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Morgan Stanley's ETF boom, Grayscale's staking push, and BitGo's IPO: Wall Street's crypto race is on

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Today

9:34 AM

Neutral

A crypto whale has made a $224,000 bet that XRP's price stays perfectly flat through June The trader collected about $224,500 in premiums and will keep the full amount if XRP remains close to $1.40.

8:58 AM

Positive

TradFi giant IG to expand crypto trading across Europe through Bitpanda The London-listed company is broadening its digital asset offering after introducing spot crypto trading for U.K. retail customers last year.

7:03 AM

Positive

USDT-0.00%

Binance launches SpaceX pre-IPO perps amid $2 trillion valuation bets Binance looks to democratize pre-IPO markets, starting with SpaceX perpetual futures.

5:20 AM

Negative

WLFI 0.61%

Don't call us just a WLFI treasury company, says AI Financial The company says it is building a broader fintech, tokenization and digital infrastructure business, but its latest SEC filing shows WLFI still dominates the balance sheet.

4:52 AM

Negative

BTC 0.18%

Here's why bitcoin turned lower from the 200-day average BTC recently turned lower from the 200-day average, a barometer of long-term trends. CryptoQuant explains why.

Yesterday

10:55 PM

Neutral

Polymarket moves to list parlays while SEC seeks public input on prediction market ETFs The "combinatorial outcome contracts" would resolve if every part of an underlying contract resolved, according to a filing.

10:22 PM

Positive

Bitcoin miners tied to AI rise as Nvidia posts big earnings beat and strong outlook Nvidia's stronger-than-expected results and bullish AI outlook lifted crypto mining stocks tied to data center and high-performance computing demand, even as the chipmaker's shares fell due to growth concerns.

10:11 PM

Positive

Federal Reserve proposes limited master accounts long pursued by crypto firms The U.S. Fed issued a revised proposal on the structure of payment accounts, taking the next step to build on an earlier pitch for so-called skinny accounts.

9:32 PM

Positive

BTC 0.18%

Elon Musk's SpaceX held 18,712 bitcoin at fair value of $1.29 billion at end of Q1, IPO filing shows The rocket and satellite company is looking to go public at a valuation of more than $1.5 trillion.

6:37 PM

Neutral

Securitize posts record revenue in the first quarter as it gears up for public listing The tokenization platform reported record quarterly revenue but continued to post losses as it invested in growth and public-company preparations tied to its merger with Cantor Equity Partners II.

6:07 PM

Positive

Latest Congressional swing at crypto tax reform would direct IRS to review de minimis exemptions The newest version of the Parity Act updates language around payment stablecoins and directs the IRS to report on how a de minimis exemption might work.

5:16 PM

Negative

Prediction markets firms take heat in Senate Commerce hearing scrutinizing surge Sports betting on firms such as Kalshi was the focus of questions over advertising to children, cheating from athletes and undermining regulated gaming.

5:08 PM

Neutral

Crypto custody firm Copper is looking to sell the company for $500 million Cantor Fitzgerald has been appointed to help with the sale, according to sources.

4:37 PM

Negative

The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation's high-profile departures spark fresh debate Also: Citi on quantum computing and bitcoin, Jump Crypto’s Firedancer, and Vitalik Buterin on AI verification

4:35 PM

Negative

BTC 0.18%

Why Trump's bitcoin ETF plans likely collapsed before getting off the ground Trump Media withdrew its bitcoin ETF filing as analysts pointed to fee pressure, weak demand and fierce competition in the crowded spot bitcoin ETF market.

4:31 PM

Positive

Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin-backed loans belong in the cost-of-capital conversation In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Alec Beckman on why BTC-backed lending is not a crypto story, but a capital efficiency story. Then, Serena Sebastiani on how stablecoins aren’t a crypto product; they’re becoming the settlement infrastructure global finance forgot.

3:26 PM

Neutral

EU opens MiCA consultation to review if crypto framework is still fit for purpose The European Commission is seeking feedback on whether the EU’s landmark crypto regulatory framework remains suitable as digital asset markets and global policies evolve.

2:59 PM

Positive

Crypto campaign cash from Fairshake flooded Southern primaries, picked winners The leading industry super PAC claimed a "6-0 sweep" in the primaries in Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia, though one big race awaits a runoff.

2:46 PM

Negative

ETH-0.10%

South Korean funeral company reveals $33 million loss on leveraged ether ETF bet A Seoul-based funeral services firm disclosed tens of millions of dollars in unrealized losses tied to leveraged ether ETF investments.

2:13 PM

Neutral

Live markets: SpaceX files for massive IPO as Nvidia earnings beat Street expectations Bitcoin is lower by more than 4% over the past week, but has remained in a very tight range around $77,000 for the last three days.

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2 Image 18: Ethereum ETH $2,127.35 0.077%

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4 Image 20: BNB BNB $653.13 1.50%

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7 Image 23: Solana SOL $86.54 1.94%

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The Ethereum Foundation is facing a wave of high-profile departures as its internal shakeup deepensMay 18, 2026

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Solana is shedding its memecoin reputation as big banks move billions into its ecosystemMay 18, 2026

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The U.S. can’t lose the bitcoin race to ChinaMay 19, 2026

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Congressman Lance Gooden### The U.S. can’t lose the bitcoin race to China

Annabelle Huang### Iran war shows markets no longer sleep

Kristin Smith### It’s time for clarity for America’s digital asset markets

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The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation's high-profile departures spark fresh debate17 hours ago

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