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None Introducing Bounce, a tool to move your following between Bluesky and Mastodon A major development showcasing the potential for the open social web was unveiled Thursday at the online conference known as FediForum. From the makers of Bridgy Fed, a tool that connects decentralized open social networks, like Mastodon and Bluesky, there now comes a new project known as Bounce that will allow users to migrate their social network followers across networks powered by different protocols. This is a significant step towards making the open social web a more viable alternative to the locked-in ecosystems provided by tech giants like Meta, Snap, Google, TikTok, and X — and where you may be able to delete your account and export your...

Bitcoin is closely associated with libertarian values. One of its promises is that no single person or entity controls it. This is completely opposite to fiat currencies, which are generally controlled by a central bank. Central banks can print as much money as they like, they can remove money from the supply and set interest rates independently of what normal people actually want and need. There are countless examples of nations destroying their citizen’s wealth by printing more money. Even before paper money existed, debasing currencies has contributed to the fall of great empires like Rome. Zimbabwe, Weimar Germany, and Argentina are more recent examples of what happens when governments hyper-inflate their currency. Institutional...

Tuur Demeester. In August 2022, crypto investor and analyst Tuur Demeester made a bold call: sell Tesla (TSLA), buy Bitcoin. At the time, it may have seemed contrarian. But five months later, the trade proved golden. “It was indeed a good time to swap one for the other,” Demeester posted on Jan. 4, 2023. “TSLA lost 53% against BTC in 5 months.” Now, nearly two years after his original post, Demeester is revisiting the chart. “Is it time to get back into TSLA, with Elon being super bearish on the US dollar?” he wrote on June 5, sharing an updated long-term ratio chart between Tesla and Bitcoin. The chart that called it all Demeester’s annotated charts show Tesla’s value measured in Bitcoin — a view only seasoned crypto traders...

Image source: Getty Images. Investing $15,000 Into Each of These 3 Stocks 5 Years Ago Would Have Created a Portfolio Worth $1 Million Today Key Points If you want to achieve significant gains in the stock market, you'll probably want to plan to hold on and remain invested for many years, or even decades. But in some cases, big payoffs can come much faster than that. The benefit of investing in growth stocks is that they have the potential to deliver some terrific returns. For example, growth stocks Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), Mara Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA), and Verona Pharma (NASDAQ: VRNA) have yielded fantastic gains for investors over the past five years. If you had invested $15,000 into each one of these stocks just five years ago...

At the Bitcoin 2025 conference, HIVE Digital Technologies CFO Darcy Daubaras explained why the company’s commitment to renewable energy isn’t about marketing — it’s about identity. “It wouldn’t feel right as a publicly traded company for us to use dirty energy, whether it’s coal or anything like that,” Daubaras said. HIVE, one of the first publicly listed crypto mining firms, has long marketed its use of green power. But Daubaras stressed it’s not just optics. The company’s founders embedded environmental responsibility into HIVE’s mission from the start. Transparency and investor trust Daubaras said that being a public company adds another layer of responsibility, especially around sustainability and transparency. “We have to be...

President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House on June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Donald Trump's Truth Social Officially Files for Bitcoin ETF as Company Deepens Crypto Push Trump Media and Technology (DJT) took a key step toward launching a publicly traded crypto investment product Thursday morning. The newly formed Truth Social Bitcoin ETF business trust filed its S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to register the new exchange traded fund licensing Trump Media’s social media brand. The ETF will trade on the NYSE Arca. Thursday's filing is a significant step for Trump Media’s move into the cryptocurrency space. The media company, of which US President Donald Trump is a majority stakeholder...

Bitcoin has been getting more popular. Financial firms that previously rejected cryptocurrency have now embraced bitcoin with open arms. More money experts are voicing their support for the cryptocurrency, too — including Mark Cuban. The business mogul has been bullish on cryptocurrencies for a while and, in an April post on X, referred to bitcoin as a better buying opportunity than stocks in the current market. Understand Your Motivation Robert R. Johnson, a professor of finance at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business, doesn’t agree with Cuban’s take on bitcoin and invites investors to understand their core motivation for buying any asset. “The question you should ask yourself in committing funds to stocks or bitcoin...

Image source: Getty Images. Pro-crypto euphoria Heading into November, XRP had basically flatlined at the $0.50 price level. However, after the presidential election, it suddenly surged, eventually reaching a multi-year high. This makes sense, of course, because XRP was the one cryptocurrency destined to get the biggest bounce from a pro-crypto Trump presidency. Up until November, dark regulatory clouds were hanging over Ripple, the company behind the XRP token. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claimed that XRP was a "security" and not a "commodity." This asset class is subject to stricter regulations regarding trading, ownership, and reporting requirements. However, as soon as Trump was elected, XRP skyrocketed. The...

Image source: Getty Images. Got $1,000? 1 More Thing That Makes Bitcoin a Screaming Buy Key Points Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) already sprinted past $100,000 in 2025, yet there's still plenty of room for it to run for years, meaning that eager investors with just $1,000 can still make a meaningful entry. There's a critical catalyst here, specifically the world's second-largest economy preparing to unleash a flood of investment capital. Let's investigate when these inflows might happen, and why they're likely to occur. This country's economy could soon juice this coin Mining, holding, buying, or selling Bitcoin has been illegal in China, along with all other cryptocurrencies, since 2021. But people still buy it. In fact, it's the...

LianLian Global partners with BVNK to power stablecoin payments LianLian Global, a provider of cross-border payment services, has teamed up with South African fintech BVNK to incorporate stablecoin payment capabilities within its network. This initiative aims to benefit merchants operating in over 100 countries, allowing them to utilise major stablecoins for funding cross-border transactions. The integration is expected to reduce settlement times for merchants, from several days to just minutes, stated BVNK. The collaboration merges LianLian Global's merchant network and proficiency in handling local currencies with BVNK's stablecoin infrastructure and auto-conversion technology. Upon receiving stablecoin deposits from merchants...

Image source: Getty Images. Billionaire Ken Griffin Just Bought More Shares of These Unstoppable Dividend Stocks Key Points Some stock-trading platforms enable their users to automatically replicate the positions taken by experienced investors or other famous figures. Many investors might prefer to do their own research before buying shares of a company, but it's still a good idea to pay attention to some of the moves more experienced names on Wall Street make. Take Ken Griffin, a successful money manager and the billionaire CEO of Citadel Advisors, the hedge fund he founded. During the first quarter, Griffin and his team made several moves that investors, including those seeking reliable dividend payers, should seriously consider...

HYPE Price Prediction - What could affect HYPE’s future price? 1. Project-Specific Catalysts 2. Technical Outlook 3. Market & Competitive Landscape Hype price prediction hinges on HYPE breaking the $38 resistance, sustaining institutional inflows, and fending off competitors. While whale activity and product upgrades provide tailwinds, broader market conditions and technical hurdles demand caution. Hype price prediction will turn bullish if $38 flips to support; otherwise, consolidation may persist. Can Hyperliquid’s $69M May revenue and transparency-driven growth outpace rising competition? What are people saying about HYPE? 1. Sentiment Overview Bullish sentiment dominates due to: - Whale activity: A $6M HYPE buy on June 5...

Better Meme Token: Dogecoin vs. Shiba Inu Key Points While the regulatory environment continues to improve in the crypto sector, many cryptocurrencies have significantly declined for the year. The prices of the meme tokens Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) and Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) have decreased 39% and 38% this year, respectively. This could be due to concerns over a higher-for-longer interest rate environment, the ongoing trade war, or U.S. fiscal concerns. However, some consider this sell-off an opportunity to buy the dip. Which is the better meme cryptocurrency right now? Dogecoin or Shiba Inu? Dogecoin: The original meme coin Dogecoin pioneered the meme token movement. Billy Markus, a software engineer, and Jackson Palmer, a...

Image source: Getty Images. Key Points As an emerging tech investor focused primarily on growth stocks and disruptive technologies, I've built most of my portfolio around companies revolutionizing artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and digital transformation. However, I also maintain strategic positions in select cryptocurrencies — not as speculative bets, but as calculated hedges against traditional financial systems. Among my crypto holdings, which include Bitcoin, Cardano, and Dogecoin, XRP stands out as my most conviction-driven position. The crypto market has matured significantly since the speculative frenzy of previous cycles. Today's landscape offers genuine utility tokens solving real-world problems, and XRP...

Singapore-based payments network Thunes has secured 50 regulatory licences to operate in the US. The licences, secured via the firm’s newly established entity Thunes Financial Services, will enable it to offer its Pay and Accept suite of services directly to US-based corporates, merchants, and digital platforms. With regulatory approvals, Thunes can now contract with American businesses for real-time cross-border payments through its Direct Global Network. The network is claimed to connect over seven billion mobile wallets and bank accounts, alongside 15 billion cards in more than 130 countries, transacting in 80 different currencies. Besides, American members of the network will have the advantage of funding Thunes locally...

None USDC Stablecoin Issuer Circle Prices IPO Above Expected Range Fintech firm Circle Internet Group, which issues the USDC stablecoin, on Wednesday priced its upsized initial public offering (IPO) above its expected range. The offering now totals 34 million shares at $31 each, up from 32 million shares at an expected range of $27 to $28 announced Monday. The company is offering 14.8 million shares and selling stockholders 19.2 million shares, Circle said, adding underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 5.1 million shares. Shares are expected to begin trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker "CRCL." USDC is the seventh-largest cryptocurrency, per CoinMarketCap, with a market...

Image source: Getty Images. Why Trump Media's Crypto Strategy Could Result in Huge Gains for Its Shareholders Trump Media and Technology Group (NASDAQ: DJT) is an evolving and expanding company. It has gone from just focusing on social media to expanding into video streaming, financial services, and also crypto. And it's that latter opportunity, in crypto, which may have the most potential to light a fire under the stock. Trump Media raises more than $2.4 billion as part of crypto strategy On May 30, Trump Media announced it closed a private placement offering worth over $2.4 billion. It says it plans to use around $2.3 billion of that to set up a bitcoin treasury and also for working capital needs and general corporate purposes...

China's Didi Q1 Revenue Rises 8.5% as Recovery Gains Pace BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global reported an 8.5% rise in revenue in the first quarter of 2025 to 53.3 billion yuan ($7.42 billion) on Thursday, as its recovery from a regulatory overhaul of its operations gathered pace. The Beijing-based company reported net income of 2.4 billion yuan for the quarter, versus a loss of 1.4 billion yuan a year earlier, after adopting new accounting standards. Didi drew the attention of China's cyberspace regulator in 2021 over its pursuit of a U.S. initial public offering without approval, prompting an inquiry that prohibited it from adding users and saw many of its apps removed from stores. The regulator fined Didi...

Image source: Getty Images. Key Points Last month, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) reached a new all-time high of $111,970. Even after a small pullback, the leading cryptocurrency is still up 13% this year, while the S&P 500 has gained just 1.6%. Going back even further, Bitcoin has returned an impressive 990% during the past five years. When a cryptocurrency goes on a tear, investors and prospective investors want to know why. And, even more importantly, they want to know if the gains are likely to continue. In Bitcoin's case, there are a few key reasons it has been doing so well lately. 1. A crypto-friendly political climate President Donald Trump was pro-crypto and pro-Bitcoin during his campaign, even saying that he wanted the U.S. to...

Image source: Getty Images. Key Points XRP trades for about $2.15 today. Yet a trio of developments, including corporate treasury adoption, new regulated onramps and payment rails, and the potential approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could shift the token's supply-demand balance enough to put $5 within reach by 2027. Each of these catalysts are real, but they are not guaranteed to land on schedule in terms of their price impact. The combined effect could be stronger than the sum of the parts. So investors who wrote XRP off after its courtroom troubles may want to revisit the math. 1. Corporate treasuries are soaking up float The idea that companies are buying and holding XRP is gaining traction among corporate strategists...