Ethereum
Bitmine’s ETH Buying Slows as Tom Lee’s Firm Shifts Capital to Share Buybacks
Bitmine Immersion’s weekly ether purchases hit a 2026 low as the firm redirects capital to share buybacks, while Chairman Tom Lee sees…
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Author: Kean Mattos
Kean Mattos is the BTC-Pulse byline for protocol explainers and market news: Ethereum upgrades and validator rules, token standards, regulation, and price outlooks built on on-chain and market data. Articles under this byline are drafted with AI tools and fact-checked against primary sources by BTC-Pulse editor Simeon before publishing.
Regulation
Grayscale Withdraws Cardano, Polkadot, and Hedera ETF Plans
Grayscale quietly withdrew its ETF registrations for Cardano, Polkadot and Hedera, marking a voluntary pullback that raises questions about the near-term path…
Bitcoin
Live Updates: Bitcoin Steady Above $65,100 as Strategy Reports 1,690 BTC Sale, Senate Punts Crypto Bill
Bitcoin held above $65,100 while Strategy disclosed a 1,690 BTC sale, and the market absorbed the Senate’s failure to pass crypto legislation…
Bitcoin
Hedge Funds Flip Net Long on Bitcoin Futures, Signalling a Rare CME Shift
A rare shift in CME positioning shows leveraged funds turning net long on Bitcoin futures as the formerly lucrative basis trade unwinds,…
Regulation
XRP Left Behind in Crypto Bounce Even as ETFs Keep Attracting Investor Money
XRP slid 5% last week while the broader market and peers like Bitcoin and Solana gained, pressured by slowing ETF inflows and…
Ethereum
Crypto’s Dot-Com Shakeout: Over 100 Projects Fold in 2026, Only Fee-Generating Protocols Survive
More than 100 crypto projects have shut down in 2026 as falling token prices, drained treasuries, and massive hacks force a dot-com-style…
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Investors Pour $853 Million Into Spot ETFs as BlackRock’s IBIT Leads Weekly Inflows
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $853.54 million in net inflows last week, their largest weekly total since mid-April, with BlackRock’s IBIT accounting…
Ethereum
Eightco Holdings Discloses $378M Treasury with Over 16,000 ETH, OpenAI Stake, and WLD Tokens
Eightco Holdings disclosed $378M in total assets including 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD tokens, an indirect OpenAI stake worth $90M, and…
Bitcoin
Controversial Bitcoin Fork BIP-110 Mines Two Blocks, Then Stops
A controversial Bitcoin fork tied to the BIP-110 proposal managed to mine only two blocks before stalling as the main chain raced…
Regulation
Bybit Sues North Korea and Lazarus Group, Secures Preliminary Injunction Freezing Stolen Assets
Bybit has sued North Korea and the Lazarus Group, obtaining a court injunction to freeze assets stolen in the $1.5 billion February…