The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation announced May 12 that its Collateral Appchain platform will integrate Chainlink’s Runtime Environment and data standard to automate collateral management across financial markets and blockchains, with a go-live target set for Q4 2026.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported April 2026 Consumer Price Index data on May 12, showing headline inflation climbed to 3.8% year-over-year, above the 3.7% analyst consensus and up from 3.3% in March.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has publicly named Shawn Liu as the key operative running scam operations at Bitget behind the scenes, calling CEO Gracy Chen merely “the face” of the company.

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Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City launched an accelerated licensing pathway on Tuesday, giving companies already regulated in Singapore, Abu Dhabi Global Market, or Hong Kong a direct route to full operational status, with a guaranteed bank account included.

Ten newly created wallets have withdrawn 100 million LAB tokens, worth approximately $480 million and representing 32% of the token’s circulating supply, from Bitget in a 12-hour window, adding fresh onchain evidence to an already active manipulation investigation.

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is convening a closed-door session to push crypto tax reform forward, with new legislation on the table that could reshape how digital asset holders pay taxes on staking, trading, and everyday payments.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has released a 309-page updated draft of the CLARITY Act as the landmark crypto market structure bill heads toward a formal markup vote on May 14, 2026.

Frederik Gregaard, head of the Cardano Foundation, highlighted that in an age when the current banking system has been revealed to be deeply politicized, blockchain has the opportunity to rise as a neutral, resilient, and transparent system to support global commerce.

The Gambling Commission posted a new senior “Head of Illegal Markets” role, with a £65,000 salary, as research surfaced by the Betting and Gaming Council confirmed the UK black market has grown to £16.6 billion in 2025, more than tripling from 2019. The hire arrives during a CEO transition period at the regulator and amid escalating industry pressure over enforcement resourcing.

Draftkings and Flutter Entertainment have both moved into market-making on prediction-market platforms, escalating from consumer-facing products into the financial infrastructure of an industry that built its identity on peer-to-peer trading. The Q1 2026 earnings disclosures establish that the sportsbook industry’s bet on prediction markets has moved well beyond app launches.

Crypto exchange Crypto.com announced that its United Arab Emirates entity has been granted a stored value facilities license, enabling payment of government fees with cryptocurrencies.

Cleanspark reported a $378.3 million net loss for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026, as a $224.1 million non-cash loss on bitcoin fair value weighed heavily on results even as the company expanded its hashrate and power capacity.

Major financial institutions are expanding crypto services across regulated finance, with Bitwise data showing 24 firms active in trading, custody, funds, payments, tokenization, or exchange-traded products. The activity points to wider use of regulated crypto access.

Strategy’s potential BTC sale has sharpened debate over its bitcoin treasury model after a roughly $12.5 billion quarterly net loss. The company holds 818,869 bitcoin, worth about $67 billion, as investors assess dividends, liquidity, and preferred obligations.