Cryptocurrency 23 April 2026 - 16 May 2026

TON Strategy Shares Flat as Toncoin’s Gram Catches Traders Off Guard
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TON Strategy Shares Flat as Toncoin’s Gram Catches Traders Off Guard

TON Strategy Company fell 1.4% to $4.17 on the Nasdaq late Tuesday morning, missing out on a big move higher in Toncoin. Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced the TON token will be renamed Gram. Shares ranged from $4.17 to $4.44, with volume at about 123,500 just after 11 a.m. EDT. Durov said “TON’s native currency is becoming Gram,” according to The Defiant. The token swap will take about three weeks and bring back the Gram name from TON’s first Telegram-linked white paper, The Defiant said.
June 2, 2026
Bitcoin drop knocks out $500 million in bullish crypto bets as inflation fears weigh on markets
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Bitcoin drop knocks out $500 million in bullish crypto bets as inflation fears weigh on markets

Bitcoin dropped close to $78,000 in Asian hours Saturday, wiping out more than $500 million for traders long on crypto as inflation fears and a bond selloff hit the sector. Data from CoinGlass referenced by CoinDesk pointed to $581 million in crypto liquidations over the day. Most, or $552 million, came from long positions—leveraged trades that rely on prices going up. Crypto lost ground after a brief rally that had been fueled by bets on better U.S. regulation. That ran out of steam as traders went back to watching rising U.S. yields, stronger oil, and signs the Fed could keep policy tight or even hike again this year.
May 16, 2026
Bitcoin ATM Ban Wave Hits Spokane Valley After Scam Losses, Minnesota Crackdown Widens
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Bitcoin ATM Ban Wave Hits Spokane Valley After Scam Losses, Minnesota Crackdown Widens

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash., May 12, 2026, 01:20 PDT Spokane Valley’s city council voted unanimously to ban virtual currency kiosks, adding the city to a rising tally of municipalities cracking down on crypto ATMs in retail spaces. The move follows police reports linking the machines to fraud, major financial losses, and one investigation that led to a suicide.
May 12, 2026
Binance Says AI Blocked $10.5 Billion in Crypto Fraud as Scams Go Industrial
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Binance Says AI Blocked $10.5 Billion in Crypto Fraud as Scams Go Industrial

Binance says its AI-driven security tools stopped $10.53 billion in attempted crypto fraud over the past 15 months, underscoring how both exchanges and fraudsters are ramping up their tech. According to the company, it caught 22.9 million scam and phishing incidents just in the first quarter. Phishing—meaning bogus messages or sites aimed at stealing passwords or money—remains a major tactic. It’s not just about how big the number is. Crypto fraud has evolved—moving beyond giveaway scams and spammy links, now leveraging deepfake videos, synthetic voices, bogus help desks, and bots capable of generating malware or baiting targets via chat.
May 11, 2026
Bitcoin Holds $82,000 Line as Iran Tensions and Crypto Bill Put Rally to the Test
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Bitcoin Holds $82,000 Line as Iran Tensions and Crypto Bill Put Rally to the Test

Bitcoin hovered just above $82,000 on Monday, giving up some ground after the weekend’s rebound faded. Traders kept an eye on fresh U.S.-Iran tensions while also digesting talk that Washington may inch toward a crypto market framework this week. Recently, bitcoin traded at $82,034, up 0.7% for the day, following an intraday high of $82,394. Bitcoin is once more brushing up against a tricky technical and policy threshold. The cryptocurrency pushed up toward its 200-day moving average—sitting around $82,000, a key level for chart watchers, according to TradingView—but after two unsuccessful tries, it retreated again.
May 11, 2026
Ripple XRP ETFs Hit $1.32B in Inflows — Why the Token Still Hasn’t Caught Up
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Ripple XRP ETFs Hit $1.32B in Inflows — Why the Token Still Hasn’t Caught Up

Spot XRP ETFs in the U.S. pulled in $6.04 million in net inflows on May 8, pushing total net inflows to $1.325 billion as investors continued to pile into regulated XRP products. Canary Capital’s XRPC was the sole fund to notch a net inflow during the session, bringing its historical total up to $438 million, according to ChainCatcher’s report on Bitget, citing SoSoValue data. Timing is key here. The most recent move comes right after a three-day inflow streak in May, totaling roughly $28.1 million from May 4 to May 6—sustaining interest in the XRP ETF trade, even as the token lost steam after earlier advances. Since launching in November 2025, the funds have posted positive weekly flows in about
May 10, 2026
Bitcoin Price Holds $80,000 As Tom Lee Says Rare Signal Points To Crypto Bull Market
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Bitcoin Price Holds $80,000 As Tom Lee Says Rare Signal Points To Crypto Bull Market

Bitcoin popped back above $80,000, throwing a spotlight on Fundstrat’s Tom Lee and his fresh bull-market forecast Thursday. Lee, speaking to MarketWatch, pointed to “technical action” in the charts and described the move as a recovery phase—not just another bear bounce. “The institutional buyers are coming in,” Lee said. Over at Bollinger Capital Management, founder John Bollinger noted his bitcoin trend model had flipped positive. The timing is key: fresh cash is flowing back into U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs, as the cryptocurrency hangs around a price closely tracked by both retail and institutional players. Those spot bitcoin ETFs — which hold the actual tokens for investors — took in roughly $1.68 billion between May 1 and May 6. Data from
May 7, 2026
Coinbase Has a Wall Street Problem: Morgan Stanley’s E*Trade Crypto Fees Turn Up the Heat
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Coinbase Has a Wall Street Problem: Morgan Stanley’s E*Trade Crypto Fees Turn Up the Heat

Morgan Stanley is rolling out crypto trading on ETrade, slashing prices and putting Coinbase Global under new pricing strain. The Wall Street bank is charging 50 basis points per crypto trade, Bloomberg reported, and intends to extend access to all 8.6 million ETrade clients before the year’s out. Coinbase, the biggest U.S. crypto exchange, is now facing direct competition from a firm with a massive brokerage customer base. The shift is happening: crypto is edging into standard brokerage accounts, alongside stocks, ETFs, and cash. Morgan Stanley last year announced plans for E*Trade clients to trade bitcoin, ether, and solana via Zerohash, its digital-asset backbone. Coinbase, meanwhile, will release its first-quarter numbers after Thursday’s close.
May 7, 2026
Binance Online May 13 Agenda Revealed: CZ, BlackRock COO And Crypto Leaders Join Global Livestream
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Binance Online May 13 Agenda Revealed: CZ, BlackRock COO And Crypto Leaders Join Global Livestream

On May 13, Binance plans to host a “Binance Online” event lasting more than four hours, lining up founder Changpeng Zhao, co-CEOs Yi He and Richard Teng, BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and Solana Foundation President Lily Liu for the same public schedule. The event kicks off at 11:00 UTC on Binance Square, which is the company’s own content and social hub. The timing is key here: Binance is pushing to shift its narrative toward institutions, AI, and tokenization—moving beyond just retail crypto trading. Tokenization refers to putting ownership or claims on assets, like securities or funds, onto a blockchain.
May 7, 2026
Kraken MoneyGram Partnership Opens Crypto-to-Cash Withdrawals in 100+ Countries as IPO Push Builds
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Kraken MoneyGram Partnership Opens Crypto-to-Cash Withdrawals in 100+ Countries as IPO Push Builds

Kraken landed a global deal with MoneyGram, opening up a way for its users to swap crypto for cash using MoneyGram’s pickup locations—spanning more than 100 countries and offering the exchange a concrete cash-out option. This deal’s got weight: crypto companies keep hunting for ways to make digital assets actually useful beyond just trading. All this, as banks and crypto players in the U.S. are locked in a Washington battle over stablecoin rewards—specifically, how much the CLARITY Act should let them offer. That bill aims to lay down clearer digital asset rules for the market.
May 7, 2026
XRP Price Holds $1.42 as Ripple-JPMorgan Treasury Pilot Puts $1.50 in Play
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XRP Price Holds $1.42 as Ripple-JPMorgan Treasury Pilot Puts $1.50 in Play

XRP hovered just above $1.42 on Wednesday, with traders eyeing both the chance of a 2025-style breakout and new institutional activity involving the XRP Ledger. The token ticked up 0.44% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap, landing at a market cap close to $87.91 billion and daily trading volumes around $3.02 billion. XRP's been stuck in a tight range for weeks. According to TradingView’s market summary, resistance sits between $1.42 and $1.45, a zone where sellers keep surfacing. Support—where demand has held up—is clustered near $1.35.
May 6, 2026
Cathie Wood’s $1.5 Million Bitcoin Call Is Back as ARK Sees $28 Trillion Crypto Market by 2030
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Cathie Wood’s $1.5 Million Bitcoin Call Is Back as ARK Sees $28 Trillion Crypto Market by 2030

ARK Invest, headed by Cathie Wood, is sticking to its bullish bitcoin outlook—this time projecting that the digital asset could push the entire crypto market up to $28 trillion by 2030. The call comes as institutional interest circles back to crypto trades. Timing matters here. Bitcoin is trading over $80,000 again after its recent slide, and U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs just pulled in $467.35 million in fresh inflows Tuesday, according to FXStreet, which cited SoSoValue.
May 6, 2026
Bitcoin Breaks $80,000 as CLARITY Act Deal Turns Washington Into Crypto’s Next Test
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Bitcoin Breaks $80,000 as CLARITY Act Deal Turns Washington Into Crypto’s Next Test

Bitcoin stayed north of $81,000 on Tuesday, riding momentum from renewed optimism over U.S. crypto legislation and evidence that demand was steady around the $80,000 mark. The coin was last seen at $81,304, not far from its session peak of $81,656. $80,000 wasn’t just a psychological milestone—there was more to it. Bitcoin climbed as high as $80,594 on Monday, a 2.1% gain and the highest since Jan. 31, Bloomberg reported. Ether and Solana managed smaller advances.
May 5, 2026
Coinbase Layoffs: 700 Jobs Cut as Brian Armstrong Bets on AI in Crypto Slowdown
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Coinbase Layoffs: 700 Jobs Cut as Brian Armstrong Bets on AI in Crypto Slowdown

Coinbase Global announced Tuesday it’s cutting around 700 positions—about 14% of its workforce—as part of a restructuring drive aimed at slashing costs and repositioning the crypto exchange for the artificial intelligence era. AI software, the company noted, can handle tasks, write code, and assist with decisions that previously required more people. Coinbase expects to wrap up most of the plan by the second quarter, with estimated charges between $50 million and $60 million, mostly related to severance and termination benefits, according to a filing. The timing isn’t great for crypto exchanges: when customer trading drops, so does revenue. “April trading activity across digital asset exchanges has slowed,” Jefferies analyst Daniel T. Fannon wrote in a note quoted by Reuters. That
May 5, 2026
XRP ETF Hype Meets a Reality Check as Inflows Break Near $1.40
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XRP ETF Hype Meets a Reality Check as Inflows Break Near $1.40

Spot XRP ETFs in the U.S. saw a modest outflow for the week ending May 1, snapping a three-week streak of inflows and putting the latest bullish XRP story to the test. The funds lost around $35,210, reversing part of the $82.88 million that flowed in over the previous three weeks, according to SoSoValue data reported by BeInCrypto. German finance sites, meanwhile, circulated new adoption and price narratives for the token. This shift is significant: ETFs now serve as XRP’s primary entry point into standard brokerage platforms. A spot ETF like Franklin’s tracks the actual token, offering investors listed shares tied to XRP’s price—no crypto wallets or private keys required. In its filing, Franklin calls the XRP ETF a passive
May 5, 2026
Ripple Sets 2028 Quantum-Ready Plan for XRP Ledger After Google’s Crypto Warning
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Ripple Sets 2028 Quantum-Ready Plan for XRP Ledger After Google’s Crypto Warning

Ripple is targeting 2028 to get the XRP Ledger up to speed for post-quantum cryptography, setting a clear deadline for an issue much of crypto hasn’t pinned down yet. The company’s four-phase approach kicks off with testing this year and wraps up with a major network amendment to move the ledger to quantum-resistant signatures across the board. This shift comes into sharper focus as the threat timeline tightens. Back in March, Google security leaders Heather Adkins and Sophie Schmieg outlined 2029 as the company’s target for post-quantum migration. Around the same time, researchers Ryan Babbush and Hartmut Neven warned that upcoming quantum machines could compromise the elliptic-curve cryptography behind cryptocurrencies using fewer qubits and gates than once thought.
April 23, 2026
UNUS SED LEO Price Nears Record High as Bitfinex Burn Story Returns
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UNUS SED LEO Price Nears Record High as Bitfinex Burn Story Returns

UNUS SED LEO hovered just under its peak Thursday, one day after the Bitfinex-affiliated token reached a record $10.39. Early in London, LEO traded near $10.30, putting its market cap around $9.48 billion and landing it in 14th place on CoinGecko. This isn’t just any crypto token. LEO plays a central role within the iFinex/Bitfinex ecosystem, where users leverage it for reduced fees and other perks. Its supply shrinks over time, since iFinex routes buybacks into token burns, pulling those coins out of circulation for good.
April 23, 2026
Bitcoin Cash Price Today: BCH in Focus as U.S. Futures Push Meets May Upgrade
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Bitcoin Cash Price Today: BCH in Focus as U.S. Futures Push Meets May Upgrade

Bitcoin Cash slipped in early Thursday action, pulling back after Wednesday’s gains as focus shifted to U.S. derivatives on the asset. Spot BCH changed hands at $455.82. Over at Coinbase, the BCH perpetual contract was quoted at $456.40, off its 24-hour peak of $473.60. This matters as U.S. exchanges angle for a bigger slice of perpetual futures—a leveraged, expiry-free market that can stir up volatility in less-traded coins if it attracts more volume. Still, Coinbase’s BCH perpetual contract hasn’t gained much traction: open interest sat at just $1.25K, with 24-hour volume reaching only $1.98K on Thursday. Appetite for leveraged BCH in the U.S. remains thin.
April 23, 2026
Cardano Treasury Vote Opens as IO Cuts Ask and Puts Leios, Bitcoin DeFi at the Center
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Cardano Treasury Vote Opens as IO Cuts Ask and Puts Leios, Bitcoin DeFi at the Center

SINGAPORE, April 23, 2026, 16:40 SGT Input Output, one of Cardano’s core engineering outfits, has kicked off a fresh round of treasury system testing, entering nine proposals aimed at scaling as well as Bitcoin-tied DeFi—think on-chain lending and trading, minus the banks. This time around, the firm says it’s slashed its funding request by nearly half compared to last year. DReps are now headed for a live vote, which stays open until May 24.
April 23, 2026
Solana Crypto Gets New Nasdaq ETF as U.S. Solana Fund Flows Sit Above $1 Billion
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Solana Crypto Gets New Nasdaq ETF as U.S. Solana Fund Flows Sit Above $1 Billion

Solana picked up another U.S. foothold thanks to GSR, which launched its GSR Crypto Core3 ETF on Nasdaq this Wednesday. The new fund gives investors access to Solana, bitcoin, and ether in a single product. According to Farside Investors' Solana ETF flow table, cumulative flows reached roughly $1.008 billion. GSR claims BESO marks the first multi-asset crypto ETF in the U.S. This is notable as Solana, after a year trying to break out from its crypto roots, is pushing toward mainstream fund status. Back in September, Reuters noted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had signed off on generic listing standards for crypto ETFs, a move that trimmed the filing-to-launch window to as little as 75 days. That decision essentially
April 23, 2026
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