Polymarket exec says KYC limited to beta product, not existing platform
Polymarket’s vice president of engineering, Josh Stevens, clarified that the prediction market platform is not adding mandatory Know Your Customer...
Month: May 2026
BIS Project Agorá shows tokenized payments can settle in seconds
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a report Wednesday on Project Agorá, an experimental prototype for cross-border wholesale payment....
Crypto liquidations hit $935M as Bitcoin price dips to $72.6K
Bitcoin (BTC) sold off into the early Asian trading session on Thursday as the drop to $72,600 produced significant liquidation...
Vitalik Buterin Links DeepSeek V4 Local AI Advances to Ethereum Privacy Infrastructure
TLDR: DeepSeek V4’s 2-bit quantized version runs within 90 GB of VRAM, making local AI more accessible on consumer hardware....
US-Iran Escalation Pushes Bitcoin to $72,622 as $870M Long Bets Collapse
Key Takeaways U.S. strikes in Iran and IRGC retaliation in Kuwait threatened Qatar peace talks on Thursday. Bitcoin fell 3.6%...
The Future of Bitcoin Mining Is Bigger Than Bitcoin
This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The...
Banca Sella to Become First Italian Bank to Launch Crypto Services
Key Takeaways Banca Sella secures Bank of Italy approval to launch crypto custody services in 2026. MiCA is pushing Italian...
Porter Stansberry Warns of US Financial Collapse by 2029 on Pompliano Podcast
Key Takeaways Porter Stansberry told Pompliano the U.S. faces a full monetary reset by 2029, driven by $40T in federal...
South Korea Files First Criminal Case Over DEX Rug Pull, Indicts Five in Solana Meme Coin Scheme
Key Takeaways South Korean prosecutors have indicted five suspects in the country’s first-ever criminal case over a DEX rug pull....
Falcon Unveils GENIUS-ready fUSD Stablecoin Backed by Anchorage Digital Bank
Key Takeaways Falcon Finance launched fUSD with Anchorage Digital as issuer for institutional use. fUSD targets 3% annual rewards as...
Grayscale Says Ethereum, Solana and Two Additional Blockchains Poised To Benefit From Clarity Act
The world’s largest digital asset-focused investment platform says institutional capital will initially target four blockchain networks as regulatory clarity improves. ...
Up to $3,500 per Person Incoming As Krispy Kreme Settles Data Breach Lawsuit Impacting 161,676 Americans
Krispy Kreme has agreed to shell out more than a million dollars to compensate those affected by a data breach....
Crypto companies have tightened compliance, but gaps remain: Chainalysis
Nearly half of the organizations onboarded into the crypto industry in 2026 are operating at alerting standards that would have...
Crypto markets shed $80B after fresh US strikes on Iran
Cryptocurrency markets have shed around $80 billion in value over the past 24 hours, with losses accelerating after the US...
CFTC seeks to reverse settlement deal with Gemini
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked a federal court to vacate its $5 million settlement with crypto exchange...
