Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

ChainCatcher report, according to Cryptopolitan, Kenya’s 2026 Finance Bill proposes a 10% consumption tax on virtual asset service providers—twice the 5% rate imposed on the gambling industry. The bill also requires cryptocurrency companies to pay a one-time licensing fee of KES 150 million and an a...

Babylon Labs has proposed a temperature check in the Aave community to integrate native Bitcoin as collateral on Aave V4 via the Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults protocol. The solution requires no wrapping, cross-chain bridges, or custodians—users lock Bitcoin in Taproot UTXOs, and redemptions are g...

In an innovative move to bring decentralized security to its cryptocurrency ecosystem and offer a better user experience, Kuvi Labs, an AI-driven crypto interface built to make digital asset transactions simple, today announced a strategic partnership with ChainAware, an AI-powered Web3 security pla...

Odaily Planet Daily reports that although the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act are advancing the regulation of stablecoins, stablecoins remain fundamentally "private money" and could pose systemic risks to the financial system.The article points out that stablecoins aim to combine the stability of the...

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token has narrowly overtaken Dogecoin by market capitalization on CoinMarketCap. The move came after HYPE pushed to a fresh all-time high above $64 on May 24, while Dogecoin remained near $0.10.The margin is thin, and rankings remain sensitive to price feeds and circulating-supply...

ChainCatcher reports that The Wall Street Journal has published an article stating that although the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act are advancing the regulatory compliance of stablecoins, their fundamental nature remains that of “private money,” potentially posing systemic risks to the financial sys...

Huo Xing Finance reports, according to Cryptopolitan, a plaintiff pseudonymously named "Noah Doe" has filed a lawsuit in a New York court seeking ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets, including those associated with Satoshi Nakamoto, containing an estimated 3.7 million Bitcoin worth approxima...

ME News reports that on May 26 (UTC+8), Nate Geraci, President of ETF Store, joked on X platform, “Stablecoins are clearly the real economic risk.” He added that it’s unbelievable how the market views stablecoins as a source of risk, while ignoring inflation, escalating geopolitical tensions, and ...

According to Onchain Lens, the "BTC OG insider whale" has increased their HYPE position to 184,200 tokens, valued at approximately $11 million. They currently hold a 5x BTC long and a 3x ZEC short, with a combined unrealized loss exceeding $1.7 million.

Argentina just got its first publicly listed Bitcoin treasury company, and it’s taking a page straight from the MicroStrategy playbook, with a distinctly South American twist.Zonda Bitcoin Capital plans to change its stock ticker to ZOND on the Buenos Aires stock exchange, known as BYMA. The company...

BlockBeats report: On May 26, KelpDAO announced that the final batch of 20,373.72 rsETH was transferred to the rsETH OFT adapter earlier today, marking the official completion of the operational phase of the rsETH recovery plan.Over the past two weeks, Aave and Kelp have collectively added approxima...

CoinMarketCap reports:A lawsuit in New York has brought long-dormant Bitcoin wallets into legal dispute. On May 1, plaintiff Noah Doe filed a lawsuit in New York, seeking court confirmation that 39,069 dormant addresses and their associated assets belong to him. The case invokes New York State laws ...

BlockBeats news: On May 26, crypto analyst Axel Adler Jr. stated that despite BTC recently reclaiming $77,000, net inflows into exchanges alongside continued outflows from spot ETFs are exerting localized selling pressure on the market. Data shows that over the past week, net inflows into BTC exchan...

According to The Defiant, the Ethereum Foundation’s Kohaku Initiative has released an SDK for integrating privacy protocols into Ethereum wallets, now featuring a functional 4337 mempool relayer in version v0.0.1-alpha.21 of the kohaku-eth/railgun integration, enabling private transactions. The SDK ...

Ondo Finance announced on X that its founder, Nathan Allman, has passed away unexpectedly. Ian De Bode, who has long served as the company’s president, will assume the role of CEO. Ondo stated that Nathan’s talent, humility, and drive shaped the company, and they will continue his legacy in his hono...