South Korean lawmakers review crypto tax after petition surpasses 50,000 signatures quickly.

Cryptocurrencies broadly face headwinds on Friday, reflecting an overall reduction in investor risk appetite. Bitcoin (BTC) preserves $77,000 as a short-term support level but faces increasing pressure, limiting its recovery potential.

Oil perpetual futures on HIP-3 emerged as the leader in terms of daily trading volumes, briefly coming ahead of commodities trading.

Payward, a unified financial infrastructure platform and the parent company of Kraken, has received an in-principle approval for a license through Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority for a crypto broker service, investment, and management offering. This comes years after Kraken closed its office in the UAE after receiving its license from ADGM. As per the...

A Polymarket security incident drained more than $520,000 in collateral from the platform’s UMA CTF Adapter contract on Polygon on May 22, 2026. On-chain investigator ZachXBT flagged the incident in a community alert and pointed to a compromised deployer address as the likely entry point for the attack. The drain played out across a short...

Bitcoin (BTC) remains under pressure so far this week, consolidating around $77,000 on Friday after being rejected from the overhead supply zone the previous week. The institutional sell-off continues, with spot BTC Exchange-Traded funds (ETFs) recording billions in outflows.

Celestia (TIA) edges above $0.4400 at press time on Thursday, extending recovery for the third consecutive day so far this week. A surge in retail demand and social buzz backs the sudden rebound in price, which lacks a clear fundamental driver.

ETH felt additional price pressure after sentiment worsened in May. Investors questioned the role of Ethereum amid competition from Solana and Hyperliquid.

International Holding Company (IHC) completed a $30 million transaction using DDSC.

Polymarket is making a slow but deliberate move into one of the world’s most tightly controlled financial markets. According to Bloomberg, the prediction market platform is looking to enter the Japanese market with complete government approval by 2030 and has already appointed a representative in Japan. Mike Eidlin, who most recently served as Head of...

Pi Network (PI) holds steady above $0.1500 at press time on Friday as Centralized Exchanges (CEXs) record minor outflows over the last 24 hours. The technical outlook for PI is mildly bullish, with waning downside pressure while price wavers below a key resistance level at $0.1550.

Zcash (ZEC) price extends its correction, trading below $656 after a massive surge earlier this week. Weakening derivatives and on-chain data, alongside bearish divergences in momentum indicators, suggest the current rally may be overheating and vulnerable to a near-term cooldown or reversal.

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Hyperliquid (HYPE) edges lower at press time on Friday after a five-day rally, which hit a record high of $62.58 on Thursday. Retail sentiment shows signs of extreme bullishness, with HYPE futures Open Interest (OI) and Real World Assets (RWAs) trading at all-time highs.

Three blockchain infrastructure projects closed their operations on May 21, suggesting rising concern about the sustainability of venture-backed solutions. Syndicate Labs, Everclear (formerly Connext), and ZERO Network each shut down within hours of each other. The shutdowns involve three separate industries that have had substantial venture investments within the period from 2021 to 2022. Syndicate...

Dogecoin (DOGE) extends its rebound, trading above $0.105 on Friday after finding support around key support zones earlier this week. On-chain data shows that certain whale wallets have accumulated DOGE tokens during the recent price correction.

Hester Peirce issued warnings about overblown expectations for the SEC’s proposed exemption, stating that it applies to actual equity securities tokenized, not just financial instruments whose value tracks stock market movements. In a May 21 post on X, Peirce said she expected the exemption to remain “limited in scope” and to facilitate trading only of...

Bitcoin (BTC) holds above $77,000 at press time on Friday as bearish sentiment wanes in the broader market. Near Protocol (NEAR) and Venice Token (VVV) have posted double-digit gains over the last 24 hours, emerging as top performers. 

Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Ripple (XRP) extend their recovery on Friday after recent corrective moves. BTC is trading above $77,700 after finding support around major levels, and ETH is near the key resistance zone, where a breakout could trigger further rebounds.

Billionaire investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban has revealed that he has sold the majority of his Bitcoin holdings. He says that the cryptocurrency has failed to perform as a reliable safe-haven asset during periods of global economic and geopolitical stress. Cuban spent years saying Bitcoin was a better version of gold and even put 60%...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, and the former was beaming when he told the latter: “I haven’t seen you in a day, but it’s as if three autumns have passed.” So yes, the bromance theater continues with these two boys. Yet, the real drama had nothing to do with...

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Futures Association on May 21, formalizing how they will coordinate examinations, share information, and monitor risks across the securities and derivatives markets. The MOU covers three areas: emerging risk management, examination program coordination, and financial market conditions monitoring. Staff...

Hugo Philion, co-founder and CEO of Flare, wants to create a system that allows institutions to trade and lend using XRP-backed assets without exposing their activity to the public. The new system, called Confidential Compute, will launch in Q3 2026. Philion spoke in an interview with crypto YouTuber Crypto Sensei on YouTube, saying Flare is...

European consumer groups have filed complaints against Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), and TikTok, saying the companies are still letting financial scam ads reach users. The complaints were filed on Thursday by the European Consumer Organisation, known as BEUC, and 29 member groups from 27 countries. The case has been sent to the European...

Tokenized money market funds are gaining traction as yield-generating alternatives to stablecoins, but remain a minor segment of the broader digital asset ecosystem, according to a report from JPMorgan.

Charles Hoskinson thinks Cardano can make a break in the fast-growing Bitcoin DeFi (BTCFi), a booming Bitcoin-based decentralized finance space.  He noted that no single blockchain has yet dominated the space, creating opportunities for networks offering secure Bitcoin bridging, enhanced privacy, and improved scalability. His comments come amid rising competition among blockchain projects seeking to...

The CLARITY Act might be delayed until as late as 2030. Lawmakers have warned that if it does not pass before the August recess begins, there is an open-ended calendar on how far into the future the delays could stretch.  The delay in passing the CLARITY Act is due to the Senate being unable to...

Hyperliquid’s native token HYPE surged to a fresh all-time high above $62 on Thursday, driven by strong institutional inflows and sustained momentum in decentralized perpetual futures volume.

Quantum stocks rallied today because the U.S. government is investing $2 billion in grants to nine companies working on quantum computing. The National Institute of Standards and Technology said it signed letters of intent with the companies. The U.S. government will also take minority stakes in each business, but those stakes will not give it...