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Hyperliquid Whale’s 40x Bitcoin Long Bet Erupts Online—$95K Liquidation Line Drawn
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 18, 2025
Over the weekend, countless social media accounts buzzed with discussion about a prominent Hyperliquid whale, who’s currently holding an exceptionally high-leverage bitcoin position—valued at approximately

Bitcoin’s Wild Ride: Bulls Charge Toward All-Time High as $27M in Bearish Bets Vanish
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 18, 2025
Bitcoin scaled an intraday peak of $105,680, climbing 2.5% versus the U.S. dollar, as traders reveled in its buoyant momentum. The digital asset now orbits

Al Abraaj Restaurants | First Mideast Bitcoin Treasury
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 18, 2025
Bahrain-based Al Abraaj Restaurants Group has made history by becoming the first publicly-traded company in the Middle East to add bitcoin to its corporate treasury.

XRP Price Watch: Bulls Eye $2.60 as Support Holds at $2.30
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 18, 2025
XRP was trading at $2.39 on May 18, 2025, with a market capitalization of $140 billion. The 24-hour trading volume stood at $2.07 billion, with

Steak ‘n Shake and Bitcoin
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 18, 2025
Steak ‘n Shake recently made headlines by officially accepting bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network across all its U.S. locations. The integration of Bitcoin payments

Crypto Exchanges Oppose Brazil’s Stablecoin Self-Custody Ban
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 18, 2025
Crypto actors see the ban proposal, spearheaded by the Central Bank of Brazil, as excessive and explain that this move might push companies to operate

Report: VCs See Stablecoins as Crypto’s ‘Killer App’
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 18, 2025
Despite the geopolitical tensions from the U.S. trade war causing a decline in most liquid tokens, venture capitalists continued to focus on the core utility

AUSTRAC Fines Crypto Exchange Cointree for Reporting Failures
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 18, 2025
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre has issued infringement notices totaling $75,120 to cryptocurrency exchange Cointree for failing to submit suspicious matter reports on

Russia’s EAEU Trade Reaches 93% De-Dollarization in Blow to US Dollar Dominance
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 18, 2025
De-dollarization is exploding across Eurasia as 93% of EAEU trade now flows through national currencies, signaling a decisive pivot from the U.S. dollar and reshaping

Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin to Hit $1M Amid Capital Flight, US Treasuries Crash
- By Joseph Rees
- . May 18, 2025
Arthur Hayes predicts an unstoppable surge for bitcoin as collapsing U.S. treasuries and capital repatriation fuel a global flight into BTC, targeting $1 million. Arthur