A crypto trader who staked solana for two years and earned $145,000 in rewards still exited with a net loss of $1.05 million.

Lucky Projects has announced that two major names from the global iGaming indust

A coordinated exploit drained approximately $11.5 million from the Verus-Ethereum bridge on May 18, with security firm Blockaid linking the attacker’s wallet to Tornado Cash.

Despite a broader cryptocurrency market sell-off that dragged Bitcoin below $77,000, the HYPE token rebounded by over 5% on Monday, briefly matching and surpassing its previous peak of $47.

Cross-chain bridges, infrastructure that allows assets to move between separate blockchain networks, have now lost $328.6 million to attackers across eight separate incidents in May 2026.

Real Vision co-founder Raoul Pal says the artificial intelligence competition between the U.S. and China is unlike any geopolitical rivalry in history, a race not for territory or weapons, but for the substratum of intelligence itself.

Bitcoin fell below $77,000 on Monday, extending a four-day losing streak, triggering $657 million in total liquidations across crypto markets in 24 hours, with long positions bearing the brunt of the pain.

AMGI Studios recently announced the launch of its native token, HOOLI, for the My Pet Hooligan entertainment franchise, featuring an airdrop on May 18.

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Bitget’s unified artificial intelligence (AI) trading platform has crossed 1 million users and recorded more than $1.2 billion in cumulative trading volume across 58 AI-powered tools, the exchange revealed this week.

China confirmed its involvement in the operation that resulted in the arrest of 276 suspects and the closure of nine crime-focused facilities. The initiative might mark a new era of international cooperation to tackle and end pig-butchering scams.

Owe Martin Andresen, a German national, faces money laundering charges after using a cryptocurrency-based payment processor to purchase gold bars and sending them to his home address. Adresen was the alleged admin of “Dream Market,” a darknet market that shut down in 2019.

A delivery-worker ruse escalated into a violent cryptocurrency robbery case involving firearms, restraints, and an alleged gunpoint transfer of approximately $6.5 million from a victim’s accounts.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse shared why he sees XRP as unique, pointing to its speed, low cost, scalability, and long-running community support. He cited three-to-five-second settlement, fractions-of-a-penny transaction costs, and more than 4 billion completed transactions.

President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Iran on Sunday, telling the country its time is running out as U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks stall and oil futures hold above $100 per barrel.