Market
Bankruptcy
OKX sends bankrupt Alameda $8.3M in crypto assets
The bankrupt crypto firm Alameda was involved in several transactions over the past month in effort to consolidate funds.
Stablecoins
Tether expands into Bitcoin mining
Tether said its Bitcoin mining operations in Uruguay would rely predominantly on low-cost, renewable energy.
DeFi
El Dorado Exchange attacker returns over $400k after team admits code vulnerabilities
The EDE Finance team has fixed the vulnerabilities and offered the exploiter 5% of its team's token to fix other issues.
Exchanges
Binance Australia blames AUD liquidity drop for Bitcoin discount
Bitcoin and other digital assets are trading at a significant discount on Binance Australia as the exchange experiences AUD liquidity issues.
Exchanges
BKEX freezes withdrawals amid money laundering probe
BKEX's withdrawal suspension raise concerns among users about the safety of their funds, and other issues.
Exchanges
Russia backtracks from plan to create national crypto exchange
Russian authorities have canceled plans for a national crypto exchange and will instead focus on regulating private sector alternatives.
Analysis
Bitcoin’s leap above $28k triggers $130 million in crypto liquidations
Bitcoin's brief pump above $28,000 led to steep losses for short traders.
Analysis
Dogecoin transaction volume flips Ethereum amid DRC-20 token fever
Dogecoin's transaction volume and hashrate has recorded tremendous growth thanks to the hype surrounding DRC-20 tokens.
Mining
Canaan’s mining revenue rises 3.3% in Q1 while overall revenue declines
Bitcoin miner Canaan intends to expand its mining operations to other countries amid the growing strength of this unit.
Exchanges
Binance to halt Bitcoin spot trading with Australian Dollar
Binance said it would remove its BTC/AUD trading pair amid continued decline in its Bitcoin spot trading market share.
Crypto
XRP, Litecoin leads flat market as Bitcoin maintains $26k: CryptoSlate wMarket Update
The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets, published 8:30 ET on weekdays.
Tokenization
Hex market cap loses $4 billion in a week
Hex's market cap dropped to as low as $2.41 billion on May 25 from a peak of $6.62 billion, according to CryptoSlate's data.