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Today's Key Economic Events ▶︎May 27 (Wednesday): European Central Bank press conference (2 a.m. Korea Standard Time on May 28) Today's Key Cryptocurrency Events ▶︎May 27 (Wednesday): None
Bitcoin mining stocks climbed broadly as expectations grew that the companies could expand into artificial intelligence infrastructure. Cointelegraph reported on May 26 that TeraWulf jumped as much as 17% intraday after news of its acquisition of a d
DeFi total value locked has continued to shrink since the KelpDAO hack, according to The Block. Total DeFi TVL has fallen to $148 billion from about $172 billion in mid-April, a drop of roughly 14%, The Block reported on May 26. The crypto news outle
President Donald Trump emphasized the need to preserve the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s exclusive authority over prediction markets, reiterating his determination to keep the US at the forefront of the cryptocurrency industry. In a Truth So
Investor sentiment toward XRP has soured sharply again, with extreme fear potentially signaling a rebound, according to on-chain analytics platform Santiment. On May 26, Santiment wrote on X that the ratio of positive to negative comments on XRP had
Bitcoin has entered a high-risk zone as institutional selling tied to US spot exchange-traded funds intensifies, on-chain analytics platform Swissblock said. Swissblock said on May 26 that continued net outflows from US spot Bitcoin ETFs are increasi
Kelp DAO, a decentralized finance platform, has completed recovery work following a major hack in April. Cointelegraph reported on May 26 that Kelp DAO announced on its official X account that it had transferred the final batch of 20,373.7 rsETH to a
Hyperliquid (HYPE) has launched a prediction market feature based on off-chain events. Wu Blockchain reported on May 25 that Hyperliquid has added support for a feature called Canonical Outcome Market. The market is created using automated newsfeed s
Web3 infrastructure company Quack AI and HYBLOCK, Hanyang University's blockchain society, will jointly host Agent Execution Frontier, or AEF, SEOUL 2026, the companies said on May 26. The event is scheduled for May 27 at Hashed Lounge in Seoul's Gan
South Gyeongsang Province has collected more than $45 million in delinquent local taxes this year after intensifying efforts to track assets including cryptocurrencies and stocks. As of May, the province had recovered 62.4 billion won ($45.2 million)
Dunamu, the operator of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, said Tuesday it has donated a total of 7.51 billion won ($5.4 million) over the past five years with the Korea Student Aid Foundation to broaden support for young people and foster f
XRP whale investors have stepped up withdrawals from Binance, in a sign they may be treating the $1.35 level as a key accumulation zone. Cointelegraph, citing CryptoQuant data, reported on May 25 that large Binance withdrawals of more than 1 million
Some publicly traded companies continued to buy Bitcoin even as Michael Saylor’s Strategy and Tom Lee’s BitMine paused additional cryptocurrency purchases last week. Lookonchain’s weekly report, published May 25, showed that Strategy did not add to i
Bitcoin network activity has slowed sharply in recent weeks. On May 25, cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez wrote on X that the number of active Bitcoin addresses fell about 39.8% over the past two weeks, to roughly 494,000 from about 821,000. Martin
South Korea’s Democratic Party has released a policy platform ahead of the June 3 local elections that outlines measures to foster the digital-asset industry. In its policy pledge book for the ninth nationwide local elections, published on May 26, th
<Today’s Key Economic Events> ▶ May 26 (Tuesday): US May Conference Board consumer confidence index (11:00 p.m. Korea Standard Time; 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time) <Today’s Key Cryptocurrency Events> ▶ May 26 (Tuesday): Plasma (XPL) token unlock; Berachain
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed plans to permit trading in tokenized stocks, Bloomberg reported on May 24, citing Cointelegraph. The SEC had planned to unveil an "innovation exemption" framework for tokenized stock trading thi
A new lobbying group backed by U.S. prediction-market platform Kalshi has hired a close ally of President Donald Trump as a strategic adviser. Cointelegraph reported on May 24 that Americans for Fair Markets, a prediction-market advocacy group, appoi
Coinbase Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong said the future financial system will require major changes, including the tokenization of real-world assets. In a post on X on May 25, Armstrong wrote that the current financial system has not yet com
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw heavy outflows last week. Wu Blockchain reported on May 25 that U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted net outflows of $1.257 billion in the week from May 18 to May 22. U.S. spot Ether ETFs also recorded net outflow
Coinbase said it is not concerned about Wall Street firms expanding further into the cryptocurrency market. Katie Harries, Coinbase’s head of European policy, told CoinDesk in an interview published on May 24 that “bull markets help everyone” and tha
BitMine, an Ethereum-holding company, has been included on a preliminary list for addition to the Russell 1000 index. Wu Blockchain reported on May 25 that BitMine Chairman Tom Lee wrote on X that FTSE Russell had released its preliminary addition an
Dunamu, the operator of crypto exchange Upbit, said on May 25 that it will hold the Upclass Junior Quiz Competition. Upclass Junior is a youth education project operated as part of Dunamu's financial education program, Upclass. It provides content on
Michael Saylor wrote on X on May 24 that "this week we bought bonds, not Bitcoin," adding that the "BitVac" is charging. The "BitVac" Saylor mentioned refers to a "Bitcoin vacuum cleaner," a phrase interpreted as describing Strategy's Bitcoin acquisi
Gold rebounded on May 24 as optimism grew that talks between the U.S. and Iran were making progress. According to Bloomberg, spot gold rose to around $4,575 an ounce, recovering most of last week's losses. The U.S. and Iran are continuing negotiation
A wallet linked to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes appears to have accumulated more Hyperliquid's HYPE token. On May 24, blockchain analytics account Onchain Lens reported that the Hayes-linked wallet withdrew about 85,714 HYPE from Bybit. The tokens
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Ethereum Foundation’s restructuring and set out his view of the network’s future technical direction. The Block reported on May 24 that Buterin, in a lengthy post o
Today’s Main Economic Events ▶ May 25 (Monday): △ US markets closed for Memorial Day △ South Korean markets closed for Buddha’s Birthday Today’s Main Cryptocurrency Events ▶ May 25 (Monday): △ BNB Agent SDK launch
International oil prices fell sharply on hopes for progress in talks between the US and Iran. Bloomberg reported on May 24 that Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell as low as $99.16 a barrel intraday. That was more than 4% below the prior week. We
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission faced internal conflict during its regulatory review of crypto prediction-market companies linked to the Trump family, according to a report. The Block reported on May 24 that The New York Times, citing cur