Raw News Items
27 itemsMay 31, 2026
- CoinDesk
Coinbase makes a major play for India’s booming $3 billion crypto market with local currency launch
Coinbase announces INR rails to make the platform fully accessible to Indian retail traders.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Cosmos-based Gravity Bridge halts bridge after reported $5.4M exploit
Gravity Bridge was drained of roughly $5.4 million in a suspected signing key compromise, prompting validators to halt the bridge while an investigation is underway.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
The US says it grabbed Iran’s crypto in a $1B seizure – will it end up in Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve?
reasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at the Reagan National Economic Forum that the US had seized roughly $1 billion in Iranian crypto assets, turning the Iran crypto seizure into an early test of Trump’s reserve framework Bessent added the authorities “just outright grabbed the wallets,”...
- CoinDeskScore: 85
How Stellar became part of DTCC's tokenization push for Wall Street securities onchain
Wall Street's clearing giant chose a public blockchain with compliance tools built for regulated assets, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon said.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
UK treats crypto network like a sanctioned bank after claims it processed $90B for Russia
Western governments spent three years building what they believed was an airtight financial blockade around Russia, severing its banks from SWIFT, freezing sovereign reserves, and barring major institutions from clearing dollar transactions. And according to British authorities, Russia may have spen...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
XRP Ledger's new proposal blocks the flash loan attacks costing DeFi hundreds of millions
A draft XRPL amendment notes that flash loan attacks are "structurally impossible" on the network because of how its transactions are built, an architectural quirk that has spared the chain from the exploit class that has cost Ethereum DeFi billions.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Hyperliquid’s HYPE rally is bigger than a new all-time high
The Hyperliquid HYPE rally reached a new HYPE all-time high of $68.64 on May 30, extending a month that has already delivered roughly 50% in gains and over $1.4 billion in single-day trading volume. The HYPE price move came the day after the CFTC approved KalshiEX's BTCPERP contract, the first Bitco...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Vietnam proposes allowing SMEs to use digital assets as loan collateral
Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance has proposed letting SMEs use digital assets, virtual assets and intellectual property as loan collateral.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Revealing the moment crypto started reshaping American elections
Less than four years after the collapse of FTX triggered calls for a sweeping crackdown, the crypto industry has emerged as one of the fastest-growing forces in American politics, spending millions across both parties, reshaping key elections, and transforming itself from a regulatory target into a ...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Kraken ‘plans’ regulated perp contracts as rivals are quick off the blocks
In the wake of CFTC approval of perpetual futures contracts tied to the spot price of Bitcoin, Kraken expects to offer those to US institutional clients within "the next month."
- CoinDeskScore: 75
A massive $1.26 billion sale of BlackRock’s IBIT was likely a rapid exit by a large investor
NYDIG, meanwhile, rejected the basis-trade theory, citing the large discount and the lack of an unusual spike in corresponding CME bitcoin futures volume.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
New US inflation report leaves Bitcoin with a problem the Fed cannot solve yet
Headline PCE inflation rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier, its hottest pace in two years and nearly double the Federal Reserve's 2% goal, while core PCE held at 3.3%, its highest reading since October 2023. The monthly numbers ran cooler, with core easing to 0.2% against the 0.3% economists had ...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Strategy's Michael Saylor teases BTC buy with 'working better' tweet
Strategy could be set to announce it has resumed buying Bitcoin after pausing in recent weeks as the biggest crypto looks poised to close out the month down more than 3.5%.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Bitcoin is at ‘pivotal level’ as $65K downside risk looms: Analyst
While Bitcoin is hovering around $73,000, a crypto trader says the current setup is “different from the previous breakdown in February.”
- The BlockScore: 65
Dev helps rescue $2 million locked in 2016 ICO contract for nine years with whitehat exploit
The developer told The Block that two of 48 eligible investors have already claimed 96.5 ETH that was unfrozen, worth nearly $200,000 at current prices.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
US, UK central bankers offer contrary views on stablecoins
Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller told a conference on Sunday that stablecoins expand the reach of US policy while the Bank of England’s Megan Greene expects their popularity will soon fade.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin price targets $78K as BTC holders defend 'strongest near-term support'
Bitcoin’s bounce from a key holder cost-basis level has improved the case for further upside, with historical data pointing to $101,000 as a potential best-case target.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin preps 3% May downside, but US PMI data may boost BTC price
Bitcoin faced ending May lower by around 3%, with the possibility of US PMI data giving BTC price action a boost next week.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
How the House Financial Services Committee is taking on tokenization: State of Crypto
Rep. French Hill, head of the House Financial Services Committee, weighed in on outstanding policy issues in an interview with CoinDesk last month.
- The BlockScore: 60
Sui traces three mainnet halts to upgrade bugs, including a fix it knew carried halt risk
The Sui Foundation said no user funds were at risk and credited AI agents with speeding up its diagnosis of the incidents.
- CointelegraphScore: 45
Bitcoin dip buyers curb selling but questionable spot, futures volumes highlight weakness
Bitcoin dip buyers are present near range lows, and new leveraged longs opened in the zone but the volumes lack the size needed to reverse the downtrend.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bitcoin sentiment reaches most ‘lopsided positive’ ratio for 2026: Santiment
Crypto sentiment platform Santiment warned that the two biggest spikes in social media bullishness around Bitcoin have previously been followed by short-term price pullbacks.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bitcoin's wild days are over — and Trace Mayer says that's a good thing
The creator of the Mayer Multiple argues bitcoin’s growing economic substance is compressing volatility and attracting deeper capital.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
How a disputed $1 billion claim became a powerful weapon against prediction markets
On the American Gaming Association's website, a counter has been climbing for months, tallying what the casino-and-sportsbook lobby says states and tribes have lost to prediction markets. On Thursday, it rolled past $1 billion, and the AGA moved fast to make a headline out of it, with President Bill...
- CoinDeskScore: 30
The institutional edge: moomoo targets Wall Street-grade trading tools for retail crypto investors
The brokerage giant says the future of investing won’t be defined by asset access alone but by the quality of tools investors get.
- DecryptScore: 30
How President Trump’s Immigration Order Will Feed the Stablecoin Economy, Bitcoin ATMs
When the Trump family faced pressure from banks, it embraced crypto. Now, immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally face a similar choice.
- The BlockScore: 20
Cardano Foundation cancels 2026 summit after treasury funding vote falls just short
The measure needed two-thirds support but got only 65%, even after late endorsements from Cardano's founder and the Foundation CEO.