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Summary ⚈Trader nets $670K in a day by swapping Fartcoin for TRUMP tokens amid dinner invite hype. ⚈ Top 25 TRUMP holders promised exclusive dinner with Trump, fueling whale activity. ⚈ TRUMP token is volatile but remains up 82% on the week, trading above key support. A cryptocurrency trader has netted almost $670,000 through a trade involving the Official Trump (TRUMP), amid a rush by the coin’s top holders to secure an exclusive dinner with President Donald Trump. Details of the trade indicate that the investor began by swapping their entire 1.18 million Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) position, valued at $1.22 million, into 78,671 TRUMP tokens, according to the latest on-chain data retrieved by Finbold from Lookonchain on April 27. This transaction saw the trader move funds from Jupiter Aggregator Authority 14 to a wallet. The TRUMP token, launched by President Trump, surged in value, resulting in a portfolio worth $1.96 million and a profit of $669,000 in...

Kidnapped crypto trader breaks ankles jumping from 30-foot balcony A kidnapped crypto trader who was allegedly threatened with torture and death by a gang demanding €30,000 ($31,000) for his release, broke both ankles leaping from a 30-foot balcony in a desperate bid to escape, according to news reports.  The 34-year-old met his alleged captors in Marbella, Spain where they persuaded him to join them for drinks at an apartment in Estepona. The gang then allegedly kidnapped him and told him to pay a ransom using crypto from his clients’ accounts or face torture.  The victim pretended to comply and made a call, he claimed, to a client to get the codes he needed to access the crypto. However, he instead contacted a friend who subsequently led police to the apartment where he was being held.  Before police arrived, however, the alleged victim took matters into his own hands, attempting to escape via the apartment’s balcony while the kidnappers were...

A widely followed crypto analyst says one under-the-radar altcoin is about to break out while updating his outlook on the top two digital assets by market cap. In a new strategy session, crypto trader Michaël van de Poppe tells his 763,900 followers on the social media platform X that Clearpool Protocol (CPOOL), a decentralized marketplace where institutions can obtain loans, is on the cusp of a new upward trend. “What a bounce on CPOOL. 70% from the lows. I think it’s in for a new leg upwards. They’ve been classified as ‘most innovative real-world asset (RWA) [protocol]’ in CoinMarketCap’s 2024-2025 Yearbook too and I’m expecting RWA to be a big pillar in the coming years. ” Source: Michaël van de Poppe/X The trader’s chart appears to show CPOOL shooting near the $0.40 price tag sometime in May. Earlier this morning, the asset was trading for $0.342. However, at time of writing, it is valued at $0.427, a 15.8...

A cryptocurrency trader’s bet on the newly created ANT by Claude (ANT) meme coin ended in capitulation, with the investor losing close to $500,000 in less than an hour. The transaction involving Solana (SOL) was recorded on the Raydium automated market maker (AMM) platform, specifically on the ANT/SOL trading pair.  In this transaction, the trader spent 3,396 SOL, roughly $587,000, to acquire 14.7 million ANT tokens. Picks for you Gold is outperforming Bitcoin and elevated risk assets 29 mins ago Forget gold and silver; This metal is set for highest close of the year 2 hours ago Orbs’ Liquidity Hub comes to QuickSwap ...