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The IBIT Bitcoin ETF has recorded a little more than $6.2 billion in inflows as of May 29, Farside Investor data shows. 

Hester Peirce, the SEC commissioner who leads its crypto task force, argued for lighter-touch oversight in which crypto investors take responsibility for their losses.

Elon Musk stated on May 28 that xAI had not signed an agreement with Telegram to distribute the Grok large language model, despite Telegram founder Pavel Duvov’s announcement earlier on the same day. Durov wrote that he and Musk “agreed to a one-year partnership” that would place Grok inside all Telegram applications and give the […] The post Musk says no deal signed with Telegram despite Grok integration announcement appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Stand With Crypto announced rapper Soulja Boy would headline a "get out the vote" rally for New Jersey's gubernatorial race on Wednesday, but removed him.

NFT marketplace OpenSea has fully launched "OS2" with fungible token trading and user rewards, ahead of the expected SEA token launch.

Signs of a possible market rebound have emerged even as broader investor activity remains subdued and cautious.

The Bank of Russia said "financial institutions may offer qualified investors financial derivatives, securities, and digital financial assets whose yields are linked to cryptocurrency prices."

The Russian crypto couple kidnapped in Buenos Aires has been freed after a $43,000 Bitcoin ransom transferred by a third Russian. Police have said the Chechen suspects have flown to the UAE; Interpol notices have been issued as part of a wider probe into rising crypto-linked abductions. The post Russian Crypto Couple Rescued After $43,000 Bitcoin Kidnapping – Suspects Flee to UAE as Interpol Issues Red Notice appeared first on Cryptonews.

Donut, a new crypto-native browser purpose-built for autonomous agents, announced on May 29 that it has secured $7 million in pre-seed funding to reimagine how users and AI interact with the decentralized web. The round was led by Hongshan (formerly Sequoia China), BITKRAFT Ventures, and HackVC, with additional backing from Sky9 Ventures, Matrix Partners, Makers […] The post Donut raises $7 million to build AI-driven crypto browser appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bybit has obtained Austria’s MiCAR licence, granting passport rights to provide compliant crypto-asset services across all 29 EEA countries—an addressable market of up to 500 million users. It has chosen Vienna for its European headquarters and plans to recruit more than 100 specialists. The post Bybit Secures Austria’s MiCA License, Unlocking Access to 29 EU States appeared first on Cryptonews.

With crypto kidnappings on the rise and a Solana co-founder being doxxed, many in the industry are questioning if KYC is worth the risk.

The firm takes a data-driven approach to figuring out the best ways for crypto projects to issue their native tokens.

The video game retailer on Wednesday morning announced the acquisition of 4,710 bitcoin.

During a speech at Bitcoin 2025, biohacker Bryan Johnson argued that sleep is the most important tool a Bitcoin investor can have.

OpenSea has still not set a date for the token release.

According to an investor note, Pantera is backing several Nasdaq-listed firms holding BTC, SOL and ETH.

The R1-0528 model features enhanced reasoning capabilities, with DeepSeek asserting it’s closing the gap with OpenAI’s and Google’s latest models. DeepSeek, a China-based artificial intelligence company, has announced an upgrade to its AI chatbot, saying it can now offer enhanced overall logic, mathematics and programming with a reduced hallucination rate. According to DeepSeek, the upgraded model — DeepSeek-R1-0528 — has “significantly improved its depth of reasoning and inference capabilities.” The startup said the model’s overall performance is now “approaching that of leading models, such as O3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro.” DeepSeek’s debut of its R1 chatbot in January sent shockwaves through the AI industry and further established China as an AI force. The company’s first AI model had a training cost of $6 million and similar performance to leading AI models trained on significantly larger sums of capital. Read more

Backed by lawmakers from both parties, the bill proposes rules to govern digital assets and define agency roles in enforcement and oversight. US Representative French Hill has announced the introduction of the much-awaited market structure bill for digital assets. The “Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025” or “CLARITY Act of 2025” comes with support from lawmakers across both sides of the aisle, including three Democratic co-sponsors. The bill covers the roles of both the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on digital assets oversight, seeking to resolve longstanding questions about which agency oversees which types of digital assets. “I am proud to introduce the bipartisan CLARITY Act with my colleagues,” Hill said in a May 29 statement. “Our bill brings long-overdue clarity to the digital asset ecosystem, prioritizes consumer protection and American innovation, and builds off our work in the 118th Congress.” Read more

Nigel Farage has detailed a Reform UK bill that would cut crypto capital gains tax to 10%, launch a two-year regulatory sandbox and outlaw discrimination against digital-asset payments. He plans to present the proposal at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas, pitching Britain as a future crypto powerhouse. The post Nigel Farage to Pitch UK as ‘Crypto Powerhouse’ at Bitcoin 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Strong demand from US-based investors sends Bitcoin’s Coinbase premium on a 20-day streak, and chart technicals hint at a rally to $118,000. Key takeaways: A 20-day Bitcoin Coinbase Premium streak signals strong institutional investor and retail investor interest. Falling BTC inflows from short- and long-term holders reduce downside risk. Read more