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The Senate Banking Committee is set to vote on the crypto bill, or Clarity Act, on Thursday despite objections from banks and Democrats.

In Q1 2026 alone, Binance claims to have safeguarded $1.98 billion in funds protected from 22.9 million scam and phishing attempts.

Sharplink said its new Galaxy Digital partnership will deploy roughly $125 million into onchain liquidity and DeFi opportunities.

The project has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Galaxy Ventures and plans to launch USBD on Ethereum in early summer 2026.

Days before a key Senate committee to vote on crypto legislation, ABA CEO Rob Nichols sent a letter to bank executives.

Ronin migrates from an Ethereum sidechain to an OP Stack Layer 2 on May 12, four years after Lazarus hackers stole over $600M in crypto.

Bitmine Immersion bought another 26,659 ETH ($62 million) last week and now holds more than 5.2 million ETH in total.

Ripple Prime secured a $200 million Neuberger Berman facility to expand margin lending across equities, fixed income and crypto.

Bitcoin holds above $81K as Iran rejects US peace terms, Brent tops $104, and a $1B whale's ETH selling clouds an otherwise bullish backdrop.

Strategy's total holdings now account for more than 3.9% of the 21 million bitcoin supply cap — worth around $66.5 billion.

Corpay partnered with BVNK to add stablecoin wallets and 24/7 settlement across its 800,000-client global payments network.

Circle raised $222M in an Arc presale at a $3B valuation; BlackRock, Apollo, and a16z invest as Q1 revenue reaches $694M and USDC hits $77B.

Crypto fund inflows hit a sixth straight positive week, led by U.S. products and bitcoin ETFs, amid Clarity Act optimism, per CoinShares.

Crypto.com's UAE entity became the first VASP to receive a UAE central bank SVF license tied to Dubai government crypto payment services.

The government plans to replace a 50% capital gains tax discount on assets held for more than one year, according to AFR.

Capital B announced that it has raised 15.2 million euros in a private placement, which will be used to purchase 182 BTC.

During Strategy's earnings call last week, Saylor said the firm will consider tapping its bitcoin holdings to fund STRC dividends.

Sui surged 25% over the last 24 hours, as analysts pointed to Sui Group Holdings' decision to stake 108.7 million SUI.

During the 12 years of inactivity, the value of 500 BTC has appreciated 89-fold, from $457,070 to $40.6 million.

Most of MSBT's capital came from self-directed clients since the bank's 16,000-person financial advisor network is not yet cleared to recommend the fund.

The fundraise would be Digital Asset's largest to date and comes as the Canton Network has attracted partners like Visa and Goldman Sachs.

The order shields anyone who votes on the transfer from being held in violation of the freeze, though the ultimate fate of the funds remains unclear.

Bailey, who chairs the Financial Stability Board, warned that hard-to-redeem U.S. stablecoins could flood into jurisdictions like the UK during a crisis.

LayerZero also disclosed a previously unreported incident in which a multisig signer used their production hardware wallet to execute a personal trade.