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Polkadot Announces Major Upgrade
https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1920416887584026977
Shardeum (SHM) trading has started on Kucoin, MEXC, BitMart and others
SHM is now trading at ~$0.204
FDV: ~$51M
https://www.kucoin.com/trade/SHM-USDT
Upbit will list Celestia (TIA) and io.net (IO) today
https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=5100
The OCC clarifies national banks can buy and sell crypto assets at customers' direction and outsource custody and execution services to third parties with proper risk management.
https://x.com/cointelegraph/status/1920312835290157336
US Treasury is doing a series of private roundtables next week with members of the crypto industry
Tables will focus on various different areas of the ecosystem like DeFi, banking, cyber etc.
https://x.com/jacqmelinek/status/1920261567527928134
The crypto market is growing
BTC Dominance - 63.74%
Market Cap - $3.08T
BTC - $99,152.06 (+2.63%)
ETH - $1,905.84 (+4.27%)
XRP - $2.19 (+1.95%)
BNB - $611.8 (+1.51%)
SOL - $150.81 (+3.09%)
SUI - $3.59 (+5.88%)
LAYER - $1.35 (-25.91%)
KAITO - $1.44 (+28.1%)
https://dropstab.com
Tether minted another $1B USDT on Tron network
https://whale-alert.io/transaction/tron/38d034cdd47293c27d7bf5ac2f9fc0ba8498aa2b1c86dba7f33d76e9d8fd649f
Obol (OBOL) trading has started on Binance Alpha, Bybit and others
OBOL is now trading at ~$0.29 (~1.16x from the sale price on CoinList: $0.25)
FDV: $148M
https://www.bybit.com/en/trade/spot/OBOL/USDT
Netflix is reportedly planning a movie on the 2022 FTX collapse
Evan Peters may be cast as Sam Bankman-Fried, though negotiations for his role remain uncertain.
https://beincrypto.com/netflix-ftx-collapse-series-adaptation-rumor/
CZ proposes to reduce BSC gas fees
https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1920009176316838135
World Liberty Financial launches a new snapshot vote to airdrop USD1 to all eligible WLFI holders
https://x.com/worldlibertyfi/status/1919890364741066975
The Solana Name Service is launching a new token: SNS
40% of the supply is being dropped to early and new supporters.
https://x.com/sns/status/1919771002919092231
New Hampshire becomes the first U.S. state to pass a strategic BTC reserve into law, authorizing the treasurer to purchase the world’s largest digital asset directly or through an ETP
https://x.com/eleanorterrett/status/1919791266914611476
Coinbase partners with Riot Games across global League of Legends and VALORANT competitions
https://www.coinbase.com/zh-sg/blog/coinbase-partners-with-riot-games-across-global-league-of-legends-and-valorant-competitions
NewLimit, a longevity startup founded by Coinbase's Brian Armstrong, raised $130 million in a Series B round, valuing the company at $810 million
The company aims to extend human life by reprogramming human genes, targeting proteins within cells to hold back aging effects, with a goal of restoring cellular function.
NewLimit has raised a total of $275 million, including $105 million from founders and $40 million in 2023, with investors including Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, and Human Capital.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/brian-armstrong-s-human-life-extension-venture-raises-fresh-cash
📈 Recent Price Predictions by Industry Leaders
→ Overall sentiment: Bullish 📈
• Changpeng Zhao: BTC could reach between $500K–$1M this cycle.
• Eric Trump: Sees exponential BTC growth - a big personal bet.
• Geoffrey Kendrick: BNB could hit $2,775 by 2028.
• Tim Draper: BTC might be worth an “infinite” amount in USD
• Michaël van de Poppe: ETH breakout toward $2,100 in 1–2 weeks.
• Lark Davis: SOL target at $170, watch key resistance at $150–$160.
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Binance is the first platform to support the listing of SXT:
Binance Alpha Trading Opens May 8, 2025, at 12:00 UTC
Binance Spot Trading Opens May 8, 2025, at 13:00 UTC.
Eligible users with at least 150 Alpha Points will receive an airdrop of 512 SXT tokens within 10 minutes after the Alpha listing.
Additionally, a lucky airdrop of 512 SXT tokens will be distributed to users whose Alpha Points are between 66 and 149 (inclusive), and whose Binance UIDs end in 1.
https://x.com/binance/status/1920418539355193537
Binance founder CZ Zhao asked Trump to pardon money laundering conviction
https://cointelegraph.com/news/changpeng-zhao-cz-binance-asked-trump-pardon
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has signed a bill into law allowing the US state to keep unclaimed crypto and establish a “Bitcoin Reserve Fund”
https://cointelegraph.com/news/arizona-governor-signs-bitcoin-reserve-keep-unclaimed-crypto
Bithumb will list PARTI
https://feed.bithumb.com/notice/1648386
💧 Top Solana Memes in Accumulation Phase
👉 Accumulation Phase
EOS becomes A on May 14
Swap 1:1, No Tokenomics changes, No fees.
https://x.com/Vaulta_/status/1920106006862000305
Ethereum Pectra Mainnet Launched
https://x.com/ethcatherders/status/1920043624680808954
Binance Will Extend the Monitoring Tag to Include ALPHA, HIFI, LEVER, MOVE, PORTAL & REI on 2025-05-07
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/514e8ba0fef0462b97a8ce1506dc474d
Tether has created a native deployment of Tether’s USD₮ on the Kaia blockchain
https://tether.io/news/line-next-and-kaia-expand-web3-and-stablecoin-adoption-across-asia-following-the-launch-of-tethers-usdt-on-kaia-blockchain/
Movement Labs has terminated co-founder Rushi Manche, with the project now led by a new team.
Movement unveils Move Industries, a new brand led by two early employees as founders.
https://x.com/movementlabsxyz/status/1919984426903060587
Doodles Launches DOOD Airdrop
https://x.com/doodles/status/1919848698290303181
Bitwise files S-1 with SEC to launch NEAR ETF
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2067111/000121390025040111/ea0240783-s1_bitwise.htm
XOCIETY has announced its collaboration with Adidas, introducing NFTs into the world of XOCIETY: the flagship gaming project on Sui
Date: May 16
Amount: 2,600 NFTs
https://x.com/xocietyofficial/status/1919738990501986354
Ripple has announced plans to “sunset” its quarterly reports and change the way it reports its XRP holdings after previous transparency efforts were used against it by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
https://protos.com/ripple-to-stop-xrp-reports-after-sec-used-transparency-against-it/