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Treasury yields hit 12-month highs on May 15, pushing Bitcoin back toward $80,500 a day after the Clarity Act committee vote. US Treasury yields surged to fresh 12-month highs on May 15, with the 10-year note hitting 4.54% and the…

Flare Network gained 14% on May 15 as altcoins outpaced Bitcoin stuck below its 200-day moving average. Flare Network activated the FAssets v1.3 upgrade on its mainnet on May 15, enabling XRP holders to mint the DeFi-ready FXRP token in…

The $1,071 level was identified as a strong Ethereum buying zone.

On-chain data from Santiment shows the number of XRP Ledger wallets holding at least 10,000 XRP tokens has reached a new all-time high. The milestone comes at a time when XRP is still trading 60% below its all-time high, showing how much disconnect there is between price and holder activity. It also raises a major question: are larger holders positioning early before the price catches up? XRP Ledger Hits Record High In 10,000+ XRP Wallets XRP has spent much of 2026 fighting to regain stronger bullish momentum, but its on-chain picture is telling a different story from the price chart. Many large wallets are not leaving the network. They are adding to it. Related Reading: Market Analyst Outlines How The XRP Price Will Reach $300 And What Everyone Is Missing Particularly, data from the on-chain analytics platform Santiment shows that the number of XRP Ledger wallets holding at least 10,000 XRP has climbed to a record 332,230. Santiment noted that this continues a steady growth trend that

Bitcoin’s drop below $79,000 was driven by a sharp swing in global risk sentiment after the U.S.–China summit ended without progress and fresh Middle East tensions rattled markets. US-China Tech Cold War Intensifies Bitcoin plunged below the $79,000 mark for the second time in two days as investor sentiment shifted from optimism to caution after […]

XRP Upbit volume surged to $330 million on May 15 after Hana Bank announced a $670 million Dunamu stake. XRP Upbit volumes surged on Friday after South Korea’s Hana Financial Group announced it will acquire a 1 trillion won ($670…

Coinbase Wrapped BTC expands to Tempo through Chainlink CCIP, bringing cbBTC access with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 security backing. Coinbase Wrapped BTC has expanded to Tempo through Chainlink CCIP, giving the payments-focused Layer 1 access to cbBTC. The move brings Bitcoin-backed liquidity to Tempo, while using Chainlink’s cross-chain security model for asset transfers. Coinbase […] The post Coinbase Wrapped BTC Expands To Tempo With Chainlink Security Backing appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Sellers have pulled Bitcoin back below the $79,000 level, but buying may emerge as the price nears the $76,000 support.