Cardano's ADA fell sharply after Charles Hoskinson's June 3 comments about ecosystem strain and possible project failures, briefly touching $0.1584 before rebounding. The token was down nearly 21% over 24 hours and traded around $0.1627, returning to levels last seen in December 2020. Hoskinson later said on June 4 that he is not leaving the project, as social and on-chain activity spiked around the move.

A CoinShares analysis of 13F filings says institutional Bitcoin exposure dropped sharply in Q1 2026, with professional holdings sliding from 313,000 to 261,000 BTC while BTC fell about 22% over the quarter. The report notes the pullback was driven mainly by hedge funds and brokerages, even as financial advisors remained the largest holder group and banks increased their disclosed ETF-related positions.

Since November 2017, Tether has frozen USDT on 9,856 addresses, locking a combined $5.17 billion, while $602 million has later been unfrozen, leaving $4.57 billion still immobilized. The dataset reviewed also shows sharp differences by chain, with most frozen addresses on TRON, while most value recovered came from Ethereum.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs are concentrating Bitcoin liquidity into U.S. market sessions, which now represent 47% of global BTC spot volume versus 38% before ETFs. Kaiko data show IBIT trading at $16–18 billion per day, while weekend conditions feature wider spreads, with the average BTC–USDT spread rising from 0.012% on weekdays to 0.028% and activity falling roughly 20–40%.

Kaiko says Bitcoin spot trading is increasingly clustering in U.S. market hours after the launch of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, with U.S. sessions now representing 47% of global spot volume versus 38% before. Market depth that hovered around $12 million–$15 million in 2021–2023 later exceeded $40 million at times in 2025, alongside ETF growth led by BlackRock's IBIT and a top-three cohort holding more than $73 billion.

Losses tied to cryptocurrency ATM scams in the United States climbed to $333.5 million in 2025, according to blockchain security firm CertiK, with organized groups exploiting an "attribution gap" that separates cash deposits from on-chain records. Older Americans suffer the bulk of these losses as scammers use breach data, live phone coaching and AI tools, while regulators test responses ranging from state-level bans to stalled federal legislation.

Six newly created anonymous wallets reportedly earned about $1.2 million on Polymarket by correctly betting on a U.S. strike on Iran just hours before it occurred on February 28. The trades, flagged by blockchain analysts as highly unusual, have intensified concerns over insider access to sensitive geopolitical information and prompted U.S. lawmakers to call for stricter prediction market oversight.

On Monday, Bitcoin stabilized above $65,000 after a volatile weekend marked by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and retaliatory actions. As crude prices jumped and major U.S. equity futures fell, roughly $1.8 billion in crypto derivatives were sold within an hour and about $358.7 million in leveraged positions were liquidated. Bitcoin still traded near $65,900, down 1.7% over 24 hours but outperforming many altcoins, with the $64,000–$65,000 zone now seen as a key support area.

NVIDIA reported record fourth-quarter revenue of $68.1 billion and full fiscal year 2026 sales of $215.9 billion, led by data center demand. The company guided about $78 billion for Q1 FY2027 and returned $41.1 billion to shareholders. After the release, CoinGecko said crypto market capitalization rose 3.7% over the past 24 hours on Thursday.