Bitcoin briefly reclaimed the $80,000 psychological level during early Asian trading hours on May 4, the first time since February, amid its quiet upward march in recent weeks. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the top crypto touched an intraday high of $80,529 before slipping back toward $79,621 as of press time. However, what looks like
Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000 on May 4, but the move landed as Asian equities pushed toward records on the AI trade, with Korea and Taiwan leading the advance and Nasdaq 100 futures also pointing higher. The timing creates a portfolio problem for ordinary holders. Bitcoin now reacts differently at different times to the same switch, moving
Bitcoin is having trouble clearing $80,000 because the rally is not being carried by strong spot buying. Right now, prices are barely holding onto $79,000, which may look stable on the screen, but the market under it is thin. The main warning is simple: futures are doing almost all the work. Across the top six
$SOL Strategies is acquiring privacy-focused cross-chain aggregator HoudiniSwap for $18M in cash, notes, and stock as it builds an institutional Solana treasury and routing stack. According to reporting from The Block, $SOL Strategies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HoudiniSwap for $18 million as it continues to build out its Solana-centric infrastructure and services
In brief The price of Bitcoin topped $80,000 overnight for the first time since January. Both Bitcoin and Ethereum have made sizable gains over the last month after a tough start to the year. Strategy didn’t buy any Bitcoin last week ahead of its upcoming earnings report. The price of Bitcoin rose above the $80,000
Rain, a $1.95B-valued stablecoin infrastructure firm, is adding Mastercard support to extend its Visa-based model and plug on-chain settlement into legacy payment systems. Stablecoin payments startup Rain, fresh off a $250 million Series C at a $1.95 billion valuation, has announced a new partnership with Mastercard to issue both credit and prepaid cards and to
R3E Network has released NeoNexus, an open-source web-based platform that allows operators to deploy, monitor, and manage Neo N3 nodes through a browser interface. The tool supports both neo-cli (v3.6.0–v3.9.2) and neo-go (v0.104.0+) nodes, and is aimed at significantly lowering the barrier to running Neo infrastructure. The release is the latest in a rapid string
The Bitcoin ($BTC) Automated Teller Machine (ATM) operators in Canada have signaled resilience in 2026 amid a looming nationwide ban. The number of Bitcoin ATMs in Canada has surged by 176 units year-to-date (YTD), up from 3,732 booths on January 1 to 3,904 outlets as of May 4. As such, $BTC ATMs in Canada have
An investment in 100 shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) at the beginning of 2025 would have delivered modest capital gains by now, as the chipmaker continued benefiting from surging demand tied to artificial intelligence expansion. In this line, an investor who bought 100 NVDA shares at the start of 2025 would have earned just $5
World Liberty Financial ($WLFI), a decentralized finance protocol affiliated with the Trump family, has filed a defamation lawsuit against TRON (TRX) founder Justin Sun. According to the announcement posted on X on May 4, $WLFI is accusing the crypto entrepreneur of organizing “a coordinated media smear campaign” that affects the reputation of the entire sector.