Solana’s tokenized real-world asset market expanded 43% in the first quarter, even as broader crypto markets weakened. Application revenue remained resilient, while developers pushed ahead with infrastructure upgrades to dramatically improve network speed and scalability.

More cryptocurrency investors were harmed after a guilty plea, with prosecutors saying additional funds were solicited while the fraud case remained pending sentencing. The scheme raised more than $10 million and resulted in a nine-year prison sentence.

Coinbase said blockchain intelligence helped United Kingdom investigators secure five convictions after monitoring systems flagged a customer under duress during a robbery. Investigators traced crypto and additional fiat funds across accounts.

XRP gained renewed attention after Evernorth highlighted how the crypto asset facilitated a tokenized Treasury redemption across Ripple, Mastercard, J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys, and Ondo Finance.

Trump ordered federal regulators to review fintech and digital asset rules tied to banking and payment system access. The order gives agencies 90 days to identify barriers facing fintech firms and digital asset companies.

Robert Kiyosaki said his attorney issued a cease-and-desist notice after someone used his name to present investment recommendations. The Rich Dad Poor Dad author said he shares his own holdings, including gold, silver, bitcoin, ethereum, oil, and cattle, but does not give financial advice.

Ripple ranked in the top 20 of CNBC’s Disruptor 50, underscoring crypto infrastructure’s growing role in institutional finance. The placement followed product expansions across custody, payments, compliance, staking, and settlement tools.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to introduce a new framework for tokenized stocks, potentially allowing digital versions of equities to trade on crypto platforms. The move could accelerate the integration of blockchain technology into traditional capital markets.

Turkish authorities have taken legal action against 233 more illegal betting suspects in Antalya and Mersin operations announced Monday, pushing the eight-day enforcement tally past 670 across four major raids. The earlier Adana investigation that arrested pro-government commentator Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı named cryptocurrency platforms among the alleged laundering channels.

A tracked onchain wallet known for a $24.79 million profit record just placed $21 million in simultaneous long positions on bitcoin, ether, and dogecoin. They then proceeded to add more of the same via limit orders.

With bitcoin drifting just beneath the $77,000 range, a whale moved a cache of 500 BTC from a wallet established more than a decade ago. The funds appear to have flowed through the over-the-counter (OTC) desk Wintermute and a wallet identified as a Binance deposit address.

Bitcoin fluctuated between $76,200 and $77,245, ultimately stabilizing around $76,750. Despite the daily volatility (up 0.7%), it remained down nearly 5% for the week, holding a market cap of $1.54 trillion.

Decentralized finance platform Echo Protocol suffered a security breach on its Monad network deployment after an attacker compromised an administrative key.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a formal letter to OCC Comptroller Jonathan Gould on May 18, 2026, accusing the agency of illegally granting national trust charters to at least nine crypto companies and demanding full records by June 1.

Lolli, the bitcoin rewards platform owned by Thesis*, has partnered with Kard to let its more than 600,000 users earn bitcoin automatically on everyday card purchases without browser extensions, promo codes, or checkout changes.