South Korea gives Polymarket final chance before crackdown
South Korea has given Polymarket an opportunity to defend its operations before regulators decide whether to seek corrective action over concerns that the prediction market platform may violate the country’s gambling laws. Summary South Korean regulators will hear Polymarket’s response…
ZachXBT Turns Unwanted Meme Coin Donations Into $41K for Venezuela Relief
Copycat ZachXBT meme coins spread across chains, but the on-chain sleuth sold all tokens sent to his donation wallet and donated the proceeds. Prominent blockchain investigator ZachXBT said that several meme coins using his name and likeness were launched…
Belgium regulator drops warning against six crypto platforms
Belgium’s financial markets regulator has added six crypto platforms to its warning list after finding they are operating in the country without the authorization required under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets MiCA framework. Summary Belgium’s FSMA has warned consumers…
TeraWulf jumps as $19B Anthropic lease accelerates AI data center expansion
TeraWulf has secured a 20-year lease with Anthropic expected to generate nearly $19 billion in contracted revenue, sending the Bitcoin miner’s stock sharply higher despite weakness across crypto-related equities. Summary TeraWulf signed a 20-year lease with Anthropic worth an estimated…
3 AIs Give Surprising Answers
SOL is the “easiest pick,” ChatGPT said. The prolonged bear market has left numerous crypto investors underwater, as prices of countless digital assets have crashed by double digits over the past several months. Despite the grim reality, the current…
Crypto Is No Longer the ‘Belle of the Ball,’ Warns Bitwise’s Matt Hougan
Crypto winter looks different this cycle as capital rotates toward smaller assets with credible fundamentals instead. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan said the “brutal” cryptocurrency market is no longer the “belle of the ball,” as digital assets are…
Bitcoin Investment Products Suffer $1.44B in Outflows During Worst Week of 2026
XRP, Hyperliquid, and Near attracted fresh investor money despite massive outflows across the broader crypto fund market. Bitcoin investment products recorded $1.44 billion in net outflows last week, according to CoinShares. It was the largest weekly withdrawal from Bitcoin…
First-Ever Crypto Fraud Case Under New Investor Protection Law
South Korean authorities tracked suspects for months after CatFi case was initially dismissed despite early blockchain sleuth reports and evidence. South Korean prosecutors have filed charges against a group of individuals linked to a Solana-based meme coin project called…
Crypto News Today (May 20): Bitcoin Struggling Below $80K, SOL & XRP ETFs Green as ETH and BTC ETFs Bleed
The crypto market is struggling during this midweek trading session in May 2020, 2026, with the Bitcoin price struggling to reclaim $78,000 after a $5,000 slump from $82,000 just last week. ETH USD is in a similar position, down -0.2%…
Tether Acquires SoftBank Stake in Bitcoin-Focused Treasury Company XXI
Twenty One Capital holds 43,514 BTC, making it the second-largest public Bitcoin holder, far behind Strategy’s massive treasury lead. Tether International has announced acquiring Japanese multinational investment firm SoftBank’s minority stake in the Bitcoin-focused treasury company, Twenty One Capital…
Twenty One Capital Ownership Shifts as Tether Buys Out Softbank’s XXI Position – Bitcoin News
Key Takeaways Tether acquired Softbank’s stake in Twenty One Capital (NYSE: XXI), increasing control over the 43,514 BTC treasury company. Twenty One Capital, backed by Tether and Cantor Fitzgerald, holds roughly $3.4B in bitcoin as of May 2026. CEO Jack…
SEC Proposes Biggest Public Listing Overhaul in 20 Years — Here’s What It Means
America’s top financial regulator wants to make going public easier, cheaper, and faster. The changes could reshape how companies raise money for years to come. On May 19, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled what it describes as…
Dogecoin grew up. Almost nobody noticed.
Six months ago, the first spot Dogecoin ETF started trading on a major US exchange. The flows have been tiny, the price has gone almost nowhere, and the whole experiment has played out in near-silence. That silence is the story….
Saylor Buys $2B, BlackRock Unloads $450M — Which Whale Is Reading Bitcoin Right?
Two institutional giants made opposing moves on Bitcoin this week. One is betting on a decade. The other is managing the moment. The question is: which one wins? The Bitcoin market is once again at the center of a high-stakes…
Exa Labs raises $250M to compete in AI search market
Exa Labs just pulled in $250M in fresh funding, a war chest designed to help the San Francisco-based startup scale its API-driven search infrastructure for developers. The raise comes on the heels of an $85M Series B the company closed…
Traders Price Zero Fed Rate Cuts in 2026 as New Fed Boss Kevin Warsh Inherits 3.8% Inflation – Bitcoin News
Key Takeaways Markets now price the Fed holding rates at 3.50%-3.75% through 2026, ending earlier bets on cuts. Kalshi and Polymarket traders have placed over $42M combined on no rate change at the June 17 Fed meeting. New Fed Chair…
Leading Day Trading Platforms for Beginners in 2026: Tools for Short-Term
Introduction Day trading in 2026 is becoming faster, more data-driven, and more difficult for beginners to approach without the right tools. Short-term price movements can be influenced by earnings reports, inflation data, Federal Reserve expectations, AI-sector momentum, ETF flows, analyst…
What is the ‘Orange Standard’? The US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Explained
A bill now moving through Washington would make Bitcoin a formal US government reserve asset for the first time in history. Introduced on March 30, 2026, the Mined in America Act would direct the US Treasury to accumulate up to…