Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Odaily Planet Daily reports that spot ETF products related to Hyperliquid recorded approximately $22.3 million in net inflows during their first week of listing, with market analysts attributing this to strong institutional demand and the expansion of on-chain derivatives ecosystems. Data shows that...

According to ChainCatcher, citing The Block, the two U.S. spot ETFs tracking Hyperliquid—21Shares’ THYP and Bitwise’s BHYP—recorded a combined net inflow of approximately $22,300,000 in their first week, with over $11,000,000 flowing in on Tuesday alone. Analysts noted that, over the first six tradi...

ChainCatcher report, according to The Kobeissi Letter, last week saw a total outflow of $1.1 billion from crypto ETFs—the first net outflow in seven consecutive weeks and the third-largest weekly outflow of 2026. Bitcoin ETFs recorded an outflow of $982 million, while Ethereum ETFs saw an outflow o...

Exa Labs just pulled in $250M in fresh funding, a war chest designed to help the San Francisco-based startup scale its API-driven search infrastructure for developers. The raise comes on the heels of an $85M Series B the company closed in September 2025, bringing its total recent fundraising to a fi...

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas has highlighted the strong early performance of the 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF (THYP). According to Balchunas, the ETF’s daily turnover has already surged to tens of millions of dollars, nearly eight times its first-day trading volume.Key PointsThe 21Shares Hyperli...

Real signs partnership with iExec to develop private RWA blockchain infrastructure.Companies explore encrypted asset issuance, lending, and compliant financial operations.Confidential computing gains attention as the institutional tokenization market continues expanding.Real has entered into a memor...

Nvidia (NVDA) trades at $221.41 as of writing, edging higher by 0.36% ahead of its highly anticipated Q1 FY2027 earnings report scheduled after the U.S. market close on May 20. Investors are now positioned for a sharp move as expectations build around AI demand, China access, and data center growth....

Story HighlightsSERV jumped 27% after OpenServ highlighted Gemini 3.5 Flash integrations.BNKR extended its strong May rally with another 28% intraday gain.VVV climbed 22% after becoming available for trading on Robinhood.AI coins are ripping again, and no, this isn’t one of those overnight “next big...

TL;DR:South Carolina enacted a comprehensive crypto framework banning state and local authorities from accepting, requiring or testing central bank digital currency payments.The law protects digital asset payments, self-hosted wallets, hardware wallets, mining operations, node operators and certain ...

Huo Xing Cai Jing 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 primarily provides banking services to startups, serving ov...

ChainCatcher report: Cryptocurrency journalist Eleanor Terrett posted on X that Hester Peirce, known as the “Crypto Mom,” will join the Regent University School of Law in Virginia as an Associate Professor in November 2024, according to the university’s latest press release. Hester Peirce is curren...

Odaily Planet Daily reports that crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett posted on X that Hester Peirce, known as the "Crypto Mom," will join the Regent University School of Law in Virginia, USA, as an Associate Professor in November this year, according to the university’s latest press release.Hester Pei...

FinTech company Mercury, which provides banking services to startups, has completed a $200 million Series D round at a $5.2 billion valuation, a 49% increase from its previous funding round 14 months ago. The round was led by TCV, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Coa...

Kevin Warsh replaces Jerome Powell as Fed Chair. Markets will watch his first rate signals closely.Fed independence remains a key concern.Kevin Warsh Fed Chair Change Gets Market AttentionKevin Warsh is set to be sworn in as the new Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday, taking over from Jerom...

ChainCatcher report: 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 primarily provides banking services to startups, serving over 300,000...