Crypto IPOs could create massive $1 trillion market amid tokenization wave, Jefferies says

The Wall Street investment bank expects a wave of crypto and blockchain public listings over the next two years as institutional investors shift their focus from speculative trading to real-world financial infrastructure.

BIS project finds tokenization could make cross-border payments faster, safer

Project Agorá, backed by major central banks, will now move toward "real-value" testing to settle tokenized central bank money and bank deposits on blockchain rails.

Crypto Long & Short: How the GENIUS Act repriced bitcoin's monetary premium

In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Ravi Tanuku on why the GENIUS Act didn't just regulate stablecoins, it repriced Bitcoin's monetary premium. Then, Jesper Johansen on why looped ETH staking no longer needs a lending market.

Elon Musk could become a top 5 corporate bitcoin holder if Tesla and SpaceX merge

CNBC reported Tuesday that Musk is discussing a merger between Tesla and SpaceX that would tie his tech empire closer together and instantly create the world’s fifth-largest corporate bitcoin treasury, worth $3.3 billion.

Crypto cash backs potential new allies in Congress as industry's PAC presence widens

As crypto world notches political wins in Texas and beyond, some of its emerging political action committees ditch bipartisan approach for a Republican focus.

Google engineer insider-traded search results on Polymarket, Feds allege

The charges mark the second major arrest over insider trading on a prediction market.

U.S. CFTC files request to erase Gemini settlement that it no longer considers fair

The regulator went back to analyze the 2022 case and decided that it wouldn't have been pursued under current management and practices.

Bitcoin drops below $73,000 as US strikes on Iran spark $1 billion liquidations

Crypto majors sold off 3% to 4% and nearly $1 billion in leveraged positions were wiped out after U.S. airstrikes on an Iranian military site near the Strait of Hormuz reignited the conflict markets had started to price out.

XRP drops 4% below $1.30 as heavy selling breaks key support zone

XRP lost another major support level after high-volume selling accelerated late in the session, keeping focus on whether the months-long compression structure is now breaking lower.

Bitcoin could be heading much lower, fund manager warns as $150 billion Treasury operation nears

Fund manager Michael Kramer says a $150 billion liquidity drain from upcoming U.S. Treasury operations could push bitcoin sharply lower.

BlackRock's bitcoin ETF sheds $528 million, the second-largest daily outflow on record

IBIT recorded its second-biggest single-day net outflow since launch on Wednesday, missing a January record by less than half a million dollars, as the Iran-driven sell-off pulled institutional money out of bitcoin.

Diverging trends: Ether slides below $2,000 while futures open interest hits record high of 16 million ETH

Ether drops below $2,000 amid heavy selling pressure, yet futures open interest hits a record high. This divergences suggests aggressive shorting.

White House reviews CFTC prediction-market rule as Trump backs federal control

The proposal could shape how Kalshi, Polymarket, and other event-contract platforms operate as states challenge the CFTC’s authority.

Samsung units to buy $408 million stake in South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange

Samsung Securities is set to take a 2% stake in Dunamu, worth over $200 million, from affiliates of technology conglomerate Kakao.

Crypto slides on Hormuz airstrikes as $897 million in long liquidations pile up

BTC dropped to its lowest since April 13 and ETH broke below $2,000 as U.S. airstrikes stoked inflation concerns, wiping out nearly $900 million in leveraged longs.

Bitcoin’s famous CME gaps are about to disappear, though three remain unresolved

The launch of round-the-clock bitcoin futures trading eliminates the long-standing CME weekend gap and marks another step toward fully integrated institutional crypto markets.

U.S.-Iran strikes rattle global markets, send bitcoin to 6-week low

Your day-ahead look for May 28, 2026

VanEck's tokenized fund lands on Euler as DeFi courts Wall Street institutions

DeFi protocols are increasingly adapting to host regulated, tokenized assets as tokenization is projected to bring trillions of dollars onchain.

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Stellar (XLM) jumps 10.5% as nearly all assets fall

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) declined 12.2% while Bitcoin Cash (BCH) dropped 12.1%, leading the index lower.

Standard Chartered backs $4,000 ether as retail piles into the sub-$2,000 drop

The bank says onchain metrics will pull the price back up, just as Amazon's stock price recovered after 2001. A retail dip-buying frenzy and a record futures short build say the bottom isn't in yet.

What's next as hot money cycle has gone from crypto to gold to AI to memory

As bitcoin and gold momentum fades, investor flows are increasingly rotating into AI infrastructure, semiconductor and memory-related equities.