Month: May 2026

The SEC chair linked the rise of AI-powered financial systems with growing demand for blockchain-based market infrastructure and automated settlement....

Payward’s application would add a federally regulated trust company to the Kraken group’s existing Wyoming bank charter and Fed master account....

Lagarde warned that large stablecoins like Tether and USDC, which now dominate a $310 billion market, pose financial stability risks and could transmit stress to underlying asset markets during periods of turmoil....

Bitcoin jumped above $80,000 as Middle East tensions continue to linger. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $80,028 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,316 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $91.69 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.41 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1082 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.056419 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 80,057 traders were liquidated in...

Every few years, the capital markets are declared to be on the brink of disruption. And every few years, something interesting happens instead. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent release regarding the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) proposed rule change (Release No. 34-105260) to permit the trading of...

Binance (CRYPTO: BNB) founder Changpeng Zhao told ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood that stablecoins should generate interest for users—yet Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) won’t do that anytime soon, because it built dominance without offering yields. Tether Leaving Room For Competition Zhao explained that Tether moved early and built dominance without...

IREN Ltd (NASDAQ:IREN) could have significant upside ahead, with Bernstein citing the company’s new $3.4 billion AI cloud partnership with NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) as catalst for its $100 price target. The new target, with a reaffirmed outperform rating, implies roughly 76% upside from IREN’s May 7 closing price of...

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has been trading sideways for a month, but traders say growing liquidity and fresh technical buy signals could set the token up for a sharp upside move. Traders See Short Squeeze Setup Building Analyst Cryptoinsightuk said XRP may be approaching a major local bottom as momentum...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) shed 245,000 wallets in five days, the fastest holder decline in nearly two years, as BTC holds just below the critical 200 EMA at $82,041. Capitulation Fuels Bull Runs The wallet exodus marks the sharpest drop since summer 2024, when Bitcoin lost over 964,000 wallets across...

Needham analysts lowered their price forecast for Coinbase Global, Inc. (NYSE:COIN) to $220 from $230 on Friday. The firm maintains a Buy rating. Lead analyst John Todaro noted that while “crypto weakness continues,” certain segments of the business show surprising durability. Retail Traders Show Resilience Coinbase reported first-quarter 2026...