Crypto Is Traceable: How the ‘Modern Pablo Escobar’ Case Proves Bitcoin Isn’t Anonymous

Publicly-listed bitcoin miners took a beating on Friday, May 15, 2026, with every major traded mining stock dropping between 2.52% and 9.59% in a single session, even as their year-to-date gains outpaced bitcoin’s own performance by a wide margin. Bitcoin Miner Stocks Suffer on Friday, But Still Hold Solid 2026 Gains Bitcoin closed the week […]

The crypto market lost $90B in an hour as PPI hit 6%, BlackRock's IBIT shed $136M, and 154,000 traders were liquidated in 24 hours.

Rap star and hip-hop veteran Drake dropped three surprise solo albums on May 15, 2026, totaling 43 tracks, and buried the crypto world’s most talked-about verse inside a single boastful cut called “Dust.” Drake Releases Triple Album in May 2026 and Plants Bitcoin, FTX Shoutout on Iceman Cut The three projects, “Iceman,” “Habibti,” and “Maid […]

Bitcoin fell below $78,000 (hitting a session low of $77,614), a drop that erased its monthly gains and shaved over $40 billion off its market cap. Bitcoin Slips Below $78,000 as Geopolitical Tensions Rise Bitcoin dipped below $78,000 Saturday morning amid fears that the U.S. and Israel are about to resume bombing Iranian facilities. Bitstamp […]

Lombard Finance migrates $1B+ in Bitcoin assets to Chainlink CCIP after LayerZero’s $292M Kelp DAO security breach. North Korean hackers poisoned LayerZero’s internal RPCs, triggering a mass DeFi exodus toward Chainlink’s infrastructure. Kraken, Solv Protocol, Re, and Kelp DAO have also dropped LayerZero for Chainlink CCIP following the catastrophic hack. Lombard Finance, one of Bitcoin […] The post Bitcoin DeFi Giant Lombard Exits LayerZero Amid Massive Hack Fallout appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Is today's decline just the start of bitcoin's troubles?

STABLE and VVV have dropped the most from the lower-cap alts, while HYPE has plunged by 10%.

Santiment warned that Bitcoin social media euphoria spiked following the CLARITY Act’s Senate Banking Committee vote on May 14. Sentiment analytics platform Santiment posted on X and its community insights platform on May 15, tracking a sharp rise in positive…