Crypto Wrench Attacks: Three Men Charged in $6.5M California Robbery

Crypto Wrench Attacks: Three Men Charged in $6.5M California Robbery

Crypto wrench attacks drew renewed attention after US prosecutors charged three Tennessee men in an alleged California robbery and kidnapping scheme targeting cryptocurrency holders. Prosecutors said physical threats were used to force access to digital assets during the alleged crimes. The defendants are Elijah Armstrong, 21, Nino Chindavanh, 21, and Jayden Rucker, 25. The Justice

2026-05-12
Bitcoin Price Analysis: Ray Dalio Says Bitcoin Fails as a Safe Haven And Saylor Just Fired Back

Bitcoin Price Analysis: Ray Dalio Says Bitcoin Fails as a Safe Haven And Saylor Just Fired Back

Ray Dalio just took another swing at Bitcoin. Michael Saylor caught it and threw it back harder, fueling bullish Bitcoin price analysis. Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates and one of the most closely watched macro investors alive, issued a fresh critique of Bitcoin as a store of value, targeting 3 specific weaknesses. First, privacy. Every […]

2026-05-12
Solana Activates Alpenglow Upgrade: What It Means for SOL

Solana Activates Alpenglow Upgrade: What It Means for SOL

The Solana Alpenglow upgrade went live on a community validator test cluster on May 11, 2026, moving the network’s most ambitious consensus overhaul one step closer to mainnet. Anza, the development firm driving the change, called it “the biggest consensus change in Solana’s history.” That is not marketing copy; it is a technically accurate description […]

2026-05-12
France’s central banker Beau clashes with Lagarde over private digital euro plans

France’s central banker Beau clashes with Lagarde over private digital euro plans

France’s central bank deputy governor told CoinDesk public and private European entities need to get involved in digital asset development, diverging sharply from Christine Lagarde’s stance.

2026-05-12
EBay rejects GameStop’s $56 billion bid, putting bitcoin exposure back in focus

EBay rejects GameStop’s $56 billion bid, putting bitcoin exposure back in focus

The online marketplace’s board called the half-cash, half-stock offer “neither credible nor attractive” Tuesday.

2026-05-12
Four signs that Bitcoin has recovered to ‘full’ bullish momentum

Four signs that Bitcoin has recovered to ‘full’ bullish momentum

Expanding Bitcoin price momentum, recovering liquidity and surging network activity all point to continued bullish control.

2026-05-12
Kraken parent, Franklin Templeton to develop onchain investment products

Kraken parent, Franklin Templeton to develop onchain investment products

The partnership will focus on tokenized yield products, blockchain-based funds and institutional crypto markets.

2026-05-12
Elliptic raises $120 million backed by Nasdaq, Deutsche Bank as AI reshapes crypto security

Elliptic raises $120 million backed by Nasdaq, Deutsche Bank as AI reshapes crypto security

The crypto analytics firm plans to expand its AI-powered monitoring tools as stablecoins and tokenized finance grow rapidly, CEO Simone Maini said.

2026-05-12
Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Retakes Crucial Resistance, Is the Breakout Finally Starting?

Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Retakes Crucial Resistance, Is the Breakout Finally Starting?

XRP is trading at $1.45 as the second week of May is underway, and for the first time in several months, the technical picture carries a genuine sense of compression and potential energy. A symmetrical triangle that has been forming since February is now at its apex, with the price breaking above the upper boundary […]

2026-05-12
CoinDesk 20 performance update: SUI drops 4.9%, as index trades lower

CoinDesk 20 performance update: SUI drops 4.9%, as index trades lower

Bittensor (TAO), down 4.4% from Monday, joined Sui (SUI) as an underperformer.

2026-05-12
Casper Network Publishes the Casper Manifest, a Multi-Year Roadmap to Power Regulated Real-World Assets and the Machine Economy

Casper Network Publishes the Casper Manifest, a Multi-Year Roadmap to Power Regulated Real-World Assets and the Machine Economy

[PRESS RELEASE – Zug, Switzerland, May 12th, 2026] Nine protocol initiatives that target EVM compatibility, gasless transactions, compliant security tokens, transaction privacy, AI agent micropayments, and quantum-safe cryptography The Casper Association today published the Casper Manifest, a multi-year technical roadmap designed to make Casper Network the infrastructure layer for regulated real-world asset tokenization and the […]

2026-05-12
Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Maintains Key Support Levels, Will the Rebound Continue?

Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Maintains Key Support Levels, Will the Rebound Continue?

Bitcoin is trading at $80.8k, consolidating just above the $80k psychologcial threshold that defined the ceiling of this cycle’s correction for months. While the ascending channel’s higher boundary is still holding, the 100-day MA has been left well behind, and the price’s reaction to the current area where the 200-day MA is also converging will […]

2026-05-12
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