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May 18, 2026
Crypto News, Finance

Bitmine Adds 71,672 ETH as Ethereum Holdings Reach 5.28M

Bitmine Immersion Technologies has added another large amount of Ethereum to its corporate treasury. The company said its Ethereum holdings reached 5,278,462 ETH as of May 17 at 4:00...

May 18, 2026
Crypto News, Finance

Tether Backs LemFi to Bring USDT Payments Into Africa and Asia

Tether has made a strategic investment in LemFi, a cross-border money transfer platform used by African and Asian diaspora communities. The investment amount was not disclosed. However, the goal...

May 18, 2026
Crypto News, Finance

AEON Raises $8M to Connect AI Agents With 50M Real-World Merchants

AEON has raised $8 million in a pre-seed funding round to build payment infrastructure for the growing AI economy. The round was led by YZi Labs, the venture arm...

May 18, 2026
Crypto News, Finance

Hyperliquid Whales Hold $4.039B as Longs and Shorts Stay Almost Even

Whale traders on Hyperliquid are carrying more than $4.039 billion in open positions, but the market is not clearly leaning bullish or bearish. According to recent Coinglass data shared...

May 18, 2026
Crypto News, Finance

Justin Sun Moves 41.99M SPK to HTX, Raising Fresh Sell-Off Concerns

Justin Sun has moved another large batch of Spark tokens to HTX, bringing renewed attention to possible selling pressure around SPK. According to on-chain data flagged by pseudonymous analyst...

May 15, 2026
Crypto News, Finance

OKX Targets Major Stake in South Korea’s Coinone Exchange

OKX is reportedly moving closer to securing a significant position in South Korea’s crypto market after entering discussions to acquire a major stake in local exchange Coinone. According to...

May 15, 2026
Crypto News, Finance

Tether Faces Court Push to Transfer Frozen Iran-Linked USDT

Tether is facing a new legal challenge after victims holding unpaid U.S. terrorism judgments against Iran asked a federal court to order the company to hand over more than...

May 15, 2026
Crypto News, Finance

THORChain Halts Trading After ZachXBT Warns Losses May Exceed $10M

THORChain paused trading operations after blockchain investigator ZachXBT warned that the protocol may have suffered a major multi-chain exploit affecting several blockchain networks. According to ZachXBT, the exploit may...

May 15, 2026
Crypto News, Finance

IREN Raises $3B as Nvidia and Microsoft AI Deals Drive Expansion

IREN has secured $3 billion through a convertible senior notes offering as the company accelerates its expansion into AI cloud infrastructure. The latest fundraising move comes as demand for...

May 15, 2026
Crypto News, Finance

Bitcoin Golden Cross Signals Possible Move Toward $100K

Bitcoin price continued consolidating above the important $80,000 support level this week as traders closely watched a major bullish technical signal forming on the daily chart. Improving institutional demand,...