CoW DAO approves compensation for cow.fi hijack victims, claims due May 14
CoW DAO approved CIP‑86 to offer discretionary grants of up to 100% to victims of April’s cow.fi domain hijack, with detailed claims due by May 14 and payouts targeted by May 31. Summary CIP‑86 sets up a one‑off discretionary grants…
Kuaishou plans $20B IPO for Kling AI video unit in 2027
Kuaishou Technology, the Chinese short-video platform, is reportedly planning to spin off its Kling AI video generation unit as an independent company and take it public by 2027. The target valuation: $20 billion. Kuaishou’s own market capitalization sat at roughly…
Bitcoin at $80K: Is the ‘Peace Dividend’ Real or Geopolitical Lip Service?
Bitcoin price is holding above $80,000 as prediction markets price a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire at near-certainty, and the question of whether that signal is real or a diplomatic mirage is now the single most important variable in the crypto market analysis….
BNY launches bitcoin and ether custody in Abu Dhabi’s ADGM
BNY is launching institutional Bitcoin and Ether custody from Abu Dhabi’s ADGM with Finstreet and ADI, paving the way for stablecoin and tokenized‑asset support. Summary BNY has launched institutional-grade digital asset custody in Abu Dhabi Global Market, initially covering Bitcoin…
Solana and Google Cloud Team Up for Stablecoin-Powered AI Agent Payments
Developers can link a Solana wallet to AI tools like Claude Code or Gemini and have an agent accessing paid APIs within one minute. The Solana Foundation has partnered with Google Cloud to launch Pay.sh, a platform that allows…
Wall Street Giant Morgan Stanley Enters Crypto Race With Pricing Edge: Report
Morgan Stanley is bringing Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana trading to E*Trade clients soon. One of the world’s largest wealth management firms, Morgan Stanley, is all set to introduce cryptocurrency trading on its E*Trade platform, which it acquired for $13…
Solana ETFs Surge to $750M as Investors Largely Ignore Volatility
Despite volatile markets, Solana ETFs recorded $750M inflows, limited outflows, rising validator adoption, and rapid stablecoin growth. Spot Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have continued to attract investor interest since their launch in the United States on October 28. According…
How $619M Midweek Bleed Was Erased by Massive One-Day Crypto Inflow
Ethereum and Solana saw notable exits, while Bitcoin and smaller assets helped stabilize flows during a volatile week for crypto funds. Digital asset funds posted $117.8 million in inflows, continuing a five-week streak, though this was the smallest weekly…
Banks try to kill the CLARITY Act
The US banking lobby is mounting a last-minute push to stall the CLARITY Act just days before its scheduled Senate Banking Committee markup on May 14. Summary Five major banking groups jointly rejected the Tillis-Alsobrooks stablecoin yield compromise, calling it…
Bitcoin Mining Pool Giants Foundry, Antpool and F2pool Signal Stratum V2 Shift
Key Takeaways Antpool, F2pool, Foundry, and 4 others joined the Stratum V2 Working Group on May 7, 2026. Stratum V2 offers miners up to 7.4% higher profitability through lower latency and better fee capture. Braiins and Spiral founded the Working…
Venezuela transfers 13.5 kilograms of enriched uranium to US with UK support
Venezuela just shipped its entire stockpile of highly enriched uranium to the United States. The 13.5 kilograms of HEU, roughly 30 pounds, traveled overland 100 miles to a Venezuelan port before crossing the Atlantic on a British vessel bound for…
Hacker Drains $5.9M From Ethereum Liquidity Provider TrustedVolumes
Early reports framed the incident as a 1inch exploit, but the protocol clarified that it was not compromised and no user funds were affected. TrustedVolumes, a liquidity provider on the Ethereum blockchain, lost about $5.9 million in funds to…
Ethereum’s DeFi TVL Dominance Drops to 53%, Approaching Multi-Year Low
Key Takeaways Ethereum’s DeFi TVL share fell from 63.5% to 53% between January 2025 and May 2026. Defillama data shows Ethereum holds around $45B TVL, with Solana and BNB Chain gaining ground. Layer-2 chains like Base (5.31% TVL share) are…
Stablecoin execs warn on hard part ahead
Executives from MoonPay, Ripple, and Paxos said at Consensus Miami 2026 that stablecoin regulation has accelerated institutional adoption but that major infrastructure and privacy gaps still block mainstream use. Summary MoonPay VP Richard Harrison said the GENIUS Act gave firms…
Kazakhstan plans $1.9B data center hub amid persistent power shortages
Kazakhstan just signed a $1.9 billion agreement to build out a massive data center complex, betting it can become the go-to hub for AI infrastructure in Central Asia. The country’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development inked the deal…
Kraken Parent Payward Targets OCC Charter to Unlock Institutional Digital Asset Custody
Key Takeaways Payward, the parent company of Kraken, filed an OCC application to establish a national trust company for institutional digital asset custody. The proposed Payward National Trust Company would complement Kraken Financial, which holds a Federal Reserve master account…
All Ripple Roads Lead Up? Analyst Maps 3 Bullish Outcomes for XRP
Here’s how XRP can skyrocket by at least 1,000%. Although most of the market saw notable gains over the past few weeks, with BTC surging to a multi-month peak at almost $83,000, Ripple’s cross-border token couldn’t really mimic the…
Pentagon publishes 162 UAP files including Apollo photos
The Pentagon released 162 UAP files on May 8, including NASA Apollo moon photos and 1965 astronaut audio Summary The Department of War posted 162 UAP files on May 8 at war.gov/ufo, covering sightings from 1942 to 2025, with 108…