Cory Klippsten, chief executive of Swan Bitcoin, stated at Bitcoin Vegas 2026 that retail investors remain the dominant source of underlying Bitcoin demand even as institutional spot ETFs absorb headline flows. Klippsten argued that ETF buyers ultimately represent individual accounts acquiring

According to SoSoValue data, for the week of May 25 to May 29 in Eastern Time, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw net outflows of $1.42 billion, the third-highest in history. BlackRock's IBIT was the Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest weekly net outflow, with weekly net outflows of $966 million. Spot ETF weekly data confirmed for each coin For Ethereum spot ETFs, BlackRock's ETHA recorded weekly net outflows of $188 million (ETHA’s historical total net inflows of $11.43 billion), while Grayscale’s ETHE record

Real Vision co-founder Raoul Pal confirmed in a podcast on June 1 that the AI race is the largest capital event in human history, and he expects the “economic singularity” to arrive in about 4 years. During his recent pullback, Pal bought Sui and Zcash, and confirmed that ETH, Solana, and Sui still maintain “economic density” even after a major drop—i.e., Layer1 chains. Pal’s Logic for the AI Race: Reed’s Law and the Economic Singularity Pal confirmed in the podcast that the AI race is a game-th

Gate News bot message, Gate market data shows ETH breaking above 2000 USDT; current price is 2000.66 USDT.

Santiment 5/31 said that BTC long/short positioning hit 2.23, the highest level since 2026; the funding rate has been net bullish for nearly four days, increasing the risk of liquidation cascades. ETF outflows are seen as a retail confidence gauge. Ethereum FUD has fallen to a near-year low, but new wallets are still growing, and whales’ and retail traders’ behavior has diverged. BTC 30-day MVRV is -2.2%, and 365-day MVRV is -17.2%, suggesting widespread losses but possibly forming a low-risk buying opportunity.

Researcher Florent confirmed with The Block on May 31 that he helped recover about 1,003 ETH (about $2 million) that had been trapped in the 2016 HongCoin ICO contract for nine years. As of the time of reporting, two investors have already claimed a total of 96.5 ETH and have voluntarily paid Florent a white-hat bounty. Confirmed technical reasons and solutions for the integer overflow vulnerability Florent confirmed to The Block that the HongCoin contract was deployed using an older version of

A developer known as Florent recovered approximately 1,003 ETH, worth roughly $2 million at current prices, from a 2016 HongCoin initial coin offering contract where the funds had been trapped for nine years. The Ethereum token sale was designed to auto-refund investors after falling short of its fu

Gate News bot message, Gate market data shows ETH has fallen below 2000 USDT; the current price is 1999.62 USDT.

Standard Chartered is maintaining its $40,000 Ethereum price target even after ETH fell 57% from its August 2025 high. The bank believes growth in stablecoins and tokenized assets could eventually help close the gap between Ethereum’s fundamentals and price. Key Takeaways: Standard Chartered k

Bitcoin slid to multi-week lows this week, dragged lower by record exchange-traded fund (ETF) redemptions and a broad pullback from risk assets. The price settled near $73,500 on Friday, down roughly 4% from where it opened the week above $77,000. To get a sense of where BTC might finish the