The cryptocurrency industry is growing across multiple facets, including tokenized real-world assets (RWA), futures and spot Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), stablecoins, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its convergence with blockchain technology, as well as the dynamic decentralized finance (DeFi) se

Bitcoin rebounds as high as $95,490 on Monday, as Trump’s 100-day speech dominates macro news. On-chain data shows BTC deposits on exchanges declined by $4 billion in the past week. Here’s how these insights could impact Bitcoin $100,000 breakout prospects in the near-term. 

Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETF) witnessed a second consecutive week of net inflows, pulling in $3.4 billion last week. This marks the largest inflows since mid-December and the third highest on record, per CoinShares weekly inflow report.

Cryptocurrency markets experienced a mild uptick on Monday, reclaiming the $3.1 trillion mark, according to Coingecko’s aggregate data. United States (US) President Donald Trump is expected to deliver a speech to Congress commemorating his 100th day in office on Monday. 

XRP climbs over 3% on Monday, hovering around $2.33 at the time of writing.

Defi Development Corporation (formerly Janover) filed a registration statement with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday, signaling its intent to offer and sell a wide range of securities, including common and preferred stock, debt instruments and warrants for the purchase of equity

NEAR is up 4% on Friday after asset manager Bitwise registered a NEAR Trust in Delaware, indicating it's likely to file an ETF (exchange-traded fund) for the cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrencies added $300 billion to their aggregate market cap oft $3 trillion on Friday. The market rally was largely driven by fresh updates in the US-China tariff trade war.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tokens, including Bittensor (TAO) and Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET), climbed this week, with ai16z (AI16Z) still extending gains at the time of writing on Friday.

XRP trades around $2.21 on Thursday following the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group's announcement that it is planning to launch a futures product for the remittance-based token on May 19.

The cryptocurrency market capitalization dips below $3 trillion on Thursday, retreating 3.5% from the 50-day peak of $3.2 trillion recorded earlier this week.

PancakeSwap, the native token of the DEX by the same name, hit several key milestones in Q1 2025. Trade volume climbed to a record high of $205.3 billion and the exchange observed a double-digit increase in other key metrics. 

Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst for Bloomberg, highlights 72 crypto-related Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) awaiting US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval.

Aptos (APT) price edges higher, increasing by over  2% and trading at $5.34 at the time of writing on Wednesday.

Altcoins like Solana (SOL) and Sui gain strength on Wednesday, buoyed by several factors, including a significant recovery in the networks' Total Value Locked (TVL) in Decentralized Finance (DeFi).

Shiba Inu (SHIB) price climbs and trades at $0.00001366 at the time of writing on Wednesday, up from $0.00001249 and observing a 9.31% increase in the last 24 hours. The daily trade volume increased by 111.05%, as nearly $314,274,066.13 in Shiba Inu was traded.

Brandon Lutnick is spearheading a $3 billion Bitcoin investment through Cantor Fitzgerald, partnering with SoftBank, Tether, and Bitfinex to form 21 Capital. The firm aims to emulate MicroStrategy’s strategy of holding Bitcoin as a treasury asset for long-term appreciation.

Cryptocurrency markets advanced further above the $2.8 trillion mark on Tuesday as United States (US) markets tumbled on President Donald Trump firing more critical shots at Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Market trends on the day show that Bitcoin, Solana and SUI emerged as top gainers by noon US trading.

Changpeng Zhao met Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to discuss blockchain adoption, tokenization, and Malaysia’s aspirations for digital asset leadership.

The cryptocurrency market capitalization rises 0.9% on Monday, breaking after stagnating at $2.7 trillion last week. Global news insights suggest that crypto has benefited from capital displaced as investor confidence in USD-denominated assets wobbles. 

PancakeSwap (CAKE) breaks the downtrend and surges more than 3% on the day to exchange hands at $2.00 at the time of writing on Monday.

Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and XRP, the top three cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, extend their last week’s recovery on Monday, even as trader sentiment is hurt by the US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy and announcements.

Arizona is moving closer to creating a crypto-backed reserve as the state's Strategic Digital Assets Reserve Bill (SB 1373) advances, despite veto threats from the Governor over unrelated funding disputes.

Cryptocurrency markets continued to move sideways on Friday, with Bitcoin price stagnation below $85,000, leading to traders hesitating to enter larger altcoin positions. Regarding news, fresh developments around ETFs, cryptocurrency regulations and adoption dominate media discourse. 

Official Trump ($TRUMP), the Presidential meme coin launched in January by the United States (US) President Trump family’s World Liberty Financial company, is in a precarious situation that could see volatility spike significantly. 

The Supreme Court of India rejected hack victims’ petition seeking action against the WazirX exchange on Wednesday. The court cited India’s lack of clear crypto regulations as the reason.

Ethena Labs – in partnership with Securitize – unveiled its Layer-1 blockchain Converge, an EVM-compatible network designed to bridge traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi) with a focus on tokenized real-world assets (RWA) and stablecoins.

The cryptocurrency sector valuation is hovering around the $2.7 trillion mark on Thursday. While Bitcoin price clings to the $85,000 level, DeFi protocols and layer-1 altcoins appear to be attracting the most traction on the day

CoinGecko’s Q1 Crypto Industry Report highlights that the total crypto market capitalization fell by 18.6% in the first quarter, wiping out $633.5 billion after topping on January 18, just a couple of days ahead of US President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Base founder Jesse Pollak introduced the idea of content coins in a series of X posts on Wednesday. The idea behind this new class of tokens has drawn mixed reactions from community members, as some suggest that content coins are a rephrased version of meme coins.