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05/04/2026 11:26 PM Binance Gold Reserves Soar 344% as Wall Street Eyes New Highs for Gold in 2026
TLDR: Binance PAXG reserves surged 344%, climbing from 25,301 tokens in early 2025 to a peak of 133,334 by April 2026. Physical gold prices rose from $2,700 in early 2025 to $4,650, running parallel to the spike in tokenized gold holdings. JPMorgan targets $6,300 and Goldman Sachs projects $5,400 for gold by year-end 2026 despite [...]
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05/04/2026 10:40 PM Bitcoin On-Chain Activity Hits Two-Year Lows Despite $80K Price Recovery
TLDR: Bitcoin on-chain activity has fallen to 2-year lows, with only 531K wallets making daily transfers. BTC’s 22% price rise over five weeks is not backed by broad network participation or new user growth. Only 203K new Bitcoin wallets are created daily, a figure that sits at the lowest point in two years. Santiment warns [...]
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05/04/2026 09:30 PM Best Crypto Presale: Pepeto Leads 2026 as Riot Pivots to AI Data Centers and Dogecoin Breaks Above $0.10
The best crypto presale debate gained fresh weight after Riot Platforms expanded its AMD data center deal to 50MW with options to reach 150MW per CoinDesk. Miners are moving away from pure mining as costs rise, and Riot’s shares jumped 8% on the pivot. When companies built around Bitcoin diversify, the signal is clear: large [...]
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05/04/2026 08:58 PM South Korean Exchange Upbit Unveils GIWA Layer 2 Network on OP Stack
Upbit teams up with Optimism Foundation to create GIWA Layer 2, gaining full control over blockchain infrastructure, transaction fees, and compliance.
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05/04/2026 08:52 PM Tom Lee Declares Crypto Spring as Bitmine Buys $238M ETH
TLDR Bitmine purchased 101,745 ETH worth about $238 million and increased its total holdings to over 5.18 million ETH. The company now holds roughly 4.29% of Ethereum’s outstanding supply and maintains total crypto and cash assets of $13.1 billion. Bitmine has pledged more than 4.36 million ETH to staking operations and generates about $297 million [...]
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05/04/2026 08:41 PM Trump-Linked World Liberty Sues Justin Sun for Defamation
TLDR World Liberty filed a defamation lawsuit against Justin Sun in a Florida state court. The lawsuit follows Sun’s federal case in California over frozen WLFI tokens. World Liberty alleged that Sun engaged in misconduct tied to WLFI token purchases. The company claimed Sun launched a short-selling campaign during the token’s public debut. The complaint [...]
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05/04/2026 08:28 PM Ripple Expands Security Efforts Against North Korean Hacks
TLDR Ripple announced that it will share exclusive threat intelligence with Crypto ISAC members. The shared data includes fraud-linked crypto wallets and malicious domains tied to North Korean campaigns. Ripple will also provide context-rich profiles containing emails, LinkedIn accounts, and behavior patterns. Crypto ISAC launched a new API that enables companies to integrate threat data [...]
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05/04/2026 08:18 PM Sol Strategies (STKE) Stock Surges Over 12% Following $18M HoudiniSwap Acquisition
Sol Strategies (STKE) stock surged 12.6% after revealing an $18M HoudiniSwap acquisition, adding cross-chain infrastructure and $13M in annual revenue.
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05/04/2026 08:16 PM Strive (ASST) Surpasses 15,000 BTC With New Purchase
TLDR Strive purchased 444 bitcoin for $33.9 million at an average price of $76,307 per coin. The latest acquisition pushed Strive’s total Bitcoin holdings above 15,000 BTC. Strive confirmed the transaction through an SEC Form 8-K filing and a statement from CEO Matt Cole. The company held 14,557 BTC as of April 24 before completing [...]
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05/04/2026 08:05 PM K Wave Media (KWM) Stock Plunges 27% After Abandoning Bitcoin for AI Strategy
K Wave Media (KWM) stock plummets 27% following announcement of strategic shift from Bitcoin treasury to AI infrastructure with $485M capital reallocation.
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