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Clearer regulation of stablecoins will sharply accelerate their adoption across global financial markets, Circle said. David Katz, Circle’s vice president for strategy and public policy, made the remarks during a fireside chat at Southeast Asia Block
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission is accelerating efforts to bring more of the digital-asset market into the regulatory mainstream, including stablecoins, security tokens and crypto exchange-traded funds. The regulator also aims to establ
Kim Ho-jin, chief executive officer of ShardLab, said Southeast Asia is well positioned to emerge as a key market in the era of artificial intelligence and digital assets. Speaking in a keynote address at Southeast Asia Blockchain Week 2026, or SEABW
"The crypto industry has spent the past decade racing to win human users. But going forward, the most natural users may not be humans at all. They may be AI agents." Hashed Chief Executive Officer Kim Seo-jun said the convergence of artificial intell
BonanzaLab, a digital-asset data specialist, said on May 18 that it had obtained Main-Biz certification from South Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups. The certification is valid from May 15, 2026, to May 14, 2029. Main-Biz is a government certific
Coinone, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, commented on reports about equity investments involving Korea Investment & Securities and OKX. A Coinone official said on May 15 that the company is discussing partnerships with multiple firms, includi
Large holders of Cardano’s ADA have increased their share of the token’s circulating supply to the highest level since 2020. At the same time, decentralized-finance activity has slumped, signaling weaker on-chain usage. CoinDesk reported on May 15 th
The share of Bitcoin and Ether held on exchanges has continued to decline. Cointelegraph, citing Santiment data on May 15, reported that Bitcoin's exchange supply had fallen to 5.6%, the lowest level since 2018. Ether's exchange supply stood at 4.6%.
Korea Investment & Securities is in talks with global digital-asset exchange OKX to acquire stakes in South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinone, Yonhap News reported on May 15. The two companies are discussing a plan to buy about 20% of Coinone ea
The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve shrank by about 8.6 million barrels last week, marking the largest weekly decline on record, Cointelegraph reported. On May 15, Cointelegraph said the latest drop extended the reserve's losing streak to seven straig
US spot Ether exchange-traded funds recorded about $5.63 million of net outflows in a single day. Data compiled by Trader T showed BlackRock’s ETHA led the withdrawals on May 14, with $13.21 million leaving the fund. BlackRock’s staking ETF, ETHB, al
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded about $131.32 million in net inflows in a single day. Data compiled by Trader T on May 14 showed BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) led the gains with $144.11 million in net inflows. Bitwise’s BITB
Strive, a bitcoin-focused investment firm, said it will pay dividends on its floating-rate Series A perpetual preferred stock, SATA, on each business day at a current annual rate of about 13%. The dividends will be funded by returns from the company’
Anthropic has agreed to raise $30 billion, the Financial Times reported on May 15. The funding would value the company at nearly $900 billion, according to an unidentified person familiar with the matter. The round was led by Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Se
President Donald Trump bought shares of bitcoin miner Mara Holdings in the first quarter. Blockspace reported on May 14, citing a disclosure filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, that Trump purchased MARA shares between January and March.
Illicit funds remaining on-chain are nearing $75 billion. Woo Blockchain, citing Binance Research, reported on May 15 that more than $75 billion in illicit funds remained on-chain as of 2025. Those funds accounted for less than 1% of total on-chain t
Hana Financial Group will become a major shareholder in Dunamu, the operator of South Korea's largest digital-asset exchange Upbit, by acquiring a stake worth about $726 million. KBS reported on May 15 that Hana Financial decided at a Hana Bank board
Bithumb, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, said it will hold the "ICE FLEA MARKET with Bithumb Sharing Spring Switch Club" with beauty, fashion and lifestyle MCN company ICE Creative at the Bithumb Sharing Center on May 16. The Bithumb Sharing
Crypto exchange Gemini reported a 42% increase in first-quarter revenue from a year earlier and disclosed initial operating metrics for its in-house prediction market platform, helping send its shares sharply higher in after-hours trading. The Block
The US Senate Banking Committee advanced the CLARITY Act, a market-structure bill for digital assets, fueling industry expectations that the sector is moving closer to the regulatory mainstream. Debate persists, however, over ethics provisions relate
Bitwise’s Hyperliquid exchange-traded fund will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on May 15. The fund will trade under the ticker BHYP and will be the first ETF in the US market to offer Hyperliquid staking rewards, The Block reported on M
Dartmouth College’s endowment has expanded its crypto exposure with a new investment in a spot Solana exchange-traded fund. Cointelegraph reported on May 14 that Dartmouth’s board disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
GMX Labs, the development arm of decentralized derivatives exchange GMX, has named its first chief executive officer as it speeds up an overhaul of the protocol’s tokenomics. GMX DAO is also advancing a token buyback program and a liquidity restructu
MyDoge, a platform built on Dogecoin, has launched a broad beta program as it moves to expand the Dogecoin application ecosystem. On May 8, MyDoge said on its official channels that it had recently opened the MyDoge V3 beta service to a limited group
Kalshi, the U.S. prediction market platform, has raised $1 billion in fresh funding, valuing the company at about $22 billion. Blockhead reported on May 8 that Kalshi recently secured the funds in a Series F round. Participants included Coatue, Sequo
The US Senate is moving closer to the next step on the CLARITY Act, a digital-asset market structure bill, as a new poll shows support from more than half of voters. BeInCrypto reported on May 8 that the Senate Banking Committee is coordinating the s
South Korea will set up a direct oversight framework for overseas transfers of virtual assets, or cryptocurrencies, and cross-border movements of stablecoins. Under the revised rules, related businesses must register with the finance minister, while
The US and Iran are nearing a temporary agreement to halt the conflict in the Middle East, according to a report by the Guardian. Oil prices tumbled and global stocks advanced on expectations shipping could resume through the Strait of Hormuz. Pakist
Coinbase Global Inc., the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, reported first-quarter results that missed market expectations, extending its run of quarterly losses and sending the stock lower in after-hours trading. Cointelegraph reported on May 8 that Coi