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Michael Shaulov argued that changing to a post-quantum cryptographic signature scheme is “not a technical challenge” for Bitcoin.

eToro founder Yoni Assia says he is not convinced Bitcoin’s four-year cycle is dead and outlines his strategy for the bear market.

Bitcoin just fell below $80,000 as a hotter-than-expected US inflation print pushed crypto and equities lower. BTC price slipped from the low $81,000 area into $79,706, with the session low marked near $79,557. The break turned $80,000 from a round-number reference into the first tactical line for intraday structure. The move followed the April US […] The post Bitcoin price just lost $80k because US PPI hit 6% matching 2022 levels, stoking inflation fears appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Recent polls have shown that registered voters want America to set the rules for global finance, reinforcing why the Senate must act now, explains Smith.

Metaplanet reported strong sales growth from Bitcoin derivative strategies even as BTC valuation losses hammered net earnings.

UK Reform Party leader Nigel Farage is reportedly facing a probe over an undeclared donation from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne that he received before becoming an MP in 2024. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is reportedly facing a parliamentary standards inquiry over whether he failed to declare a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. The UK Parliamentary Standards Commissioner has opened an inquiry into whether Farage breached House of Commons rules by not registering the payment, the BBC reported Wednesday. Farage said he was under "no obligation" to declare the gift from the Reform party backer, which he received before he was elected to the Commons in 2024. Critics argue he should have registered the payment after becoming a member of parliament. Read more

Ethereum is trading around  $2.3k and is still anchored below the $2.4k resistance zone that has capped this entire consolidation over the past months. The ascending channel from February’s lows remains structurally intact, and the conditions for a breakout seem favorable. The derivatives positioning has also changed dramatically recently, as traders are now placing their […]

Tokens on Solana that claim to track the private-market valuations of Anthropic and OpenAI dropped sharply this week after both AI companies warned that the structures used to back the tokens may be invalid.

XRP is consolidating above the $1.4 support. Can it test $1.6 next? Ripple (XRP) Price Predictions: Analysis Key support levels: $1.4 Key resistance levels: $1.6, $2 Key Resistance About to be Tested? After a successful defense of the $1.4 support, XRP appears ready to test the key $1.6 resistance. This comes after the price managed […]

Bittensor (TAO), down 2.7% from Tuesday, joined Sui (SUI) as an underperformer.

U.S. PPI surged well above forecasts in April, reviving concerns that rising oil prices and Iran-related supply risks may feed another inflation wave.

Metaplanet posted strong Q1 operating income driven by Bitcoin options revenue, but swung to a $728 million loss as BTC price declines triggered valuation markdowns. Tokyo-listed Metaplanet reported first-quarter operating income Wednesday of 2.27 billion Japanese yen (roughly $14.38 million) on net sales of about $19.5 million, implying an operating margin of 73.6% as surging Bitcoin option income more than tripled revenue from a year earlier, according to the company’s Q1 fiscal year 2026 earnings release. The strong operating performance contrasted with an ordinary loss of around $728 million, driven mainly by non-cash valuation losses as Bitcoin's price declined during the period, and the company marked its expanding Bitcoin (BTC) holdings lower. The price of Bitcoin fell around 24% during the quarter, from around $87,000 on Jan. 1 to roughly $66,000 on March 31, according to data from Coingecko. Read more

The price remains in a flat channel. When will it break away? PI Network (PI) Price Predictions: Analysis Key support levels: $0.16 Key resistance levels: $0.20, $0.28 PI Remains Stuck in a Channel With momentum lacking, the PI price has been moving sideways above 17 cents in the past week. Buyers attempted to test the […]

Coinbase SOL Collateral: What 70% LTV Means for Solana The post Solana News: Coinbase Just Added Solana as Loan Collateral Alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum: Is SOL Finally Getting Its Moment? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Strategy’s potential 3,127 BTC buy this week, alongside falling stablecoin dominance, suggests more capital may enter the Bitcoin market. Bitcoin (BTC) may reach $100,000 by June as Strategy’s renewed buying power and falling stablecoin dominance suggest liquidity is returning to crypto. Key takeaways: Strategy’s preferred stock, Stretch (STRC), has reclaimed its critical $100 par value, restoring one of the company’s funding mechanisms for Bitcoin purchases, data from STRC.LIVE shows. Read more

The ratio has climbed above its 200-day moving average for the first time meaningfully since September 2020, a move that has historically preceded major bitcoin rallies.

Starknet launched strkBTC on May 12, locking BTC on Bitcoin's base layer to back an ERC-20 token that brings shielded balances into a smart contract environment at scale. The token runs in the public mode, where it behaves like any other wrapped Bitcoin asset, and shielded mode, where users can hide selected balances and transfers […] The post Bitcoin holders can now hide more of their activity, but only by trusting new middlemen appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Coinbase-backed x402 adds batch settlement, letting AI agents authorize many small payments offchain before settling them later onchain. Coinbase-backed x402 has added batch settlement, a feature designed to reduce the cost of high-frequency AI agent payments by allowing many small transactions to settle later in bulk. Base creator Jesse Pollak said Wednesday that x402 now supports batched settlement, enabling very small payments below $0.0001 for on-demand resources such as compute and inference. The feature lets buyers deposit ERC-20 funds into onchain escrow and sign offchain vouchers for each paid request. Sellers can verify those vouchers quickly, serve the request and later redeem many payments together in batched onchain transactions, according to x402’s documentation. Read more

Your day-ahead look for May 13, 2026

Arkham’s new map links OFAC‑sanctioned Tron wallets to Iran’s central bank, putting Tehran’s alleged onchain reserves and counterparties in full public view. Blockchain analytics platform Arkham has published what it says is a public, onchain map of crypto wallets attributed to Iran’s central bank, making a pair of US-sanctioned Tron addresses publicly searchable for investigators and the wider public. The move could increase scrutiny of how Iranian-linked entities use stablecoins and blockchain networks to move funds outside traditional banking rails, as US authorities intensify sanctions enforcement tied to terrorism financing and oil revenues. Arkham’s May 11 research post groups the wallets into a Central Bank of Iran entity page and explorer, which the firm says can be used as a starting point to trace connected addresses and flows. Read more