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Bitcoin ETF Drought Breaks: $221M Pours In as Investors Bet the Worst Is Over

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $221.7 million in net inflows, ending a 10-day outflow streak as Bitcoin rebounded above $61,000, signaling renewed institutional confidence despite continued BlackRock withdrawals.

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More: https://bitnxt.io/news/bitcoin-etf-drought-breaks-221m-pours-in-as-investors-bet-the-worst-is-over

BitMEX Shakes Up Its C-Suite, Names New CEO Amid Sale Talk

BitMEX has cleared out a significant chunk of its senior leadership team, continuing a broader push to reshape the business at a moment when reports of a possible sale keep resurfacing. According to a report from CoinDesk, the exchange has removed three top executives from their posts: chief executive Stephan Lutz, chief financial officer Ina Steiner, and chief growth officer Raphael Polansky.

Stepping into the CEO role is Peter Wilkinson, a BitMEX veteran who previously served as the company's global general counsel and chief operating officer. His move to the top job was confirmed through recent updates to his LinkedIn profile, rather than a formal company announcement, suggesting the transition is still unfolding quietly behind the scenes.

A Company That Has Cycled Through Leadership Before

This isn't the first time BitMEX has rebuilt its leadership from the top down. The exchange was founded back in 2014 by Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed, all of whom stepped away from day-to-day management in 2020 after U.S. authorities filed criminal charges accusing the company of failing to maintain adequate anti-money-laundering controls. BitMEX later pleaded guilty to those charges.

Alexander Hoeptner took over as CEO in early 2021 following the founders' departure, before handing the role to Stephan Lutz in 2022, a transition that happened in the middle of the previous broad downturn across crypto markets. Now, just a few years later, the exchange is going through another executive reset — this time with Wilkinson, an insider rather than an outside hire, taking the reins.
The timing of this latest shake-up is notable.

BitMEX has reportedly been looking for a buyer, and trimming senior leadership is the kind of move that can help lower operating costs while making the ....

More: https://bitnxt.io/news/bitmex-new-ceo-peter-wilkinson-sale-speculation

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U.S. Lifts Emergency Export Controls, Allowing Anthropic to Restore Claude Fable 5

In a rapid reversal that has sent ripples through the tech sector, the U.S. government has officially lifted the emergency export controls imposed on Anthropic’s flagship artificial intelligence models. Effective immediately, global access is being restored to Claude Fable 5 and its restricted sibling, Claude Mythos 5, concluding a tense, two-week blackout that left developers and enterprise clients in limbo.

The decision represents a major sigh of relief for Anthropic and a significant de-escalation in the friction between the AI startup and federal regulators.

More: https://bitnxt.io/news/us-lifts-export-controls-anthropic-claude-fable-5-restored

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Crackdown in Shanghai: Five Sentenced to Prison Over $29 Million Crypto-Forex Scheme

SHANGHAI — A Shanghai court has handed down prison sentences to five individuals involved in a sophisticated, underground foreign exchange ring that leveraged stablecoins to bypass China's strict capital controls. The operation, which managed to illegally transfer over 210 million yuan ($29 million), highlights the escalating cat-and-mouse game between Chinese regulators and underground networks utilizing digital assets to move money across borders.
The ruling serves as a stark reminder of Beijing's unwavering stance against cryptocurrency-facilitated financial crimes, coming on the heels of the newly tightened regulatory notices aimed at curbing virtual currency risks.

More: https://bitnxt.io/news/crackdown-in-shanghai-five-sentenced-to-prison-over-29-million-crypto-forex-scheme

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SharpLink Picks Up $46.7M in Ether Through Weekend OTC Trades

The Ethereum treasury firm has now bought $62.4 million worth of ETH in three days, even as the token sits near its 2026 lows and ETF outflows stretch into a seventh straight week.

More: https://bitnxt.io/news/sharplink-buys-62m-ether-weekend-otc-trades

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Citi Slashes Bitcoin and Ether Forecasts as ETF Inflows Dry Up Completely

Citi sharply cut its Bitcoin and Ether price forecasts after reducing expected spot ETF inflows to zero, citing regulatory uncertainty, weaker institutional demand, and capital rotating toward AI investments.

More: https://bitnxt.io/news/citi-cuts-bitcoin-ether-price-forecast-etf-outlook-2026

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Ripple's RLUSD Drives $2.5B in XRP Ledger Trading, Evernorth Reveals

New on-chain data shows RLUSD is strengthening XRP Ledger activity, surpassing $2.5 billion in trading volume while increasing XRP transactions, liquidity, and network usage instead of replacing XRP demand.

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More: https://bitnxt.io/news/ripple-rlusd-drives-xrp-ledger-trading-volume-2026

Crypto tax is still a headache, but ignoring it won't stop an audit.

Robin Singh, Founder & CEO of Koinly, answered Bitnxt's questions on what crypto investors keep getting wrong:
🔹 No specific guidance ≠ no tax obligation
🔹 Exchange reports (1099-DA, DAC8, CARF) are limited and often incorrect. If you buy on one exchange, move to a wallet and sell on another, no single exchange knows your real gain or loss
🔹 DeFi, bridges, airdrops and perps: Koinly takes the conservative approach where rules are unclear
🔹 AI handles transfer matching and error detection, but for tax judgments, ask an accountant, not ChatGPT
🔹 What's coming next: tokenized stocks and on-chain AI agents running thousands of transactions

💡 Robin's one habit: review your transactions monthly, not in deadline week.

Full interview on Bitnxt 👇
bitnxt.io/interviews/robin-singh-koinly

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The Trump Trade: How Iran Diplomacy Became Crypto's Newest Price Lever

Trump's renewed Iran diplomacy has become a key crypto market catalyst, with easing geopolitical tensions lifting Bitcoin, lowering oil prices, and reshaping investor expectations around inflation, interest rates, and risk assets.

More: https://bitnxt.io/news/trump-iran-talks-bitcoin-crypto-market-oil-price-impact

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From M-Pesa to Bitcoin: How Tando Is Making Bitcoin Spendable Across Kenya

Q. Tando is named after the Asante deity of thunder and lightning. Can you tell our readers the story of how the idea came together after the African Bitcoin Conference in Ghana?

A. We went to the African Bitcoin Conference in Ghana in 2023. While we were there we learned that the Asante people have a deity of thunder and lightning called Tando. For a product built on the Lightning Network, the name picked itself. The bigger spark was a talk by Femi Longe, who said that Africans need to build Bitcoin solutions for Africans. We came home to Kenya fired up. The question we brought back was simple: M-Pesa already changed how Kenya transacts, so what if you could keep everything people love about it and just swap the money underneath for Bitcoin? M-Pesa changed payments in Kenya in 2007, Satoshi changed money in 2009, and Tando put the two together in 2024.

Q. Your research found that Kenyans want Bitcoin first as a way to pay and second as a way to save, the reverse of the West. What did you see on the ground that showed you this?

A. When we talked to people, nobody asked “what's the price going to do?” They asked “can I pay my rent with it?” In the West most people meet Bitcoin as an investment first. In Kenya, M-Pesa has trained 50+ million people to think of money as something you move with your phone, every day, for everything. So the first question is always about usefulness.

Q. For someone new to Bitcoin, how would you explain what happens behind the scenes when a user pays an M-Pesa merchant with BTC through Tando?

A. You open Tando and enter the payment the same way you would in M-Pesa: a till number, a paybill, or a phone number, plus the amount in shillings. Tando shows you a Bitcoin invoice for that amount at the current rate.

Read more: https://bitnxt.io/interviews/tando-bitcoin-mpesa

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Buterin Rejects AI Bitcoin Crash Predictions

Summary :
Vitalik Buterin took the other side of a 50% Bitcoin crash prediction.
The bet: AI is unlikely to break Bitcoin's hashes or proof-of-work.
The real risk is the transition window, not the cryptography, he says.
40+ crypto firms petitioned AI labs for researcher model access.
Wallet and custody failures remain the market's actual weak point.

https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/buterin-ai-bitcoin-crash-prediction

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MemeCore (M): Inside the Crash, the Comeback, and the Manipulation Question

A research briefing on the MemeCore token's 75% collapse, its subsequent 84–150% rebound, and what the on-chain evidence suggests about whether this is a genuine recovery or a manufactured squeeze.

More: https://bitnxt.io/news/memecore-inside-the-crash-the-comeback-and-the-manipulation-question

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Irish Crime Gangs Store Seed Phrases in Rented Vaults

Key Points :
Irish organized crime groups store crypto seed phrases in rented safe deposit boxes.
CAB head Michael Gubbins briefed the national AML steering committee.
Professional launderers charge ~6% for hawala-style transfers.
The 2026 national risk assessment calls crypto a "very significant" laundering risk.
CAB has realized over 130M euros from the Clifton Collins 6,000 BTC case.

https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/irish-gangs-seed-phrase-vaults

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Grayscale’s MSOL Discount Signals a Bigger Bet on Solana’s Institutional Future

Grayscale Slashes Fees as Competition Intensifies
Grayscale has cut the annual fee on its spot Solana ETF from 0.35% to 0.19%, putting it on par with the cheapest Solana ETF currently on the market. It’s a notably aggressive repositioning from where the fund stood previously.

The timing lines up with a move from Morgan Stanley, which filed amended Form S-1 paperwork with the SEC for its planned Solana ETF (MSOL), proposing an even lower 0.14% fee — undercutting existing offerings outright. Grayscale’s discount looks less like an isolated decision and more like a defensive response to mounting fee competition across the Solana ETF landscape.

What stands out is that this jockeying is happening while SOL’s chart still looks shaky. Institutional positioning, in other words, doesn’t appear to be waiting for the technical picture to clear up — firms seem to be quietly building or rotating exposure regardless.

On-Chain Strength Bolsters the Institutional Case

Beyond ETF mechanics, the broader market appears to be pricing in a constructive multi-quarter outlook for Solana. Developers are pushing tokenomics upgrades, tokenized-asset trading, and renewed speculative interest across meme coins and AI-linked tokens. Solana’s real-world-asset (RWA) sector has been a particular standout, with total value now above $3.1 billion — an all-time high — and the holder count surpassing 290,000.

Multicoin Capital co-founder Tushar Jain recently described Hyperliquid (HYPE) as complementary to the firm’s Solana holdings rather than competitive, noting that Solana dominates spot trading while Hyperliquid leads in derivatives. Jain’s view is that both networks are positioned to outperform peers even if their use cases overlap somewhat.

Adding another layer of institutional access, the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) — one of Central Asia’s largest bourses ......

More: https://bitnxt.io/news/grayscale-msol-fee-cut-solana-institutional-future

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Binance Wallet USDT Gas Payments Launch On Four Chains

More: https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/binance-wallet-usdt-gas-fee-support

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Uniswap V4 Now Leads Tokenized Stocks by TVL: Data

Summary :
Uniswap V4 holds $59.1M in tokenized stock deposits, the category lead.
Kamino Lend follows at $41.7M, Uniswap V3 at $20.9M.
Three venues hold 63% of the $192.6M total tokenized stock DeFi TVL.
Robinhood and xStocks issuances make up 71% of deposited value.
Only about 9% of issued tokenized equities sit in DeFi venues.

https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/uniswap-v4-tokenized-stocks-tvl

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https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/uniswap-v4-tokenized-stocks-tvl

Irish Drug Dealer's Lost Wallet Moves $39.56M in Bitcoin

A Bitcoin wallet linked to a convicted Irish drug dealer moved $39.56 million after years of dormancy, following a pattern of criminal-linked wallet activations.

https://bitnxt.io/crypto-news/irish-drug-dealer-wallet-moves-39-56m-bitcoin

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