🏦 Tether-Backed Firm Buys $458M in BTC 🤯

New crypto investment firm Twenty One Capital, backed by Tether, Bitfinex, SoftBank, and Cantor Fitzgerald, just grabbed 4,812 BTC for a whopping $458.7M — at an average price of $95.3K BTC. 😬

The buy happened as part of a SPAC deal to take the company public. BTC was initially scooped by Tether, then transferred to Twenty One's wallet.

Led by Strike founder Jack Mallers, the firm now holds $3.6B in Bitcoin, ranking #3 among public BTC treasuries. 📈

Wall Street meets Bitcoin maxis — and they’re not buying dip, they’re buying moon. 🚀

📈 Bitcoin beats Wall Street—French edition 🇫🇷

The Blockchain Group (ALTBG), a French firm betting big on Bitcoin, has seen its stock skyrocket over 610% in just 6 months! 🚀

Their strategy? Simple: stack sats. By aggressively increasing their treasury's Bitcoin reserves, they’ve outperformed traditional markets by a landslide.

While others debate ETFs and rate hikes, ALTBG is showing what full-on crypto conviction looks like. 💼💰

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🇺🇸🧢 Trump: "I like crypto!"

President Trump just said he’s bullish on crypto and believes the market could easily surpass $10 trillion in value. 💬

Right now, total crypto market cap = $3.3T.

So... just a casual 3x incoming? 📈🤑

🔐 Ethereum aims for Trillion Dollar Security 🌐💰

The Ethereum Foundation has launched a bold new initiative to make the network secure enough to safely hold trillions — from users with $1K to governments with billions. 🏦

🛠 Key goals:

▪️Hunt vulnerabilities across all layers
▪️Prioritize and deploy critical upgrades
▪️Boost transparency around security

Ethereum isn’t just for degen NFTs anymore — it’s suiting up for the big leagues. 🧑‍🚀

🦷🧠 Financial Times journalist compares Bitcoin scarcity… to her teeth?

Katie Martin questioned BTC's $2T valuation, saying:

“My teeth are pretty scarce and pretty useful. But they are not worth billions of bucks.” 🤔

Crypto Twitter didn’t hold back — memes, roasts, and dental jokes are flying faster than a Bitcoin bull run. 🚀😂

Looks like the only thing more limited than BTC is the patience of the crypto crowd.

🔁 EOS → A: Rebrand Mode Activated

Binance will replace the $EOS ticker with $A on May 26 as part of EOS's transformation into Vaulta. 🪄

The Vaulta team has already launched a token swap portal for a 1:1 conversion: Swap here 🔄

So yes, EOS got a new name, a new look, and hopefully... a new life. ✨

💻 Casa CEO vs North Korean “Engineer” 🎯

Jameson Lopp, CEO of Casa, revealed their security team blocked a North Korean hacker who tried to get hired as an engineer. 😳

“This fool didn’t even make it past the initial phone screen. We’ve got ways to catch fake Americans. 🤠”

💚 Bitcoin's Green Light: MACD Says "Go!" 🚀

A proven momentum indicator just flipped bullish for BTC 🐃

The MACD histogram turned green — a signal that has preceded every major rally since 2020. 📈

🔮 Analysts are now doubling down on price targets of $140K to $200K

🔸 BTC bounced off its 50-week SMA
🔸 MACD crossed above zero (aka the “blast-off” zone)
🔸 Last time this happened? BTC broke $70K and kept soaring

History doesn’t always repeat — but Bitcoin sure likes to rhyme 😏

🤖 Tether goes full sci-fi: Meet QVAC

Tether just dropped QVAC — a decentralized AI platform that runs locally on your devices, no cloud, no API keys, no Big Brother 👀

AI agents can now:

▪️Work offline
▪️Pay each other in BTC & USDT via built-in Wallet Dev Kit
▪️Scale up like a digital swarm of bees 🐝 (think: trillions of agents buzzing around)
▪️ Operate on anything from smartphones to brain-computer interfaces

First apps incoming:

🗣 QVAC/Translate – instant on-device translation
🩺 QVAC/Health – a private health tracker that doesn’t snitch on your data

Tether isn’t just printing stablecoins anymore — it’s building an army of AI with wallets 😎

💰 Bitcoin Going into HODL Mode

The amount of illiquid BTC — coins that are rarely moved or sold — has just hit an all-time high, crossing 14 million.

📉 Less BTC on the move = less sell pressure
📈 Historically, this has signaled long-term bullish momentum

The diamond hands are stacking — and the chart knows it 💎📊

💬 “I personally checked Tether’s reserves” — Brandon Lutnick, Chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald

At Consensus 2025, Lutnick confirmed he personally verified Tether’s reserves and dismissed rumors about insufficient backing of the USDT stablecoin.

📊 His statement adds weight, as Cantor Fitzgerald is one of the world’s top financial firms — and Brandon is also the son of current U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

📊 Glassnode: “Still a Bitcoin-led cycle”

Since BTC dominance peaked at 64.4% on May 8, market shares shifted:

▫️ ETH rose to 9.75% (+3%)
▫️ Altcoins climbed to 22.35% (+2%)
🔻 Stablecoins dropped to 6.3%

Despite gains, ETH and alts remain well below past highs (18% and 28.5%). Analysts note: Bitcoin continues to drive this market cycle.

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🦷 Bitcoin maxis fired back at Financial Times journalist Katie Martin, who joked that her teeth are scarce and useful — yet not worth billions.

They reminded her:

▪️There are ~224 billion human teeth in the world
▪️But only 21 million bitcoins ever

Scarcity isn’t just a joke — it’s Bitcoin’s core value. Invest accordingly. 🧐

🚀 Bitcoin is still undervalued, says Blockstream CEO Adam Back.

💬 In a new interview, the crypto pioneer told Decrypt that BTC could reach $500K–$1M this cycle, citing:

🔸 Record inflows from spot Bitcoin ETFs ($41B+)
🔸 Growing institutional adoption
🔸 Pro-crypto U.S. policies under Trump

Back, who invented Hashcash and exchanged emails with Satoshi in 2008, believes the current ~$100K price is low considering market conditions. 🚀

“If we break the all-time high, the momentum could take BTC much higher,” he said. 🤔

🇨🇳 Chinese firm to buy $800M in BTC & $TRUMP

Addentax Group Corp, a diversified Chinese holding, has announced a bold $800 million plan to acquire Bitcoin and the official Trump memecoin ($TRUMP).

The company operates across apparel manufacturing, logistics, real estate, and epidemic prevention. 😷


This surprising move signals growing interest from traditional companies in Web3—and possibly a new form of tokenized political lobbying. 🤵🏻‍♂️💵

📈 JPMorgan: Bitcoin likely to outperform gold in H2 2025

According to JPMorgan analysts, Bitcoin is showing stronger upside potential than gold heading into the second half of 2025.

🔸 The “debasement trade” (hedging against fiat with BTC/gold) has become a zero-sum game.
🔸 Recently, BTC has risen 18% while gold dropped ~8%.
🔸 Investors are shifting funds from gold ETFs into spot Bitcoin and crypto funds.
🔸 Corporate buys (like Strategy and Metaplanet) and U.S. state-level adoption (NH, AZ) add momentum.
🔸 Institutional confidence grows with crypto derivatives maturing and key acquisitions (e.g., Coinbase buying Deribit).

👉 JPMorgan sees crypto-specific catalysts driving BTC higher than gold in the months ahead. 🚀

🚨 $78M Laundering Loophole in Tether’s USDT Freeze System ❄️

A new report by AMLBot reveals a major flaw in Tether’s wallet-freezing mechanism:

⚠️ Criminals are exploiting a delay of up to 44 minutes between freeze initiation and on-chain enforcement.

🔍 Key findings:

• Over $78M in USDT moved through Ethereum and Tron before freezes took effect
• The gap creates a real vulnerability in what’s considered a compliance-friendly asset

📉 The report raises serious questions about Tether’s AML protections and the need for faster freeze execution in crypto security.

⚖️ Update on SEC vs Ripple: Court Rejects Revision Requests

Judge Analisa Torres has rejected both Ripple's and the SEC's motions to revise the final ruling under the guise of a "settlement approval." The court viewed this as an attempt to alter an already-issued verdict. 👀

📌 Bottom line: The prior decisions stand firm, including Ripple's $125M penalty.

Both parties must now explore new avenues to resolve the dispute — the shortcut is off the table.