Month: May 2026

11-Year Dormant Wallets Torch $8.3M in BTC

The burned Bitcoin would have been worth nearly $13.4 million when the OG crypto was at its $126,000 peak in October last year. Yesterday, five Bitcoin (BTC) wallets that had remained untouched for about 11 years came to life,…

Coinbase Adds Little-Known Crypto Asset to Listing Roadmap for Spot Trading

The crypto giant Coinbase just added a little-known crypto asset to its listing roadmap. The exchange says it’s preparing to add Perle (PRL) to its platform for spot trading. Perle (PRL) is the native token of the Perle ecosystem, issued…

India’s SEBI to test tokenized corporate bond settlements in DLT pilot

India’s market regulator has moved ahead with a pilot project for tokenized corporate bonds, testing whether distributed ledger technology can improve liquidity and settlement efficiency in the country’s debt markets. Summary SEBI has approved a pilot project to test tokenized…

Digital Asset Giant Tether To Launch ‘Official Stablecoin of Georgia’ in Partnership With Government

Tether has announced plans to launch GEL?, a stablecoin pegged to the Georgian Lari, in partnership with the Government of Georgia. The announcement marks one of the first efforts to place a national currency directly onto digital asset infrastructure under…

RAIN Climbs 44% After Rain Foundation Builds $100M Liquidity Base for Traders – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways RAIN surged 44% to a record $0.01195 after a $100 million injection from the Rain Foundation on May 26. Rain became the No. 3 prediction market by TVL, trailing only Polymarket and Kalshi. Observers debate whether RAIN’s built-in…

Crypto News Today (May 27): Bitcoin Loses $76K as Institutions Continue to Sell ETH & BTC

In crypto news today, the market is struggling during this midweek trading session on May 27, 2026, with the Bitcoin price losing support at $76,000 and currently down 1.2% on the day, trading around $75,800. ETH USD is in a…

The Reason Bitcoin’s Price Plunged to $75K: BlackRock?

Bitcoin’s price tumbled to nearly $75,000 earlier, marking a decline of about 2% for the day. The move was sudden, which raised more than a few eyebrows. Analysts have started speculating about what caused the cascading red candles, and many…

Exchange OS Goes Live on OKX’s Xlayer With Glassnode Data, Opens Market Building to Any Developer

Key Takeaways Exchange OS launched on OKX’s Xlayer on May 26, enabling anyone to deploy spot and perp markets. Glassnode joined as Exchange OS’s data provider, supplying onchain and derivatives data to Xlayer. The permissionless protocol enters a space led…

BitGo tests quantum-safe MPC wallet signing with Silence Labs

BitGo and Silence Laboratories completed a post-quantum MPC transaction simulation for institutional digital asset custody.  Summary BitGo and Silence Labs tested post-quantum MPC signing inside an institutional custody workflow last Friday. The simulation used ML-DSA, a NIST-standard algorithm, to support…

Economist Dawie Roodt Warns South Africans May Drop Local Currency as Crypto Rules Tighten

Key Takeaways On May 15, the National Treasury defended its new crypto rules against claims of asset seizure in South Africa. Dawie Roodt warns that the harsh capital rules will backfire, driving 100% of local users to cryptocurrencies and stablecoins….