Aave CEO says Clarity Act could reshape DeFi regulation — but BTC at ~$80K keeps macro pressure in focus?

The post Upbit Lists Superform (UP2) With KRW, BTC, USDT Pairs — Exchange Bets on Chain Abstraction in Korea appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. New token listings on major Korean exchanges rarely pass without market attention — and when it’s Upbit, the country’s largest platform by volume, the move often sets a short-term price narrative. This time, it’s Superform (UP2), a project branding itself as a “user-owned neobank,” according to a market update. Trading goes live May 14 at 20:30 local time with three base pairs: KRW, BTC, and USDT. The decision to open with Bitcoin and Tether quotes beside the won is itself worth decoding. It tells a story about who Upbit expects to trade UP2 — and why abstraction projects are starting to matter to exchange liquidity desks. Superform describes itself as a neobank that abstracts multi-chain complexity. Instead of forcing users to switch networks to manage assets across Ethereum, Arbitrum, or Optimism, the protocol aggregates balances and lets t

A viral thread on X drew millions of views as a user claimed Claude AI helped recover a lost Bitcoin wallet.

The post ZachXBT Links Teen Crypto Flaunter to $19M Theft Network appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Home » Crypto News A Discord wallet flex allegedly exposed connections between Dritan Kapllani Jr. and a massive 185 BTC social engineering theft. ‘; } function loadTrinityPlayer(targetWrapper, theme,extras=””) { cleanupPlayer(targetWrapper); // Always clean first ✅ targetWrapper.classList.add(‘played’); // Create script const scriptEl = document.createElement(“script”); scriptEl.setAttribute(“fetchpriority”, “high”); scriptEl.setAttribute(“charset”, “UTF-8”); const scriptURL = new URL(`https://trinitymedia.ai/player/trinity/2900019254/?themeAppearance=${theme}${extras}`); scriptURL.searchParams.set(“pageURL”, window.location.href); scriptEl.src = scriptURL.toString(); // Insert player const placeholder = targetWrapper.querySelector(“.add-before-this”); placeholder.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptEl, placeholder.nextSibling); } function getTheme() { return d

XRP investment products witnessed a notable spike in inflows last week. CoinShares data shows that XRP products attracted $39.6 million last week, a 1,220% jump from the modest $3 million recorded in the previous week. The move came as digital asset investment products posted their sixth straight week of inflows, bringing in $857.9 million across the market. The broader tone was helped by improving sentiment around the CLARITY Act, especially after lawmakers reached a compromise on stablecoin yield rules. Spot XRP Inflows Jump 1,220% CoinShares’ latest weekly flow data shows XRP-based exchange-traded products received $39.6 million in inflows last week, compared to only about $3 million in the prior week. That is a 1,220% increase in seven days and brings XRP’s year-to-date flow to $191 million. XRP’s assets under management also climbed to about $2.56 billion, placing it among the strongest non-Bitcoin crypto investment products in the latest report. Related Reading: Pundit Says XRP A

Armstrong said the bill is "closer than ever" to advancing in the US Congress after months of negotiations between the crypto industry and banks.

The post Luke Leasure: Layer Zero’s infrastructure vulnerabilities highlight security gaps, Aave’s collateral oversight demands better risk management, and the dynamics of looping reshape DeFi borrowing appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Luke Leasure: Layer Zero’s infrastructure vulnerabilities highlight security gaps, Aave’s collateral oversight demands better risk management, and the dynamics of looping reshape DeFi borrowing | Unchained DeFi’s security challenges spotlight the urgent need for improved risk management and secure deployment practices. Key Takeaways Layer Zero’s off-chain infrastructure vulnerability underscores the importance of secure deployment practices in DeFi. Aave’s oversight in collateral listing highlights the need for stringent risk management. Lending protocols’ pooled collateral design affects user borrowing behavior and market dynamics. Limited organic demand for borrowing ETH is primarily driven by shorting strategies. Users engage in ‘looping’ to maxim

The post Bitcoin’s available supply is shrinking as long-term holding hits record 4 million BTC appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In a significant shift in bitcoin’s market structure the amount of supply held by “conviction buyers” has surged to nearly 4 million BTC, according to BitGo data cited by Bitfinex on Wednesday. Bitcoin in long-term buyers’ hands currently represents a 300% increase since the end of 2025, signaling a massive migration of the crypto’s realized value into large, low-activity entities, according to Bitfinex. The massive “conviction” capital is valued at just over $320 billion, based on bitcoin’s current price of roughly $80,000. “While the exact methodology behind BitGo’s ‘conviction buyers’ metric isn’t immediately clear, the broader signal is notable,” said Mati Greenspan, a market analyst and founder of Quantum Economics. “Historically, periods of tightening liquid supply combined with renewed demand have created the conditions for bitcoin’s most aggressiv

The post Ripple CLO: 67 Million People Need Clear Crypto Rules appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. 67 million million holders  Ripple’s stance on the Clarity Act  Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty has cited new data that reveals 67 million Americans now hold cryptocurrency.  The data, which came from the National Crypto Association’s (NCA) 2026 State of Crypto Holders Report, has stressed that crypto investors are actually “everyday Americans”. Hence, they collectively hold a lot of power and should not be ignored by politicians.  The statement comes just ahead of tomorrow’s high-stakes CLARITY Act markup. Schwartz: Ripple Doesn’t Control Consensus Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, Shiba Inu (SHIB), Toncoin (TON) and Zcash (ZEC) Price Analysis for May 13: Hiding Explosive Volatility Potential 67 million million holders  California currently leads the nation with 9.5 million holders. Texas follows in second place with 5.94 million holders. Florida (FL) is in third place with 4.71 million ho