WLFI Rejects US Senator Blumenthal’s Claims, Denies Zanker Ties

World Liberty Financial Inc. has denied claims of ties to Bill Zanker and his entity, calling these assertions unfounded. Blumenthal Claims Based on ‘Fundamentally Flawed Premise’ The Trump family-affiliated cryptocurrency company World Liberty Financial Inc. (WLFI) has rejected as unfounded assertions that it has ties to Bill Zanker or his company. In a letter, shared … Read more

Trump Targets Billionaire Musicians Taylor Swift And Bruce Springsteen In Truth Social Attacks

Topline President Donald Trump launched attacks on a pair of billionaire musicians, Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen, in a series of Truth Social posts Friday morning, both of whom are vocal critics of Trump and have sparred with him in the past. Trump has long been critical of Swift, who has endorsed his presidential opponents. … Read more

Bitfinex Bitcoin longs total $6.8B while shorts stand at $25M — Time for BTC to rally?

Key takeaways: Bitfinex margin longs fell 18%, despite Bitcoin price rising 24% in 30 days. $6.8 billion in long positions far outweight the current $25 million in shorts. Bitcoin options positioning and spot BTC inflows point to confidence from institutional investors. Bitcoin (BTC) price climbed 23.7% over the past 30 days, yet traders on Bitfinex … Read more

Bitcoin looks to reach $159K

Bitcoin’s cycle tops have steadily declined from 15× to 2.65× the 2-Year Simple Moving Average. Despite lower cycle multiples, BTC is showing signs of structural strength. Over the past eight years, Bitcoin [BTC] has seen a massive shift in its price behavior as the market matures. With each cycle, BTC’s peak has formed at a … Read more

World Liberty Financial brushes off oversight concerns from Congress

Zach Witkoff, one of the co-founders of the Donald Trump family-backed crypto platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI), has rebuffed efforts by US lawmakers to investigate the president’s potential conflicts of interest. In a May 15 letter to Senator Richard Blumenthal, lawyers for World Liberty Financial claimed a call to investigate the crypto platform was based … Read more

Judge sentences SEC hacker to 14 months in prison

A federal judge has sentenced Eric Council Jr., one of the individuals responsible for posting a fake message announcing regulatory approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, to 14 months in prison. Following a May 16 hearing in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, the Justice Department announced that Council would serve 14 … Read more

XRP Rally Stalls as SEC Motion Denied and Network Growth Falters

The cryptocurrency, which has surged in recent weeks on growing legal clarity and wider market momentum, is now facing turbulence as a court ruling stalls its legal resolution with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), while underlying network activity weakens. XRP Lawsuit Hits Procedural Roadblock In a pivotal development for the long-standing XRP lawsuit, … Read more

CFTC commissioner to leave agency on May 31

Christy Goldsmith Romero of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will step down on May 31, leaving three seats open at the financial regulator. In a May 16 announcement, Romero said her last day at the agency would be on May 31, ahead of her initial plans to leave if the Senate confirmed former … Read more