Bitcoin Prediction Markets Show $84K Ceiling as Traders Stack Bets on Polymarket, Kalshi, and Myriad
Prediction market traders have placed more than $100 million in combined volume across Polymarket, Kalshi, and Myriad on where bitcoin’s price lands in May 2026 and beyond, with crowd odds…
Bitcoin ETFs Post Third-Biggest 2026 Outflow as Blackrock Loses $448M
Bitcoin funds posted their third-largest daily outflow of 2026, signaling a sharp deterioration in institutional sentiment. Ether ETFs extended their losing streak to six straight sessions, while XRP and solana…
AI Financial SEC Filing Flags Going Concern Risk After WLFI Token Decline
AI Financial Corp., the Nevada-based fintech company holding 7.28 billion World Liberty Financial tokens, disclosed in its Q1 2026 SEC filing that substantial doubt exists about its ability to continue…
Bitcoin’s May Rally Toward $80K Ignites Fastest BTC Perpetual Futures Open Interest Growth of 2026
Bitcoin’s push toward $80,000 earlier this month has sparked the fastest growth in BTC perpetual futures open interest recorded so far in 2026, with Binance capturing the largest share of…
Pump.fun accounts for over one-third of Solana’s Q1 revenue despite memecoin slowdown
Pump.fun pulled in $124.7 million in Q1 2026, making it Solana’s largest revenue generator even as memecoin activity cooled, while the network’s RWA market cap crossed $2 billion. Pump.fun remained…
Bitget Wallet integrates Kraken-backed xStocks tokenized equities
The self-custodial wallet platform integrated Kraken-backed xStocks infrastructure, adding more than 130 tokenized stocks and ETFs for users. Bitget Wallet said it has integrated xStocks infrastructure, giving its 90 million…
Wallet cluster earned $2.4M with 98% win rate on Polymarket military bets: Bubblemaps
Bubblemaps’ investigation found a cluster of nine accounts that generated $2.4 million with a near-perfect win rate on Polymarket contracts tied to major US military operations. Blockchain data platform Bubblemaps…
Swan Bitcoin sued for nearly $1B over pre-bankruptcy transfers from Prime Trust
Swan Bitcoin has been sued for allegedly using insider access to pull nearly $1 billion in Bitcoin and cash from Prime Trust days before its 2023 bankruptcy filing. The post-bankruptcy…
Republican lawmakers call for permanent CBDC ban as House vote approaches
Tom Emmer, the House majority whip, is also advocating for his Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, which has passed the House but has yet to pass the Senate. A pair of…
SEC to make ‘innovation exemption’ for tokenized stock trading: Report
Several SEC officials reportedly didn’t support the decision, while tokenization platform Securitize flagged risks with enabling third-party platforms to issue tokenized stocks. The US Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly…
Strategy Holds 843,738 BTC vs Blackrock’s 817,138 as the Race to a Million Bitcoin Intensifies
Fewer than 27,000 BTC now separates Strategy and Blackrock in what has become an unprecedented contest to be the first institution to hold 1 million bitcoin. Two Giants, One Finish…
Bitcoin Traders Push BTC Back to $77K After Trump Freezes Iran Response
On May 19, bitcoin rebounded from a low of $76,000 to trade above $77,000 ($77,200 by 3:50 AM EST). However, Bitfinex analysts warn that the drop below $78,000 exposes deep…
Elon Musk Loses OpenAI Trial, Vows Appeal After Jury Dismisses Claims Over Statute of Limitations
A federal jury has thrown out every claim in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, finding the case to have been filed past its legal deadline. Verdict Reached,…
Capital B Buys 192 BTC After $20M Raise as Treasury Strategy Accelerates
French bitcoin treasury firm Capital B has acquired 192 BTC after completing a series of capital raises totaling roughly $20 million (€17 million). The company now holds more than 3,100…
Ethereum Foundation sees 2 more high-profile departures
Ethereum Foundation researchers Julian Ma and Carl Beek have resigned, bringing the total number of major departures from the nonprofit to at least eight in 2026. The Ethereum Foundation saw…