Satoshi Nakamoto holds nearly 1 million BTC in dormant wallets. This amount exceeds the combined Bitcoin holdings of Coinbase and BlackRock. Blockchain data shows that Bitcoin ownership is highly concentrated. Satoshi's holdings are currently larger than all institutional portfolios combined.
Zcash is now available on Robinhood, giving 27 million users access to the asset. This follows delistings of privacy coins on other exchanges - such as Binance and OKX. ZEC price rose 40% in 30 days, trading near $351.64 with daily volume over $600 million. The asset remains 31% below its yearly high of $512.55.
The Zcash Foundation released FROST v3.0.0. The update features automatic data wiping and improved multi-party signature security. THORChain now supports native ZEC swaps. Full trading will start as nodes add support.
Shielded Labs added Taylor Hornby and Giovanni Carlino to its security team. These appointments focus on identifying vulnerabilities and maintaining protocol infrastructure following the discovery of past security gaps.
Machi Big Brother has been liquidated over 300 times. His portfolio value decreased by $4.4 million during the last week. Over a period of seven and a half months, his total losses have reached -$75.6 million. He currently continues to hold long positions.
Ripple released 1 billion XRP from escrow on May 1, 2026. This monthly release is valued at 1.38 billion dollars. The automated system has functioned since December 2017 to provide transparency and supply control. The May release consisted of four transactions totaling 1 billion XRP.
Ripple generally places 70-80% of these funds back into new escrow contracts. This results in a net circulating supply increase of 200 to 300 million XRP per month.
CTO emeritus David Schwartz addressed claims about price manipulation. He stated there is no secret mechanism to inflate the XRP price. Schwartz noted that rational investors would have acted if extreme price targets were realistic. He also rejected proposals to burn the remaining escrow funds, citing the lack of price impact from a similar 2019 Stellar burn.
Crypto card spending grew 500% since September 2024 to approximately $600 million monthly. Visa processes 90% of these transactions, reaching 97% in March. This shift indicates stablecoins are moving from wallets to everyday retail spending. Visa relies on crypto-native infrastructure partnerships rather than traditional banks. The Bridge card program will expand through 2026, while partners like Wirex use Visa Direct for payouts.
New products like the Jupiter Solana-based card offer 4% to 10% stablecoin cashback. Jupiter reported 660% volume growth in April. Industry forecasts suggest integrated cards on Apple Pay and Android Tap may onboard 10 million new users. This trend reflects a transition toward digital asset integration in global payment systems.
Monero will launch the FCMP++ and Carrot beta stressnet on May 6. The network will hard fork from the testnet at block 2,997,100. This upgrade replaces the 1-of-16 ring signature model with full-chain membership proofs. This allows proof of ownership across 150 million outputs.
The release includes v0.19.0.0-beta.1.0 for daemon, CLI, RPC, and GUI. Users must use the testnet flag and daemon port 28081. Carrot introduces addressing improvements with backward compatibility.
Database migration may take several hours. Multisig, cold wallets, and hardware wallet support are currently unavailable. The stressnet has a smaller anonymity set than the mainnet, which may expose node IP addresses to other participants. This follows two years of development work on the combined integration.
SBI Holdings is looking to acquire a stake in the crypto exchange Bitbank. This helps the Tokyo-based broker build its digital asset business.
The company is also expanding into Singapore and working with Visa to provide bank cards. These cards allow users to accumulate digital assets - a feature of the new partnership.
The Skull of Satoshi art piece is on display at a Bitcoin conference. Greenpeace USA and artist Benjamin Von Wong created the installation for a campaign regarding Bitcoin mining. Von Wong later clarified the work was not intended to be anti-Bitcoin. Ripple acquired the piece from the campaign organizers. In 2025, Ripple transferred the artwork to the Bitcoin community as a symbolic gesture. The installation is now featured at the Bitcoin Museum in Nashville.
VeChain positions its blockchain as a trust layer for the AI economy. CTO Antonio Senatore addresses the need for data verification to manage AI inaccuracies.
2026 roadmap focuses on AI agents and the VeBetter platform. Technical priorities include Ethereum RPC compatibility and EVM standards for interoperability.
The strategy includes four pillars: - Protocol evolution via VeChain Renaissance-Interstellar - Developer intelligence layer - Growth through VeBetterDAO - Infrastructure updates for RWA and finance
The network aims to host a marketplace where AI agents execute verifiable transactions and manage supply chain tasks. Concerns include data sovereignty and proof of human activity. VET token price is 0.0070002 dollars, showing a 3.5 percent weekly decrease.
Krypto karty jsou budoucností plateb - tvrdí zakladatel TRONu. Stablecoiny překročily hranice digitálních peněženek. Další fáze je plná integrace digitálních aktiv do každodenních transakcí.
Solana faces its sixth rejection at $90. The asset has declined 33% in 2025, the weakest performance among top cryptocurrencies. On-chain transaction volume fell for nine straight weeks and sits 32% below recent highs. Current trading volume is $22 billion, which is 20% of historical peaks.
SOL trades near $84 with support at $83.45, $82.50, and $81.40. Resistance is at $85.50 and $87. A break below $81.40 could push prices toward $77.Macro factors include 3.5% PCE inflation and oil above $100. The Federal Reserve suggests no rate cuts this year. Technical indicators mirror a 2022 pattern where a drop to the $50 range preceded a major surge. SOL remains in a consolidation channel between $77 and $90.