Senate Banking Committee members face scorecard pressure as Stand With Crypto plans to score recorded CLARITY Act markup votes. The group says it represents more than 2.9 million U.S. advocates.

Moonpay revealed it acquired Dawn Labs on Monday and launched Dawn CLI, an artificial intelligence (AI)-native trading tool that converts plain English strategy descriptions into autonomous trade execution on supported venues.

The two companies entered into a non-binding agreement to launch a $125 million initiative that seeks to put Sharplink’s ETH treasury to work. The company stated that the funds will be deployed across onchain liquidity strategies and in support of early-stage protocols.

The total value of virtual assets held by South Korean investors plummeted by over $41 billion in roughly one year, according to Bank of Korea data.

While American bankers, lawmakers, stablecoin issuers, and crypto exchanges trade barbs, Circle investors appear entirely unbothered. Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) closed roughly 16% higher on Monday at Wall Street’s close, after the stablecoin issuer announced a $222 million pre-launch token sale for its new layer-one (L1) blockchain project, Arc, backed by Blackrock, A16z, Apollo, and Ark Invest.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted Augustus conditional approval to establish Augustus Bank, N.A., a clearing bank built from the ground up around stablecoin and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki says silver, which he first began accumulating in 1965 at age 18 when it cost pennies, has grown into one of the best investments of his life.

Community bankers are pushing back hard now that crypto exchanges are applying for national trust bank charters, with the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) calling the move a threat to financial stability and consumer protections. At the same time, other bankers are concerned with the CLARITY Act and stablecoins.

After hitting a peak of $82,458 late Sunday, bitcoin spent the afternoon of Monday testing resistance near $82,000.

On May 11, zcash (ZEC) fell to $550 after a sharp rally, but the privacy coin remains up 33% in seven days as renewed interest and controversy fuel debate over its future.

Capital B, a European bitcoin treasury company listed in Paris, raised €15.2 million on May 11, 2026, through a private placement backed by institutional investors, including Blockstream CEO Adam Back and French asset manager TOBAM.

Digital Asset Holdings, the New York-based company behind the Canton Network, is in advanced talks to raise roughly $300 million at a valuation of approximately $2 billion, with Andreessen Horowitz’s A16z crypto leading the round.

Digital asset investment funds recorded $857.9 million in weekly inflows last week, with bitcoin accounting for $706.1 million of those gains, as growing optimism over the U.S. Senate’s scheduled CLARITY Act markup on May 14 revived institutional appetite for crypto exposure.

The facility, provided by Neuberger Berman, will expand Ripple Prime’s ability to provide deeper margin availability to institutional investors across different financial sectors. Ripple Prime’s President, Noel Kimmel, highlighted the importance of using a single credit line across all major asset classes.

Circle reported higher first-quarter revenue and reserve income as USDC activity surged across its network. Total revenue and reserve income reached $694 million, up 20% year over year, while USDC onchain transaction volume rose 263% to $21.5 trillion.