The Trump administration is looking at a new order that would let US security agencies check powerful AI models before companies put them out for the public. The plan came up in a White House briefing led by the Office of the National Cyber Director. The meeting included OpenAI, Anthropic, and Reflection AI, all private...

Hester Peirce, arguably the Securities and Exchange Commission’s most recognizable advocate for the cryptocurrency industry, will leave the agency this autumn to join Regent University School of Law in Virginia as an associate professor.  A university press release confirmed on Tuesday, May 19, that Peirce, widely known in the industry as “Crypto Mom,” will take...

Eleven months after its launch at Trump Tower, Trump Mobile is facing a barrage of scandals involving customer privacy violations, misleading advertising, and potential fraud.  Aside from these problems, the company, promoted by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, is now the subject of an official inquiry from a U.S. Senator. Is Trump Mobile leaking...

SpaceX has taken its IPO plan into the open with a new SEC filing, and the company wants to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker SPCX. Elon already runs Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), so a strong debut could leave him in charge of two public companies valued around the trillion-dollar level. The company first sent its...

According to Federal Reserve minutes released on Wednesday, officials are predicting that interest rates will go higher if inflation refuses to fall back to the Fed’s 2% target, after fresh data showed prices rising again and markets started treating another hike as a real risk. As Cryptopolitan previously reported, the Fed kept its target range...

Strategy Inc. now holds more Bitcoin than any other institution, but Bitcoin prices have still fallen to a three-week low. The company bought 171,238 BTC this year, far more than the roughly 62,000 BTC mined globally during the same period. Strategy is buying Bitcoin nearly three times faster than miners can produce it, yet prices...

Ethereum (ETH) holds above $2,100 on Wednesday following the latest developments surrounding the US-Iran crisis. US President Donald Trump said that the country is in the final stages of negotiations with Iran, but warned of further attacks if a deal isn't reached.

Drift Protocol has announced that its Insurance Fund depositors will be able to pull their stakes once the protocol restarts. However, the update drew a frustrated response from a user base that seems to have grown visibly impatient with the pace of Drift’s recovery process. The update, which was shared on X on Wednesday, May...

The joint venture of European banks Qivalis, set to launch a euro-backed stablecoin this year, has added 25 new members. The financial institutions from a number of EU nations are bringing the total number of participants in the ambitious project to 37. Qivalis adds new members in major expansion Over two dozen banks have joined...

Bumo Sarang, a South Korean funeral mutual aid company, recorded 49.3 billion won ($33 million) in unrealized losses after an audit revealed where it was investing its customers’ prepayment funds.  The money was put into a leveraged cryptocurrency ETF tied to Bitmine (NYSE: BMNR), where it crashed and lost over half of its value. An...

The federal government has sued Minnesota over a new law that bans residents from using betting platforms where people can wager on things like sports results and economic events. Minnesota is the first state to ban prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket. Governor Tim Walz signed the law on Monday after it received...

ZachXBT revealed that he has completed on-chain tracing of Gurhan Kiziloz’s illicit schemes, linking them between two investment schemes linked to him.

A7A5 expanded its activity in the past year, despite the targeted sanctions against the ruble-denominated stablecoin.

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PANAMA CITY, May 20, 2026 – BingX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3-AI company, today marked its 8th anniversary with the unveiling of its “Infinite Vision”, a long-term strategy that reflects the company’s evolution from a crypto exchange into an AI-native, multi-asset trading platform. It also embodies BingX’s ambition to go beyond crypto and build...

The European Commission opens a review of Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The EC is asking whether the regulations still match the rapidly evolving market or it requires any new adjustments. MiCA turned out to be the first broad crypto rulebook that got the support of a major economy. However, Policymakers in parts of Asia,...

Cerebras is now running Kimi K2.6 in customer trials, marking the first time the chip company has operated a one trillion parameter open-weight model.

Qivalis, an Amsterdam-based financial company, has gained the support of 37 European banks to launch a Euro-pegged stablecoin in the second half of 2026. The project seeks to challenge the dominance of US Dollar (USD) stablecoins, including Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC.

HYPE broke above $50 for the first time since October 2025, signaling wider adoption and expectations of a higher price range.

Irish authorities recovered a fresh second bitcoin wallet tied to a convicted drug trafficker. It is expected that the wallet will unlock 500 BTC (approx worth about $38.7 million) linked to a case once thought trapped behind lost private keys. Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) carried out the recovery with support from Europol. This adds...

The BoE and the FCA launched consultations to shape institutional tokenization and regulated digital wholesale financial markets.

Nvidia’s earnings could move the stock sharply, with options pricing in a 6.5% swing on Thursday, equal to about $355 billion in market value. Wall Street expects another huge quarter, with Q1 revenue seen at $79.15 billion, up from $44.1 billion a year earlier. Data center remains the main focus, with revenue expected at $73.49...

Nexo, the premier digital assets wealth platform, and the DP World Tour have confirmed that the Nexo Championship will return to Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire from August 20-23, 2026. The tournament will serve as the concluding event of the DP World Tour’s Closing Swing – the final event of the first phase of...

South Carolina became the latest state to pass sweeping rules for digital currencies on May 19 when Governor Henry McMaster put his signature on a bill that sets up protections for people who use and mine cryptocurrency. The Senate Bill is added as Chapter 47 to South Carolina’s legal code. The bill was proposed in...

Fetch.ai has unveiled Agent Launch, a platform that allows AI agents to issue their own tokens, attract supporters, and list on DEXs in minutes.

WhiteBIT, the largest European crypto exchange by web traffic, has launched whitebit.uk to serve retail and institutional users in the United Kingdom, one of the world’s biggest crypto markets. The UK launch is the latest for the Ukraine-founded exchange, which has been on an aggressive expansion trail since it secured a broker license in Georgia...

Ontop has launched a 3% APR reward program in under a month, powered by OpenTrade’s institutional-grade yield infrastructure. The partnership will enable Ontop’s workers worldwide to get rewards on their USD savings, protecting their earnings against inflation and reparation risk. The Ontop global workforce platform combines payroll, payments, and financial services, and the stablecoin yield...

Lighter’s native token, LIT, surged by more than 20% in the past 24 hours after hitting a high of $1.23 on May 20. It is the token’s highest price since mid-March.  As to how it happened, analysts are pointing out possible catalysts that came together to give the decentralized perpetual futures exchange the latest boost....

Alibaba (HKG: 9988) has announced its latest AI chip Wednesday, stepping up China’s push to develop homegrown alternatives to dethrone Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). This happened as Nvidia gaming chips, especially designed for the Chinese market, remain banned. The company says that Zhenwu M890 is three times faster than the previous model. It is made for...

Dash (DASH) is up 12% on Wednesday, extending Monday’s 5% gain toward the $50 milestone.