The company claims these bitcoin sales were to fund capital expenditures and other cash needs, continuing the trend of miners selling BTC to fund their AI fantasies. How utterly predictable.
So, these three platforms lost almost 100,000 BTC. At $81,300 per BTC, that’s $8 billion. Or, in Larry David terms, enough to buy a lifetime supply of coffee and still have change for therapy.
Marlon Ferro, 20, of Santa Ana, will also have to cough up $2.5 million in restitution and spend three years on supervised release. Let’s hope he’s not planning on buying any more Hermès Birkin bags anytime soon.
What’s behind this intergalactic surge? None other than Pavel Durov, the Telegram überlord, who’s decided to swoop in and take over the TON Foundation like a blockchain Batman. “Tech superiority,” he says. “MTONGA,” he whispers. Yes, that’s “Make TON Great Again,” because nothing says innovation like a blockchain with a catchy acronym. And let’s not forget the Catchain 2.0 upgrade, which has made TON faster than a caffeinated sloth-transaction finality in 0.6 seconds? Eat your heart out, Ethereum.
Most larger-cap alts have declined by up to 3-4% over the past day, except BNB, SOL, and ADA.
Behold, the Spot Bitcoin ETFs, those modern-day treasure chests, swelled by a staggering $2.44 billion in April 2026 alone-a feat not seen since the halcyon days of 2025. And on May 6, lo! Another $46.33 million flowed in, marking the fifth consecutive day of such bounty. Truly, the gods of finance smile upon this endeavor.
Key Takeaways:
The Binance Ethereum Futures Power 30D Change index, a mouthful if ever there was one, has tiptoed back into positive territory with a reading of 0.026. In plain English, this means the futures momentum is perkier than a squirrel on a caffeine binge. Open interest, funding rates, taker volumes, and price behavior are all doing a merry jig, suggesting things are looking up-or at least sideways, which is better than down, I suppose.
The Justice Department said the court also ordered three years of supervised release and $2.5 million in restitution.
From a recent note on X by the analysts of Santiment, two metrics have danced their peculiar waltz: Positive/Negative Sentiment and Daily Active Addresses. One tells of moods, the other of bodies moving through the marketplace, and the pair, like a pair of debutants, do not always share the same steps.