Bitmine Stakes $508M ETH in One Day, Now Controls 10.5% of Ethereum’s Total Staked Supply
TLDR: Bitmine staked $508.4M worth of ETH in a single day through six large transfers via Coinbase Prime. The firm...
Month: May 2026
Brazil Bans Crypto in Cross-Border Payments
Central Bank of Brazil Issues Ban on Crypto Utilization As Part of Regulated Cross-Border Settlement System Key Takeaways: On April...
Trader Opens $1.96M MEGA Long at 1x Leverage, Already Down $402K
Key Takeaways: Trader 0xcc15 opened a $1.96 million leveraged long on 11.96M MEGA tokens and is already down $402K as...
Justin Sun: Why Crypto Cards Are the ‘Next Evolution’ for Stablecoin Distribution
Key Takeaways: Justin Sun identifies crypto cards as the “next evolution,” capitalizing on a $310 billion stablecoin market that has...
Kenyan Central Bank Moves to Vet VASP Applications With 4 Hires
Key Takeaways: CBK opened recruitment for 4 VASP oversight roles following the passage of the 2025 VASP Act. The recruitment...
Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Offloads Another 500 BTC to NYDIG, Extending Sell Streak
Key Takeaways: Riot deposited 500 BTC worth $38.24M to NYDIG, extending its sustained 2026 sell streak. The move adds persistent...
US Debt Nears $39T GDP Mark for First Time Since 1946, Validating Bitcoin
Key Takeaways: U.S. national debt topped 100% of GDP for the first time since 1946, eclipsing the nation’s entire annual...
France Drops Self-Custody Reporting Mandate
Key Takeaways: The French National Assembly axed an article requiring users to report self-custody crypto wallets over €5,000. Adan celebrated...
Porvenir Launches Crypto Pension Fund in Colombia
Key Takeaways: Porvenir launched a crypto portfolio using Blackrock’s IBIT ETF for Colombian pensioners. Tapping into Latam’s 64% annual adoption...
Silence Labs Launches Quantum-Safe Vault to Secure Crypto Custody
Key Takeaways: Silence Laboratories launched a quantum-safe vault using NIST’s 2024 ML-DSA standard. Bitgo and Infosys join early tests, signaling...
Goldman Sachs Executive Says Oil Supply To Fall Massively This Year, Hikes Price Forecast – Here Are the Targets
An executive at Goldman Sachs warns that tensions in the Middle East will lead to a sharp drop in global...
Bakkt completes acquisition of stablecoin payments firm Distributed Technologies Research
Digital asset company Bakkt completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm Distributed Technologies Research (DTR) through an equity-based transaction as...
Bitcoin risks extended retreat as April rally was futures-driven: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin could be setting up for a multimonth price decline, after a rally in April driven mainly by futures traders...
Bitcoiners launch ‘The Bitcoin Evidence Base’ to stamp out FUD
A group of Bitcoiners has launched a new open-source AI tool that generates evidence-based responses to misconceptions about Bitcoin’s environmental...
DeFi protocol Carrot becomes first casualty of $285M Drift exploit
Solana-based decentralized finance yield protocol Carrot said Thursday that it is shutting down permanently, becoming one of the first DeFi...
