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DOGE, XRP, ETH, SOL Follow Bitcoin Through the Cloud as Altcoin Momentum Builds

Top altcoins are mimicking BTC's late April bullish breakout that set the stage for a rally to $100,000.

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Markets

Breakout Alert: Ether, Bitcoin Cash-Bitcoin Ratio Break Downtrends as DOGE, SHIB Bottom Out

ETH, BCH and top memecoins are flashing bullish chart patterns.

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Finance

Ripple M&A Target Hidden Road to Open New Office in Abu Dhabi With a Potential Royal Family Addition

The firm has received in-principle approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM.

The Abu Dhabi skyline (Nick Fewings/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Gemini Hires Brad Vopni to Lead Institutional Push

Vopni will be responsible for overseeing and executing the firm's institutional strategy.

Brad Vopni

Finance

IntoTheBlock and Trident Merge With $25M Backing to Build Institutional DeFi Gateway

The newly formed Sentora aims to offer a compliant DeFi platform for sophisticated investors looking for yield, liquidity and risk management.

Anthony DeMartino, CEO of Sentora (Sentora)

News Analysis

Dems Stall Stablecoin Bill, Jeopardizing More Important Crypto Regulation Bill

The Senate's stablecoin bill's issues may delay work on the far more important market structure legislation.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City. (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

Kyrgyzstan's Gold-Backed Dollar Pegged Stablecoin USDKG to Debut in Q3

The stablecoin will be backed by $500 million in gold from the Kyrgyz Ministry of Finance, with plans to expand reserves to $2 billion.

gold bars (Philip Oroni/Unsplash+)

Policy

IRS' Crypto Leads Are Leaving the Agency After Accepting DOGE Deals

The pair took voluntary resignation offers and left their positions after only a little more than a year of government service, according to two people.

Raj Mukherjee (left) and Seth Wilks speaking at CoinDesk's Consensus 2024 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Franklin Templeton Backs Bitcoin DeFi Push, Citing ‘New Utility’ for Investors

"I don’t think focusing on Bitcoin DeFi will dilute or complicate Bitcoin’s core narrative." Farrelly said.

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Policy

U.S. Congressman Pitches Crypto ATMs for Federal Government Buildings

Texas Republican Lance Gooden suggested to the agency that runs office space that installing ATMs will help align the government with Trump's crypto push.

Crypto ATM (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)