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American spot Bitcoin ETFs have just recorded six consecutive weeks of net inflows. This is a first since August 2025. The signal is clear: institutional funds are returning, but the market remains tense around $80,000.

Europe does not want to let the stablecoin become the Trojan horse of the dollar in its digital payments. Christine Lagarde brought this issue back to the center of the debate, warning that the dominance of Tether and Circle could weaken European monetary sovereignty. The ECB does not reject the technology. It mainly refuses to import a model designed elsewhere.

While bitcoin captures the bulk of institutional flows, another asset quietly resurfaces in portfolios. ETFs backed by XRP have just recorded their first positive weekly inflow of May, reigniting speculation around a return of the Ripple token toward 2 dollars. Behind this renewed interest lies a global trend: the gradual return of institutional investors to altcoins through regulated financial products.

While bankers and regulators count their bolts, CZ is quietly preparing talkative machines fueled directly by global automated crypto payments, with Binance transformed into a giant algorithmic financial supermarket.

While Brussels knits regulatory barbed wire, Washington quietly restarts the crypto machine. Behind senator smiles, Coinbase, banks, and lobbyists are already moving their pieces like in a nuclear chess game.

AI enters a new phase of financial excess. The American startup Anthropic is preparing a fundraising that could propel its valuation towards 1,000 billion dollars. A perspective still unimaginable two years ago, but which reflects the explosion of demand around generative artificial intelligence models. Anthropic now wants to directly compete with OpenAI on the financial and technological power front. The company behind Claude plans to raise up to 50 billion dollars this summer. If the operation succeeds, its valuation could approach 900 billion dollars, with the symbolic trillion threshold now in sight.

Bitcoin shows a clear slowdown after several weeks of gains supported by institutional flows. American spot ETFs recorded $268 million of net outflows in one session, while liquidations accelerate in the derivatives markets. This renewed tension comes as investors are already watching another key factor: the future direction of the US Federal Reserve and its potential impact on the crypto market.

Long marginalized, privacy cryptos are regaining investors' attention. In one week, Zcash surged over 70%, driven by rising concerns around artificial intelligence, financial surveillance, and digital data control. Behind this spike, a shift in perception is emerging among investors. In an environment where every transaction can be traced, privacy is becoming a strategic issue for a growing part of the crypto ecosystem.

Tether has just reminded a reality often forgotten: USDT circulates quickly, but it can also be frozen abruptly. In one month, the issuer of the largest stablecoin on the market has frozen more than 514 million dollars on Ethereum and Tron, according to BlockSec data.

After five consecutive sessions of massive inflows, US spot Bitcoin ETFs have just undergone a sharp reversal. While Bitcoin fell back below $80,000 amid high volatility, institutional investors suddenly eased off. Is this a simple market pause or a sign of increased uncertainty?

Bullish projections are multiplying on bitcoin. Supported by flows to US spot ETFs and the return of institutional investors, the market now sees a target of 115,000 dollars before the end of the year. This anticipation is based on several technical and financial signals that fuel traders' optimism. One question now dominates the market: are current data enough to support a new acceleration of bitcoin?

Crypto exchanges are emptying their bitcoins at a pace rarely seen in two years. In less than three months, nearly 100,000 BTC have left Binance, OKX, and Gemini, amounting to over 8 billion dollars withdrawn from the market. While the available supply contracts, long-term investors quietly strengthen their positions. This combination of shrinking reserves and returning demand is beginning to fuel speculation around a possible supply shock on bitcoin.

American crypto is entering a fragile zone. After the GENIUS Act, the advances of the CLARITY Act, and the regulated rise of prediction markets, the 2026 midterms could decide whether this sequence becomes a true regulatory turning point or just a political parenthesis.

Bitmine could soon reduce the pace of its ether purchases. At Consensus 2026 in Miami, Tom Lee indicated that the company is quickly approaching its accumulation goal. This shift also concerns Ethereum, while Strategy plans to sell bitcoins to meet its dividend obligations. Bitmine is now preparing a new phase focused on staking, liquidity, and share buybacks.

While some crypto market undertakers were already preparing the blockchain coffin, Polygon unleashes the "turbo low-latency" mode. Visa now watches the engine heat behind the glass, even though the POL token still limps like an old worn-out cyberpunk taxi after a night under neon lights.

While the crypto market focuses its attention on bitcoin and ETFs, XRP quietly begins to attract technical analysts again. For several months, Ripple's token has been evolving in a historical support zone already observed before its previous rallies. This setup now fuels a bold scenario: a potential surge towards 12 dollars. In a climate dominated by doubt and skepticism, some traders believe the market might be underestimating XRP.

Kraken disrupts the rules of crypto trading. The platform has just launched in Europe a new category of futures contracts called Kraken TradFi Futures, allowing leveraged trading of stock indices, commodities, and forex pairs. An initiative that concretely brings the crypto and traditional finance worlds closer within a single interface. For Kraken Pro users, the experience expands considerably: in addition to the crypto perpetual contracts already available, derivative products modeled on traditional markets are now accessible within a regulated European framework.

Aave is approaching its full recovery after the devastating Kelp DAO attack. The lending protocol has just liquidated the hacker's last positions, unlocking considerable value. But the road to regained trust remains fraught with challenges.

BNY strengthens its pivot towards Bitcoin and Ethereum with an institutional custody project in Abu Dhabi. The signal is clear. Crypto no longer advances only through markets. It also advances through banking channels.

The prop trading sector has just endured one of the most brutal consolidations in its recent history. Between 2023 and 2024, more than 70 platforms shut down or were forced to cease operations under regulatory pressure, among them My Forex Funds, shut down by the CFTC in 2023, and The Funded Trader, liquidated the following year. Against this backdrop of widespread collapse, a handful of players not only survived but accelerated. Forex Capital3 is one of them, and its next bet is both logical and ambitious: integrating blockchain where traditional finance has shown its limits.

Solana regains its place in crypto discussions again. Indeed, on social media, optimism around SOL reaches heights that the market had not seen for several months. However, behind this speculative euphoria, on-chain data paints a much less flattering picture. While investors bet on a possible token rebound, the real network activity continues to slow down. This contrast is beginning to worry analysts specializing in blockchain metrics.

Hut 8 reports a net loss of $253 million in Q1 2026, but its stock jumps by +33% thanks to an AI infrastructure contract. Details here!

For months, Elon Musk publicly attacked Anthropic. Today, however, the billionaire opens the doors of one of the most powerful supercomputers on the market to them. Behind this surprise agreement between SpaceXAI and the company behind Claude lies a reality that has become central in the AI war: dominance no longer depends only on models, but especially on access to GPUs, energy, and infrastructures capable of powering the next generation of artificial intelligences.

Bitget reaches a new milestone on CFDs. The platform claims to have achieved $8 billion in daily volume, compared to $6 billion in March. This acceleration mainly comes from a rekindled hot asset: gold.

The crypto market regains activity, and Shiba Inu benefits from this renewed interest. According to data released by its team, SHIB has just reached a new record number of holders, with a total of 1.585 million wallets, in a context of rising prices and movements towards private wallets. The memecoin thus shows a more visible accumulation phase, while investors reduce their immediate presence on exchange platforms.

While bitcoin quietly sucks in crypto liquidity, altcoins wait like tired extras behind the curtain. Yet, some Binance volumes are discreetly starting to flash dangerously again.

Crypto markets have just delivered a new episode of extreme volatility, with Zcash at the epicenter. In a few hours, the token jumped 30%, triggering tens of millions of dollars in liquidations and massively trapping short sellers. This sharp movement goes beyond a simple technical imbalance. It fits into a context where privacy-focused cryptos are regaining ground and influencing market dynamics again.

Long presented as an unwavering holder of Bitcoin, Strategy Inc. has just reached a historic milestone. Michael Saylor's company now plans to sell part of its BTC strategically, not out of necessity, but to gain a colossal tax advantage.