Key points:
 Bitcoin remains above $100,000, but buyers are struggling to sustain prices above $105,000.
 Strong altcoin performances suggest an altseason has started.
Bitcoin (BTC) is trading above $103,000, with buyers attempting to drive the price to the all-time high of $109,588. Research

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**Key points:**

* Bitcoin remains above $100,000, but buyers are struggling to sustain prices above $105,000.
* Strong altcoin performances suggest an altseason has started.

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading above $103,000, with buyers attempting to drive the price to the all-time high of $109,588. Research firm Santiment said in a post on X that Bitcoin whales and sharks, holding 10 to 10,000 Bitcoin, accumulated 83,105 Bitcoin in the past 30 days, suggesting that “it may be a matter of time” before Bitcoin's all-time high is taken out.

Along with Bitcoin, analysts are also gradually turning positive on altcoins. A host of factors, such as falling Bitcoin and USDT dominance and a rally in select altcoins, suggest that an altcoin season may be around the corner.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfc8-211a-7d2a-9dbe-809f08bac80d)*Crypto market data daily view. Source:* *Coin360*However, not everyone is bullish in the short term. Alphractal CEO Joao Wedson said in a post on X that Bitcoin is at the “Alpha Price” zone, which could attract profit booking by long-term holders or whales 

Could Bitcoin challenge the all-time high? Will altcoins continue their rally even if Bitcoin consolidates? Let’s analyze the charts of the top 10 cryptocurrencies to find out.

## Bitcoin price prediction

Bitcoin rebounded off $100,718 on May 12, indicating that the bulls are trying to flip the psychologically important $100,000 level into support.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfc8-2c1d-709e-9dc8-6b11f6059574)*BTC/USDT daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView*If the price maintains above $100,000, the possibility of a retest of the all-time high increases. There is stiff resistance in the $107,000 to $109,588 zone, but if it is crossed, the BTC/USDT pair could skyrocket to $130,000.

The risk to the upside is a sharp pullback below the 20-day exponential moving average ($98,407), which could tempt several short-term buyers to book profits. That could sink the pair to the 50-day simple moving average ($89,952) 

## Ether price prediction

Ether (ETH) skyrocketed above the $2,550 resistance on May 13, but the higher levels are attracting sellers.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfc8-3167-7dc4-9c3c-b46422478b59)*ETH/USDT daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView*The overbought level on the RSI signals a possible correction or consolidation in the near term. If the price slips below $2,550, the bears will try to strengthen their position by pulling the ETH/USDT pair below $2,400. If they can pull it off, the pair could extend the pullback to the 20-day EMA ($2,147).

Contrarily, a bounce off $2,550 indicates that the bulls are buying on every minor dip. That enhances the likelihood of a rally to $3,000.

## XRP price prediction

XRP’s (XRP) rally is facing resistance at $2.65, but a positive sign is that the bulls have not ceded ground to the bears.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfc8-36ba-7964-8875-beb51736586c)*XRP/USDT daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView*That improves the prospects of a rally above $2.65. Once the resistance is scaled, the XRP/USDT pair could ascend to $3. Buyers are expected to face significant resistance from the bears in the $3 to $3.40 zone.

The 20-day EMA ($2.32) is the vital support to watch out for on the downside. If the price turns down sharply from $2.65 and breaks below the 20-day EMA, it suggests that bears remain sellers on rallies. That could result in a range formation between $2.65 and $2.

## BNB price prediction

Buyers have kept BNB (BNB) above the breakout level of $644 but are struggling to push the price above the $675 level.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfc8-3ba3-74a3-b610-f00f6f66d083)*BNB/USDT daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView*The rising 20-day EMA ($627) and the RSI in the positive territory indicate that buyers have an edge. A break and close above $675 opens the doors for a possible rally to the overhead resistance of $745.

This positive view will be invalidated in the near term if the price turns down and breaks below the 20-day EMA. If that happens, the BNB/USDT pair could descend to the 50-day SMA ($603).

## Solana price prediction

Solana (SOL) resumed its up move after breaking above the $180 resistance on May 13, but the bulls are struggling to hold on to the higher levels.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfc8-40ab-7e9c-aced-4c18d85270e7)*SOL/USDT daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView*The bears have pulled the price back below $180 on May 14. If they sustain the lower levels, the SOL/USDT pair could skid to the 20-day EMA ($159). A solid bounce off the 20-day EMA suggests the bullish momentum remains intact. The bulls will then try to catapult the pair to $210.

Contrarily, a break and close below the 20-day EMA signals that the breakout above $180 may have been a bull trap. The pair may then tumble to $153.

## Dogecoin price prediction

Dogecoin (DOGE) bounced off the breakout level of $0.21 on May 13, signaling that the bulls are trying to flip the level into support.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfc8-4b5a-7268-bed4-2fab669d03fd)*DOGE/USDT daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView*The 20-day EMA ($0.20) has started to turn up, and the RSI is near the overbought territory, indicating advantage to buyers. A break and close above $0.26 signals the resumption of the rally. That opens the doors for a rally to $0.28 and thereafter to $0.31.

Instead, if the price turns down and breaks below $0.21, it suggests a lack of demand at higher levels. The DOGE/USDT pair may then slump to the 50-day SMA ($0.17), which is likely to act as strong support.

## Cardano price prediction

Buyers have successfully held the retest of the neckline in Cardano (ADA), indicating buying on dips.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfc8-50db-7435-85d8-922bba615535)*ADA/USDT daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView*The bulls will try to resume the up move by pushing the price above $0.86. If they manage to do that, the ADA/USDT pair could pick up momentum and rally toward the pattern target of $1.01.

This optimistic view will be negated in the near term if the price turns down and breaks below the neckline. That suggests the bears have overpowered the bulls. That could sink the pair to the 50-day SMA ($0.68).

***Related:*** ***Ethereum retakes 10% market share, but ETH bulls shouldn't celebrate yet***

## Sui price prediction

Sui (SUI) has been sandwiched between $4.25 and $3.90 for the past few days, indicating that the bulls are holding on to their positions as they anticipate another leg higher.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfc8-5688-7967-a0ee-7ed53374e75e)*SUI/USDT daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView*If buyers propel the price above $4.25, the SUI/USDT pair could pick up momentum and surge to $5. Buyers may find it difficult to clear the overhead zone between $5 and the all-time high of $5.37.

Alternatively, if the price turns down and closes below $3.90, it suggests that the bulls are booking profits. The pair may descend to the 20-day EMA ($3.57), which is likely to attract buyers. If the price rebounds off the 20-day EMA, the bulls will make another attempt to overcome the barrier at $4.25.

## Chainlink price prediction

Chainlink’s (LINK) up move is facing selling at the resistance line, but a minor positive is that the bulls have not ceded much ground to the bears.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfc8-5bef-72c0-8cce-a542f1e5781c)*LINK/USDT daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView*The upsloping 20-day EMA ($15.43) and the RSI near the overbought zone indicate the path of least resistance is to the upside. A short-term trend change will be signaled if buyers pierce the resistance line. The LINK/USDT pair could then rally toward the target objective of $21.30.

Sellers will have to tug the price below the neckline to gain strength. That could pull the pair to the 50-day SMA ($13.96). A break and close below the 50-day SMA suggest the pair may remain inside the descending channel pattern for some more time.

## Avalanche price prediction

Avalanche (AVAX) bounced off the breakout level of $23.50, indicating that the bulls have flipped the level into support.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfc8-6142-7fce-a669-da49be32d16f)*AVAX/USDT daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView*There is minor resistance at $28.78, but it is likely to be crossed. If that happens, the AVAX/USDT pair could rally to $31.73 and subsequently to $36.

The 20-day EMA ($22.63) is the critical support to watch out for on the downside. If bears want to make a comeback, they will have to quickly pull the price below the 20-day EMA. The pair may then slide to $19, which is likely to attract buyers.

This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.


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Zerebro developer Jeffy Yu has been found alive at his parents’ home in San Francisco, days after faking his suicide on a livestream that launched a supposed posthumous memecoin past $100 million.
Yu’s case isn’t the first time crypto has blurred the line between real death, faked death and

Zerebro developer Jeffy Yu has been found alive at his parents’ home in San Francisco, days after faking his suicide on a livestream that launched a supposed posthumous memecoin past $100 million.

Yu’s case isn’t the first time crypto has blurred the line between real death, faked death and something in between 

From missing founders to sealed caskets, the industry has a long history of exits that left behind more questions than closure.

Here are five unsettling cases — real, staged or unresolved — that continue to haunt the crypto world.

## 1. Jeffy Yu faked his death, then his crypto pumped

A clip of Yu broadcasting his “suicide” circulated on May 4. The video showed him smoking a cigarette before pulling the trigger, then the camera dropped.

Hours later, a scheduled social media post announced the posthumous launch of LLJEFFY, a memecoin described as his “final art piece.” The coin surged to nearly $105 million in market cap.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cf45-511c-7132-be2b-fa85e4e10af4)*LLJEFFY’s market fell to $5.63 million from its $105 million peak. Source:* *DEX Screener*But Yu wasn’t dead. Blockchain wallets tied to him kept moving. A copy of a letter — allegedly written by Yu — described the exit design as a response to ongoing harassment and blackmail.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196a89b-08d9-79b5-86e3-edde8bb96862)*Yu’s obituary on online memorial site Legacy.com has now been removed. Source:* *Vee/Legacy.com*Reporters from The San Francisco Standard eventually found Yu at his parents’ home. He refused to comment on the suicide stunt or whether he profited from it.

In the world of memecoins, this kind of spectacle isn’t new. In late 2024, Pump.fun’s livestream feature triggered a wave of stunts — suicide threats, animal abuse and other shocking acts — to pump token prices. The company shut it down and later relaunched a toned-down version.

## 2. A crypto whistleblower’s descent into paranoia and possible death

In February 2025, a suspected Chinese programmer who called themselves Hu Lezhi burned 500 Ether (ETH) (worth around $1.3 million at the time) and donated another 1,950 ETH (over $5 million) to various groups like WikiLeaks and the Ethereum Foundation 

All of it came with onchain messages alleging that a hedge fund called WizardQuant (aka Kuande Investment) was using “brain-computer weapons” to control its employees — including Hu.

***Related:*** ***4chan rises from the dead: How the imageboard moves crypto markets***

The messages read like sci-fi horror. Hu claimed he’d been a mind-control test subject since childhood and warned of a future where humans were nothing more than “puppets or complete slaves to the digital machine.”

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cf46-4330-70b1-91a9-5ff31aebad99)*Hu Lezhi’s final messages before disappearing. Source:* *Etherscan*In one of his last messages, Hu said they would “leave the world” if they reached the final stage of becoming a “complete slave to the digital machine.” Some translated the series of messages as an onchain suicide note.

To date, they haven’t re-emerged. And unlike Yu, Hu’s wallet hasn’t moved.

## 3. The crypto whiz and the cryptic tweet before his death

On Oct. 28, 2022, DeFi developer Nikolai Mushegian posted a chilling tweet: “CIA and Mossad and pedo elite are running some kind of sex trafficking entrapment blackmail ring… they are going to torture me to death.”

By the next morning, he was found face-down in the surf near his beach house in Puerto Rico.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cf46-ab4a-7d8c-adb7-1f70868c7307)*A final tweet, a washed-up body, and silence louder than truth. Source:* *Nikolai Mushegian/fucnti0nZer0*Mushegian wasn’t a random crypto kid. He was an early developer at MakerDAO and a key architect of the stablecoin ecosystem 

He was also increasingly paranoid — or, depending on who you ask, increasingly aware. Critics dismissed the tweet as a mental health crisis, but others weren’t so quick to look away.

***Related:*** ***8 major crypto firms announce US expansion this year***

The timing of his death sparked a wave of theories: assassination, targeted silencing or even MKUltra-style mind control.

Officially, it was ruled an accidental drowning.

## 4. Crypto investors can’t believe QuadrigaCX founder’s death

In December 2018, Gerald Cotten, the 30-year-old founder of Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, reportedly died in India from Crohn’s disease 

But there was one massive problem: He was the only person with access to $190 million in crypto.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cf48-7fd4-7772-9bb7-ad053264642d)*Cotten’s case was so high-profile that it became the subject of a Netflix documentary. Source:* *Netflix/YouTube*As news of his death spread, so did the questions. There was no public autopsy, his death certificate misspelled his name (spelling Cotten as Cottan), the casket was sealed, and a growing army of investors wanted his body exhumed for DNA testing.

Quadriga officially declared bankruptcy in 2019. Thousands of clients were locked out of their funds. Eventually, investigators discovered the cold wallets were empty, prompting auditor EY to begin recovery efforts.

Some suspected Cotten had run a Ponzi scheme for years and used his death as the ultimate escape plan. The rumors have not been confirmed, but the official story remains that he died a tragic death, as confirmed by Indian authorities 

## 5. Reports of Cryptoqueen’s death are greatly exaggerated

Self-styled “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova, co-founder of the $4-billion OneCoin scam, hasn’t been seen since she boarded a Ryanair flight from Sofia to Athens in October 2017.

Cotten left no access. Ignatova left no trace.

Since then, rumors have swirled. Some say that she underwent plastic surgery and lives under a new identity or that she’s being protected by the Bulgarian mafia 

A Bulgarian investigative outlet claims Ignatova was allegedly murdered in November 2018 on a yacht in the Ionian Sea and that her body was dismembered and dumped overboard under the orders of Bulgarian crime boss Christophoros Amanatidis to cover his ties to OneCoin.

More recently, German officials reportedly assumed that Ignatova is in a South African suburb living with private security.

Ignatova has been on the US FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list since 2022.

![](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cf49-06bf-71f7-a89d-12b6bdd0ca6e) *The US Federal Bureau of Investigation raised Ignatova’s bounty to $5 million in June 2024. Source:* *FBI****Magazine:*** ***10 crypto theories that missed as badly as ‘Peter Todd is Satoshi’***


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Key takeaways:
 XRP has surged 65% in a month, with technicals pointing to another 45% rally.
 Liquidation heatmap shows $2.68 as key resistance; a breakout could drive price toward $2.87
 Symmetrical triangle patterns suggest long-term targets of $5.24 and even $17, based on Fibonacci

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Key takeaways:

* XRP has surged 65% in a month, with technicals pointing to another 45% rally.
* Liquidation heatmap shows $2.68 as key resistance; a breakout could drive price toward $2.87
* Symmetrical triangle patterns suggest long-term targets of $5.24 and even $17, based on Fibonacci projections.

XRP (XRP) has surged 65% in a month, rebounding from a $1.61 low to $2.65 by May 14, driven by whale accumulation and easing US-China trade tensions.

![XRP, Markets, Tech Analysis, Market Analysis, Altcoin Watch](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cf69-dbd7-7473-96fc-5bf9158abe9f)*XRP/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingView*How high can XRP’s price go from here? Let’s examine.

## XRP rising wedge hints at 45% rally next

XRP has broken out of a multimonth falling wedge pattern, aiming for a potential upside target near $3.69 by June, up around 45% from the current price levels. 

![XRP, Markets, Tech Analysis, Market Analysis, Altcoin Watch](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cf74-b701-75e0-9eb2-ebb4ea0beae6)*XRP/USD three-day price chart. Source: TradingView*The breakout outlook is picking up additional support from XRP’s 20-3D (purple) and 50-3D (red) exponential moving averages (EMA).

However, if the price falls back below the wedge’s upper trendline and loses support at these EMAs, the bullish setup could be invalidated, risking a decline toward the lower trendline near $1.75.

## XRP liquidation heatmap hints at $2.68-2.87

The Binance XRP/USDT liquidation heatmap reveals key liquidity zones where large liquidation events may occur. These levels often act as magnet zones, influencing price direction based on the amount of liquidity at a given level.

![XRP, Markets, Tech Analysis, Market Analysis, Altcoin Watch](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfbe-e557-7c49-bb09-26b043fcc3b5)*XRP/USDT three-month liquidation heatmap (Binance). Source: CoinGlass*A large concentration of leveraged positions near $2.68 marks it as a key resistance level, with around $17.33 million in potential liquidations. XRP nearly tested this level on May 14. 

A decisive break above $2.68 could trigger a short squeeze scenario, forcing liquidations and potentially driving the price toward the next major liquidity zone at $2.87.

## XRP price symmetrical triangle points to $17

XRP is showing signs of breaking out of a symmetrical triangle forming on the 2-week chart since 2025’s beginning, which may lead to a broader bullish continuation trend in the coming months.

![XRP, Markets, Tech Analysis, Market Analysis, Altcoin Watch](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-05/0196cfb5-e507-7989-8c45-26ae819983ca)*XRP/USD two-week price chart. Source: TradingView*Symmetrical triangle breakouts typically lead the price higher by as much as the pattern’s maximum height. This technical rule brings XRP’s upside target to around $5.24, a level which aligns with the 1.618 Fibonacci retracement line.

***Related:*** ***Can XRP price reach $4 in May? Analysts are watching these key levels***

Applying the same rule on XRP’s multiyear symmetrical triangle, which entered its breakout stage in November 2024, the upside target is over $17.

This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.

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