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Strategy pauses Bitcoin buying, shifts to bonds.

Michael Saylor announced Sunday the company bought bonds instead of crypto, halting aggressive accumulation after purchasing $2.01 billion in 24,869 BTC the prior week, totaling roughly 843,738 BTC.

Polymarket bettors assign a 79% chance Strategy sells some Bitcoin before year-end due to mounting debt and dividend obligations.

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#BrentCrude BREAKING: Oil prices may stay higher through 2026 even if the U.S. and Iran reach a deal, according to AMP's Shane Oliver.

He said shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will take time to fully normalize, keeping concerns over potential supply disruptions in the market.

Oliver expects markets to continue pricing in a geopolitical risk premium, preventing crude from returning to pre-conflict levels anytime soon.

He estimates WTI crude could end the year near $80 per barrel and Brent around $85, compared with about $67 before the conflict. Prices could rise further if Iran's nuclear dispute remains unresolved.

$USOon #IranIsraelConflict

$ETH Crypto whale Jeffrey Huang lost $33M on a 25x leveraged ETH long position, with parts forcibly liquidated.

Huang has faced over 250 liquidations since 2025, with six-month losses estimated at $75M.

The incident highlights extreme risks of high-leverage crypto trading amid ETH selling pressure and macroeconomic uncertainty.

$BTC India's virtual digital asset sector is high risk, with intelligence reports revealing extensive illegal activities like drug trafficking and money laundering.

Authorities are increasing financial surveillance and enforcement. Tax collections from VDAs are rising.
New rules require entities to disclose crypto transactions.

Officials propose linking crypto ownership with PAN and implementing uniform valuation norms to strengthen oversight.

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$ETH || A decade-old Ethereum wallet bought 3,942 ETH ($8.08M) in 24 hours at ~$2,049/token, per Lookonchain.

It originally acquired 12,001 ETH at ~$7.58 and sold part last year for ~$34.3M.

This aligns with whale accumulation trends, including BitMine Immersion Technologies' $197M ETH buy in mid-May.

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Fidelity's Jurrien Timmer sees early Bitcoin bull signals as it tests a head-and-shoulders neckline near $80,500, absorbing overbought conditions.

This reverses his late-2025 "year off" forecast following Bitcoin's drop from ~$125,000 to the low $60,000s and recovery to the upper $70,000s.

CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju countered, noting the Bull Score Index remains neutral.

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$TON PANews reported May 23 that Toncoin's v3 cross-chain bridge will permanently shut down on September 1, 2026. Pro rata cross-chain fees are cancelled during the transition.

Users must check wallets, withdraw outstanding or unrecovered assets, and complete migrations before the deadline.

Holders of Wrapped TON on Ethereum or BNB Smart Chain must rebridge to the TON network. Holders of jUSDT, jUSDC, jDAI, or jWBTC must bridge back to Ethereum.

All assets must be migrated to avoid inability to use them for cross-chain operations. After September 1, the bridge will stop all transfer functions.

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BREAKING : Trump met top U.S. security officials on Iran as talks stalled. JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and John Ratcliffe attended. Pakistan and Qatar pursued mediation. Axios said Trump was leaning toward a strike, but no final decision was made.

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Five crypto firms shut down in one week as bear market deepens. Fantasy.top, Everclear, and Zero Network announced shutdowns Thursday, joining Syndicate Labs and Bitcoin Depot, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday.

Over 5,000 crypto jobs cut in 2026; Coinbase eliminated roughly 700 positions in May amid volatility per Reuters.

More than 20 projects shut down in Q1, exceeding the 2022 crash pace, though 2026 closures stem from business-model failures rather than fraud.

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CryptoQuant's Bull Score dropped to 20, signaling extreme bearishness as Bitcoin reversed from the 200-day moving average near $82,000.

This rejection mirrors the 2022 bear market pattern, with BTC slipping below $78,000 amid ETF outflows and rising Treasury yields.

Analysts watch the $76,000 support; a break could lead to $70,000.

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Macquarie Group cut its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF stake from 5.1 million to 4.1 million shares per a 13F filing dated 15 May.

The firm also trimmed its iShares Ethereum Trust ETF position by 9.5% while increasing its stake in stablecoin issuer Circle, signaling a strategic shift.

These moves follow a broader institutional pullback from crypto ETFs, with Harvard's endowment fully exiting its Ethereum ETF position earlier this year.

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K33 Research's says Bitcoin's February low near $60,000 as the cycle's maximum drawdown.

Bitcoin traded at $77,300 on Thursday after rejecting the $82,000 200-day moving average, pressured by ETF outflows.

Research head Vetle Lunde stated K33's less aggressive 2025 bull market forecast sets conditions for a moderate bear phase.

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🇮🇳 India's Parliament's finance panel flagged crypto-linked capital outflows as "alarming" after its 7th meeting on virtual digital assets.

BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab said thousands of crores invested in crypto are moving out of India.

The government classified the VDA ecosystem as high risk, citing money laundering, trafficking and terror financing concerns.

Exchanges sought relief from the 30% crypto gains tax and 1% TDS, while lawmakers pressed for stronger retail investor safeguards.

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Bitcoin demand is increasingly being driven by Michael Saylor’s Strategy.

The firm has purchased over 171,000 BTC in 2026, exceeding new miner supply, funded via high-yield preferred stock offerings.

Meanwhile, ETF inflows, hedge fund demand, and retail trading have slowed, while miners continue selling BTC to finance AI infrastructure investments.

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BlackRock transferred $504M in Bitcoin and Ethereum to Coinbase Prime on 19 May amid a 5,847 BTC outflow from its iShares Bitcoin Trust, the fund's largest single-day redemption this year.

Analysts view the Coinbase deposits as routine liquidity operations, not a sell-off signal.

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Merlijn Enkelaar warns Bitcoin could drop to $33,000, citing May declines in 2018 and 2022 election years.

CoinEx analyst Jeff Ko counters that spot ETF demand establishes a structural floor absent in prior cycles, maintaining an $180,000 year-end target.

The CLARITY Act cleared the Senate Banking Committee on 14 May, briefly pushing Bitcoin above $82,000, though prices have since retreated below $77,000.

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🇮🇳🇺🇸⚡India's LPG push amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis tightens global fuel supplies, pushing California petrol above $6/gallon as alkylate exports from Indian refiners drop.

April alkylate exports fell to 33,000 barrels/day, nearly 50% lower than March. California relies on blend components from refiners like Reliance Industries.

Analysts warn prices could hit $6.50 if the West Asia conflict continues.

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Strategy acquired 24,869 BTC for ~$2.01 billion at ~$80,985 each, achieving a 12.6% YTD 2026 BTC yield. As of 5/17/2026, holdings total 843,738 $BTC , acquired for ~$63.87 billion at ~$75,700 each.
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Bitcoin long-term holder supply hits 15.26M BTC, a nine-month high per CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost.

Exchange reserves dropped to a seven-year low of 2.21M BTC this spring. Whale wallets saw their largest single-month accumulation since 2013.

Around 800,000 BTC moved off Coinbase last year, crossing the six-month threshold on May 23, boosting the long-term holder metric.
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🚨 Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson warned quantum computers could break crypto security by 2033, saying the threat is no longer a “future generation problem.”

Google targets post quantum migration by 2029, while IBM plans its first fault tolerant quantum computer the same year.

Cardano is building lattice cryptography defences and Ethereum aims quantum resistant signatures by 2028.

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