Bonk attracted investments from BlackRock, Morgan Stanley and other financial giants

Bonk Inc. (BNKK), a Nasdaq-listed company that built a corporate treasury based on the eponymous memecoin that inhabits the Solana network, appeared among the holdings reported by some of the world’s largest financial firms. The information comes from the 13F forms published with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 15, 2026, … Read more

Japanese bond rally hits bitcoin price

The performance of the Japan’s 40-year government bonds soared to 4.344% this Monday, May 18, 2026. This level represents the highest since its launch in 2007 and a record for any maturity of Japanese sovereign debt in more than three decades. Over the past month, Japan’s 40-year government bond yield has risen by 0.55 points. … Read more

China’s moment? Putin leaves for Beijing after Trump’s courtship with Xi

Apparently, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China this week to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping coincides with the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborhood and Friendly Cooperation. But the timing of the visit – just days after US President Donald Trump’s state visit to Beijing – is noteworthy, and highlights China’s … Read more

Oil Becomes Biggest Obstacle for Ethereum, Says Tom Lee

Ethereum (ETH) is going through a period of weakness marked by macroeconomic factors and international geopolitical tensions. That’s what Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstratwho stated that one of the main elements that is affecting the performance of the asset is the sharp increase in oil prices registered in recent weeks. The second largest cryptocurrency on … Read more

2 killed while protecting polio workers in tribal area

Two police officers were killed in Pakistan’s northwestern Bajaur tribal district on Monday while protecting health workers administering polio vaccine to children, a security official said. Two separate attacks took place in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. The killings came on the first day of Pakistan’s nationwide campaign to combat rising cases … Read more

BNB Chain launches tool to create AI agents with automated payments

The SDK seeks to standardize identity, commerce, and execution across AI agents. The system allows agents to accumulate reputation based on on-chain history. BNB Chain announced on May 18, 2026 the mainnet launch of the BNBAgent SDK, a development kit in Python for the creation of artificial intelligence agents that can operate within cryptocurrency networks … Read more