Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

Canaan Posts $88.7M Net Loss in Q1 2026 as Bitcoin Prices Weigh on Mining Revenue

Canaan posted an $88.7 million net loss in Q1 2026, with revenues falling to $62.7 million from $196.3 million the prior quarter.

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

Estonia Suspends Zondacrypto Operator License

Estonia’s FIU has suspended the license of the operator behind Zondacrypto, restricting deposits and onboarding during a 30-day compliance w...

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

South Korean Funeral Company Faces $33M Unrealized Loss on Leveraged Ether ETFs

A South Korean funeral company invested some of its customer funds in leveraged Ether ETFs and is currently sitting on a $33 million unreali...

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

SEC Exemption Tokenized Stock Trading: Report

The SEC is reportedly set to make an “innovation exemption” for tokenized stock trading, expanding the trading venue for public companies li...

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

10% of Americans Used Crypto in 2025, Up From Last Year

The US Federal Reserve reported that 10% of Americans invested in crypto or used it for payment in 2025, up from 2024 but still down from 20...

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

SEC Scraps ‘Gag Rule’ for Settled Enforcement Actions

The US SEC has rescinded a rule prohibiting settling parties in enforcement actions from denying the allegations, putting it in line with ot...

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

Echo Protocol Hacked for $76.7M in Admin Key Exploit

A hacker minted $76 million in eBTC on Echo Protocol through an admin-key exploit, with 955 eBTC still held and part of the funds sent to To...

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

Tom Lee says Ether Pullback was Chance for Bitmine to Buy 71K ETH

Bitmine Immersion Technologies bought 71,672 Ether over the past week, with Tom Lee calling the dip an attractive buying opportunity.

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

Bitget Wallet Expands Tokenized Equities Offering with xStocks

Bitget Wallet integrated Kraken-backed xStocks infrastructure, adding more than 130 tokenized stocks and ETFs to its self-custodial platform...

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

Swan Bitcoin Faces Nearly $1B Lawsuit Over Prime Trust Transfers

Swan Bitcoin is being sued by Prime Trust’s litigation trust over allegedly using insider knowledge to withdraw nearly $1 billion in Bitcoin...

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

Pump.fun Drives Over a Third of Solana's Q1 Revenue Despite Memecoin Slowdown

Pump.fun generated $124.7 million in Q1, accounting for more than a third of Solana’s total app revenue even as memecoin trading broadly dec...

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

Ethereum Foundation Sees 2 More High-Profile Departures

The Ethereum Foundation has seen two more resignations in a string of high-profile departures that have brought the total to at least eight...

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

US Lawmakers Push Permanent CBDC Ban in Housing Bill Debate

US lawmakers are pushing for a permanent ban on CBDCs in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. It is expected to come up for a vote in the U...

Cointelegraph

May 19, 2026

Wallets Earned $2.4M With 98% Win Rate on Polymarket Military Bets: Bubblemaps

Bubblemaps’ investigation identified a wallet cluster with a 98% win rate on Polymarket military bets, which generated a cumulative $2.4 mil...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

UK Proposes Near-24/7 Settlement to Prepare Markets for Tokenization

The FCA and Bank of England are seeking industry feedback on tokenization rules and plans to extend settlement infrastructure toward near-24...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Bitcoin Depot Disables Bitcoin ATM Network Amid Bankruptcy

Bitcoin Depot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas and will wind down operations and sell assets after regulatory pressure hit its A...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Minnesota Legalizes Crypto Custody Services for Banks, Credit Unions

After passage in the Minnesota House and Senate, Governor Tim Walz signed HF3709 into law, amending the state’s code for credit unions and b...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Soluna Q1 Revenue Rises 58% as Data Center Hosting Surpasses Crypto Mining

Soluna reported 58% revenue growth in Q1, with data center hosting generating $6.7 million, surpassing crypto mining revenue and supporting...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Georgia Primary to Test Crypto PAC’s Support for Democratic Candidate

Georgia state representative Jasmine Clark faces competition from Democrats in a Tuesday primary, but may benefit from more than $4 million...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Crypto Funds Post $1B in Outflows as Iran Tensions Weigh on Bitcoin, Ether

Crypto investment products saw $1.07 billion in outflows as tensions over Iran fueled risk-off sentiment. Bitcoin and Ether led withdrawals,...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Strategy Boosts Bitcoin Holdings With $2B Purchase

Strategy bought 24,869 Bitcoin for $2.01 billion last week, lifting holdings to 843,738 BTC as STRC sales funded most of the purchase.

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Standard Chartered to Absorb Zodia Custody, Spin Out Zodia Solutions

Standard Chartered will acquire Zodia Custody’s regulated crypto business and create Zodia Solutions under SC Ventures, formalizing its plan...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Odds against Interest Rate Cuts High as New US Fed Chair to be Sworn in

Prediction markets platform Kalshi and the CME Group offered different data on the odds of cutting Federal Reserve interest rates under Chai...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Kraken Parent Payward Reports $507M Q1 Revenue Amid Tokenization Push

Kraken parent company Payward reported $507 million in Q1 revenue as it expanded tokenized equities, derivatives and stablecoin payments ser...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Galaxy Wins New York BitLicense for Institutional Crypto Services

Galaxy has received a New York BitLicense and money transmitter approval, allowing its GalaxyOne Prime NY unit to serve institutional crypto...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Goldman Sachs Cuts Crypto ETF Exposure, Rebalances Holdings

Goldman Sachs exited XRP and Solana ETFs in Q1 while trimming Bitcoin and Ether holdings and shifting positions in crypto-linked equities.

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

South Korea FSC Reportedly Reviews Hana Bank Dunamu Stake

South Korea’s FSC is reportedly reviewing Hana Bank’s $668 million purchase of a Dunamu stake over rules that restrict banks’ exposure to cr...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Senate Crypto Bill Might Pass as Late as August: NYDIG

NYDIG’s Greg Cipolaro says the Senate could pass a long-awaited crypto bill as late as August and that if it doesn’t, the legislation is at...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

South Korea’s KB Financial Completes Stablecoin Pilot for Offline Payments

KB Financial Group’s stablecoin test reduced fees by 87% compared with the same transaction executed through the SWIFT network.

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Grayscale, VanEck Amend BNB ETF Applications

Grayscale and VanEck amended their spot BNB ETF filings on Friday, prompting Bloomberg’s James Seyffart to speculate that a launch could be...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Verus Ethereum Bridge Reportedly Exploited for $11.58 Million

The Verus Ethereum bridge was reportedly exploited for $11.58 million after attackers used forged cross-chain transfer data to drain Ether,...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Tom Lee Says Oil Prices Are Ethereum’s Biggest Headwind

Tom Lee says rising oil prices are Ethereum’s top headwind but expects ETH to rebound on tokenization and agentic AI demand.

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Iran Reportedly Mulls Strait of Hormuz Toll Platform Paid in Bitcoin

The Iranian government is reportedly considering a maritime insurance platform for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, with some sug...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Capital B Acquires 192 Bitcoin to Reach 3,135 BTC in Total Holdings

Capital B acquired 192 Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 3,135 BTC, one of only four Bitcoin treasury companies to disclose a corporat...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Aave Restores Wrapped Ether Borrowing Following Kelp DAO Hack

Aave has restored wrapped Ether borrowing after the Kelp DAO rsETH exploit triggered $195 million in bad debt and forced a freeze on all aff...

Cointelegraph

May 18, 2026

Kraken Cuts 150 Staff, Citing Rising AI Use

Crypto exchange Kraken has cut 150 jobs as it finds efficiencies in deploying AI, likely delaying its IPO until 2027, Bloomberg reports.

Cointelegraph

May 17, 2026

House Agriculture Committee Pushes Trump to Fill CFTC Seats Amid Crypto Regulation Push

The House Agriculture Committee urged Trump to nominate four CFTC commissioners, warning the agency is understaffed as the CLARITY Act expan...

Cointelegraph

May 17, 2026

Michael Saylor Signals Weekly BTC Buy While Pushing STRC Proxy Vote

Strategy chairman Michael Saylor was on X with his Sunday signal that the Bitcoin treasure firm would be buying BTC this week. He also made...

Cointelegraph

May 17, 2026

Bernstein Sees Figure Q1 Proves Uniqueness of Blockchain Marketplaces

Bernstein analysts look at Figure Technology's first-quarter performance reveals that the fintech is fast becoming a company that is unique...

Cointelegraph

May 17, 2026

SBI, Rakuten, Nomura Preparing to Launch Crypto Investment Trusts in Japan

SBI Securities and Rakuten Securities are already developing crypto investment trusts in-house, while Nomura, Daiwa, and SMBC are preparing...

Cointelegraph

May 17, 2026

US CLARITY Act Will Be a ‘Boon For Domestic Innovation’: A16z

According to a16z crypto, the US CLARITY Act’s potential impact may extend beyond the crypto sector, with possible positive spillovers into...

Cointelegraph

May 17, 2026

Michael Saylor Floated Bitcoin Sales Idea to Avoid ‘Impairing The Asset’

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor said it is a “pretty important signal” that the market understands the company has the option to...

Cointelegraph

May 17, 2026

Intesa Sanpaolo’s Crypto Portfolio Hits $235M as Italy’s Biggest Bank Goes Deeper Into Digital Assets

Intesa Sanpaolo more than doubled its crypto exposure to $235 million in Q1 2026, adding Ethereum and XRP for the first time while slashing...

Cointelegraph

May 16, 2026

Bitcoin Treasury Co Strategy Announces $1.5B Convertible Note Buyback

Strategy, the biggest Bitcoin treasury company in the world, has announced a plan to buy back about $1.5 billion in convertible notes due in...

Cointelegraph

May 16, 2026

OpenAI and Malta Partner to Give All Citizens Free ChatGPT Plus Access

OpenAI has partnered with the Maltese government to offer all citizens free ChatGPT Plus for one year following completion of an AI literacy...

Cointelegraph

May 16, 2026

Preferred Perpetual Stock Holders Are Mispricing Risk: Crypto Exec

Perpetual preferred stockholders are not adequately accounting for interest rate risks and a low liquidity environment in secondary markets,...

Cointelegraph

May 16, 2026

Sharplink CEO Points out 3 Catalysts for Ethereum's Price to Surge Higher

Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom spoke to Cointelegraph’s Robert Baggs on the Chain Reaction show, pointing out three catalysts that Ethereum nee...

Cointelegraph

May 16, 2026

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Lose $1B in a Week, Ending Six-Week Inflow Streak

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $1 billion in weekly net outflows, snapping a six-week inflow streak. Analysts point to capital rotation toward A...

Cointelegraph

May 16, 2026

THORChain Opens Refund Portal After $10M Hack

THORChain confirmed a $10 million exploit affecting 12,847 wallets across BTC, ETH, BNB, and Base. A recovery portal is now live.

Cointelegraph

May 16, 2026

US CLARITY Act Brings ‘Major Spike of Euphoria’ to Bitcoin: Santiment

Crypto sentiment platform Santiment warned that growing euphoria around Bitcoin, as momentum builds behind the US CLARITY Act, is flashing c...