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On May 9, Circle's L1 blockchain Arc announced that the Circle Developer Grant Program is now open for applications. The program will fund high-quality teams to build production-grade systems on the A

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These Catalysts Can Trigger The Next XRP Price Run, But Can It Reach $3?

Market analysts are identifying new catalysts that could propel $XRP to explosive highs. A leaked footage shared by Crypto analyst Don Digital Finance highlights two catalysts from a theorized pricing model that could trigger a massive price surge for $XRP. Meanwhile, other experts are focusing more on $XRP’s payment rails and utility, predicting a price rally to $3.

While most $XRP price projections in the market are often based on speculation and hype, the leaked model treats the cryptocurrency as a functional tool for banks and institutions. This means that a higher $XRP price is required or even mandated for the system to remain efficient.

Leaked Model Predicts $XRP Price Rally Between $5 and $4,300

In a post on X, Don Digital Finance shared details regarding leaked footage featuring Teucrium CEO Sal Gilbertie. The video captures Gilbertie discussing various legitimate pricing models for $XRP that suggest a valuation range starting from $5 to $4,300.

These pricing models primarily focus on $XRP’s institutional adoption and velocity, which measures how many times it is used within a specific period. Explaining the theory governing the model, Don Digital Finance said that if the $XRP network settles trillions of dollars in global payments, the speed of these transfers would dictate how many tokens must be available at any given second.

Notably, when institutions move large sums of money, they need deep liquidity to prevent the price from swinging wildly during a single trade. This suggests that if $XRP’s price remains low, banks would need to move a massive number of tokens to settle a single multi-billion-dollar payment. This strategy would create a huge functional problem because there are not enough tokens in circulation to support that volume of wealth at a low pr

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Crypto News Today: AlphaPepe Presale Near Sell-Out While Bitcoin Price Prediction Points To $250k

MONACO, May 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crypto news today is turning toward AlphaPepe as Stage 15 moves toward a sell-out while the presale remains active at $0.01666 per token. The project has now raised over $1.1 million, the holder count has passed 8,400, the AlphaSwap AI DEX demo has surpassed 2,000 active users, and the project has completed a full 10/10 BlockSAFU security audit ahead of its planned Q2 2026 exchange debut.

The move comes as Bitcoin price prediction headlines return to the $250,000 debate after Fundstrat’s Tom Lee reiterated the bullish long-term case for BTC. Bitcoin remains the blue-chip benchmark in this market cycle, but its next major move still depends on ETF demand, institutional accumulation, macro liquidity, and government support building over time. AlphaPepe is moving in an earlier window, where the presale is active now, the product is already being tested, and the next stage transition is approaching before public trading begins.

Crypto News Today: AlphaPepe Nears Stage 15 Sell-Out While The Bitcoin Price Prediction Targets $250k

AlphaPepe’s Stage 15 is now approaching sell-out, marking another major transition in the project’s presale cycle. The project has already crossed $1.1 million raised and now counts more than 8,400 holders. That gives AlphaPepe a stronger pre-listing profile than many early-stage launches, especially because the presale is entering its later stages with product proof already visible.

This is where the presale-to-listing gap starts to matter. Before listing, buyers enter through the stage price. After listing, the market decides. Each stage transition removes the previous entry and pushes AlphaPepe closer to public exchange access. Stage 15 is now live at $0.01666, and the approaching se

Crypto News Today: AlphaPepe Presale Near Sell-Out

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Ethereum Price Faces a Major Test as BitMine Nears 5% ETH Ownership$ETH, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum ecosystem, rose 0.95% during Friday’s U.S. market hours to trade at $2,312. The buying pressure gained its current momentum following the traditional U.S. stock market as indices like S&P500 and NasDaq hit new high. The coin price gained additional momentum from the steady buying pressure from treasury firms like BitMine. After relentless buying the company is close to its self claimed target of owning 5% of all Ethereum in existence. Once achieved, will BitMine go silent in accumulation of more $ETH and how it may impact Ethereum price.

Origin of the Strategy
BitMine’s Ethereum obsession began on a high note. The company has closed a $250 million private placement that it used to instantly invest in $ETH, doubling its stake within days of closing. Thomas “Tom” Lee, a founder of the Fundstrat, is the architect behind this and has been chairman of BitMine, the public face of the Ethereum believers.

Lee’s thesis was simple yet brave: copy the MicroStrategy Bitcoin, but this time with Ethereum. MicroStrategy’s continuous Bitcoin buying fueled its growth into what analysts described as a “sovereign put”: If a nation-state wanted to buy 5% of the Bitcoin network, it would find it easiest to purchase MSTR.

Lee said that the same could happen for $ETH as it did for Bitcoin, which he called the “Wall Street put.” For any institutional level exposure to Ethereum that could be meaningful, you would eventually have to go through BitMine.

Ethereum Price Faces a Major Test as BitMine Nears

BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouFederal Reserve Spring 2026 survey highlights geopolitical risks, AI concerns as top threats to financial stability The Federal Reserve’s Spring 2026 Financial Stabi

Federal Reserve Spring 2026 survey highlights geopolitical risks, AI concerns as top threats to financial stability

The Federal Reserve’s Spring 2026 Financial Stability Report has reshuffled its risk hierarchy, and the new order tells a story. Geopolitical risks now sit at the top of the list, climbing from second place in the Fall 2025 survey to the most cited threat to US financial stability.

The promotion wasn’t exactly a surprise. A US-Israel operation on February 28, 2026, that resulted in the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader triggered ongoing hostilities across the Middle East, turning what had been a simmering concern into a full-blown regional crisis threatening energy infrastructure and supply chains.

The geopolitical picture

The Middle East escalation following the February 2026 operation has been classified as a high-impact regional war. That’s not just diplomatic jargon. It’s a direct acknowledgment that the conflict poses material risks to global energy infrastructure, the kind of disruption that ripples through every asset class and every portfolio.

Oil shocks ranked among the other notable risks in the survey.

AI: from productivity tool to systemic risk

The Fed’s survey positioned artificial intelligence alongside geopolitical risk and inflation as a defining challenge for financial stability. The CFA Institute has classified AI-driven threats as persistent vulnerabilities, with particular emphasis on increasing cyber risks.

BlackRock has echoed these concerns, emphasizing the growing dangers posed by AI in cybersecurity and economic inequality.

Nobel laureate Simon Johnson has warned about what he calls the threat to “jobs with dignity,” arguing that AI fundamentally reshapes which kinds of labor have economic value. The Fed’s own Beige Book confirmed AI-driven efficiency improvements across multiple sectors, while noting implications for employment dynamics.

Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair has advocated 

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BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouHTX Community April Creation ContestEverything Can Be HuobaoTrusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure XRP’s

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure XRP’s waning price performance seems to have finally influenced the network’s activity, which has seen a notable cooldown in the month of May. Just a few days into May, the network is struggling to attract new wallet addresses. After over a year, new addresses have fallen to one of their lowest levels.New XRP Addresses Drop DramaticallyThe XRP network’s activity and its price are starting to move toward the same negative direction. While the recent momentum in price is slowly fading away, user growth across the network appears to have sharply cooled down. Related Reading: XRP Sees Renewed Interest After Rakuten Pay Integration NewsThe slowdown is a result of a significant drop in the number of new wallet addresses created on the network. According to the chart from Glassnode, a popular research and on-chain data analytics platform, the metric has fallen from its peak in late 2024. Currently, the tide of new user onboarding and involvement that formerly drove network growth has slowed in recent months.Glassnode announced that new wallet addresses on the XRP network have collapsed from 18,000 XRP in a single day in December to about 2,700 XRP per day as of yesterday. This drop from the 2024 high to today’s levels represents a more than 85% decrease after over a year.In the ever-evolving crypto market, new addresses are often linked to retail investors. Therefore, the declining new addresses’ activity points to a sign of weakening retail involvement, particularly during times of increased speculation and market excitement. Source: Chart from Glassnode on XAmid this fading, new wallet addresses created on the XRP network, its monthly active supply is telling a different story. As reported by Glassnode, the monthly active supply is exhibiting bearish activity, dropping from

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On May 9, Bitcoin mining company DMG Blockchain established a new subsidiary, DMG Infrastructure, aimed at future operations in artificial intelligence/high-performance computing (AIHPC) business. The

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