📈 Cryptocurrency prices
Bitcoin (BTC): Currently trading around $109,600, after hitting an all-time high of $111,900 last week.
Ethereum (ETH): rose to $2,702, up 6.45% in 24 hours.
BNB: Surpasses $690, up 2.9% in 24 hours.
🏛️ Prominent institutional moves
Trump Media & Technology Group: Announced raising $2.5 billion to invest in Bitcoin, a move aimed at promoting "financial freedom" and protecting the company from corporate discrimination.
MicroStrategy: Increased its Bitcoin holdings to 580,250 coins, after purchasing an additional 4,020 Bitcoin between May 19 and May 25, 2025, at a cost of $427.1 million.
⚠️ Security and organizational events
New York kidnapping: Cryptocurrency investors have been charged with kidnapping and torturing an Italian man in an attempt to obtain the keys to his digital wallet.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Unicoin and three of its top executives with fraud after they raised more than $100 million from investors through misleading information.
🌍 Other developments
Bitcoin Price Prediction: A recent report predicts that Bitcoin will reach $135,000 by July 2025, driven by its strong correlation with the US M2 money supply.
Blockchain.com's expansion into Africa: The platform seeks to expand into African countries that have begun to regulate the cryptocurrency sector, capitalizing on the growing use of cryptocurrency as a hedge against currency volatility.