitcoin as part of the diversified reserve strategy. Taiwanese lawmaker Ko Ju-Chun has called on the government to consider adding Bitcoin to its national reserves, suggesting it could serve as a hedge against global economic uncertainty. Ko, a legislator at-large in Taiwan’s legislative body, the Legislative Yuan, took to X on Friday to report that he had advocated Bitcoin (BTC) investment by the Taiwanese government at the National Conference on May 9. In his remarks, Ko cited Bitcoin’s potential to become a hedge amid global economic risks and urged Taiwan to recognize the cryptocurrency alongside gold and foreign exchange reserves to boost its financial resilience. Read more

Your day-ahead look for May 9, 2025

Ethereum's Pectra upgrade and the easing of global trade tensions helped the network soar by over 20% Friday morning.

Bitcoin reaches a key battleground at $104,000, but bulls are starting to struggle with upside momentum as new all-time highs suddenly come within reach. Key points: Bitcoin (BTC) is at its highest levels since January, and traders are eyeing key levels to watch for what’s next. After hitting $104,000, BTC/USD is retracing to establish support, but the fate of $100,000 is among the concerns for market participants. Read more

Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa used crypto and encrypted apps to send over $185K to ISIS members in Syria, the DOJ said.

EXch served as a hub for over $1.9 billion in illicit crypto transfers, authorities said, with funds tied to both high-profile hacks and phishing operations.

Panning out over just the last week shows a much bigger sign of institutional positioning on BTC, Deribit said.

Bitcoin‘s surge past $100,000 for the first time in three months prompts predictions for a further rally toward $180,00 and beyond. Key takeaways: Bitcoin was up 4.3% on May 9, after breaking $100,000  for the first time since February. BTC price gains trigger $800 million in short liquidations, the largest since 2021. Read more

Metaplanet has the largest BTC stash among publicly-traded companies outside North America

The $38 million crypto seizure from Bybit hack-linked eXch was the third-largest crypto confiscation in the history of Germany’s federal criminal police. German law enforcement seized 34 million euros ($38 million) in cryptocurrency from eXch, a cryptocurrency platform allegedly used to launder funds stolen after Bybit’s record-breaking $1.4 billion hack. The seizure, announced on May 9 by Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and Frankfurt’s main prosecutor’s office, involved multiple crypto assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Dash (DASH). The move marks the third-largest crypto confiscation in the BKA’s history. The authorities also seized eXch’s German server infrastructure with over eight terabytes of data and shut down the platform, the announcement added. Read more

Pi Network is not “dead” in the sense of being completely abandoned or defunct, but it is struggling significantly with its price, user confidence and ecosystem development. When Pi Network first hit the scene in 2019, it had a simple but compelling pitch: What if you could mine cryptocurrency straight from your phone — no expensive gear, no massive electricity bills, just a tap a day on an app? It caught fire. Millions of people jumped on board, lured by the idea of “free” mobile mining and a chance to get in early on the next big thing. The app made it easy: You signed up, invited a few friends, tapped a button every 24 hours, and watched your Pi (PI) balance slowly grow. With the social referral model fueling growth, it wasn’t long before over 70 million users had signed up worldwide. Read more

“We believe that there are certain advantages to integrating XRP and its related infrastructure into its healthcare ecosystem,” the firm said in the release.

Scott Bessent has slammed the Senate for blocking the GENIUS Act, warning it weakens U.S. crypto leadership ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Crypto banking group Sygnum says it doesn’t expect Solana to beat Ethereum in the medium term, partly due to the blockchain’s revenues being too tied to memecoins. Solana has yet to show convincing signs that it could surpass Ethereum as the preferred blockchain for institutions, as its revenue, heavily reliant on memecoins, is considered unstable, according to crypto bank group Sygnum. In a May 8 blog post, Sygnum said that the current sentiment around Ethereum “remains poor,” with the market focused on Solana’s “transaction volumes and its recent dominance in fee generation.” However, Sygnum said “the medium-term outlook will primarily be shaped by traditional financial institutions’ platform choices to bring their product offerings,” not by sentiment. Read more

Diners will soon be able to pay for their steaks with satoshis at the American fast food outlet. American fast food outlet Steak ‘n Shake has announced it will begin accepting Bitcoin as payment at all locations starting on May 16. The firm said on X on May 9 that it was making the cryptocurrency available to more than 100 million customers, adding that “the movement is just beginning,” before signing off as “Steaktoshi.”  “Our goal is to utilize Bitcoin at all locations, including all international units. Each country will announce its own launch date,” Steak ‘n Shake Chief Operations Officer Dan Edwards told Cointelegraph. Read more

Steak ‘n Shake hinted at Bitcoin support in March, signaling early interest in crypto adoption before making its full-scale move public.