Sparrow Wallet now allows you to receive bitcoin without revealing payment history

With a single code, the wallet internally derives a different address for each payment received. Wireless hardware wallets are now supported; those that connect via USB, not yet. Sparrow Wallet announced the incorporation of silent payments in its version v2.5.0, released this May 21. With this update, users can share a single fixed receipt code … Read more

The US presents a law to protect its strategic bitcoin reserve

Republican Congressman Nick Begich introduced the American Reserve Modernization Act (ARMA) in the House of Representatives, a bipartisan proposal to turn the United States’ strategic bitcoin (BTC) reserve into permanent legislation and establish a framework for the management of digital assets held by the government. The initiative was introduced on May 21, 2026 together with … Read more

Cryptocurrency payments with QR shine in Latam with Bitget Wallet

Bitget Wallet users can spend USDC and USDT from a self-custody wallet. To encourage adoption in Latin America, QR Pay verification is activated on May 21. Bitget Wallet, the wallet for on-chain finance, has expanded QR payments in Latin America, taking the use of self-custody cryptocurrencies beyond Brazil to Argentina, Colombia and Bolivia. Working with … Read more

“HYPE is one of the worst valued assets in the entire market”: Matt Hougan

Hougan believes Hyperliquid “still needs to mature.” HYPE is comparable to shares of Robinhood or the CME Group, the executive says. The rise of HYPE, the native token of Hyperliquid—a platform that simultaneously operates as a cryptocurrency network and as a decentralized exchange aimed at trading derivatives and perpetual futures contracts—has captured the attention of … Read more

Michael Saylor says Strategy will buy the million bitcoin left to be mined

Michael Saylor, founder and executive president of Strategy, assured that the company will buy “the remaining million bitcoin (BTC)” that remains to be mined until the year 2140. This was expressed today, May 21, 2026, during the interview he gave to CNBC. In this framework, the businessman hinted that this task will continue beyond his … Read more

Quantum risk for Bitcoin goes beyond price, warns Jameson Lopp

A quantum attacker with 10% of the global hashrate could break the BTC consensus, according to Lopp. BIP-361 proposes freezing 2.6 million lost or ownerless BTC in the face of quantum risk. The emergence of a quantum computer with the capacity to compromise the Bitcoin network will produce consequences that exceed the temporary volatility of … Read more

Public consultation opens in Costa Rica for a “bitcoin law”

The Asoblockchain of Costa Rica began a public consultation process to develop a Digital Asset Framework Law. Lawyer Stephanie Sánchez, representing the organization, pointed out that it is “a project of and for the community, but it goes far beyond crypto.” According to Sánchez, Costa Rica currently lacks a comprehensive standard that regulates the industry. … Read more

Hyperliquid leaves solana behind in diluted valuation

HYPE, the native cryptocurrency of the Hyperliquid network, surpassed solana (SOL) in fully diluted valuation (FDV) on May 21, 2026 by $2.4 billion. Hyperliquid’s FDV reached $55.6 billion, while Solana’s stood at $53.7 billion. In this way, the derivatives platform was placed ahead of one of the most consolidated networks in the cryptocurrency market. It … Read more

“AI made our security unmanageable”

Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel and responsible for its development since 1991, assures that the project’s security list is “almost completely unmanageable.” The cause is the massive arrival of vulnerability reports generated with artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The problem, according to a May 17 post by Torvalds on the Linux Kernel Mailing List … Read more

Tokenized Argentine Peso Approaches Hyperliquid

The WARS ticker was awarded after a bid of 587.51 HYPE. The wARs stablecoin already works on the Ethereum, World Chain and Base networks, among others. The Ripio exchange is moving forward with the integration of its stablecoin linked to the Argentine peso within Hyperliquid, a cryptocurrency network and decentralized platform (DEX) specialized in perpetual … Read more