Archive May 2026

Bitcoin fell below 77,000 dollars, triggering a massive wave of liquidations in the crypto market. In one hour, nearly 600 million dollars worth of positions were wiped out, while US spot ETFs recorded significant capital outflows. This brutal correction comes amid high tension in the derivatives markets. Meanwhile, on-chain data shows that some long-term investors continue to accumulate BTC despite the volatility.

The Iranian government has introduced Hormuz Safe, a new maritime insurance platform intended for cargo crossing the Strait of Hormuz. According to several local media outlets, this system would use Bitcoin to validate payments and quickly activate insurance coverage. The announcement quickly circulated on social networks after a report by the Iranian news agency Fars News, which mentions a project supported by Iran’s Ministry of Economy and Finance. As Bitcoin begins to integrate with strategic infrastructures related to global energy trade, are we finally entering the era of PetroBitcoin?

Ethereum is under unusual pressure, and Tom Lee points to a very concrete culprit: oil. For the co-founder of Fundstrat, the crude surge clouds risk appetite, strengthens inflation fears, and directly weighs on ETH.

XRP has remained stuck for several months. However, capital continues to flow into spot ETFs linked to Ripple. In May, these financial products recorded their best inflow of the year despite a market without a clear direction. Behind this apparent stagnation, several indicators show a gradual rise in activity around XRP, including institutional accumulation, increased volumes on derivative products, and acceleration of tokenization on the XRP Ledger.

Michael Saylor is not slowing down. While some expected a pause or even sales, Strategy has just signed one of its biggest Bitcoin purchases of the year. Behind the numbers lies an increasingly ambitious... and increasingly controversial financial mechanism.

Ethereum crypto now attracts treasury strategies of unprecedented scale. In one week, Bitmine Immersion Technologies bought an additional 71,672 ETH, bringing its reserves to more than 5.2 million ETH, or 4.37% of the total circulating supply. Behind this massive accumulation, Tom Lee is not just betting on a market rise. The CEO wants to transform Bitmine into an institutional giant in Ethereum staking, at a time when Wall Street is accelerating its convergence with the crypto industry.

Every scroll, every message, every online interaction generates raw data, the most valuable fuel powering modern artificial intelligence. Big tech companies have built empires worth trillions of dollars on this raw material, without ever compensating those who produce it. Faced with this structural imbalance, projects emerging from the Web3 ecosystem are now attempting to offer an alternative: turning users into paid participants in the AI data economy, rather than passive suppliers taken for granted.

Crypto markets have just undergone a sharp return of risk aversion. In one week, more than one billion dollars have left investment funds linked to bitcoin and ether, as tensions around Iran and rising U.S. inflation shake investors again. Is it a temporary pause or the start of a deeper reversal?