Crypto for Monday, May 18, 2026

• Retail Bitcoin investor demand falls by 73% as futures selling tops $2B: Are the bears back?
• Odds against rate cuts high as new US Fed chair set for swearing in
• Galaxy secures New York BitLicense to expand institutional crypto services
• SEC to propose tokenized stock framework as Wall Street efforts deepen: Bloomberg
• Tom Lee Links Ethereum Weakness to Rising Oil Prices
• Bitcoin lost its hold on $80K, but three events may send it back sooner than markets expect
• Lawyers Apologize After Fake Claude-Generated Quotes Appear in Trump Layoffs Case
• Soluna revenue jumps 58% as hosting business offsets weaker Bitcoin mining
• Georgia primary to test crypto PAC’s support for Democratic candidate
• Minnesotan banks and credit unions set to provide crypto custody August 1
• AI Still Can't Beat the On-Call Engineer: Here's Why
• Bitcoin Faces Greater Quantum Computing Risk Than Ethereum, Citi Warns
• Hyperliquid's USDC deal could supercharge HYPE, pressure Circle, Coinbase margins, analysts say
• Bitcoin’s price drop below $78K cleared the path for a rebound as options traders hedge downside risk
• Key Ethereum (ETH) Indicator Drops to a 3-Month Low: Price Rebound Incoming?
• Bitcoin’s trend defining battle starts at the $74K support: Analyst
• Swan Bitcoin Hit With Nearly $1 Billion Lawsuit Over Prime Trust Collapse
• This Open-Source Phone AI Agent Sees, Hears and Acts—All Without Touching the Cloud
• XRP Price Could Rally Soon: Institutional Funds Keep Flowing In as Citadel Joins the Race
• Polymarket Users Spur Insider Trading Suspicions With $2.4 Million in Iran Prediction Wins
• TRUMP coin World Cup VIP offer lets insiders sell while holders compete for tickets
• Revolut wants to take Dogecoin mainstream with its new physical payment card
• Price predictions 5/18: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, HYPE, ADA
• Bitcoin Bleeds $1B Weekly but XRP and SOL Defy Market Panic
• Minnesota legalizes crypto custody services for banks, credit unions
• Elon Musk Loses $150 Billion AI Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman
• Solana is shedding its memecoin reputation as big banks move billions into its ecosystem
• Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Says AI Verification Could Help Secure Crypto Networks
• The Ethereum Foundation is facing a wave of high-profile departures as its internal shakeup deepens
• Why the $30 billion RWA tokenization boom is barely reaching DeFi
• Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy receives New York BitLicense for institutional crypto push
• Crypto funds see $1B in outflows as Iran tensions revive risk-off sentiment
• Hive Shares Hit Highest Price This Year After Bitcoin Miner Unveils Ontario 'AI Gigafactory'
• Bank of England, FCA Set Out ‘Shared Vision’ for Tokenization
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: What’s Next for BTC as Key Trendline Breaks?
• Stripe-backed Tempo taps $7.5 billion DeFi lender Morpho to expand beyond payments
• Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs Bleed as Crypto Funds Shed $1.07 Billion, Ending 6-Week Win Streak
• Ethereum traders say bears ‘in control’ after ETH price drop to $2K
• HIVE buys $58 million Toronto plot for AI facility; shares climb
• 'Attractive Opportunity': Tom Lee's BitMine Adds $151 Million in Ethereum Amid Price Dip
• Bitmine’s Ethereum Hoard Surges Past 5.28 Million ETH as Company Nears 5% Supply Target
• SpaceX IPO betting on Hyperliquid values Elon Musk’s company above $2 trillion even before SEC filing
• Hyperliquid eyes 55% price rise after Silicon Valley investor's 'massive HYPE buy'
• Ex-OpenAI's Leopold Aschenbrenner bets big on crypto miners for his $13.6 billion AI play
• UK proposes near-24/7 settlement to prepare markets for tokenization
• Strategy Leverages Preferred Stock Issuance for $2 Billion Bitcoin Buy
• Hyperliquid Defies Market Downturn as SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI IPOs Loom
• Live markets: Bitcoin gives up all of May's gains, slipping below $77,000
• Bitcoin Depot stock crashes 71% premarket after Chapter 11 filing
• Vitalik Buterin says AI 'formal verification' could actually make crypto much more secure
• Goldman Sachs Dumps XRP and SOL: Altcoins Market Could Crash
• Deploi Launches Direct Issuance Infrastructure for Private Credit on Polygon, Secures ISIN Allocations from Nasdaq CSD
• VALR, Africa’s Leading Digital Asset Infrastructure Provider, Eyes Kenya for Expansion
• Bitcoin (BTC) Recovery Unlikely Until Toxic Supply Is Absorbed: Data
• Saylor’s Strategy scoops $2B Bitcoin, holdings reach 843,738 BTC
• Iran Pushes $10B Bitcoin Insurance Plan for Strait of Hormuz: Report
• Kraken parent Payward's Q1 revenue climbs despite crypto market slump
• XRP slips 2% as profit-taking knocks token back below $1.40
• Standard Chartered to absorb Zodia Custody’s core business, spin out Zodia Solutions
• CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) drops 13% as all assets decline
• Bitcoin faces outsized quantum threat as computing breakthroughs accelerate, Citi says
• Bitcoin faces Treasury yield pressure as Japan sells nearly $30 billion of US debt
• Bitmine buys the dip as Tom Lee ties ether's pullback to rising oil prices
• Strategy made mammoth $2 billion bitcoin purchase last week
• South Korea's KB Financial completes stablecoin pilot for offline payments
• Iran Reportedly Launches Bitcoin-Based Shipping Insurance for Hormuz Passage
• Tokenization push could pull trillions of dollars into DeFi, StanChart says
• Saylor’s Strategy Reloads With a New Multi-Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Purchase
• Morning Minute: Bitcoin Slides Back to $77K on Rising Bond Yields, Oil Spike
• UK’s financial payments network is ready for tokenization, regulators say
• Google’s Gemini AI Predicts Incredible Bitcoin Price by End of 2026
• Standard Chartered to acquire remainder of subsidiary Zodia Custody
• Ripple (XRP) Slumps 5% Weekly Yet Analysts Predict Major Rally Ahead: Details
• Lock.com Enters Early Access With Isolated Signing and Post-Quantum Architecture
• 1win Crypto Tournaments Go Global With Up to 200K USDT in Rewards
• Bitcoin Hormuz payments for ship insurance will test crypto’s neutral money thesis
• Bitcoin falls to $76K after Trump says ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Hits a 2-Week Low as Liquidations Top $500 Million
• Is It All Over For Bitcoin ATMs? Bitcoin Depot ATM Empire Collapses into Bankruptcy
• Bitcoin Slides Under $77K as Crypto Liquidations Top $672M Amid Bond Sell-Off
• XRP price may explode to $15 amid 'quiet accumulation,' analyst claims
• The three risks that could overwhelm bitcoin's regulatory tailwind
• Proof of Talk returns to the Louvre with 100+ C-Level speakers representing $18 trillion in AUM
• Sam Altman ChatGPT AI Predicts Shock XRP Price By End of 2026
• South Korea reviews Hana Bank’s Dunamu stake under banking rules: Report
• Bitcoin slides below $77,000 as Trump’s Iran warning rattles risk assets
• Goldman Sachs exits XRP, Solana ETF exposure in Q1 2026
• Grayscale and VanEck Amend Spot BNB ETF Crypto Filings in Latest SEC Process Step
• Dogecoin Wall Street Bet: Micron Veteran Jordi Visser Eyes DOGE as ETF Flows Stay on a Green Streak
• Fed minutes, Meta stablecoin Senate deadline: Crypto Week Ahead
• Bitcoin ETFs bleed $1B, Aave’s $71M ETH unfreeze bid delayed: Hodler’s Digest, May 10 – 16
• AFX launches sovereign Layer 1, providing an optimized execution environment for on-chain perp DEXes
• BTC price ‘bull trap’ at $76.5K? Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
• Capital B boosts Bitcoin reserves with $15.2M purchase
• Crypto ATM Operator Bitcoin Depot Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
• CLARITY Act could be signed into law by President Donald Trump in early August — Galaxy Digital
• HYPE Defies Altcoin Crash as BTC Dips Below $77K: Market Watch
• Hyperliquid The Only Green Coin: Maxi Doge Follows With Full Leverage Trading
• XRP News: Ripple CTO Backs John Deaton’s Senate Bid with XRP Donation
• Hacker Steals Over $11M From Verus-Ethereum Bridge
• Ethereum Price Prediction: Verus DeFi Protocol Exploit Drains $11 Million
• Polymarket Crisis, Oracle Risk, and Regulatory Scrutiny: Israel-Hesbollah Ceasefire in Focus
• Kraken cuts 150 staff amid AI efficiencies, potentially delaying IPO: Report
• Crypto security is turning into an AI arms race as agents may overwhelm compliance teams
• Verus Ethereum bridge reportedly exploited for $11.6M in latest DeFi attack
• Surging oil prices have been driving Ether selling pressure: Tom Lee
• Pi Network’s PI Plunges to New 3-Month Low Despite Hype Around ‘Game-Changing’ Update
• $660M Liquidated as Bitcoin Crashes on Trump-Iran Escalation Fears
• These 4 Factors Could Move Bitcoin and Crypto This Week
• KuCoin Australia’s ‘Evolution’ Showcases Regulatory Focus, Mastercard Launch