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Cointelegraph.com - 22:32 May 14, 2026
The news follows growing calls from UK lawmakers and government officials to curb or temporarily ban crypto political donations in the country. United Kingdom politician Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform Party, purchased a property valued at 1.4 British pounds ($1.8 million) after receiving a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) “personal gift” from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. The real estate deal closed in May 2024, several weeks before Farage announced that he was running for office in the general elections, according to Sky News. Farage is now facing a UK parliamentary probe over the 5 million pound gift, which critics of the politician say should have been declared and registered after he took office. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:04 May 14, 2026
The unversity’s endowment disclosed holdings in the Bitwise Solana staking ETF, Grayscale Ethereum staking ETF and BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF. The $9 billion endowment of Ivy League university Dartmouth College reported new investments with exposure to cryptocurrencies, increasing the digital assets in its portfolio since January. In a Thursday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the trustees of Dartmouth College reported that the university endowment held about $3.3 million worth of the Bitwise Solana staking exchange-traded fund (ETF). The trustees also disclosed about $3.5 million worth of the Grayscale Ethereum staking ETF and about $7.7 million of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:46 May 14, 2026
Celsius‘ former chief revenue officer received a lenient sentence after his 2023 guilty plea for fraud and conspiracy to commit price manipulation. A US federal judge has sentenced the former chief revenue officer of defunct cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius to time served after almost three years following his arrest on fraud and conspiracy charges. In a sentencing hearing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, Judge John Koeltl ordered that Roni Cohen-Pavon be sentenced to time served and one year of supervised release for his role in manipulating the price of Celsius’s CEL token and fraud on the platform. The former chief revenue officer initially pleaded not guilty to four charges following his arrest in September 2023, changing his plea to guilty about a week later. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:42 May 14, 2026
Bitcoin’s $79,000 defense proves that the Coinbase discount is driven by stablecoin volatility rather than a lack of institutional demand. Key takeaways: Bitcoin (BTC) showed resilience on Thursday by successfully defending the $79,000 level. However, some traders worry that upside momentum is stalling as Bitcoin on Coinbase trades at a discount relative to stablecoin pairs on international exchanges. While the indicator is often debated, it potentially suggests a lack of institutional buying demand, though the situation is likely more complex. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:01 May 14, 2026
The cybersecurity threats from North Korea are perpetrated by a myriad of small hacker groups deploying malware and executing social engineering scams. North Korea (DPRK) state-affiliated hackers and threat actors were responsible for more than $2 billion in crypto losses in 2025, a 51% year-over-year increase, despite fewer attacks carried out by the group, according to cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. DPRK hackers represent the “largest” threat group targeting cryptocurrency users, as measured by the dollar amount of assets stolen, according to the company’s 2026 Financial Services Threat Landscape report. Crowdstrike added: The DPRK hackers and scammers focused on targeting Web3 projects and cryptocurrency exchanges because the stolen funds could be “cashed out” and transferred with a greater degree of anonymity than in the traditional financial system, CrowdStrike said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:18 May 14, 2026
Lawmakers debated amendments on ethics and other issues for a digital asset market structure bill before advancing the legislation, setting up a Senate floor vote. US lawmakers in the Senate Banking Committee held a markup for a long-awaited crypto market structure bill, marking a pivotal step toward Congress’ effort to establish regulatory clarity for digital asset companies and markets. In a Thursday session of the US Senate Banking Committee, all 13 Republican members and two Democrats voted to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY), with nine Democrats also voting no on the bill. Senators Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks sided with Republicans to vote yay. The vote came after lawmakers proposed more than 100 amendments to the crypto bill, ranging from provisions on stablecoin yield to ethics restrictions. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:41 May 14, 2026
XRP whales are accumulating at record levels, increasing the chances of XRP price rise toward $2, fueled by growing XRPL activity and a bullish technical setup. XRP (XRP) has recovered from its April lows of $1.26, rising as much as 19% to a three-week high of $1.50 on Sunday. Whale activity, network growth and a strengthening technical setup suggested that the XRP/USD pair was primed for a move higher once resistance at $1.50 is broken. Key takeaways: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:52 May 14, 2026
Bitcoin entered recovery mode after inflation-induced losses, while US stocks shook off macro data with broader risk appetite "skyrocketing." Bitcoin (BTC) touched $80,000 around Thursday’s Wall Street open as US stocks hit fresh all-time highs and oil retested $100. Key points: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 May 14, 2026
The crypto payments company said users in Latin America are spending digital assets on groceries, restaurants and other everyday purchases. Oobit launched its crypto payments platform in Colombia, expanding the Tether-backed company’s operations across Latin America. The company said Colombia is its ninth live market and follows expansion into countries including Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Chainalysis data cited in the announcement showed the Colombian peso ranked second globally in the share of centralized exchange stablecoin purchases by currency. Oobit operates a non-custodial crypto payments platform that allows users to spend digital assets directly from their wallets through a Visa-linked payment system accepted at more than 150 million merchants across more than 80 countries, according to the company. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:42 May 14, 2026
Strategy is approaching the $28 billion issuance limit on its STRC stock, but Delphi researchers pointed to other capital-raising mechanisms that may fuel its BTC accumulation. Strategy’s preferred stock funding engine could hit a key constraint within the next year, potentially slowing the company’s Bitcoin purchases unless it expands issuance capacity or leans more heavily on common-stock sales, according to Delphi Digital. Delphi said Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock, known as STRC, has become one of the company’s main Bitcoin-buying tools but has an authorized issuance cap of about $28.3 billion. If the cap is reached without an extension, Strategy’s Bitcoin accumulation could “slow or stop while the dividend obligation remains,” the report said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:22 May 14, 2026
The US Senate banking committee will hold a markup session on May 14 for the CLARITY Act, and support appears at least nominally bipartisan. The CLARITY Act, the crypto lobby’s long-awaited regulatory framework, is finally headed to a markup session in the United States Senate Banking Committee. It’s been a long road. The bill passed the House of Representatives on July 17, 2025, and has since been in deliberation in the Senate. Most recently, the crypto and banking lobbies were at loggerheads over whether stablecoins could offer interest, further delaying progress. The two industry interest groups appear to have reached an agreement. However, this does not mean that the bill is finished. Indeed, far from it, as members could introduce contentious amendments, vote against reporting the bill to the Senate floor, or not produce a quorum. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:20 May 14, 2026
Freezing crypto stolen in a hack might be the right thing to do, but it can expose DeFi protocols to major legal risks. -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:18 May 14, 2026
Bitcoin struggles to regain its footing above $80,000 as some buyers remain hesitant and heavy resistance builds overhead. Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to enter a stronger breakout phase above $80,000, as capital inflows into the BTC market remain below levels seen in past bull runs. BTC futures traders are also staying cautious, while a growing number of investors who have held for the past six months may look to sell into key resistance levels, according to new analysis. The Week On-chain report from Glassnode stated that Bitcoin’s 30-day realized cap net position change recently climbed to $2.8 billion per month. The metric tracks the amount of new capital entering the BTC market over 30 days. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:07 May 14, 2026
The next major evolution of gaming may come from a rapidly growing digital universe where AI agents and humans coexist, compete, collaborate, learn, earn, and evolve together in real time. The next major evolution of gaming may come from a rapidly growing digital universe where AI agents and humans coexist, compete, collaborate, learn, earn, and evolve together in real time. That world is called Clawville. Built as an open-world 3D MMORPG designed specifically for both AI agents and human players, Clawville is positioning itself as one of the most ambitious intersections of gaming, artificial intelligence, culture, and decentralized technology currently emerging in crypto. “At a time when the AI sector is exploding and autonomous agents are becoming one of the hottest narratives in technology,” began John, co-founder of Clawville “Clawville is pushing beyond theory and into execution. The project introduces an entirely new model of gameplay where users can manually control their characters or allow AI agents ... -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:22 May 14, 2026
As RWAs cross $32 billion and JPMorgan files for a new tokenized fund, Axis CEO Chris Kim argues that the industry is celebrating the wrong milestone. Real-world assets (RWA) crossed $32 billion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, as Wall Street’s love affair with tokenization continues to accelerate. JPMorgan was the latest to double down on its interest through a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a new tokenized money-market fund for stablecoin issuers on Ethereum. Not everyone is impressed by the big names and numbers. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:14 May 14, 2026
Bitcoin ETFs saw $635 million in outflows on Wednesday, the largest since late January, as BlackRock’s IBIT led redemptions amid profit-taking and BTC swings near $80,000. US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted their largest daily outflow since January as Bitcoin struggled to hold the $80,000 level after a sharp rebound from April lows. Bitcoin (BTC) funds recorded $635.2 million in outflows on Wednesday, extending $233.3 million in outflows from the previous trading session, according to SoSoValue data. So far, weekly outflows stand at $841.2 million, putting ETFs on track for their first week of net losses after six consecutive weeks of gains totaling around $3.4 billion. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:00 May 14, 2026
T3 Financial Crime Unit says it has frozen over $450 million tied to suspected illicit activity as stablecoin compliance pressures intensify. The T3 Financial Crime Unit, a joint initiative backed by Tether, Tron and blockchain analytics company TRM Labs, says it has helped freeze more than $450 million in assets linked to suspected criminal activity since its launch in 2024. The group said in a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph that it has worked with law enforcement agencies across 23 jurisdictions to target funds tied to alleged drug trafficking, exchange hacks, North Korea-linked activity, terrorist financing and violent “wrench” attacks, including kidnappings and extortion. The unit focuses on Tether’s USDT stablecoin activity on the Tron blockchain and says it has been able to freeze assets within 24 hours in multiple emergency cases at the request of authorities. T3 FCU said it intercepted 43.9% more illicit proceeds in 2025 than in the previous year. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:14 May 14, 2026
Bitcoin price traded below $80,000 as investors braced for the US Senate CLARITY Act markup vote that could see sudden swings toward key BTC price levels. Bitcoin (BTC) bulls made another attempt to reclaim the $80,000 level on Thursday, as traders expect price swings before and after the CLARITY Act vote. Key takeaways: The CLARITY Act, a proposed US bill that would set clearer rules for how regulators oversee the crypto market and stablecoins, is scheduled for a Senate Banking Committee markup vote on Thursday. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:27 May 14, 2026
Twenty FTX victims are suing Fenwick & West, claiming the law firm didn’t just represent FTX, it helped build the infrastructure that kept the fraud running. A group of 20 victims from five countries or jurisdictions has filed a $525 million lawsuit against Fenwick & West LLP, one of Silicon Valley’s top tech law firms, accusing it of helping conceal the FTX fraud. The complaint, filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, names the firm alongside six individual defendants. The plaintiffs say they lost their life savings when FTX collapsed, claiming that Fenwick’s involvement gave the exchange a false air of legitimacy that kept them from pulling their money out. At the center of the case is testimony from Nishad Singh, FTX’s former director of engineering, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges and testified at Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial. Singh said he personally told Fenwick attorneys that customer funds were being misused, and instead of walking away, the firm advised on how... -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:22 May 14, 2026
The bank raised its reported IBIT holdings by 174% in the first quarter while also adding exposure to select Bitcoin, Ether and Solana-linked funds. JPMorgan Chase increased its reported holdings in several Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the first quarter, led by a 174% jump in its position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), according to a 13F filing published Wednesday. The bank increased its position in IBIT from around 3 million shares in Q4 2025 to 8.3 million shares, according to the filing. The increase added about $162 million in reported value, based on filing data, despite Bitcoin price falling by more than 22% in Q1, according to CoinGlass data. Read more
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