Cryptocurrency News Today: Market Updates & Analysis podcast.Hey there, it’s Crypto Willy with your wrap-up from the wild world of crypto for the week ending May 31, 2025! Strap in, because the markets have been flexing, whales have been splashing, and the rumor mill is in overdrive.So let’s kick it off with Bitcoin, because what else? BTC took a bit of a tumble this week, trading down to about $104,762, marking a 1.43% drop on the day. Earlier highs touched $106,470 but sellers took over, dragging us near the lower Bollinger Band—the technicals are showing a clear downtrend, and the MACD is flashing red. The RSI is sliding toward oversold, so there’s a chance we could see a bounce if things get too low. The backdrop? Trading volumes actually rose, suggesting there’s still a lot of eyeballs and action, but the mood is risk-off as traders digest everything from international tariff tensions to big sell-offs by Bitcoin whales and institutions like Guofu Quantum offloading 20 BTC for just over $2 million. That triggered about $600 million in liquidations across the space, putting more pressure on already nervous holders.Altcoins didn’t fare much better—Dogecoin dove 8% and good ol’ Pepe dropped a whopping 12% in a single weekend, part of a broader sell-off that had meme coins and AI/DeFi tokens nursing losses. Even Ethereum got clipped, dropping 2.49%, while BNB slid nearly 2%. There were a few pockets of green, though: Cronos and Bittensor managed a rare rally, up 6.66% and 3.02% respectively, with Bitcoin Cash also eking out a 2% gain. But make no mistake, the overall trend was red across the board.Rumors are always hot in crypto, and this week’s big buzz was Ripple possibly eyeing an acquisition of Circle, the USDC stablecoin giant. Ki Young Ju from CryptoQuant stirred the pot with his analysis, sparking speculation about the strategic value of such a move, especially for those betting on the future of stablecoins. Nothing confirmed yet, so keep your FOMO in check, but it’d be huge if true—especially with eyeballs on a possible Circle IPO in the pipeline.Meanwhile, Binance Alpha officially added the Tokyo Games Token (TGT) to its platform, keeping things spicy on the exchange front for token fans looking for the next unicorn play.Finally, the regulatory scene stayed busy: the SEC filed to dismiss its long-running lawsuit against Binance, a surprising twist that has some thinking the worst of the legal fights might be behind us. Oh, and politics creeped in again, with House Judiciary Committee’s Jamie Raskin pressing Donald Trump about the guest list for his recent “memecoin dinner”—never a dull moment with crypto and the campaign trail converging.That’s the week in a nutshell, my friends. Volatile, rumor-rich, and always evolving—just how we like it. Stay sharp and don’t chase every pump or panic at every dip. Until next time, this is Crypto Willy saying, may your ledgers always balance and your bags be heavy!Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta

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