PROS surged 47.8% after Upbit and Bithumb listings, with Pharos volume rising 209.6% as Korean trading access expanded.

Bitcoin ETFs posted $277.5M in outflows after five inflow days as BTC dipped below $80K, while MSBT still attracted new capital.

South Korea will require firms moving crypto overseas to register, as Travel Rule checks and a 22% crypto tax add pressure.

Vitalik Buterin’s $4 swap was sandwiched by JaredfromSubway, renewing debate over Ethereum MEV, front-running, and encrypted mempools.

21Shares launched TCAN, the first U.S. ETF tied to Canton Coin, as institutional blockchain access expands through regulated products today.

CryptoJobsList says AI skills now appear in 53.1% of Web3 job posts, with AI-ready workers earning a $20K salary premium.

Coinbase will suspend 12 perpetual futures on May 21, settling open positions as it reviews liquidity and market-quality standards in crypto

U.S. courts sentenced two laptop farm operators who helped North Korean IT workers access firms, as crypto insider-risk warnings rise today.

Aptos committed $50M to AI agent infrastructure, backing Decibel and Shelby as onchain payments and machine trading expand across crypto AI.

Tether froze about $515M across Ethereum and Tron in 30 days, with Tron wallets accounting for most blacklisted USDT addresses.

Coinbase shares fell after a $394M Q1 loss and revenue miss, as trading slowed and the exchange pushed beyond spot crypto into new markets.

U.S. Treasury reportedly pressed Binance over its 2023 monitoring deal after claims of Iran-linked flows, as Binance says it is cooperating.

Coinbase Exchange faced an AWS-linked outage for over two hours, leaving some users unable to trade while saying users’ funds remained safe.

Solv Protocol will move $700M+ in tokenized Bitcoin from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP after bridge security reviews and Kelp DAO fallout now.

Block shares rose 8% after Q1 earnings beat estimates while Bitcoin revenue fell 26% and the firm posted a $309 million net loss in Q1 2026.

South Korea plans to tax crypto gains above 2.5 million won at 22% from January 2027, with exchanges preparing investor reporting rules now.

Core Scientific posted a $347M Q1 loss despite higher revenue as AI colocation growth offset weaker Bitcoin self-mining income.

XRP whale inflows to Binance hit their lowest level since 2021 as traders watch $1.45 resistance for a possible move toward $1.80 near-term.

Bitcoin reserves on Binance, OKX and Gemini fell by nearly 100,000 BTC as analysts watch $88K for stronger bottom confirmation.

Grayscale added ENA and removed AERO from its DeFi Fund in Q1 2026, while its Smart Contract Fund kept ETH and SOL as leading holdings.

Upbit listed B3 on its Korean won market via Base, adding trading controls and network rules as the layer-3 token gains direct Korea access.

BNY plans Abu Dhabi crypto custody with Finstreet and ADI Foundation, starting with BTC and ETH before stablecoins and tokenized asset work.

Near One warns quantum attacks could make crypto ownership hard to prove as NEAR prepares a quantum-safe signing testnet rollout by Q2 2026.

Bithumb signs an SSID partnership to explore a licensed Vietnam crypto exchange as regulators push trading toward local platforms this year.

American Bitcoin reported an $81.7M Q1 loss and missed revenue estimates despite record mining output and lower Bitcoin production costs.

1inch co-founder Sergej Kunz says DeFi needs intent-based lending after TrustedVolumes lost nearly $6M and Kelp DAO exposed pool risks.

Crypto-backed Republican James Baird won Indiana’s primary after $514K in PAC support, as Fairshake expands its 2026 election push.

Samsung SDS will build KSD's token securities platform as South Korea prepares blockchain-based securities rules for February 2027 rollout.

JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ripple and Ondo completed a cross-border tokenized Treasury redemption using XRPL and bank settlement rails in a test.

California man gets 78 months in prison for a $250M crypto theft ring that used social engineering, laundering and hardware wallet raids.

Robert Kiyosaki warns of a boomer retirement crisis, naming Bitcoin and Ether as fallback assets while critics question his forecasts.

Upbit listed Dogwifhat on KRW, BTC and USDT markets, pushing WIF higher as traders watch Solana memecoin demand in South Korea.

OKX Card data shows European users spent crypto mainly on groceries, restaurants and online marketplaces during its first month.

CME plans Bitcoin volatility futures on June 1, letting traders hedge or bet on BTC price swings without tracking spot direction.

Figure says its blockchain platform can cut mortgage costs by 91% as it targets Fannie and Freddie in smaller home loans.

Bitcoin Core disclosed CVE-2024-52911, a patched bug that could let miners crash older nodes or possibly execute code.

Solana and Google Cloud launched Pay.sh, letting AI agents pay for Google Cloud and other APIs using stablecoins on Solana.