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The law firm agreed to a settlement in February 2026 and is facing a separate $525 million lawsuit over its role in the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange. Fenwick & West LLP, the principal law firm that advised former cryptocurrency exchange FTX, agreed on Friday to pay $54 million to settle a 2023 class action lawsuit, filed by former customers of the defunct exchange. The plaintiffs allege that Fenwick “facilitated FTX’s fraud” by playing “a key and crucial role in the most important aspects of why and how the FTX fraud was accomplished,” according to the original complaint.  Plaintiffs argue that the Silicon Valley law firm helped the now-bankrupt FTX obscure the misuse of customer funds by creating legal entities, structures and other strategies to hide the commingling of funds, including transfers between the exchange and its trading arm, Alameda Research. Read more

XRP’s recent price action reflects growing indecision, with volatility contracting on higher timeframes while shorter-term charts show repeated reactions from established support and resistance zones. Such compression periods often precede significant directional moves, making the upcoming sessions particularly important for the asset. Ripple Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, XRP remains trapped […]

Bitcoin remains under bearish pressure after failing to sustain momentum above the critical $80K-$82K resistance region. However, recent price action suggests buyers are attempting to defend the important $75K support zone, increasing the probability of a short-term corrective rebound before the broader downtrend resumes. While the market structure still favors sellers, the current positioning near […]

Ethereum’s market sentiment has deteriorated significantly as the blockchain network's native ETH token moves through a medium-term bear phase. Data from blockchain analytics platform Santiment shows that while ETH-related discussions increased in frequency throughout May, the tone of that commentary has shifted toward frustration, disappointment, and concern about deeper downside potential. Analysts at the firm […] The post Ethereum’s selloff tests whether its neutrality-first model can defend ETH’s value amid Foundation ‘brain drain’ appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Joi AI is hiring 10 “masturbation consultants” to test its AI-guided masturbation feature and report how it affects stress, sleep, mood, and confidence.

The disclosure places SpaceX seventh among corporate BTC holders, surpassing sister company Tesla, with a margin of more than 7,000 BTC.

ETH’s bearish chart setup points to a 25% drop toward $1,600, risking over $10 billion in paper losses for BitMine in the coming weeks. Tom Lee’s BitMine faces about $7.3 billion in paper losses on its Ethereum treasury as Ether (ETH) traders weigh worsening sentiment, ETF outflows and a bearish chart setup pointing toward $1,600. Key takeaways: Bitmine's ETH treasury dashboard. Source: DropStab.COM Read more

Ledn forecasts the bitcoin-backed lending market could grow to $1 trillion within a decade as new research highlights strong borrower demand.

The Federal Reserve's April meeting minutes, released Wednesday, failed to bring the good news Bitcoin traders had been hoping for most of the year. The majority of policymakers said some degree of policy tightening would likely become appropriate if inflation stayed persistently above the central bank's 2% target, the opposite of the rate cuts markets […] The post Fed minutes turn Bitcoin’s rate-cut trade into a hike-risk problem appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The non-outflow streak has extended to over three weeks now.

Researchers and builders believe that artificial intelligence may be accelerating the quantum timeline and forcing a broader rethink of how digital security works.

BitMine bought an additional 60,000 ETH worth about $126 million as Ethereum traded near $2,000, extending one of the largest corporate accumulation strategies tied to the second-largest digital asset. The purchase came just as the firm was named to the preliminary list for the Russell 1000 Index, positioning the crypto holder to capture a slice […] The post BitMine’s $126M Ethereum buy sets up a Russell index test tied to $12.2T in assets appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A new report from Keyrock says stablecoins on blockchain rails are becoming the go-to payment layer for AI agents as traditional card rails struggle to handle micropayments.

XRP is not Bitcoin, warned Gemini.

A New York Times investigation found that senior CFTC officials who raised concerns about Polymarket, Crypto.com and Gemini were suspended and pushed out. Senior officials at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) who raised concerns about prediction market companies were suspended, investigated and eventually pushed out of the agency. According to a New York Times investigation published Sunday, the officials had flagged concerns about Polymarket, Crypto.com and a Gemini affiliate, each with alleged business ties to President Donald Trump's family. Career staff worried that Crypto.com was not treating small bettors fairly, that Polymarket lacked adequate fraud protections and that Gemini’s affiliate had not completed the required regulatory review to operate. Despite those concerns, then-acting CFTC chair Caroline Pham and her senior counsel intervened to help the firms get what they wanted, sources told the NYT. By the end of 2025, two officials who had raised questions were placed on administrativ...

Bitcoin price is flying low below $80K, holding a cautious prediction during its recovery, as fresh on-chain data puts a staggering figure. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Half a Trillion Dollars on the Line, Says Glassnode appeared first on Cryptonews.

Prediction market Polymarket eyes Japan entry, Harvard sells off its Ethereum holdings, and other news: Hodler’s Digest

There's a huge contradiction sitting at the center of modern American finance. The same industry regulators tried to isolate from the mainstream financial system has become one of the largest US Treasury buyers on the planet. Tether, the company behind the world's largest stablecoin USDT, closed 2025 with total direct and indirect exposure to US […] The post Tether’s $141 billion Treasury pile reveals the stablecoin risk now embedded in US debt appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The other massive gainers today include NEAR, WLD, MORPHO, and ONDO.

Bloomberg reported on May 22 that bond traders are fully pricing in a Fed interest rate hike by year-end, with interest rate swaps implying the Fed's benchmark rate at least 25 basis points higher by the end of 2026. The same day, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said the Fed should remove its easing bias and […] The post Bitcoin’s Fed cut trade flips as bond market turns into the risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.