Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

The White House rolled out the pomp and circumstance for Kevin Warsh on Thursday, hosting a swearing-in ceremony for the new Federal Reserve chair in the East Room. It was the first time a president held such a ceremony at the White House since Alan Greenspan’s back in 1987.Supreme Court Justice Cla...

Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Federal Reserve Chair on May 22, 2026. Within hours, the bond market had already placed its bet on what comes next: higher rates, not lower ones.Interest-rate swaps now indicate more than 50% odds of a 25 basis point rate hike by December 2026. The probability of at least...

If you’ve ever swapped a token on a DEX aggregator and received noticeably less than the quoted amount, you’ve likely been on the wrong end of overquoting. KyberSwap just shipped a feature designed to make that experience a lot less common.The protocol launched Smart Settlement on May 14, a new exec...

BitGo and Galaxy Digital are continuing their courtroom battle over the collapse of a $1.2 billion acquisition agreement that was once expected to become the largest merger in the crypto industry.During proceedings this week in Delaware Chancery Court, BitGo argued that Galaxy backed out of the tran...

A Hyperliquid trader known as ‘Evaded’ has booked over $7.5 million in profit from two positions in less than four days, most recently rolling back into the market with a $38.63 million ether long carrying 25x leverage.Key Takeaways:A whale accrued $7.5M in under 4 days from ZEC and HYPE longs on ...

Bank of America’s chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett warned on May 22 that anticipated mega-IPOs from SpaceX and OpenAI could push technology’s weighting in major equity benchmarks like the S&P 500 beyond 48%. That’s a threshold he associates with historical market bubbles.The numbers ...

Nakamoto Inc. executed a 1-for-40 reverse stock split effective May 22, 2026, vaulting its share price from roughly $0.16 to around $6 in a bid to stay listed on the Nasdaq.The move was necessary because Nasdaq requires listed companies to maintain a minimum bid price of $1 per share. Nakamoto’s sto...

Kalshi just raised $1 billion in a Series F round, pushing its valuation to $22 billion. That’s double the $11 billion it was worth just five months ago.The round, which closed on May 7, was led by Coatue with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Paradigm, IVP, Morgan Stanley, an...

Harbor Capital Advisors just filed with the SEC for five new exchange-traded funds, each designed to track the commercial ecosystem surrounding a single private AI laboratory. The funds would trade on NYSE Arca and represent one of the most direct attempts yet to let everyday investors ride the AI w...

The 30-year US Treasury yield hit 5.198% in mid-May 2026. That’s the highest it’s been since before the 2007-2008 financial crisis, and the ripple effects are reaching well beyond Wall Street’s bond desks.The 10-year note isn’t far behind, climbing to 4.687% and marking multi-month highs of its own....

CoinDesk reports:According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had planned to launch as early as this week an "innovation exemption" framework for tokenized stocks, but has now delayed its release. Regulators are evaluating feedback from traditional exchanges and other ma...

CoinDesk reports:Foreign media report that the XRP Ledger (XRPL) is transitioning from a blockchain primarily focused on payments to a key platform for real-world asset tokenization. Citing rankings from RWA.xyz, the article notes that XRPL has risen from the top ten to the top four, indicating a si...

The US 2-year Treasury yield has climbed to 4.14%, a level not seen since February 2025. For a number that most people outside of finance would glaze over, it carries an outsized punch for anyone holding Bitcoin or other digital assets.Here’s the thing about short-term Treasury yields: they’re essen...

Midnight is trying to recover after months of heavy selling pressure pushed the token into one of its deepest corrections yet. Since March 2026, NIGHT has dropped from above $0.065 to lows near $0.026, wiping out more than 60% of its value as sellers controlled the trend inside a clear descending ch...

MARA’s 2026 proxy filing reveals the company spent $4.3 million on personal security for CEO Fred Thiel in 2025 — including $430,000 to armor his vehicle — highlighting an escalating industry response to rising physical threats against crypto executives. Why the heavy security tab? - Physical attac...