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  • The US Bitcoin ATM industry is breaking under fraud, bans, and fees
    CryptoSlate - 08:46 May 19, 2026
    Bitcoin ATM company, Bitcoin Depot, filed for Chapter 11 protection on May 18 in the Southern District of Texas, announcing it would wind down operations and sell assets, and that its kiosk network, with over 9,000 locations globally as of August 2025, would go offline the same day. A May 12 SEC disclosure showed that […] The post The US Bitcoin ATM industry is breaking under fraud, bans, and fees appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin’s price drop below $78K cleared the path for a rebound as options traders hedge downside risk
    CryptoSlate - 20:05 May 18, 2026
    Bitcoin price breaking below $78,000 turned one of crypto’s strongest regulatory weeks into a severe test of market structure, exposing how quickly macroeconomic pressure and crowded positioning can overpower a favorable policy catalyst. The price decline came shortly after the CLARITY Act advanced toward a Senate floor vote, a milestone that would typically strengthen the […] The post Bitcoin’s price drop below $78K cleared the path for a rebound as options traders hedge downside risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • TRUMP coin World Cup VIP offer lets insiders sell while holders compete for tickets
    CryptoSlate - 18:35 May 18, 2026
    President Donald Trump-themed TRUMP coin is dangling luxury suite tickets to the 2026 World Cup final in a bid to arrest its severe market collapse. The initiative, organized through the “TRUMP Coin Club,” represents the latest attempt to inject liquidity and consumer interest into a digital asset that has lost roughly 97% of its value […] The post TRUMP coin World Cup VIP offer lets insiders sell while holders compete for tickets appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: World Cup VIP Trump
  • Why the $30 billion RWA tokenization boom is barely reaching DeFi
    CryptoSlate - 17:05 May 18, 2026
    DefiLlama’s RWA category data puts the RWA tokenization market near $30 billion on-chain, with only $2.47 billion appearing as DeFi active TVL, the value actually deposited or pooled inside third-party DeFi protocols the platform tracks. The rest of the tokenized real-world assets market sits outside the lending markets and collateral vaults that make crypto assets […] The post Why the $30 billion RWA tokenization boom is barely reaching DeFi appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: DeFi
  • SpaceX IPO betting on Hyperliquid values Elon Musk’s company above $2 trillion even before SEC filing
    CryptoSlate - 15:10 May 18, 2026
    Crypto traders are already assigning Elon Musk’s SpaceX stock a public-market valuation before the rocket and satellite company has filed for an IPO. On May 17, Hyperliquid-powered Trade.xyz launched a SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual futures contract, creating a live, cash-settled market for traders to bet on where the private company could trade when it eventually lists. According to the […] The post SpaceX IPO betting on Hyperliquid values Elon Musk’s company above $2 trillion even before SEC filing appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Hyperliquid SpaceX Elon Musk
  • Bitcoin faces Treasury yield pressure as Japan sells nearly $30 billion of US debt
    CryptoSlate - 13:05 May 18, 2026
    Bitcoin faces renewed Treasury yield pressure after Japanese investors sold $29.6 billion of US government, agency, and local authority debt in the first quarter, the largest quarterly net sale since the second quarter of 2022. As Bloomberg reported, the catalyst was an abrupt turnaround in Federal Reserve rate expectations when oil prices jumped, making existing […] The post Bitcoin faces Treasury yield pressure as Japan sells nearly $30 billion of US debt appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Japan Bitcoin Treasury
  • Bitcoin Hormuz payments for ship insurance will test crypto’s neutral money thesis
    CryptoSlate - 11:36 May 18, 2026
    IRGC-affiliated Fars News reported on May 16 that Iran launched a platform called Hormuz Safe, offering digital insurance for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz with premiums settled in Bitcoin. A document cited by Fars's reporter indicated Iran's Economy Ministry had been developing the mechanism since early May, with projected revenue above $10 billion. The […] The post Bitcoin Hormuz payments for ship insurance will test crypto’s neutral money thesis appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin Hormuz
  • CLARITY Act could be signed into law by President Donald Trump in early August — Galaxy Digital
    CryptoSlate - 09:21 May 18, 2026
    The CLARITY Act could be signed into law in the week of Aug. 3 if Congress keeps pace after a bipartisan Senate Banking Committee vote moved the crypto market structure bill into its next phase, Galaxy Digital’s research arm said. Galaxy Research raised its estimate of the bill’s chances of becoming law in 2026 to […] The post CLARITY Act could be signed into law by President Donald Trump in early August — Galaxy Digital appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: President Donald Trump Galaxy Digital CLARITY August
  • XRP’s bullish signals are building, but price action has yet to follow
    CryptoSlate - 19:05 May 17, 2026
    Institutional appetite for XRP is accelerating across multiple fronts, yet the digital asset’s price continues to struggle amid broad market consolidation. CryptoSlate data show XRP has fallen more than 5% over the past 24 hours to $1.40, extending a pullback that contrasts with improving activity across several market indicators. The decline has left traders weighing […] The post XRP’s bullish signals are building, but price action has yet to follow appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • HYPE ETFs post 2026’s strongest altcoin debut as inflow test comes next
    CryptoSlate - 17:45 May 17, 2026
    Bitwise's BHYP recorded $4.31 million in debut trading volume on May 15, the largest opening day among the 2026 spot altcoin ETF launches in the US, exceeding Chainlink fund CLNK's prior high of $3.23 million by 33% and Avalanche fund BAVA's $2.61 million debut by 65%. Combined with 21Shares' THYP, which launched on Nasdaq on […] The post HYPE ETFs post 2026’s strongest altcoin debut as inflow test comes next appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: HYPE ETFs
  • CLARITY Act is not law yet, but the markup is a major retail adoption trust catalyst
    CryptoSlate - 13:30 May 17, 2026
    The Senate Banking Committee advanced the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act by a 15-9 vote, and the National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA) says the vote's most enduring effect may be the signal that Washington is building a defined regulatory framework for digital assets. The bill still needs a Senate floor vote, and Democrats have raised objections […] The post CLARITY Act is not law yet, but the markup is a major retail adoption trust catalyst appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: CLARITY
  • Wall Street’s fight with Hyperliquid could decide who controls 24/7 markets
    CryptoSlate - 11:15 May 17, 2026
    CME Group plans to make its cryptocurrency futures and options trade around the clock beginning May 29, a product line that posted $3 trillion in notional volume in 2025 and is running 46% above that pace year-to-date. ICE's New York Stock Exchange is developing a tokenized securities platform built for 24/7 operations, instant settlement, dollar-sized […] The post Wall Street’s fight with Hyperliquid could decide who controls 24/7 markets appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Wall Street Hyperliquid
  • Bitcoin has one level left before macro pressure opens the path to $75k as Treasury yields extend two-day correction
    CryptoSlate - 09:30 May 17, 2026
    Bitcoin touched $77,711 intraday before recovering to near $78,225, spending a second consecutive session under macro stress as US Treasury yields held near multi-month highs. The 10-year yield reached 4.599%, while the 30-year climbed 11.8 basis points to 5.131%, its highest level since May 2025. BTC is down 3.9% from its May 15 opening above […] The post Bitcoin has one level left before macro pressure opens the path to $75k as Treasury yields extend two-day correction appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin Treasury
  • A major bank just moved its stablecoin strategy into Wall Street’s hidden financing machine
    CryptoSlate - 07:36 May 17, 2026
    Societe Generale plans to bring SG-FORGE's EUR CoinVertible and USD CoinVertible to Canton Network as part of a push into collateral, repo financing, and settlement. The May 13 move puts the French bank's stablecoin effort closer to the operating layer of institutional markets. SG-FORGE has already issued regulated CoinVertible tokens, and CryptoSlate has covered the […] The post A major bank just moved its stablecoin strategy into Wall Street’s hidden financing machine appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Wall Street
  • THORChain exploit turns emergency chain halt into a DeFi trust test
    CryptoSlate - 17:20 May 16, 2026
    THORChain’s suspected multichain exploit and emergency halt on May 15 has turned into another DeFi security incident, and another test of cross-chain trust. Emergency controls moved through chain-specific halts, Halt All Trading, Halt Signing, Halt Chain Global, Halt Churning, and repeated global node-pause updates. One public alert described the likely exploit affecting Bitcoin, Ethereum, BSC, and Base, […] The post THORChain exploit turns emergency chain halt into a DeFi trust test appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: DeFi THORChain
  • App days are numbered: The end state of software will be private, personal, verified, and AI agent-built
    CryptoSlate - 15:35 May 16, 2026
    AI agents could end the app era by turning software into verified, user-built systems AI agents may make running code written by strangers one of those behaviors that later generations struggle to process. A society can normalize a risk for decades, then later reclassify it as reckless once a safer default becomes available. Drinking before […] The post App days are numbered: The end state of software will be private, personal, verified, and AI agent-built appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Bitcoin ETF flows reverse as US funds shed $1B amid inflation fears
    CryptoSlate - 14:00 May 16, 2026
    US-listed Bitcoin ETF flows have suffered their most severe weekly capital flight since the end of January, with investors pulling exactly $1 billion from the products. The primary catalyst for the sudden institutional risk aversion appears to be the shifting US economic backdrop. CryptoSlate's data show that rising inflation concerns, alongside steep ETF outflows, led Bitcoin's […] The post Bitcoin ETF flows reverse as US funds shed $1B amid inflation fears appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Markets are moving toward a new global financial crisis. These are the tripwires that would confirm it
    CryptoSlate - 11:00 May 16, 2026
    A new global financial crisis is not confirmed, but the path toward one is now visible enough to map. The sequence starts with debt and oil before it reaches credit. Long-end sovereign yields and Brent crude are already close enough to stress levels to make the policy squeeze urgent. To close out the week, the […] The post Markets are moving toward a new global financial crisis. These are the tripwires that would confirm it appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: These Markets
  • Strategy has put Bitcoin sales on the table for repurchases – but will it affect BTC price?
    CryptoSlate - 09:00 May 16, 2026
    Strategy agreed on May 15 to repurchase roughly $1.5 billion principal of its 2029 convertible notes for an estimated $1.38 billion in cash. The firm told investors in its Form 8-K that it may fund the repurchase with available cash reserves, ATM sale proceeds, and/or Bitcoin sale proceeds. Strategy expects to cancel the repurchased notes, […] The post Strategy has put Bitcoin sales on the table for repurchases – but will it affect BTC price? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin Strategy
  • US Treasury yields surge to new highs as liquidity tightens, pushing Bitcoin back below $82,000 resistance
    CryptoSlate - 19:10 May 15, 2026
    Bitcoin’s latest retreat below $80,000 shows how quickly the bond market has reclaimed control of crypto trading, even after lawmakers advanced one of the industry’s most closely watched regulatory bills. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the top asset was trading at $79,083 as of press time, down more than 3% after another failed attempt to […] The post US Treasury yields surge to new highs as liquidity tightens, pushing Bitcoin back below $82,000 resistance appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin Treasury

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