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The bank's non-binding offer to acquire Zodia Custody has been accepted by the firm's other shareholders and noteholders.

Your day-ahead look for May 18, 2026

BTC and ETH sank after Donald Trump warned Iran the “clock is ticking,” sending oil higher and triggering broad crypto liquidations.

Your look at what's coming in the week starting May 18.

AI agents and automated payments could reach a scale that crypto monitoring systems built for human-paced markets cannot handle, Elliptic CEO Simone Maini warned.

The DeFi lending protocol reversed restrictions imposed after April’s $292 million exploit, restoring borrowing capacity across six networks as contagion fears ease.

Bitcoin Depot, the largest bitcoin ATM operator in North America and publicly listed on Nasdaq, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

State-linked Fars News reported that Iran’s economy ministry has been working on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait with payments in bitcoin.

Ether and bitcoin led liquidations, as their prices dropped on macroeconomic concerns.

SpaceX bitcoin treasury in focus as pre-IPO market launches at $1.78 trillion valuation

The latest attack adds to growing string of cross-chain infrastructure exploits.

Long-term holders are still sitting tight and exchange balances remain near six-year lows, Binance Research data shows, but underwater short-term holders leave BTC vulnerable to macro shocks.

Unpacking Thursday's at-times contentious markup hearing.

VerifiedX says its Bitcoin sidechain enables programmable, privacy-preserving bitcoin transactions without synthetic wrappers, targeting growing institutional demand for native Bitcoin DeFi.

Another 11 companies responded to a survey saying they would consider offering crypto funds once the regulatory environment becomes clear.

A CME group executive said the demand grew with average daily trading volume in his firms’ suite increasing by 43% year-to date.

In the hearing to advance the market structure bill to its next stage, lawmakers from both parties granted lengthy talks hadn't yet found needed common ground.

This sees a total of over $3 billion in TVL migrating after a $292 million LayerZero-powered bridge exploit involving Kelp.

The Senate Banking Committee will debate amendments before ultimately voting on the market structure legislation on Thursday.

Spot ETF outflows and a hawkish Federal Reserve are creating a "macro ceiling" that makes a new all-time high unlikely without a major geopolitical shift.

The new capital will primarily fund the development and public launch of Turnkey Verifiable Cloud, a secure computing product for digital assets.

The Shariah-compliant digital bank is part of a growing wave of fintech startups building banking and payments services on top of blockchain and stablecoin rails.

A new credit facility by Grove aims to allow instant redemptions into stablecoins from BlackRock's BUIDL and Janus Henderson's money market funds, reducing settlement time from days to instantaneous.

XRP outperformed major tokens during a volatile session, with a late volume burst pushing price back toward resistance that has capped rallies for weeks.