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Opening SLT CargoPay, a blockchain-based platform, has entered the Web3 ecosystem with a focus on transforming cargo transportation payments, invoice coordination, and settlement management through on-chain infrastructure. The platform combines invoice management, payment coordination, and blockch

MicroStrategy chairman Michael Saylor has indicated the company may sell Bitcoin as early as 2025, marking a significant shift from his previous "never sell" position. "I think it's not unlikely that we'll sell some Bitcoin between now and the end of the year," Saylor said during an interview with

Hyperliquid's HYPE spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) surpassed Bitcoin ETF inflow intensity on three of its first six trading days, measured on a market-capitalization-adjusted basis, according to analysis firm Aletheia published May 20, 2026. As of May 22, 10 a.m. KST, HYPE traded at $57.56

Bitcoin retreated Friday evening, falling to $75,120 per coin and marking a 2.8% decline over the course of the day. The daily decline added another bruise to what has already been a fairly miserable seven-day stretch, pushing weekly losses to roughly 5%. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin fell 2.8% Frid

Ghana has introduced a new legal framework via the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act of 2025 to regulate its rapidly growing cryptocurrency market. Key Takeaways: Ghana passed the VASP Act of 2025 to regulate its fast-growing virtual asset and cryptocurrency sector. Over 3 million

The Securities and Exchange Commission has granted approval for Nasdaq Inc. to list index options based on the price of Bitcoin. This approval represents the latest indication that Wall Street is becoming more tightly integrated with the world of digital assets. The instruments will give US

Opening Based Apparel, an online store linked to FBI Director Kash Patel, went offline Friday after security researchers flagged the site for distributing ClickFix wallet-draining malware. macOS visitors to the website were being prompted to install the malware by copying and pasting a command

Vanguard reversed its longstanding cryptocurrency ban on December 2, 2025, opening third-party crypto ETF and mutual fund trading to more than fifty million brokerage customers across the United States. The reversal marks a significant shift for the world's second-largest asset manager, which had

Opening Marcin P., founder of Polish online currency exchange Cinkciarz.pl, was arrested on May 19 near Chicago following an Interpol Red Notice issued in October 2025. Polish prosecutors had already charged him in absentia with large-scale fraud, money laundering, and payment services

Jeremy Sturdivant, the 19 year old who received 10,000 Bitcoin for two pizzas in May 2010, spent almost all of it long before BTC crossed even $1, let alone today's five figure levels. Summary In 2010, 10,000 BTC was worth about $40 to $41 and bought two Papa Johns pizzas for Laszlo Hanyecz in

The Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed its anticipated innovation exemption for tokenized assets, according to Bloomberg reporting on Friday. The delay shifts the agency's timeline from releasing the exemption "as soon as this week" and slows a high-profile effort to integrate

Microsoft Research this week released Fara1.5, an open-weight AI model for web browsing tasks that outperformed OpenAI's Operator and Google's Gemini 2.5 Computer Use on industry benchmarks. Fara1.5-27B scored 72% on Online-Mind2Web, compared to OpenAI Operator's 58.3% and Gemini 2.5 Computer Use's

Harvard Management Company sold its entire $87 million position in BlackRock's iShares Ethereum ETF during the first quarter of 2026, according to its 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The endowment had opened the position in the fourth quarter of 2025, holding it for

Warsh Takes Office as 17th Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has been sworn in as the 17th chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, taking control of the central bank at a time when inflation remains elevated, fuel prices are rising, and markets are debating whether interest rates could move higher

Gold fell below $4,500 per ounce on Friday as both spot prices and New York futures dropped about 0.94 percent, extending a sharp pullback from this year's record highs. Summary Spot and New York gold futures fell roughly 0.94 percent, breaking below $4,500 Contracts traded in a rough $4,497 t

House Passes Bitcoin Reserve Bill With 20-Year Lockup Bipartisan House representatives introduced the "American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026" (ARMA) on Thursday to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve that would lock U.S. government bitcoin holdings for a minimum of 20 years. The bill,

XRP lending utility gained attention alongside advancing digital asset legislation in Washington discussions. Stablecoin borrowing against XRP reinforced broader conversations surrounding crypto collateral infrastructure growth. XRP market capitalization cycles continued reflecting