Normal view

Today — 5 May 2026Main stream

Coinbase to open BILL-USD spot trading for Billions token

5 May 2026 at 01:00
BILL-USD pair to launch once liquidity is ready. According to Coinbase’s latest listing update, the exchange “will launch BILL (Billions) spot trading” and expects to open the BILL-USD order book later today in supported trading regions, contingent on sufficient liquidity…

Hyperliquid whales hold $4.016B with longs barely edging shorts

5 May 2026 at 00:00
Latest Coinglass data show Hyperliquid whale accounts holding a combined $4.016 billion in notional positions, with longs only marginally ahead of shorts on size but comfortably in the lead on PnL as one heavily leveraged ETH long dominates the winner’s…

Yesterday — 4 May 2026Main stream

Kraken parent sues ex-custodian Etana over alleged $25M “Ponzi scheme”

4 May 2026 at 23:00
In a second amended complaint submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Payward Interactive and Payward Trading — doing business as Kraken — accuse Etana Custody Limited, Etana Custody Inc., CEO Dion Brandon Russell, and others…

Ondo joins DTCC tokenization working group for U.S. markets

4 May 2026 at 22:00
DTCC has formed a tokenization working group for U.S. markets and tapped Ondo alongside BlackRock, Goldman, JPMorgan, Circle, and others to help design how equities and Treasuries move on-chain. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has launched an industry working…

DeFi Development launches $200M ATM to keep buying Solana

4 May 2026 at 19:00
Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development Corp has launched a $200M at-the-market equity program, pledging to issue stock only when it boosts “SOL per share” and fuels its Solana reserve strategy. DeFi Development Corp, a Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury company focused on Solana…

Solana Strategies buys privacy-focused cross-chain aggregator HoudiniSwap for $18M

4 May 2026 at 18:00
SOL Strategies is acquiring privacy-focused cross-chain aggregator HoudiniSwap for $18M in cash, notes, and stock as it builds an institutional Solana treasury and routing stack. According to reporting from The Block, SOL Strategies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HoudiniSwap…

Bitget CFD daily volume hits record $8B on gold surge

4 May 2026 at 17:00
Bitget’s CFD platform has logged a record $8B day, with gold-linked contracts driving 95% of the jump as Chinese-speaking, European, and Southeast Asian traders pile into metals. Bitget reported that daily trading volume on its CFD segment has broken through…

WLFI sues Justin Sun over alleged smear campaign to crash token price

4 May 2026 at 16:31
WLFI alleges paid smear effort after token freeze. World Liberty Financial has announced it is suing Justin Sun for defamation, alleging that after a Sun-affiliated entity called Blue Anthem bought $WLFI tokens in November 2024 and then transferred some of…

Rain adds Mastercard support as $1.95B stablecoin startup targets on-chain settlement

4 May 2026 at 16:27
Rain, a $1.95B-valued stablecoin infrastructure firm, is adding Mastercard support to extend its Visa-based model and plug on-chain settlement into legacy payment systems. Stablecoin payments startup Rain, fresh off a $250 million Series C at a $1.95 billion valuation, has…

Korean crypto exchanges push back against strict 10M won AML trigger

4 May 2026 at 16:06
South Korea’s Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA), representing 27 registered virtual asset service providers, has lodged formal objections with the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Intelligence Unit over proposed amendments to the enforcement decree of the Specific Financial Information…

Bitget and WIW3CH expand Blockchain4Her for women in Web3

4 May 2026 at 15:45
Bitget has entered a strategic partnership with women-focused Web3 collective WIW3CH to deliver more structured education, networking, and career support under its Blockchain4Her initiative. Bitget said it has formed a strategic alliance with WIW3CH, describing the group as a Web3…

Hut 8 unlocks $260M in Bitcoin as it refinances $200M FalconX loan

4 May 2026 at 15:37
Bitcoin miner Hut 8 has refinanced its $200 million Bitcoin-backed credit facility with FalconX at a 7% fixed rate, replacing its Coinbase loan and unlocking approximately 3,300 BTC worth $260 million from collateral. Bitcoin (BTC) miner and energy infrastructure firm…

Before yesterdayMain stream

Kashkari tempers hopes for 2026 cuts as war muddies inflation path

1 May 2026 at 23:00
Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari has shifted from penciling in one or two 2026 cuts to a data‑dependent stance as the Iran war and higher oil muddy the inflation path. According to Jinshi’s summary of recent remarks, Federal Reserve official…

Mantle’s 30,000 ETH loan for Aave enters vote as DeFi United tops $314m

1 May 2026 at 22:00
Mantle’s proposal to lend up to 30,000 ETH to Aave’s DeFi United rsETH rescue has gone live on Snapshot, adding structured credit to a $314m multi‑DAO war chest. Mantle Network has confirmed that its strategic credit facility proposal to support…

Huang Licheng levers up: $14.5m BTC long and $23.3m ETH long on the line

1 May 2026 at 20:30
According to monitoring shared by on‑chain and derivatives tracker HyperInsight, high‑profile trader Huang Licheng has sharply increased his Bitcoin long exposure, pushing his total BTC long position to around $14.5 million with more than 40x leverage. HyperInsight flags fresh BTC and…

Ethereum liquidation map pins $874m long trapdoor and $403m short cliff

1 May 2026 at 18:08
Coinglass data show Ethereum longs face about $874m in liquidations below $2,206, while shorts risk roughly $403m above $2,412, creating two key forced‑flow bands. Derivatives analytics platform Coinglass is flagging fresh stress points on Ethereum’s futures liquidation heatmap, with hundreds of millions…

Curve’s new bad‑debt pools turn losses into tradable claims

1 May 2026 at 18:05
Curve Finance is turning CRV‑linked bad debt into tradable onchain claims via crvUSD–debt pools, shifting bailouts from socialized rescues to market pricing of losses. Curve Finance has rolled out a bad debt recovery framework that formalizes what founder Michael Egorov…

Bitcoin open interest jumps nearly 6% as traders re‑lever into futures

1 May 2026 at 18:01
Bitcoin futures open interest has climbed 5.92% to $57.621b, signaling traders are re‑levering into BTC derivatives as open positions concentrate on a few major exchanges. The Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives market has seen a notable uptick in risk-taking over the past…

Brazil shuts crypto out of its official cross‑border payment pipes

1 May 2026 at 17:55
Brazil’s central bank has barred crypto from settlement inside regulated eFX payment rails, forcing banks and fintechs back to fiat-only channels for cross‑border flows. Brazil’s central bank has introduced a foreign‑exchange rule that prohibits regulated cross‑border payment channels from using…

Bithumb wins court stay on six‑month Korea FIU suspension

1 May 2026 at 17:51
Seoul’s Administrative Court has stayed a six‑month partial suspension against Bithumb, halting Korea FIU’s harshest crypto penalty while the exchange fights it in court. South Korea’s Seoul Administrative Court has sided with Bithumb, temporarily blocking the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit…

Fun raises $72m to wire fiat and crypto into the same checkout

1 May 2026 at 17:45
Fun raises $72m to power unified fiat and crypto rails for apps like Polymarket and Aave, after quietly processing over $18b in annual payment volume. Fun, a payment infrastructure startup that plugs both fiat and crypto rails into high-growth consumer…

MoonPay’s AI-native debit card gives agents a live stablecoin rail

1 May 2026 at 17:32
MoonPay has launched the MoonAgents Card, a Mastercard-enabled debit product that lets AI agents spend stablecoins directly at the point of sale with onchain settlement behind the scenes. MoonPay has unveiled the MoonAgents Card, a Mastercard-network debit card designed so…

Bithumb wins court stay, dodges six-month suspension blow

1 May 2026 at 14:08
South Korea’s Seoul Administrative Court has granted Bithumb a temporary reprieve from a six-month suspension, allowing the exchange to continue operating while the case proceeds. According to Yonhap News Agency, the court’s 2nd Administrative Division under Judge Gong Hyeon-jin approved…

❌
❌