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The Coinbase premium dropped to its lowest level this month on May 21, highlighting intensifying institutional selling pressure across the crypto market.

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is facing growing pressure to advance through the US Senate before Congress begins its August recess amid mounting competition for limited floor time.

Hester Peirce clarified that a proposed innovation exemption for blockchain-based stock trading would apply only to tokenised representations of existing publicly traded equities.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission and National Futures Association signed a memorandum of understanding formalising cooperation on market oversight, examinations and risk monitoring across securities and derivatives markets.

DeepSeek is building a new AI coding platform designed to compete directly with Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex as competition intensifies in the agentic software development market.

Solmate Infrastructure announced an $11.4 million registered direct offering led by chief executive Ron Sade and board member Keren Maimon.

A newly unsealed court filing in the Terraform Labs bankruptcy case alleged Jane Street used a private Telegram channel to obtain nonpublic information before the collapse of TerraUSD in 2022.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned six Ethereum wallet addresses allegedly connected to a money laundering network linked to the Sinaloa Cartel.

IG Group partnered with Bitpanda to expand spot cryptocurrency trading services for investors across Europe.

Blockchain.com confidentially submitted paperwork to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed US initial public offering, becoming the latest crypto firm pursuing a public listing.

Amundi and Spiko Finance launched the SAFO tokenised UCITS fund on the Solana blockchain, extending the fund to its eighth supported network.

Harvard Management Company sold its entire Ether exposure during the first quarter of 2026 after liquidating roughly $87 million in shares of the iShares Ethereum Trust ETF.

The United States Department of the Treasury intensified its crackdown on Iran-linked cryptocurrency activity after freezing nearly $500 million in digital assets under Operation Economic Fury.

Japan plans to reduce its cryptocurrency tax rate from as high as 55% to a flat 20.315% as regulators pursue broader reforms aimed at strengthening the country’s competitiveness in digital assets.

US Representatives Nick Begich and Jared Golden introduced legislation proposing a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve capable of holding up to 1 million Bitcoin under federal custody.

A petition seeking to scrap South Korea’s planned 22% crypto investment gains tax reached the 50,000-signature threshold required for review by the country’s Finance and Economic Planning Committee.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Hockey League to oversee sports-related prediction markets and combat insider trading and fraud.

Kraken moved closer to launching operations in the United Arab Emirates after parent company Payward received preliminary approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority.

The Blockchain Leadership Fund, a crypto-backed political action committee launched by Anchorage Digital and Chainlink Labs, endorsed 10 candidates for the 2026 US midterm elections.

Binance launched a pre-IPO perpetual futures contract linked to SpaceX, allowing traders to speculate on the company’s expected public market valuation before its anticipated stock market debut.

Bitget has launched a new Market Integrity and Token Accountability Framework to strengthen oversight of listed projects and market makers.

Kevin O’Leary has said Bitcoin and tokenisation will remain outside the reach of major institutional investors until the US passes clearer crypto legislation.

Tether has tightened its hold on the stablecoin market after USDT added more than $5 billion in supply over the past month.

Former Silvergate Bank chief risk officer Kate Fraher said she agreed to settle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in 2024 to avoid a prolonged court fight over allegations tied to anti-money laundering controls and crypto customer monitoring.