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Free XRP Airdrop Announced for Tokyo Investment Seminar

SBI Global Asset Management and the Yomiuri Shimbun Group Headquarters have announced a joint, free-to-attend seminar featuring a unique cryptocurrency incentive for in-person attendees. The event, titled “In a turbulent world and rising markets, what should investors be thinking now？”, is scheduled for Tuesday, June 30, at the Yomiuri Otemachi Hall in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.　　Organizers are actively encouraging traditional investors to explore digital assets as a starting point for modern portfolio diversification.　　To lower the barrier to entry, SBI VC Trade is sponsoring a cryptocurrency giveaway where every physical visitor will receive 1,000 yen worth of XRP, which requires an active SBI VC Trade account.　　Bitcoin (BTC), Near (NEAR), Dogecoin (DOGE) and Stellar (XLM) Price Analysis for May 28: Healthy Improvement on Cryptocurrency Market　　XRP Hits $1.4B in ETF Cash　　In addition to the digital assets, those attending in person will be treated to complimentary light refreshments and a chance to win exclusive merchandise from “Neko Pitcher,” the popular manga currently serialized in the Sunday edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun.　　The aim of the seminar　　The seminar aims to address the apparent paradox of rising financial markets against a backdrop of global geopolitical and economic instability.　　The program is split into two core sessions, beginning with a macro

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Mastercard Secures NYDFS BitLicense to Expand Digital Asset Infrastructure

Mastercard secures NYDFS BitLicense to advance regulated crypto payment services.Clear crypto regulations continue driving institutional blockchain adoption globally.Mastercard targets stablecoin settlements and tokenized payment networks expansion.　　Mastercard has secured a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services, marking another step in the companys expanding digital asset strategy. The approval allows Mastercard Transaction Services (U.S.) LLC to operate under one of the toughest crypto regulatory frameworks in the United States.　　Moreover, the move highlights Mastercards effort to strengthen its position in regulated digital payments as financial institutions increase interest in blockchain-based settlement systems, stablecoins, and tokenized assets.　　Mastercard Expands Digital Asset Ambitions　　The NYDFS approval arrives as global payment companies compete to shape the future of digital finance. Besides traditional card services, firms now seek infrastructure roles in tokenized payments and blockchain settlements. Mastercards latest approval signals that the company wants to operate directly within that evolving ecosystem while maintaining strict compliance standards.　　New Yorks BitLicense framework carries rigorous requirements covering cybersecurity, anti-money laundering controls, operational resilience, and consumer protection. Consequently, companies often view the license as a major regulatory milestone. Industry participants also consider the approval a sign of credibility within the broader digital asset sector.　　Mastercard stated that the license supports its

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Here’s Why Analysts say XRP Price is Extremely Undervalued’ at $1.30

XRP (XRP) is down roughly 64% from its July 2025 multi-year high, but several onchain and technical indicators suggested the altcoin was due for a “strong price rebound.”　　Key takeaways:XRPs MVRV ratio fell to -47%, a level historically linked to strong market rebounds and accumulation.XRP Ledger transaction spikes suggest rising network activity and a possible macro price floor near $1.30-$1.50.XRPs bullish falling wedge pattern projects a 134% price breakout to $3.10.　　MVRV ratio: XRP is in an “extreme undervalued” zone　　XRPs market value realized value (MVRV) ratio, or the market cap divided by the realized cap, has dropped to levels that have historically aligned with accumulation zones and market bottoms.　　The chart shows that XRPs 30-day MVRV has now fallen to -47%, its lowest level since December 2020.　　This suggests that fear and frustration among investors have “reached rare extremes that have historically preceded strong rebounds,” onchain data provider Santiment in a Tuesday post on X, adding:　　“Historically, MVRVs (average trading returns) will always average out to 0%, making this current level an extreme undervalued zone for $XRP. ”　　Deeply negative MVRV readings tend to appear when retail traders have largely given up, creating conditions where even small positive catalysts can trigger strong rallies.　　While weak MVRV readings

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CFTC Says Gemini Lawsuit Should Never Have Been Filed

In a joint court filing, both parties asked a federal court to vacate the January 2025 settlement tied to Gemini‘s proposed Bitcoin futures contract. The regulator said the original case relied heavily on a whistleblower whose credibility is now being questioned and argued that continuing the settlement’s remaining provisions would not serve the public interest.　　CFTC Moves to Undo Gemini Crypto Case　　The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission () now wants to reverse its own enforcement action against crypto exchange Gemini after concluding that likely would not have been filed under the regulator‘s current standards. In a joint that was submitted Wednesday in a Manhattan federal court, both the CFTC and Gemini requested that the court vacate the January 2025 consent order that settled allegations related to Gemini’s proposed Bitcoin futures contract.　　Earlier this year, agreed to pay a $5 million civil penalty to settle claims that it provided misleading information to regulators during the approval process for what was expected to become the first regulated Bitcoin futures contract in the United States. The settlement was reached without Gemini admitting or denying wrongdoing.　　In its latest filing, however, the CFTC argued that maintaining the remaining terms of the settlement would no longer serve the

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Revolut customers Italy banking: 5 million milestone and daily use

Revolut customers Italy banking has taken a noticeable step deeper into the countrys financial mainstream. The company says it has now surpassed 5 million customers in Italy, a milestone that also places Revolut as the fifth bank in Italy by number of customers.　　That matters because this is no longer just a story about a popular payments app picking up users. In Italy, Revolut is increasingly being used for the routines that define a real banking relationship: salary deposits, savings, tax payments, household money management, and business finance.　　The shift is showing up in the numbers. Italian users processed more than 50 billion euros in transactions in 2025, up 78% year on year, while deposits, salary inflows, and savings products all moved sharply higher. For a company that first gained traction as a travel-friendly fintech, Italy now looks like a test case for something bigger: becoming a primary bank account in everyday life.　　Revolut crosses 5 million customers in Italy　　The clearest signal in the Revolut customers Italy banking story is scale. Crossing 5 million customers gives the company a far larger footprint in one of Europes most important retail banking markets.　　Revolut also says it is now the fifth bank in Italy by number

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CFTC Moves to Overturn $5 Million Gemini Penalty Following Internal Investigation

Federal regulator requests reversal of Geminis $5M civil penalty settlement.Internal review reveals significant evidentiary problems in original case.CFTC and Gemini jointly petition court to vacate settlement provisions.Whistleblower testimony used in case now deemed unreliable by agency.Original enforcement action failed to satisfy updated compliance standards.　　The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has petitioned a federal judge to dismantle substantial portions of its concluded enforcement action against Gemini Trust Company. This unprecedented request comes after a comprehensive internal examination uncovered fundamental flaws in the investigations foundation. The development raises broader questions about how cryptocurrency enforcement actions were previously conducted and evaluated.　　Federal Agency Reassesses Crypto Enforcement Action　　On May 27, the CFTC and Gemini submitted a collaborative legal filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. This joint petition seeks to overturn portions of a consent decree established in January 2025, which imposed a $5 million financial penalty on the cryptocurrency exchange. The agency now acknowledges that filing the original complaint was inappropriate under existing regulatory protocols.　　The enforcement action originated in June 2022 when federal regulators alleged that Gemini had provided false information to the agency. The allegations centered on the companys 2017 self-certification process for bitcoin futures trading on Cboe

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XRP Price Prediction for June 2026: Is a Bear Trap Forming?

XRP price trades at $1.28 heading into June as $227.10 million in short liquidation leverage stacks against $118 million in fresh May ETF inflows.　　The setup creates two opposing forces. A symmetrical triangle pattern points to a downside break, but accumulation behavior and crowded shorts hint at a possible June squeeze. Whether XRP price snaps higher or breaks the triangle defines the next move.　　XRP Hits Its Best ETF Inflow Month of 2026 But Still Closes May in Red　　May 2026 marks XRP‘s strongest ETF inflows month of the year. US XRP spot ETFs logged $118.29 million in net inflows per SoSoValue. That is higher than April’s $81.59 million and a full reversal from Marchs $31.16 million outflow.　　XRP Spot ETF Monthly Flows: SoSoValue　　Yet XRP price is closing May down 6.19% with two days left. The disconnect highlights how ETF flows alone do not drive XRP when historical seasonality cuts the other way.　　The seasonal pattern fits the calendar this year. XRP price has tracked its historical median for every month in 2026. January closed negative on a -10.6% median. April closed mildly positive. May trails toward -6.19% on a -4.40% median with two days to go.　　XRP Monthly Performance Heatmap: CryptoRank　　The June median for XRP

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DeFi’s automated yield protocols were built for retail, now they just add another layer of risk

Automated yield protocols built DeFis most persuasive retail pitch that depositing into a vault was all a user needed to do, with the protocol handling everything else.　　For users wanting exposure to Curves boosted yields without manually managing CRV locks, vote power, wrappers, gauges, and incentives, Stake DAO offered a product that packaged the full stack behind a simple interface and, in doing so, also packaged what could break.　　According to Blockaid, an attacker minted over 5.4 trillion vsdCRV on Arbitrum through a suspected compromise of a deployer key and began swapping tokens for ETH.　　The attacker altered LayerZero-related peer configuration to forge a cross-chain message before minting 5,446,744,073,709 vsdCRV, converting a portion into roughly 43.78 ETH, with liquidity constraining realized extraction far below the nominal mint.　　Stake DAO told users not to interact with vsdCRV while the situation was active. The incident spread to Curve, which warned users in an affected Arbitrum LlamaLend market, and Beefy Finance paused a connected vault with exposure to Curve and Convex.　　Stake DAOs Liquid Lockers let users deposit governance tokens like CRV, receive liquid sdTokens, and access boosted yield and governance exposure without managing the Curve-locking stack directly.　　The vault interface hides all of that and, in doing so,

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Strategy’s USD reserve didn’t last long

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) told preferred shareholders that its so-called USD Reserve was their safety net. Half a year later, it drained most of it to retire zero-coupon debt that was costing the company nothing in interest.　　Indeed, in December, Michael Saylors Strategy said it established a $1.44 billion USD Reserve “to support the payment of dividends on its preferred stock and interest on its outstanding indebtedness.”　　Its now used most of it for purposes other than paying interest and dividends.　　USD Reserve is a fancy term for cash used by the company to distinguish cash from its bitcoin (BTC) reserve, which it considers more “pristine.”　　It also wanted to earmark the cash as a meaningful reserve for a particular obligation, namely, dividend and interest obligations.　　Strategys management diluted common shareholders through at-the-market (ATM) sales of MSTR to create the USD Reserve.　　As common shareholders suffered dilution and no commensurate gain in BTC, preferred holders enjoyed a safety net for a few months, thinking the company would actually use its USD Reserve as promised.　　At inception, President and CEO Phong Le framed the cash buffer as a trust signal, claiming it “currently covers 21 months of dividends.”　　By late December, additional ATM sales had pushed the reserve to roughly

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Internet Computer up 12% after massive short liquidations - Is $4 next for ICP?

Internet Computer [ICP] is up more than 12% in the past 24 hours, coming in third among CoinMarketCaps top 100 cryptos by gains. The decentralized AI compute play mainly drove the altcoin.　　Additionally, technical breakout, network activity, and a short squeeze have had a hand in the days rally.　　ICP bulls return, eyeing $4—is it possible？　　The daily price action chart has surged above the range consolidation that had kept ICP between $2 and $2.80 since February. Following a breakout in the first week of May, Internet Computer rallied above $4 but has been in a correction for the past two weeks.　　The correction appears to have ended at around $2.50, where it consolidated for around 10 days. Consequently, ICP broke above this range again.　　The MACD bars have shown seller exhaustion, with the signal and MACD line crossover suggesting bulls return. The Average Directional Index (ADX) is at 19 and stabilizing, confirming this bullish outlook.　　Source: ICP/USDT on TradingView　　As bulls reclaim the $3 mark, more capital inflows would push it toward $4. This was more likely if the altcoin stayed above the three-month consolidation market. Otherwise, the sideways consolidation may persist.　　A spike in short liquidations　　Another factor that drove the prices of Internet Computer was the

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