[PRESS RELEASE – Johannesburg, South Africa, May 18th, 2026] VALR, Africa’s leading digital asset infrastructure provider, was the diamond sponsor of the Kenya Blockchain & Crypto Conference held in Nairobi on 14–15 May 2026. Peter Mwangi, VALR’s newly appointed Country Manager for Kenya, delivered a keynote outlining his vision for Kenya as an emerging digital … Read more

Around 85,500 Bitcoin options contracts are set to expire on Friday, May 29, representing an estimated notional value of approximately $6.3 billion. This expiry is larger than the typical month-end event and could have a meaningful impact on spot markets. Crypto markets have been sliding throughout the week, with roughly $120 billion exiting the sector … Read more

Bitcoin attempted another breakout in the past 12 hours but was once again rejected near $82,000, slipping more than $1,000 afterward. Most large-cap altcoins remained relatively flat on the day, with the notable exception of Ethereum, which fell back below $2,300. XRP and BNB continue to trade closely as they contest fourth place by market … Read more

Bitcoin spent the past week climbing from roughly $78,000 to test $82,000 twice, with buyers continuing to absorb pullbacks even as momentum cooled near local highs, Glassnode reported on Monday. Early Tuesday Asian trading briefly pushed the price below $81,000, but the analytics firm said there is strong bullish sentiment and heightened conviction behind upward … Read more

Bitcoin staged a notable rally following last week’s FOMC meeting, recovering from a dip below $75,000 to surge to nearly $83,000 on May 6 — its highest level since late January. The rebound added roughly $8,000 in less than a week, but a subsequent sell-off by bearish traders pushed the price down more than $3,000, … Read more

Ethereum has faced heavy selling pressure after losing the 100-day moving average earlier in the year and only briefly reclaiming it in April. A recent breakdown below a key demand zone pushed ETH to fresh local lows near $1,750, and both technical and on-chain indicators currently favor the bears. Unless buyers quickly regain the lost … Read more

Ethereum begins May trading around $2,300 after spending the last week of April consolidating below the $2,400 resistance zone, which has rejected price multiple times. With the Coinbase Premium Index turning negative just as ETH stalled at that resistance, the key question for the new month is whether U.S. institutional demand has genuinely returned or … Read more

Bitcoin’s price has continued to recover from last Friday’s sell-off, rising from below $60,000 and pushing toward $63,000 in the past 24 hours. Major large-cap altcoins have largely followed Bitcoin’s move, recording notable daily gains. Ether has climbed toward $1,650, while XRP has rebounded past $1.10 and $1.15. Will BTC Test $63K? We have covered … Read more

[PRESS RELEASE – Stockholm, Sweden, June 4th, 2026] Decentralized prediction market platform lets participants launch their own World Cup markets, trade with leverage of up to 2.5x, and earn fees on the markets they create. With the 2026 FIFA World Cup starting on June 11, Premu, a decentralized prediction market platform, is emphasizing a core … Read more

Manuel Aráoz, co-founder of smart contract security firm OpenZeppelin, publicly warned on May 26 that people should exit DeFi entirely — including major blue-chip projects. He argued that AI-powered coding agents have shifted the security balance so heavily in favor of attackers that no protocol can currently be trusted to hold user funds. Aráoz’s Warning … Read more