Industry News

  • Another Set of Long-Silent Bitcoin Wallets Move Millions During BTC Decline27 May 2026 22:15Old safety deposit boxes being opened for the first time in a long time.With bitcoin down roughly 2.8% over the past seven days and the price touching a weekly low of $74,530 per coin, sleeping bitcoin wallets continue to awaken and relocate long-held funds. At block height 951160, 103.96 BTC valued at $7.8 million at current exchange rates moved for the first time in more than 12 years. […]
  • Circle and Nium Partner to Fuel USDC Cross-Border Crypto Payments27 May 2026 21:06Circle logo on a black smartphone display.Cross-border payments platform Nium and stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group Inc. have launched a partnership to connect onchain digital dollar settlement with traditional last-mile fiat payouts. Circle Internet Group Connects USDC Settlement with Nium Cross-Border Infrastructure The collaboration integrates Nium into the Circle Payments Network, an infrastructure stack operated by Circle Technology Services LLC. Through […]
  • Report: Polymarket Pushes KYC on Crypto Traders as Geoblocking Gaps Draw Global Scrutiny27 May 2026 20:05Polymarket, one of the world’s largest prediction market platforms, is tightening its grip on anonymous access by pushing traders to complete identity verification, according to a May 27, 2026, report from The Information. Polymarket Cracks Down on Non-KYC Users The Information’s Michael Roddan reports that the platform is blocking suspicious accounts and cracking down on […]
  • Kraken Rolls out Bitcoin Vault With 2.5% APY for Long-Term BTC Holders in the US27 May 2026 19:15Kraken app on a smartphone in front of a crypto chart.Kraken launched Bitcoin Vault on Wednesday, giving long-term bitcoin holders a way to earn up to 2.5% annual percentage yield on idle BTC without selling or giving up price exposure. Kraken Bitcoin Vault Goes Live: BTC Holders Can Now Earn Yield The new product sits inside Kraken’s Earn suite alongside its existing decentralized finance ( […]
  • Bitcoin Slips to $74,530 as Long Traders Face $106M Wipeout27 May 2026 18:44Bitcoin Slips to $74,530 as Long Traders Face $106M WipeoutBitcoin trended downward on Wednesday, dropping beneath the $75,000 threshold to trade at $74,570 at the time of writing. This slide erased nearly 3% of its weekly value and dragged its market capitalization back below $1.5 trillion. Onchain Metrics Signal Fading Momentum For the second consecutive day, bitcoin trended downward, slipping below the $75,000 threshold […]
  • Whale Shorts $16M in Bitcoin and Ether While Going Long on TradFi on Hyperliquid27 May 2026 18:26Onchain data has flagged a smart money whale running heavily leveraged short positions on bitcoin and ether simultaneously with long positions on traditional financial (TradFi) market indexes through Hyperliquid. Long TradFi, Short Crypto: The Trade in Detail The wallet holds a $5.09 million long position on the XYZ100 index perpetual at 4x leverage, currently sitting […]
  • Robinhood Launches AI Agent Trading for 27 Million Customers, Options and Crypto Next27 May 2026 17:30Robinhood agentic trading display on a desktop.Robinhood launched a beta product on Wednesday that lets users connect third-party artificial intelligence (AI) agents to dedicated brokerage accounts for autonomous stock trading. Robinhood AI Trading Beta Lets Users Deploy ChatGPT and Claude in Sandboxed Accounts The feature, called Agentic Trading, allows users to link AI systems built on platforms like Claude or ChatGPT […]
  • Mastercard Lands New York Bitlicense to Advance Stablecoin and Digital Payment Infrastructure27 May 2026 16:30Mastercard payments network logo on a smartphone.Mastercard Transaction Services (U.S.) LLC received a Virtual Currency License from the New York State Department of Financial Services on Wednesday, giving the global payments company formal standing to operate digital asset services in one of the most tightly regulated financial jurisdictions in the country. Mastercard Wins NYDFS Bitlicense, Opening New York Digital Asset Access […]
  • Sam Altman Reverses Course on AI Job Losses as Studies Show Limited Impact so Far27 May 2026 15:30OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaking at an event.After years of warning that AI would wipe out entry-level white-collar roles, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman now says he was wrong on the near-term jobs impact. Recent studies from Yale Budget Lab, Brookings, and Anthropic find limited labor effects so far, even as Altman calls out “AI washing” by companies using automation as cover for […]
  • Streamex and Orca Build 24/7 Compliant Trading Pool for Gold-Backed Token GLDY on Solana27 May 2026 14:30Pile of gold on a black backdrop.Streamex Corp. and Solana-based decentralized exchange ( DEX) platform Orca launched 24/7 secondary liquidity infrastructure for tokenized securities on Wednesday, with GLDY, a gold-backed, yield-bearing token, as the first asset to trade on the system. Accredited Investors Gain 24/7 Exit Liquidity as Streamex and Orca Launch GLDY Pool on Solana The two companies built the […]