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MoonPay becomes first crypto purchase tool inside ChatGPT, supporting Bitcoin and 100-plus tokens

Crypto News • May 25, 2026

MoonPay launched a dedicated app inside ChatGPT's App Store on May 22, making it the first crypto onramp integrated directly within OpenAI's chatbot platform.Users can ask ChatGPT about a crypto asset, request a purchase amount,… Read full article →

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A dormant Bitcoin whale moves $203 million in BTC to major trading firms amid rising sell pressure

Crypto News • May 25, 2026

A Satoshi-era Bitcoin whale transferred 2,650 BTC worth approximately $203 million to crypto trading firms FalconX and Cumberland across three transactions, while still holding nearly 6,000 BTC valued at around $462 million.The move coincides with… Read full article →

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Strategy pauses Bitcoin buying to repurchase $1.5 billion in convertible debt

Crypto News • May 25, 2026

Strategy skipped Bitcoin purchases this week, redirecting capital to repurchase nearly $1.5 billion in face value of its 0% convertible senior notes due 2029 for approximately $1.38 billion in cash.Executive chairman Michael Saylor said it… Read full article →

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Stablecoins now drive 60% of trades on NoOnes as Africa's digital payment rail matures

BitcoinKE • May 25, 2026

NoOnes research shows stablecoin use on its platform grew from under 25% to nearly 60% over the past two years, with stablecoins accounting for 43% of all crypto volume in Sub-Saharan Africa and over 54… Read full article →

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Harbor Capital files for five AI lab-specific ETFs targeting Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI ecosystems

Crypto News • May 22, 2026

Harbor Capital has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for five actively managed 'Lab ETFs,' each targeting the ecosystem of companies tied to one of five AI labs: Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, OpenAI,… Read full article →

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Bitcoin drops below $76K with $577M in crypto liquidations amid macro fears

Bitcoin.com News • May 23, 2026

Bitcoin fell 2.8% on Friday to $75,120, extending weekly losses to roughly 5% and pushing further from the $80,000 range, according to data logged on May 22, 2026.Total crypto liquidations reached $577.9 million in 24… Read full article →

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Trump Media moves 2,650 Bitcoin worth $205 million to Crypto.com amid deepening losses

Crypto News • May 22, 2026

Trump Media transferred 2,650 Bitcoin worth approximately $205 million to Crypto.com, according to blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain. This is the company's second large Bitcoin transfer, following an earlier move of 2,000 BTC valued at roughly… Read full article →

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Bitcoin treasury firm Nakamoto does reverse stock split to avoid Nasdaq delisting

Crypto News • May 21, 2026

Nakamoto is executing a 1-for-40 reverse stock split after Nasdaq warned the company that its share price had traded below the $1 minimum bid requirement for 30 consecutive business days, giving it until June 8… Read full article →

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Hackers breach GitHub's internal systems, listing 3,800 repositories for sale at $50,000

Innovation Village • May 20, 2026

A threat group called TeamPCP breached GitHub's internal systems, exfiltrating data from approximately 3,800 private repositories, which they advertised for sale on the Breached cybercrime forum for a minimum of $50,000.A GitHub employee installed a… Read full article →

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K33 Research says Bitcoin's $60K February low marks the 2026 bear market bottom

Bitcoin.com News • May 20, 2026

K33 Research's head of research, Vetle Lunde, argues that Bitcoin's February low of approximately $60,000 represents the maximum drawdown of the current 2026 bear market cycle, a roughly 52% decline from the all-time high of… Read full article →

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A GitHub worm compromised 300+ npm packages with 16 million weekly downloads

Bitcoin.com News • May 20, 2026

A self-replicating malware campaign called Mini Shai-Hulud, attributed to threat group Team PCP, struck on May 19, publishing over 300 malicious npm package versions in a 22-minute automated burst, affecting packages including echarts-for-react (1.1 million… Read full article →

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Bitcoin slides toward $75K as ETF outflows, geopolitical fears, and bearish technicals mount

Crypto News • May 19, 2026

Bitcoin traded around $76,700 on May 19, down from a recent rejection near $83,000, with analysts watching key support at $75,733 and $66,898.U.S.-listed sp ot Bitcoin ETFs recorded over $1 billion in cumulative net outflows,… Read full article →

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DEER Nigeria launches AI energy app as cooking gas prices surge 15% in one month

Nairametrics • May 19, 2026

DEER Nigeria (operated by Damaje Engineering and Energy Resources Limited) launched V3 of its digital energy platform, allowing users to order cooking gas, diesel, electricity tokens, and solar solutions from a single mobile app with… Read full article →

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Hackers hijacked 42 npm packages in six minutes by poisoning GitHub Actions pipelines

InfoQ • May 19, 2026

On May 11 between 19:20 and 19:26 UTC, attackers compromised 42 TanStack npm packages and published 84 malicious versions by exploiting GitHub Actions cache poisoning and unsafe workflow permissions without ever stealing npm credentials directly.The… Read full article →

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Cloudflare and Stripe let AI agents autonomously deploy apps, buy domains, and manage cloud accounts

InfoQ • May 18, 2026

Cloudflare and Stripe have launched a protocol enabling AI agents to create cloud accounts, register domains, start paid subscriptions, and deploy applications to production with minimal human input required.The system uses Stripe as an identity… Read full article →

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Abu Dhabi's Mubadala grows Bitcoin ETF stake 16% to $566 million in Q1 2026

Bitcoin.com News • May 17, 2026

Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment Company increased its stake in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) by 16% to 14.7 million shares valued at $565.6 million, as disclosed in SEC filings for Q1 2026.Mubadala has added to… Read full article →

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Strategy plans to buy back $1.5B in debt, may sell Bitcoin to fund it

Bitcoin.com News • May 16, 2026

Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) announced agreements to repurchase approximately $1.5 billion of its 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029, with an estimated cash repurchase price of about $1.38 billion, expected to settle on or about… Read full article →

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Binance Research projects tokenized real-world assets could hit $1.6 trillion by 2030

Bitcoin.com News • May 15, 2026

Binance Research published a report on May 15 projecting that tokenized real-world assets could reach $1.6 trillion by 2030, with current penetration across fixed income, equities, real estate, private credit, and commodities at roughly 0.01%… Read full article →

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Bit Digital posts $146.7M Q1 loss while doubling down on Ethereum and AI infrastructure

Bitcoin.com News • May 16, 2026

Bit Digital, a Nasdaq-listed crypto firm, reported a $146.7 million net loss in Q1 2026, improving from a $185.3 million loss the prior quarter, with losses driven largely by non-cash mark-to-market adjustments tied to falling… Read full article →

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Bitcoin drops to $78,600 as surging bond yields and inflation fears rattle crypto markets

Crypto News • May 15, 2026

Bitcoin fell to $78,600 on May 15, down roughly 4% from Thursday's high of $82,000. As the US 10-year Treasury yield hit 4.54%, its highest point since May 2025, following hotter-than-expected CPI data of 3.8%… Read full article →

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Three malicious versions of a popular Node.js library were caught stealing crypto and cloud credentials

Bitcoin.com News • May 15, 2026

Security firm Slowmist flagged three compromised versions of node-ipc (9.1.6, 9.2.3, and 12.0.1) on May 14, a Node.js library with over 822,000 weekly downloads used widely in Web3 and decentralised app development.The malware automatically steals… Read full article →

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Dangote Group plans $45bn investment to reach $100bn revenue by 2030

Premium Times • May 15, 2026

Aliko Dangote announced a $45 billion investment plan covering refinery expansion, a 12-million-tonne LNG project, gas infrastructure, and new refineries in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, targeting $100 billion in annual revenue and eventually $200 billion… Read full article →

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Naira gains 0.37% against dollar as Nigeria's reserves hit $48.48 billion

Business Post • May 14, 2026

The Naira appreciated by N5.06 (0.37%) against the US dollar on May 13, 2026, closing at N1,370.56/$1 in the official NAFEX market, ending a recent losing streak.Nigeria's external reserves rose by approximately $150 million to… Read full article →

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Bitcoin holder recovers $400,000 in forgotten crypto using Anthropic's Claude AI

BitcoinKE • May 14, 2026

A user identified as 'cprkrn' on X recovered 5 BTC worth roughly $400,000 after their wallet had been inaccessible for over 11 years, locked since around 2014 or 2015 when they forgot a password changed… Read full article →

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Nigerian fintech Chimoney shuts down after failing to raise enough capital to survive

BitcoinKE • May 13, 2026

Nigerian-Canadian fintech Chimoney, founded in 2022 by Uchi Uchibeke, has shut down after failing to raise sufficient capital, ceasing all new transactions and integrations as of May 1, 2026.Chimoney built cross-border payment infrastructure allowing businesses… Read full article →

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BNB price nears $680 breakout level as ETF speculation and institutional interest grow

Crypto News • May 13, 2026

BNB rose over 2% in the past week to trade near $679, pushing its market cap above $96 billion, recovering from April lows near $580.Market optimism is being driven by pending spot BNB ETF applications… Read full article →

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Unknown whale spends $47M accumulating 21,800 ETH in a deliberate long-term bet

Bitcoin.com News • May 13, 2026

A single unidentified wallet spent $46.99 million buying 21,800 ETH since February 15, at an average price of $2,155 per coin, with the latest purchase of 1,500 ETH for $3.43 million made just hours before… Read full article →

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Arthur Hayes says bitcoin bull market is back, targets $126,000 return

CoinDesk • May 12, 2026

Arthur Hayes, CIO of crypto fund Maelstrom and BitMEX co-founder, declared the bull market has resumed and his fund is at maximum risk exposure, with bitcoin having bottomed at $60,000 earlier this year.Hayes argues bitcoin… Read full article →

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Google confirms AI was used to build a real-world cyberattack for the first time

Cointelegraph • May 12, 2026

Google's Threat Intelligence Group identified what it believes is the first confirmed case of hackers using AI to develop a zero-day exploitz, a previously unknown vulnerability that bypasses two-factor authentication (2FA) on a popular web-based… Read full article →

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Binance opens institutional crypto loans to all verified VIP clients with higher leverage

Crypto News • May 11, 2026

Binance has expanded its Institutional Loan product to all KYB-verified VIP clients starting from VIP 1 status, removing the previous VIP 5 requirement.Eligible borrowers can now access up to 5x leverage, fixed-rate loan terms of… Read full article →

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