Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Duan Yongping-linked investor makes a quiet — but headline-grabbing — bet on Circle A holding tied to veteran Chinese investor Duan Yongping has taken a new, modest position in Circle Internet Group, the company behind the USDC dollar-backed stablecoin. H&H International Investment reported own...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sketched a practical three-step roadmap to strengthen native privacy on Ethereum—changes designed to reduce metadata leaks, make private transfers more reliable, and give developers a cleaner foundation for privacy features on mainnet. Why it matters Buterin ...

CoinDesk reports:In May 2026, tokenized real-world assets surged to a record $33.78 billion.Fidelity, DTCC, and Vayana have all expanded to Chainlink infrastructure this month.Despite accelerating institutional adoption, LINK's price remains 83% below its all-time high.Something unusual is happening...

Nearly the entire net outflow from U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds on Monday came from a single product. BlackRock’s IBIT hemorrhaged $326 million on May 19, leaving the total for all spot Bitcoin ETFs at a negative $331 million, according to data tracked by SoSoValue. The remaining Bitcoin ...

The Zcash Foundation’s first-quarter results are out, and while they appear promising, there are still some unsettling aspects. According to Q1 2026, the Zcash Foundation (ZF) reported that it had $36.69 million in liquid assets at the end of the 31st of March, which included $12.6 million in cash a...

A widely circulated analysis has claimed that structural changes inside the global financial system could trigger a dramatic market repricing for XRP. According to crypto analyst Pumpius, a pattern of institutional alignment involving Ripple technology, central banks, and emerging digital infrastruc...

Odaily Planet Daily reports that fintech company Mercury has announced the completion of a new $200 million funding round, led by TCV, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Coatue Management, and others.Mercury provides banking services primarily to startups, serving o...

The crypto industry's campaign-finance juggernaut, the Fairshake political action committee, backed winners in half a dozen Southern primaries on Tuesday, pouring millions of dollars into the races as one of the congressional midterms elections' leading spenders.The super PAC deployed more than $20 ...

Washington may publicly reject a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), but quiet efforts to explore the framework for one are already underway, according to Timothy Massad, former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).Speaking at the Digital Money Summit 2026 in London, Mass...

A new organization called FairPredicts dropped a six-figure advertising blitz in Washington, DC on Wednesday morning, targeting prediction market operator Kalshi with pointed questions about market transparency, insider trading risks, and youth exposure to gambling. The timing was not subtle. The ca...

Huo Xing Finance reports that on May 20, according to market data, ZEC broke through $620, with its 24-hour gain expanding to 11.9%. On the news front, the Zcash Foundation released its Q1 2026 report yesterday, disclosing total liquid assets of approximately $36.7 million, including about $12.11 mi...

ChainCatcher report, according to Lookonchain monitoring, U.S. Bitcoin ETFs experienced a net outflow of 4,374 BTC, Ethereum ETFs saw a net outflow of 35,904 ETH, and Solana ETFs recorded a net inflow of 27,115 SOL.

Qivalis has announced 25 new banks joining its consortium, bringing total support to 37 banks. The European banks are uniting to launch a MiCA-compliant, fully regulated 1:1 euro-backed stablecoin.The expansion strengthens Europe’s push for monetary autonomy and challenges US dollar dominance.On May...

CFTC sued Minnesota over a new law making prediction market activity a felony.CFTC Chair called Minnesota’s prediction market law the most aggressive state crackdown yet.The case signals ongoing federal-state clashes over classifying and regulating event contracts.According to the Commodity Futures ...

CoinDesk reports:HYPE has risen over 100% year-to-date, showing a clear divergence from Bitcoin, which has weakened over the same period. Foreign media analysis suggests that this movement is driven not only by increased token sentiment but also by Hyperliquid’s expansion from a single-asset crypto ...