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🎲Polymarket Launches 5-Minute BTC Price Predictions Polymarket has rolled out 5-minute BTC price prediction markets. The hype is already building, with early cases showing $200 farmed in under 30 minutes. 👉High frequency predictions meet onchain gambling vibes. #News Alpha | Chat

🌍 Tether Is Building a Global USDT Merchant Map If your business accepts USDT payments, you can now add your location to the map and become part of the growing stablecoin economy. #News Alpha | Chat

🚀 Bitmine Hits Major Milestone in ETH Staking Bitmine has now reached ~3,000,000 ETH staked, marking a significant step in the platform’s growth and commitment to Ethereum’s ecosystem. #News Alpha | Chat

🤑 Amid rapid business growth, Tether plans to hire another 150 employees over the next 18 months, primarily developers, as it continues expanding beyond the crypto market. The company has already invested in around 140 projects — ranging from a stake in Juventus to agricultural assets in South America — and says it aims to build peer-to-peer tools as alternatives to centralized Silicon Valley technologies. #News Alpha | Chat

🚬 Trend Research has almost completely exited its Ethereum position. The firm withdrew 792,532 ETH ($2.6B) from Binance at an average price of $3,267, then sent back 772,865 ETH ($1.8B) to the exchange at $2,326. The total realized loss amounts to $747 million. #News Alpha | Chat

📉 Bitcoin briefly dipped below $60,000 amid one of the most aggressive sell-offs in recent times, and is now trading above $65,000. Over the past 24 hours, $2.2B in long positions were liquidated, while the Fear & Greed Index collapsed to 9 — its lowest level since June 2022, during the Terra crash. #News Alpha | Chat

🍿 The U.S. Congress has launched an investigation into the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial. The probe follows reports of a potential $500 million private deal to acquire 49% of the company, allegedly involving an entity linked to Abu Dhabi. #News Alpha | Chat

🤑 Tether has scrapped plans to raise up to $20B after investor pushback over a $500B valuation. Advisors are now considering a much more modest round of around $5B. #News Alpha | Chat

📊 Bitcoin is now less volatile than gold — Bloomberg Gold’s 30-day volatility has surged above 44%, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, while BTC volatility stands at around 39%. #News Alpha | Chat

🚬 Over the weekend, Hyperliquid liquidated a long position worth $222,600,000 with a single order. #News Alpha | Chat

🤑 Vitalik Buterin said that over the next five years, the Ethereum Foundation will shift to a mode of moderate spending to execute Ethereum’s scaling roadmap and ensure the Foundation’s long-term sustainability — while preserving the core principles of decentralization, security, and privacy. #News Alpha | Chat

👻 Over the past 24 hours, the crypto market has lost around 5.5% of its total market cap: Bitcoin dropped below $83,000, Ethereum is trading near $2,700, and many altcoins are down 8–10%. In the last day alone, $1.7 billion in trader positions were liquidated, while the Fear & Greed Index remains in extreme fear territory at 16. #News Alpha | Chat