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🇮🇷Iran Holds $7.7B in Crypto Assets According to FOX Business, Iran controls around $7.7 billion in crypto assets and is actively using Bitcoin as an alternative financial rail to bypass sanctions. #News Alpha | Chat

🇰🇷 Tether Expands Into South Korea Tether has filed 7 trademark applications in South Korea, covering its brand name, logo, and the gold-backed stablecoin XAUT. 👉Notably, South Korea accounts for roughly 30% of global crypto trading volume, with around 85% of activity concentrated in altcoins rather than Bitcoin or Ethereum. #News Alpha | Chat

💎 Capital is flowing back into crypto — in May, major assets like BTC, ETH, SOL, and BNB are outperforming the S&P 500, while inflows into exchanges, ETFs, and stablecoins have all turned positive at the same time. The main liquidity magnet is Binance — accounting for 78% of all net inflows to centralized exchanges. #News Alpha | Chat

🪙 Exchange Reserves for BTC Hit Multi-Year Lows Only around 5.6% of all Bitcoin is currently held on crypto exchanges — the lowest level since 2018. 🤝For Ethereum, exchange reserves also remain near historic lows at 4.6%. That said, ETH balances on exchanges have risen noticeably over the past 10 days, potentially signaling that traders are preparing for increased market activity. #News Alpha | Chat

🇨🇳 Donald Trump Heads to China With America’s Corporate Heavyweights Trump is traveling to China alongside executives from some of the largest U.S. companies, including leaders from NVIDIA, Apple, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Boeing, Mastercard, Visa, Qualcomm, Meta, and Tesla. 👉The combined market capitalization of participating companies exceeds $11.5 trillion. #News Alpha | Chat

💤 Dormant 500 BTC Wallet Awakens After 12.5 Years A wallet holding 500 Bitcoin has become active again after 12.5 years of silence. Back in 2013, those coins were worth around $483,000. Today, their value stands at roughly $40.7 million. #News Alpha | Chat

🤑 Ethereum Loses DeFi Market Share Ethereum’s share in DeFi has declined from 63.5% to ~54% since the start of the year. While still dominant, competitors are steadily carving out niches: • BNB Chain — driven by the Binance ecosystem • TRON — focused on stablecoin settlements • Solana — leading in high-speed trading activity 👉 Gradual but visible redistribution of DeFi liquidity. #News Alpha | Chat

🗄TON Leads Staking Yields Among Top-50 Crypto Assets TON currently offers the highest annual staking yield among the top 50 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. #News Alpha | Chat

🪙 Strategy May Sell BTC to Fund Dividends Strategy is reportedly considering a potential Bitcoin sale to finance dividend payments. 👉The company also reported a $12.5 billion loss for Q1, adding fresh pressure to its capital allocation strategy. #News Alpha | Chat

🤑 Telegram Set to Take the Lead on TON Pavel Durov mentioned that Telegram will effectively replace the TON Foundation in leading the blockchain’s development. 🙃 The ton.org website is expected to receive a major update in the coming weeks, with the focus shifting toward developers and network performance. A new chapter for the TON ecosystem. #News Alpha | Chat

🤑 Solana just crossed a major milestone For the first time, the network processed over 10 billion transactions in a single quarter. 🔥 That’s a strong signal of growing onchain activity and ecosystem usage. #News Alpha | Chat

📉 Crypto VC Funding Drops 75% In April, venture capital investment into crypto projects fell 75% compared to March. 👉The market has cooled sharply, with funds becoming significantly more cautious about deploying capital into new deals. #News Alpha | Chat