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  • Cango produced over $100M of Bitcoin in two months after mining pivot
    Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Jun 03, 2025
    Cango mined 954.5 BTC worth more than $100 million in April and May, following its full pivot to Bitcoin mining and sale of its legacy operations. Bitcoin mining company Cango produced nearly $100.5 million worth of Bitcoin in the two months following its full pivot to crypto mining, the company announced on June 3. Cango mined 954.5 Bitcoin (BTC) after going all-in on mining. Of the total haul, 470 BTC were mined in April and 484.5 BTC in May. This follows Cango agreeing to sell its legacy China operations to an entity associated with Bitmain in a bid to focus solely on Bitcoin mining in early April. Read more
  • Michael Saylor vs. David Bailey: Different paths toward institutional Bitcoin adoption
    Cointelegraph.com - 14:45 Jun 03, 2025
    Saylor and Bailey are changing Bitcoin’s role in finance, driving corporate adoption and long-term treasury strategies. What started in 2020 as a bold move to put some spare cash into Bitcoin has, five years later, turned MicroStrategy (now rebranded as Strategy) into one of the largest holders of BTC on the planet.  As of late May 2025, the company holds 580,250 Bitcoin (BTC) (about 2.7% of the total supply). Just in May, Strategy picked up another 4,020 BTC for around $427 million, funded the way Michael Saylor likes it: through more preferred stock. Read more
  • US risks being ‘front run’ on Bitcoin reserve by other nations: Samson Mow
    Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Jun 03, 2025
    Samson Mow says that rapid nation state adoption and the race by corporations to acquire Bitcoin has not been priced in and $1M is inevitable. JAN3 founder and uber Bitcoin maxi Samson Mow finds it absurd the US government is yet to start accumulating Bitcoin for its strategic reserve after giving the rest of the world the blueprint. It would be incredibly ironic and unfortunate that the US, which took bold steps, and the Trump administration, which took bold steps to push this forward, gets front-run by other nation states that are inspired by their actions, the Chinese-Canadian Bitcoin entrepreneur tells Magazine. Its been three months since Trump signed the executive order, and Mow says the US has to start acquiring Bitcoin this year. The risk is that the US is front-run by Pakistan, and they were on stage at Las Vegas saying, ‘well, you inspired us to start,’ the 13-year Bitcoiner explains. Read more
  • MARA increases Bitcoin production by 35% amid new hashrate highs
    Cointelegraph.com - 14:20 Jun 03, 2025
    With the latest mining production in May, Mara has increased its Bitcoin holdings to 49,179 BTC and has sold zero BTC, according to Chief Financial Officer Salman Khan. Mara Holdings, one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies in the United States, significantly increased BTC production in May despite growing mining difficulty and rising hashrate. Mara produced 950 Bitcoin (BTC) in the month of May, recording a 35% increase month-over-month (MoM), the company reported in its unaudited BTC production update published June 3. The mining company also posted a record high 282 blocks earned last month, a 38% increase MoM. Read more
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • How to Use ChatGPT to analyze crypto market movements
    Cointelegraph.com - 14:05 Jun 03, 2025
    Use ChatGPT to summarize market news, interpret on-chain data, compare token metrics, and spot sentiment shifts using structured prompts. ChatGPT can simplify and accelerate crypto analysis by interpreting market data, summarizing sentiment and generating strategy templates. Real traders use ChatGPT for bot development, technical interpretation and backtest simulation, showing practical applications beyond theory. Its strength lies in augmenting, not replacing, human trading decisions, especially when paired with tools like TradingView and LunarCrush. Read more
  • Crypto VC deals hit 2025 low despite $909M raised in May
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:59 Jun 03, 2025
    Analysts point to a combination of crypto and macro-specific factors, paired with the “seasonal patterns” of summer illiquidity as the main reasons for slowing investor appetite. Cryptocurrency investment deals fell to their lowest point of 2025, as analysts cited a mix of market-specific and macroeconomic factors behind weakening venture capital (VC) activity. Only 62 rounds were completed in May, a monthly low last seen in January 2021, according to data from crypto analytics platform RootData. Despite the drop, the 62 investment rounds still raised more than $909 million, making it the second-best month of the year by value, trailing only March’s $2.89 billion across 78 rounds Read more
  • Is it a bull or bear market? How to tell the difference
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:48 Jun 03, 2025
    Identify a bull or bear market by watching price trends, trading volumes, investor sentiment, economic signals and whether optimism or fear drives the action. Not sure if you’re in a bull or bear market? This guide breaks down how to spot the difference using price action, volume, sentiment and onchain data. Learn how to recognize market cycles, what signals to watch for and how to adjust your strategy for each phase so you can trade smarter. Crypto markets can feel like emotional rollercoasters, prices soaring one month, then crashing the next. You're not alone if you’ve ever wondered whether you are in a bull or a bear market. In the simplest terms: Read more
  • Crocodilus malware goes global with new crypto, banking heist features
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:07 Jun 03, 2025
    The Crocodilus banking trojan is expanding globally with new campaigns targeting crypto wallets and banking apps, now reaching Europe and South America. Android banking trojan Crocodilus has launched new campaigns targeting crypto users and banking customers across Europe and South America. First detected in March 2025, early Crocodilus samples were largely limited to Turkey, where the malware posed as online casino apps or spoofed bank apps to steal login credentials. Recent campaigns show it now hitting targets in Poland, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, India and the US, according to findings from ThreatFabric’s Mobile Threat Intelligence (MTI) team. Read more
  • Tether moves $3.9B in Bitcoin to Twenty One Capital
    Cointelegraph.com - 13:04 Jun 03, 2025
    Tether and Bitfinex moved $3.9 billion in Bitcoin to Jack Mallers’ Twenty One Capital, now the third-largest corporate BTC holder after Strategy and MARA. Tether has moved a combined 37,229.69 Bitcoin, worth about $3.9 billion, to addresses linked to the new Bitcoin-native financial platform, Twenty One Capital, led by Strike CEO Jack Mallers. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino posted two transfers totaling 11,417 BTC ($1.2 billion) according to a June 3 X post. In one transaction, the stablecoin issuer transferred 10,500 Bitcoin (BTC) (about $1.1 billion) to an address linked to SoftBank’s investment option in Twenty One. The executive said it was part of the pre-funding of SoftBank’s investment in the Bitcoin platform. Read more
  • Coinbase data scandal sparks calls to scrap KYC
    Cointelegraph.com - 12:01 Jun 03, 2025
    A Coinbase insider scandal exposed 70,000 users’ personal data, triggering debates on rethinking crypto’s KYC systems. Coinbase’s recent data breach is prompting renewed calls to remove Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements in licensed cryptocurrency exchanges. Illicit actors bribed the exchange’s overseas customer service agents in December 2024 to gain access to the personal information of 70,000 users. In May, Coinbase admitted that hackers had obtained data such as government-issued ID photos and home addresses. “All this security theater needs to be abolished asap. Time and again it only benefits hackers and extortionists,” said pseudonymous developer Banteg on X. “KYC actually enables crime.” Read more
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  • Bitcoin traders predict ‘larger correction’ as BTC price eyes sub-$100K liquidity
    Cointelegraph.com - 10:59 Jun 03, 2025
    Bitcoin hovers around $105,000, but bulls struggle with upside momentum as $100,000 comes into the picture. Key takeaways: Bitcoin price consolidates around $105,000 as liquidity builds up on either side of the spot price. After failing to flip $106,000, BTC/USD is retracing to establish support, but $100,000 is a key level of interest for Bitcoin traders. Read more
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • James Wynn’s second $100M Bitcoin bet: ‘They are hunting me’
    Cointelegraph.com - 10:56 Jun 03, 2025
    Wynn has asked the crypto community for donations to help him fight the “market-making cabal” that he says is hunting for his liquidation. Multimillionaire cryptocurrency trader James Wynn has opened a second leveraged Bitcoin position for nearly $100 million, just days after being liquidated from a similar trade. According to blockchain data aggregator Hypurrscan, the position is set to be liquidated if Bitcoin (BTC) falls below $103,630 and is currently showing an unrealized loss of over $592,000. The trade comes less than a week after Wynn’s previous $100 million position was liquidated on May 30, when BTC briefly dipped below a 10-day low of $105,000. Read more
  • Bitcoin miners sued over cryptography patents in US court case
    Cointelegraph.com - 10:36 Jun 03, 2025
    After buying 32,000 BlackBerry patents, Malikie Innovations sued Bitcoin miners Marathon Digital and Core Scientific over alleged use of its intellectual property. Malikie Innovations, a firm that acquired tens of thousands of patents from BlackBerry in 2023, has sued major Bitcoin mining firms Marathon Digital and Core Scientific for using the Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) employed by the Bitcoin blockchain, which it claims to own. The cases against Marathon Digital Holdings and Core Scientific follow Malikie Innovations’ acquisition of 32,000 “non-core” patents from the communications company and former phone maker, BlackBerry, in 2023. “This case centers on ground-breaking innovations in elliptic curve cryptography […] that years later were recognized and selected by the designers of Bitcoin,” the filings state. Read more
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Texas Representative Gill under fire over late $500K Bitcoin disclosures
    Cointelegraph.com - 09:35 Jun 03, 2025
    Texas Representative Brandon Gill faces scrutiny after filing late disclosures for $500,000 in Bitcoin trades, as questions over timing and STOCK Act violations arise. Texas Republican Representative Brandon Gill is facing scrutiny after filing late disclosures for up to $500,000 in Bitcoin purchases, potentially violating federal law. Gill, a first-term House member known for his bill proposing President Donald Trump’s face on the $100 bill, has reported two Bitcoin (BTC) purchases, each valued between $100,001 and $250,000, made on Jan. 29 and Feb. 27. Both trades were disclosed weeks past the 45-day deadline required by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, a law aimed at curbing insider trading and financial conflicts among lawmakers, as first reported by OpenSecrets. Read more
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Blockchain Group adds $68M in Bitcoin to corporate treasury
    Cointelegraph.com - 09:11 Jun 03, 2025
    Paris-based Blockchain Group acquired $68 million in Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 1,471 BTC amid rising institutional interest in crypto treasury strategies. Paris-based cryptocurrency firm Blockchain Group has acquired $68 million of Bitcoin, joining a growing wave of European institutions adding BTC to their balance sheets. The Blockchain Group, which claims to be Europe’s first Bitcoin treasury firm, has acquired 624 Bitcoin (BTC) for 60.2 million euros ($68.7 million). The latest acquisition brings the firm’s total holdings to 1,471 Bitcoin, or over $154 million, with a BTC yield of 1,097.6% YTD, the Blockchain Group announced in a June 3 X post.  Read more
  • Dubai regulator greenlights Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin
    Cointelegraph.com - 08:55 Jun 03, 2025
    Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin will support the Dubai Land Department’s blockchain initiative to tokenize real estate title deeds on the XRP Ledger. The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the financial regulator in charge of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has approved Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin.  Following the approval, DIFC companies can now use the RLUSD stablecoin for various virtual asset services. These may include payments, treasury management and services. The DIFC is a free economic zone and financial district that serves companies throughout the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The financial zone had nearly 7,000 registered businesses by the end of 2024. Read more
  • FCA-registered BCP launches British pound stablecoin
    Cointelegraph.com - 08:20 Jun 03, 2025
    BCP Technologies CEO says its new pound-backed stablecoin tGBP might be considered a “live proof-of-concept for future FCA stablecoin regulation.” BCP Technologies, a United Kingdom-registered cryptocurrency firm, has launched a new British pound-backed stablecoin. The company revealed the rollout of its Tokenised GBP (tGBP) stablecoin in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on June 3. TGBP is now live on BCP Technologies-operated crypto trading platform, BCP Markets, and is available to customers who pass Know Your Customer checks, with major exchanges expected to list tGBP in the coming weeks. Read more
    Tags: British
  • Gold fractal boosts Ether price potential to hit $6K
    Cointelegraph.com - 08:00 Jun 03, 2025
    Fading Solana hype and rising institutional inflows are boosting Ether's fundamental strength. Key takeaways: A gold-like five-point breakout structure is making a strong case for an Ether price boom. Ether is also repeating its 2016–2017 fractal and could rally to $5,000–$6,000 if the pattern holds. Read more
    Tags: Ether
  • Revolut eyes crypto derivatives push, job listing suggests
    Cointelegraph.com - 07:40 Jun 03, 2025
    Revolut’s new job listing reveals plans to build a crypto derivatives business from scratch, leveraging its 50 million-strong global customer base. Update (June 3, 2025, 11:45 am UTC): This article has been updated to include comments from Revolut. Fintech giant Revolut appears to be gearing up for a move into the crypto derivatives market as a new job posting hints at plans to build the business from scratch. A recent listing for a “General Manager (Crypto Derivatives)” role shows that Revolut is actively recruiting in London, Barcelona and Dubai. The position would oversee the end-to-end launch of the derivatives platform, from product architecture and trading infrastructure to regulatory compliance and commercial strategy. Read more
    Tags: Revolut
  • ConSensys says Web3Auth acquisition to ‘greatly improve’ MetaMask UX
    Cointelegraph.com - 06:39 Jun 03, 2025
    ConSensys has acquired Web3Auth, which it says will help it improve the user experience for its popular MetaMask crypto wallet. ConSensys has acquired the crypto wallet infrastructure provider Web3Auth, which it says will bolster the user experience for its popular crypto wallet offering MetaMask. ConSensys said in a June 2 blog post that the acquisition, which it did not share further details on, “will greatly improve MetaMask user experience by addressing one of the biggest risks in self-custody today: seed phrase management.” It claimed that 35% of crypto wallet users are at risk of losing their funds as they do not keep a backup of their seed phrase — a string of up to 24 words that allows full access and control of a wallet. Read more

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