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. $BTC $MSTR
🚨 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.
BlackRock moved 1,768 Bitcoin ($140M) from Coinbase to cold storage, per Onchain Lens. This follows 2026 two-way flows tied to spot Bitcoin ETF operations.
Bitcoin trades near the $78,000 200-day moving average, with ETF inflows and whale accumulation facing institutional selling pressure.
🚨 Bitcoin ETFs saw $1 billion in outflows this week, snapping a 6 week inflow streak. Tuesday alone recorded $233.25M in outflows while Wednesday saw a massive $635.23M exit.
Assets under management dropped to $104.29B, though cumulative inflows since launch remain at $58.34B.
Capital rotated into AI giants like NVIDIA, Google and Apple amid crypto regulatory uncertainty despite the Senate’s 19 to 5 approval of the CLARITY Act. Bitcoin fell below $78,000.
BREAKING: 🇮🇳 India raises Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess on gold and silver imports to 5% from 1% under new customs duty changes effective May 13.
Gold and silver findings will attract 5% duty, platinum findings 5.4%, while precious metal spent catalysts face 4.35% duty subject to compliance criteria.
Ethereum short positions on Binance hit record levels as price stalls below $2,300.
Binance data shows net taker volume at -$585 million, the deepest bearish reading since late March, with ETH near $2,313. Open interest rose from $2.46 billion to $2.9 billion in early May, indicating active shorting.
Analysts warn a break above $2,465 could trigger over $1.2 billion in liquidations, though whale deposits and weak U.S. demand sustain downside risk.
Bitcoin exchange reserves hit multi-year low of 2.21 million BTC as 100K BTC exits. Data from CryptoQuant via Cointelegraph shows lowest levels since early 2018.
Coins moved to private wallets, ETF custody, and long-term holders; BlackRock absorbed ~2,100 BTC daily via spot ETF. Accumulator holdings surged 60.5% in two weeks.
CZ claims US banks are buying Bitcoin, predicting a 'wild' bull run.
Spot ETFs saw nine consecutive days of net inflows through late April, led by BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust, before turning choppy.
Risk appetite surged to 2021 levels with $220 billion in assets over four weeks, though a Deutsche Bank survey noted consumer scepticism about a 2026 rally.
BlackRock’s IBIT ETF clients bought $732.6M of BTC last week, comprising most of the $823.7M in total ETF net inflows. They now hold over $62.7B of Bitcoin, acquired at an average price of ~$85,000.