GameSquare, a Nasdaq-listed company, has followed SharpLink Gaming’s lead by announcing a $100 million Ethereum treasury strategy, resulting in a 58% surge in its stock price. The move highlights growing institutional interest in Ethereum as a treasury asset, driven by strong demand, ETF inflows, and ecosystem growth. As of Tuesday’s close, GAME stock was at
Binance CEO Richard Teng has broken his silence on the market’s current trends, revealing his most important focus. Known for its related commentary in the market, Teng shared five key elements of success that are often masked to the public. This comment comes as the broader digital currency ecosystem enters a consolidation phase.
Richard Teng Success Tip and Binance Reflection
Richard Teng revealed in a post on X that behind every picture of success, there are unseen factors. He named these factors as the risks taken, patience tested, hard work invested, discipline maintained, and consistency upheld.
While the market has not recorded a major crypto winter since Richard Teng became Binance CEO in 2024, it has witnessed intense volatility. Despite the relative stability that the industry has experienced, putting the elements of success as Teng showcase was necessary.
The exchange has taken defined risks in the industry with bets on new tokens for listing and investments in new startups. As reported earlier by CoinGape, Binance announced the listing of ONDO, VIRTUAL, and BIGTIME due to its decentralized voting.
The trading platform shunned the risks associated with these tokens, underscoring how it practices the principles outlined by its CEO. To wrap up his latest X post, Richard Tend advocated for continuous product development to serve users.
Right Message for the Crypto Market
Binance Exchange controls a significant share of the spot and derivatives crypto market. With Teng’s update, the exchange’s users might look beyond temporary losses brought on by the market for better days.
Meanwhile, there has been a bullish shift in the market, with most altcoins now in consolidation mode. Bitcoin price changed hands for $84,698.26, up 1.81% in 24 hours. After months of fluctuations owing to the US-China trade war, the coin finally formed support at $84,000.
The breakout in the price of BTC from a low of $74,436.67 in the past week has helped fuel the broader crypto market recovery. Other altcoins like Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and XRP are up by 3.44%, 6.78%, and 5.4%, respectively.
Notably, Richard Teng’s new insight complements his earlier role in the market. Earlier in the week, he revealed how current trade tensions could strengthen Bitcoin. According to him, BTC’s role as a non-sovereign store of value makes it immune from general monetary policies amid global finance uncertainty.
XRP’s price rose by 10% in the last 24 hours, reaching $2.6 and pushing its market cap to $152 billion. According to CoinMarketCap, this surge allowed XRP to reclaim the third-largest spot among all cryptocurrencies, overtaking Tether (USDT), whose market cap recently touched $150 billion.
XRP Market Cap Passes Tether’s USDT
XRP price trend amid US-China trade talks has brought it back to levels not seen since March 6. This move placed it ahead of Tether (USDT) in the overall cryptocurrency market rankings. XRP now trails only Bitcoin and Ethereum by market capitalization according to Santiment data.
CoinMarketCap data confirmed that XRP’s current valuation reflects renewed investor interest and wider adoption. Meanwhile, USDT also reached a new milestone, recording a $150 billion market cap. However, its role as a stablecoin limits price movement compared to XRP.
Traders are watching the $2.69 level closely. This point is the 0.236 Fibonacci retracement from XRP’s all-time high of $3.84, set in January 2018. Analysts say a clean break above this level could push prices further toward the $3 mark.
Whats Behind the XRP Price Rally?
Multiple factors have driven XRP’s rise, including favorable policy news and wider utility. According to Santiment, one driver was House Bill 594 in Missouri. This proposed bill would allow full income tax deductions on capital gains, including profits from Bitcoin and XRP.
Santiment has also reported an 11% increase in XRP holders since the beginning of 2025 hinting it would hit the highest in the last 12 year. This suggests growing retail interest and broader participation. Furthermore, XRP was recently added as a payment option on Travala.com, a travel booking platform that accepts various cryptocurrencies.
This expansion of real-world use cases may be supporting long-term demand. Market analysts said the price rally has occurred despite a low momentum environment, indicating sustained interest rather than short-term speculation.
Ripple Lawsuit to Boost XRP to Flip ETH?
Ripple’s legal situation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) remains in the spotlight. Last Friday, Ripple and the SEC filed a joint motion to settle their long-running legal dispute for $50 million.
The proposed deal, still subject to court approval, would let Ripple regain $125 million currently held in escrow. It would also keep the court’s earlier decision on XRP’s sales. This settlement may reduce uncertainty around XRP and support investor confidence.
In addition, Ripple has been making moves to grow its presence in institutional finance. The company has expanded through acquisitions and new partnerships. These efforts aim to position XRP and its network as a tool for cross-border payments and stablecoin infrastructure eventually threatening even to flip Ethereum too.
XRP Price Market Sentiment and Technical Analysis
According to CasiTrades, XRP is nearing the $2.69 resistance level with bulls defending the key support levels. This level is seen as critical for establishing a path toward $3 or signaling a temporary pullback.
“Price is now pushing above $2.64 and rapidly reaching the major $2.69 resistance,” CasiTrades noted. They added that breaking and holding above this level could lead to further gains.
Dark Defender, another analyst, mentioned that XRP had reached levels predicted in prior analyses. “XRP was around $2.45, and we expected a jump to $2.58 and a Wave 4 toward the same level,” he shared.
Data according to Coinglass also shows a rise in trading activity. Derivatives volume surged by 172%, reaching $18.95 billion while the open interest climbed by 15.37%, showing that traders are actively placing bets on future price moves.
Welcome to the US Crypto News Morning Briefing—your essential rundown of the most important developments in crypto for the day ahead.
Grab a coffee to understand why the share price of Cantor Equity Partners Inc. (CEP) is seeing downside pressure while the share price of Strategy’s stock (MSTR) is increasing. CEP is the company behind 21 Capital, a newly established firm imitating Strategy’s Bitcoin model.
Crypto News of the Day: Max Keiser Issues 21 Capital Warning as CEP Shares Sink
Twenty One Capital’s ambitions to become the next major corporate Bitcoin player are under fire. The share price of its holding company, Cantor Equity Partners Inc., is bearing the brunt of overhead pressure.
The CEP stock price is down by over 6% in the last five trading days. Meanwhile, the share price of its market rival, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), is up by over 7%.
Headed by James Mallers, Twenty One Capital presented as Strategy’s inadvertent market rival, or peer. It introduced BTC-native metrics like Bitcoin Per Share (BPS), effectively challenging Strategy’s model, where investors have indirect exposure to Bitcoin through MSTR stock.
In a recent US Crypto News publication, Bitcoin pioneer Max Keiser said institutions must “Saylorize” or die. Nevertheless, despite Twenty One Capital extending the “Saylorization” trend, the CEP stock price continues to endure downward pressure while Strategy’s stock price is gaining.
Against this backdrop, investors hoped that hype around Cantor Equity Partners Inc.’s planned SPAC merger could reverse the trend, but this appears to be false hope. Notably, the merger would see CEP stock listed under the new ticker XXI.
“Cantor Equity Partners (CEP) announced a merger with bitcoin treasury company Twenty One Capital in a $3.6 billion merger,” reports indicated.
The announcement propelled shares of the SPAC vehicle, Cantor Equity Partners (CEP), sharply higher, but now momentum is fading.
Investors who hoped for a post-merger rally have watched the stock drift downward toward the mid-$20s over the past five days.
BeInCrypto contacted Max Keiser for insights into why this is happening, with the Bitcoin maxi blaming it on Twenty One Capital’s model mimicking Strategy.
Mimicking Strategy Could Be Detrimental, Max Keiser Says
According to Max Keiser, Twenty One Capital’s attempt to mimic Strategy could prove far riskier and less effective.
“There’s a big difference between a company with a Bitcoin treasury strategy and a Bitcoin strategy company,” Keiser told BeInCrypto.
Keiser says Strategy is leveraging its heft as a company with lots of Bitcoin, harnessing volatility to buy more BTC. However, Cantor Equity Partners Inc. or Twenty One Capital does not meet that standard.
“CEP is a company that is looking to buy lots of Bitcoin, which is very volatile. I question if they can effectively harness that volatility like Strategy does,” he added.
Twenty One Capital is the third-largest corporate Bitcoin holder after Strategy and Bitcoin mining firm MARA Holdings. Data on Bitcoin Treasuries shows Strategy holds 568,840 BTC, while MARA holds 48,237 Bitcoin tokens.
Meanwhile, after Tether acquired 4,812.2 Bitcoin (now held in an escrow wallet as Twenty One Capital prepares to complete a SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners), Twenty One Capital holds 36,312 Bitcoin tokens.
Corporate Bitcoin holders by portfolio size. Source: Bitcoin Treasuries.
In the interview with BeInCrypto, Keiser articulated that trying to copy Strategy’s model without the infrastructure, discipline, or scale puts 21 Capital in a precarious position.
“A Bitcoin strategy company is inherently riskier, with no clear path to be as competitive as Strategy in leveraging market volatility to capture more Bitcoin,” he stated.
Further, despite the surge in interest from investors hoping to jump on what appeared to be the “next big BTC play, Keiser believes the long-term winner is already clear.
“Ultimately, the big winner will continue to be Strategy, with dozens of knock-offs trying to catch them, failing to generate the same returns, but increasing demand for Bitcoin substantially. That ends up benefiting STRATEGY proportionately more than the knock-offs, with less risk,” he concluded.
This aligns with a sentiment from Steven Lubka, the Head of Swan Private Wealth. As BeInCrypto noted in one of the US Crypto News publications, Lubka said the inadvertent competition between Twenty One Capital and Strategy will ultimately bode well for Strategy.
“Ironically, someone throwing the gauntlet at Microstrategy, ‘we want to become the most successful company in Bitcoin, ‘ Only makes Microstrategy more valuable,” Lubka remarked.
Charts of the Day
Strategy’s MSTR stock price performance. Source: Google Finance
This chart shows Strategy Inc.’s stock price rose by $28.61 or 7.28% over the past five days, closing at $421.61 on May 14.
Cantor Equity Partners (CEP) stock price performance. Source: Google Finance
This chart shows a 5-day decline in Cantor Equity Partners Inc.’s stock price, down by 6.22% since May 7. CEP closed at $29.84 on Tuesday and is attempting a slight pre-market recovery.
Byte-Sized Alpha
Here’s a summary of more US crypto news to follow today: