[Weekly Crypto] 2026.05.18 1️⃣ Clarity Act Clears U.S. Senate Committee in Landmark Crypto Vote The crypto market structure bill passed the Senate Banking Committee 15-9 with bipartisan support, advancing to the full Senate floor — a major step toward comprehensive U.S. crypto regulation. [Decrypto] 1️⃣ Clarity Act Clears U.S. Senate Committee in Landmark Crypto Vote The crypto market structure bill passed the Senate Banking Committee 15-9 with bipartisan support, advancing to the full Senate floor — a major step toward comprehensive U.S. crypto regulation. [Decrypto] 2️⃣ Bitcoin Funds Capture $700 Million as Institutions Place Their Bets Institutional investors poured $858 million into crypto funds last week, with over $700 million flowing into Bitcoin products alone, signaling sustained demand from large-scale investors. [Decrypto] 3️⃣ DTCC Taps Chainlink for Tokenized Collateral Platform Ahead of Q4 Launch Wall Street's clearinghouse DTCC selected Chainlink to power its upcoming tokenized collateral management platform, bridging traditional finance infrastructure with blockchain technology. [Decrypto] 4️⃣ Coinbase's Base Launches Azul Upgrade With Multiproofs for Stage 2 Decentralization Base rolled out its Azul mainnet upgrade introducing multiproofs that combine TEE and zero-knowledge proofs, reducing withdrawal finality to as little as one day and pushing closer to full decentralization. [Decrypto] 5️⃣ Saudi Arabia's droppRWA Secures $12.5 Billion in Tokenized Real Estate Mandates Faisal Monai, architect of Saudi Arabia's digital payments system, is leading a $12.5 billion push through droppRWA to tokenize real-world assets, starting with real estate — one of the largest RWA commitments to date. [Decrypto] #MakeCryptoSimple #CRYPTO #NEWS $BTC $ETH