The new iteration of China’s Jiuzhang photonic quantum computer prototypes solved the Boson sampling problem much more quickly than the world’s most powerful computer. The computer represents a major leap and opens the doors for further advancement in photonic quantum computing.

Bitcoin ETFs snapped back into positive territory on Thursday with $131 million in fresh inflows, signaling a renewed wave of institutional demand after two difficult sessions. Ether ETFs, however, remained under pressure with a fourth consecutive day of outflows, while XRP and solana products continued to attract steady capital.

Bitcoin’s drop below $79,000 was driven by a sharp swing in global risk sentiment after the U.S.–China summit ended without progress and fresh Middle East tensions rattled markets.

Monarq, Flare, and Upshift have launched MXRPY, a managed multi-strategy yield vault for XRP holders on the Flare network.

Onchain investigator ZachXBT has published a sweeping investigation into LAB, an AI trading terminal project with a $6 billion fully diluted valuation, alleging insiders control more than 95% of the token supply while running at least four simultaneous mechanisms to extract value from retail participants.

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Onchain data shows Multicoin Capital is now more than $40 million underwater on a large AAVE position built through Galaxy Digital’s over-the-counter (OTC) desk. The firm now appears to be selling.

Thorchain suffered an estimated $10 to $11 million exploit on Friday, after attackers used vault churn address poisoning to redirect funds during a routine migration process across multiple blockchains.

Three malicious versions of node-ipc, a foundational Node.js library used across Web3 build pipelines, were confirmed compromised on May 14, with security firm Slowmist warning that crypto developers relying on the package face immediate credential theft risk.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy reported an all-time high trading volume of $1.53 billion for its STRC preferred stock, with the instrument closing at its $100 par value and logging just two cents of price movement.

HYPE, reached a yearly high of $46.93, soaring 17% in 24 hours following news that Coinbase will stake HYPE to activate AQAv2.

Senator Elizabeth Warren launched a sweeping attack on the U.S. digital asset market structure bill during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on May 14, calling it an economic threat. The committee still voted 15-9 to advance the bill to the full Senate floor.

Public Bitcoin miners spent years racing to add more hashrate to the network. In the first quarter of 2026, many of them did the opposite.

Bitcoin dipped to $79,200 during the Trump-Xi summit on Taiwan tensions and a scorching inflation print before recovering to reclaim $81,000 as U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped his Beijing visit.

Bolivia’s anti-drug czar, Ernesto Justiniano, and the director of the Bolivian Special Anti-Narcotics Force (FELCN), Frans William Cabrera Quispe, met with DEA officials to organize collaboration efforts. The focus of this action would be to probe the cryptocurrency money laundering networks of Sebastian Marset.