May 1, 2026
Bitcoin

Bitcoin DCA Beats Lump Sum in Key Drawdown Zone

A Bitcoin study of 400,000 scenarios found DCA beat lump-sum buying in Bitcoin’s 20% to 70% drawdown zone. A new Bitcoin market study has added fresh detail to the long-running debate over how to enter the asset. The research tested nearly 400,000 Bitcoin buying scenarios using 13 years of daily price data. It found that

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SEC Gives Some Self-Custody Crypto Apps 5 Years to Sort Out Broker Licensing

The SEC Division of Trading and Markets published a staff statement,  telling certain wallet-linked crypto trading apps they can operate without a broker-dealer license – for now – as long as they function as neutral software and stay out of the business of actually moving your money. The detail most headlines are missing, though, is

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Binance and Biget to probe RAVE’s 4,500% token surge as claims of insider-orchestrated rally grow

Binance and Bitget, two major cryptocurrency exchanges, have opened investigations into trading activity surrounding RaveDAO’s RAVE token, after onchain sleuth ZachXBT alleged insiders engineered a large short squeeze that drove the token’s rapid rise. Crypto exchange Bitget’s CEO Gracy Chen said the exchange had “started investigating” the matter, while Binance CEO Richard Teng later said

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Congresswoman Sheri Biggs Discloses Up To $250,000 BTC Investment Via IShares Bitcoin ETF

Representative Sheri Biggs of South Carolina has disclosed a purchase of up to $250,000 in Bitcoin exposure via the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), marking one of the largest single Bitcoin-related buys by a sitting member of Congress.  The Periodic Transaction Report filed with the House shows a transaction in the $100,001–$250,000 range executed on March

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Coinbase Ventures Sees Funding Dip as Focus Shifts to Tokenization and AI

Crypto funding falls 15% in Q1 2026, while investors shift toward tokenization, AI agents, and advanced DeFi innovation across global markets. The crypto investment market is slowing down, yet new trends are strongly shaping its future direction. In early 2026, Coinbase Ventures announced a drop in startup funding. However, investors are now focusing more on

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Crypto Hedge Fund Boss Joe McCann Detained: What We Know About the Tanzania Murder Investigation

Joe McCann, founder of crypto hedge fund Asymmetric Financial, is being held for questioning by the Tanzania Police Force following the death of his fiancée, lifestyle influencer Ashlee Jenae, at a luxury resort in Zanzibar on April 9, 2026. Tanzanian authorities have withheld his travel document and confirmed the investigation is ongoing. The official cause

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XRP to $10? Rally hopes build as token jumps 8% weekly, outpacing majors

XRP is starting to outperform in a way that gets attention. The token is up about 8% on the week and around 3% on the day, pushing ahead of bitcoin and ether, but the move still looks controlled rather than explosive. That keeps the focus on whether this is early accumulation or just another range-bound

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The Whole Entire Universe: 21 Million, One Painting

There are 21 million bitcoin. That number is fixed, coded into the protocol, finite. It is one of the most consequential design decisions in the history of money, and yet for most people it remains an abstraction. Green digits cascading down a black screen like something out of The Matrix, or a talking point tossed

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XRP Goes Live on Solana as wXRP, Price Jumps to $1.50| Live Bitcoin News

XRP launches on Solana as wXRP, rises 5% to $1.50, unlocking DeFi access with over $100M liquidity and strong market demand. XRP has officially launched on the Solana network as wrapped XRP, known as wXRP. As a result, the token price increased by 5.15% and reached $1.50. Additionally, this introduction creates new opportunities to XRP

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Bitfinex Alpha | 2026 WILL BE THE YEAR OF LIQUIDITY

Welcome to our final edition of Bitfinex Alpha 2025. In this edition we look back at what influenced the market in 2025, and what we believe will determine performance in 2026. In what was an end of an era, we saw a clear structural break from Bitcoin’s traditional four-year, halving-driven framework. With annual BTC issuance

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