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The XRP community has been hit by a new wave of AI-driven scams targeting attendees at a Las Vegas conference, following earlier impersonation incidents involving Brad Garlinghouse.

Bitcoin could fall to $50,000 from current levels near $85,000 as a bearish technical pattern forms, according to Gareth Soloway.

A new survey commissioned by CoinDesk shows 65% of Americans trust banks over crypto for financial access, while only 5% favour digital assets.

OxPay Financial’s subsidiary Oxygen7 has secured a financial services licence in Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City, allowing it to offer regulated payment and remittance services.

XRP rose about 3% to $1.40 over the weekend after Rakuten launched a feature allowing users to convert loyalty points into the cryptocurrency.

North Korea-linked crypto hacks are unlikely to succeed on the Canton Network due to built-in “guardrails”, according to Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz.

Tokenised US Treasuries reached a market value of $15.20 billion at the start of May after adding $1.06 billion over 30 days, signalling continued growth in onchain demand.

North Korea has denied US allegations of cybercrime and cryptocurrency theft, calling the claims “absurd slander” in a statement reported by state media.

Japan’s reported $35 billion yen-buying intervention has strengthened the currency and raised risks of a broader unwind in global carry trades that could pressure bitcoin.

OKX reported that 90% of surveyed US crypto traders are concerned the dollar will lose purchasing power, driving increased allocation into digital assets.

World Liberty Financial has sold 5.9 billion WLFI tokens to undisclosed private investors, triggering a price collapse and raising concerns over transparency and investor fairness.

Coinshares PLC reported $165.7 million in revenue for fiscal year 2025 in its first annual filing as a US-listed company following its Nasdaq debut.