Anchorage Digital has taken a strategic investment position in SLX, the native token of Solana-based protocol Solstice. The move adds another regulated institutional player to Solstice’s network as demand grows for auditable onchain yield products.

U.S. stock indexes closed at all-time highs on Friday, May 29, 2026, as optimism around a potential U.S.-Iran deal, strong tech earnings, and artificial intelligence (AI) momentum pushed the S&P 500 to a new record close near 7,592, even as consumer sentiment fell to its lowest level ever recorded. Wall Street is feeling it while Main Street is certainly not.

Crypto ETF flows remained under pressure on Thursday, May 28, as bitcoin funds posted a ninth straight day of withdrawals and ether products stretched their outflow streak to 13 sessions. Smaller altcoin vehicles, including XRP, HYPE, and Solana ETFs, drew modest inflows, but not enough to shift the market’s defensive tone.

Bitcoin plunged to a multiweek low of $72,395 before sharply rebounding past $74,000, ultimately stabilizing slightly under $74,000. The reversal was seemingly triggered by news of a tentative U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Strategy has shifted 411 bitcoin to Coinbase Prime in its first direct exchange deposit in nearly two years, driving Polymarket’s odds of a 2026 bitcoin sale by the company to 84%.

The synthetic SpaceX perpetual contract on decentralized exchange Hyperliquid suffered a massive 45% flash crash on Thursday, wiping out over $1.5 million in leveraged positions within 30 minutes.

Coinbase said it now offers regulated access to global crypto derivatives markets, including perpetual futures and options. The move expands U.S. access to products that account for a significant share of crypto trading activity.

The CFTC opened a historic path for bitcoin perpetuals to trade on U.S.-registered venues, bringing a major crypto derivatives structure under federal oversight. The move creates the first regulated pathway for spot BTC-linked perpetual contracts in the United States.

While bitcoin sellers drove the price below $74,000 on Thursday, a fresh wave of sleeping coins sprang to life, transferring 665 BTC that had remained untouched for more than a decade. In total, 665 BTC worth just over $48 million, moved during the past day, all originating from wallets created in 2014 and 2015.

Paxos has become the first blockchain-native firm to receive full SEC approval as a registered clearing agency, setting the stage for same-day settlement in traditional capital markets.

Vaneck has officially launched the first spot BNB exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States, granting standard brokerage accounts direct exposure to the Binance ecosystem.

Certik has launched a new security platform described as an “anti-virus for AI agents” designed to address the growing risks of unvetted third-party AI skill marketplaces.

Jeff Sprecher, the CEO of the New York Stock Exchange’s parent company ICE, has openly praised the decentralized derivatives protocol Hyperliquid, calling the platform “bigger than Nasdaq” at a recent gathering.

On May 27, decentralized finance platform Stake DAO suffered an infinite-minting exploit on its Arbitrum protocol. However, Stake DAO core contributors quickly secured the mainnet funds backing the tokens, shut down the vsdCRV bridge, and successfully contained the exploit.

The Sui blockchain experienced a nearly six-hour network stall, halting all onchain block production. The disruption marks the second major downtime event for the high-throughput network this year.