Elon Musk’s SpaceX reveals $1.45 billion worth of bitcoin as it prepares to go public

SpaceX, the aerospace technology company founded by Elon Musk, officially confirmed its plans to go public after filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) the S-1 form, the financial document that companies must submit before debuting on the public market. But beyond the firm’s expected IPO, one of the data that caught … Read more

Europe promotes a stablecoin in euros with 37 banks involved

99% of existing stablecoins are denominated in US dollars. The project incorporated 25 new financial entities, consolidating a banking network of 15 countries. The European banking consortium, Qivalis, expanded its base to 37 financial institutions with the aim of advancing the launch of a stablecoin in euros under the MiCA regulatory framework. The announcement was … Read more

Vitalik’s “abandonment test” arrives

Vitalik raised the “abandonment test”: Ethereum must function without its core members. Last February, the former CEO of the EF, Tomasz Stańczak resigned from his position. Developers Pablo Voorvaart and Julian Ma announced their resignations from the Ethereum Foundation (EF), where they both worked for four years and their departures add to a series of … Read more

Trump’s company Truth Social cancels plans to launch bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs

In the future, this would allow – according to the company – to have “a more robust product platform.” James Seyffart, an ETF specialist, believes the change has to do with the “competitive landscape.” Truth Social, the social media platform managed by Trump Media & Technology Group (United States President Donald Trump’s company), reported on … Read more

XRP Ledger tests wallet resistant to quantum computers

Ripple and crypto firm Project Eleven are developing a prototype quantum-resistant custody wallet, which is undergoing active testing on validators of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) blockchain. According to an announcement published this May 19 by the Project Eleven team, the work includes the implementation of post-quantum hybrid signaturesperformance testing on Devnet and a designed escrow … Read more

SoFi Bank joins the deposit tokenization trend

Commercial banks in the United States advance financial digitalization through corporate use of cryptocurrency networks. One of the most recent examples is SoFi Bank, a nationally licensed institution founded in 2011 that scheduled the implementation of tokenized deposits for the third quarter of 2026. The revelation of this novelty occurred on May 11, 2026 at … Read more

AI saturates the electrical grid because it does not have the flexibility of Bitcoin mining

For AI, the main bottleneck is accessing the electrical grid, according to the WEF. By 2030, 10% of new electricity connection requests will come from AI centers. Artificial intelligence data centers represent the most difficult type of electricity demand faced by the global grid, according to a report published this May 18 by the World … Read more

Japan adopts a reverse version of the Clarity Law for foreign stablecoins

The Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) took a new step in its digital asset integration strategy by approving a regulatory framework that will allow the entry of foreign stablecoins into its formal financial system. The reform, published this May 19 and which will enter into force on June 1, 2026, recognizes certain stablecoins issued … Read more

Stablecoins and RWA would move USD 4 trillion towards public networks, according to Standard Chartered

The bank anticipates more activity in liquidity and lending protocols. RWA today moves between USD 27 and 29 billion, very far from the projected objective. Multinational banking services company Standard Chartered projected that tokenized assets within public networks could reach $4 trillion by the end of 2028, driven by the growth of stablecoins and real-world … Read more

Treasury bond yields rise

These instruments capture capital that could go to other more volatile assets, such as bitcoin. Globally there is a rise in government bond yields. The yield on the 30-year United States Treasury bond reached its highest level since July 2007 this Tuesday, May 19, standing at 5.19%, which sets off alarms in the bitcoin (BTC) … Read more