Arthur Hayes Tells CME and ICE Off as HYPE Drops Nearly 9% After Lobbying Push
16.5.2026
Legacy exchange operators CME Group and ICE are reportedly lobbying U.S. authorities to force federal oversight onto Hyperliquid. The crypto community and the Hyperliquid Policy Center fiercely rejected the claims, arguing that public blockchain ledgers offer total transparency. Legacy Exchanges...
The $293 million KelpDAO hack shows why DeFi is finally being forced to grow up
16.5.2026
For protocol founders and security researchers, the incident reinforced a broader shift underway across crypto: DeFi is no longer primarily battling coding bugs. It’s battling complexity
Hana Bank Buys 6.55% of Upbit Parent Dunamu in $670M Crypto Push
16.5.2026
Hana Bank has acquired a 6.55% stake in Dunamu, the operator of South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit. The deal marks one of the clearest signs yet that major Korean banks are moving deeper into digital assets. Kakao Sells $670M Dunamu Stake to Hana Bank Hana Bank has agreed to acquire...
XRP beat bitcoin gains as CLARITY Act advanced, but a real bullrun still needs Congress
16.5.2026
The token jumped 5% after a Senate committee moved the market-structure bill forward, reviving hopes that legal clarity can pull deeper institutional money into XRP products
MiCA Decoded: Thinking a CASP License Covers Payments, Perps or Futures is a Major Mistake
16.5.2026
Most founders pursuing a MiCA license assume they are solving their EU regulatory problem. They are solving part of it. The rest depends on which services they actually offer. MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored by LegalBison’s Co-Founding and Managing...
THORChain confirms $10M exploit, rolls out recovery portal for affected users
16.5.2026
THORChain has launched a recovery portal following a $10 million exploit, allowing affected users across four chains to revoke malicious approvals and claim refunds
Sharplink CEO points out 3 catalysts for Ethereum's price to surge higher
16.5.2026
The rest of the world is “really closely” watching the US CLARITY Act as the nation moves further away from the previous “hostile stance,” according to Sharplink’s chief
Bit Digital Posts $146M Q1 Loss as Ethereum Treasury Tops 155,000 ETH
16.5.2026
Bit Digital reported a $146.7 million quarterly loss as lower ether prices weighed on its balance sheet, while the company continued expanding its ethereum treasury and AI infrastructure strategy. The firm now holds more than 155,000 ETH and is increasingly shifting away from bitcoin mining....
Spot Bitcoin ETFs bleed $1B in a week, snapping six-week inflow run
16.5.2026
Spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $1 billion in a single week as capital rotated toward AI stocks and macro uncertainty weighed on sentiment, ending a six-week run that had pulled in $3.4 billion
Crypto longs lose $500 million as bitcoin slides to $78,000, SOL and XRP down 5%
16.5.2026
A long-skewed liquidation cascade flushed leverage across the major tokens overnight, with the move tracking a global bond selloff and the worst session for U.S. stocks since March
Coinbase Co-Founder Meets with US and Venezuelan Officials in Major Investment Push
16.5.2026
Ersham has reportedly been meeting with Venezuelan officials, floating possible investments in the energy and fintech sectors. He recently appeared in a tech event hosted by Banco de Venezuela, promoting the nation’s potential to become the “best country in Latam.” Coinbase’s Fred Ersham Shows...
Entain Directly Targets Premier League Clubs Citing ‘Cryptocurrency Reliance’ in Sponsor Ban
16.5.2026
Entain General Counsel Simon Zinger has written directly to six Premier League clubs, urging them to commit to UK-licensed gambling sponsors only for the 2026/27 season, citing Stake’s “heavy reliance on cryptocurrency” and BJ88’s use of “unregulated payment methods like cryptocurrency to evade...