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Latest Crypto News

Today

7:13 AM

Neutral

Crypto security is turning into an AI arms race as agents may overwhelm compliance teams AI agents and automated payments could reach a scale that crypto monitoring systems built for human-paced markets cannot handle, Elliptic CEO Simone Maini warned.

7:05 AM

Positive

Aave restores ether borrowing limits after $230 million exploit The DeFi lending protocol reversed restrictions imposed after April’s $292 million exploit, restoring borrowing capacity across six networks as contagion fears ease.

6:55 AM

Negative

BTC 0.00%

Bitcoin Depot, North America's largest bitcoin ATM operator, files for bankruptcy Bitcoin Depot, the largest bitcoin ATM operator in North America and publicly listed on Nasdaq, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

6:47 AM

Neutral

Iran may be turning the Strait of Hormuz into a bitcoin-based insurance market, local reports say State-linked Fars News reported that Iran’s economy ministry has been working on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait with payments in bitcoin.

5:47 AM

Negative

BTC 0.00%

+1 Asset

Crypto traders betting on a rally lose $563 million in liquidations. Ether and bitcoin suffer the most Ether and bitcoin led liquidations, as their prices dropped on macroeconomic concerns.

5:01 AM

Positive

HYPE pops 7%, beating bitcoin declines, as SpaceX pre-IPO lands on Hyperliquid Hyperliquid's HYPE token rallied 7% over 24 hours after Trade.xyz launched the first pre-IPO perpetual market on the platform, offering synthetic exposure to SpaceX at a reference valuation of $1.78 trillion.

4:37 AM

Negative

BTC 0.00%

Yet another crypto bridge falls victim to an $11 million hack The latest attack adds to growing string of cross-chain infrastructure exploits.

3:52 AM

Negative

BTC 0.00%

Bitcoin slides under $77,000 as oil shock and Treasury yields hit risk assets Long-term holders are still sitting tight and exchange balances remain near six-year lows, Binance Research data shows, but underwater short-term holders leave BTC vulnerable to macro shocks.

Yesterday

6:30 PM

Positive

The Clarity Act took a step forward: State of Crypto Unpacking Thursday's at-times contentious markup hearing.

12:00 PM

Positive

DeFi's new front: VerifiedX bets bitcoin's next chapter is programmable, private VerifiedX says its Bitcoin sidechain enables programmable, privacy-preserving transactions without synthetic wrappers, targeting growing institutional demand for native DeFi on the original blockchain system.

11:41 AM

Positive

BTC 0.00%

Japan's SBI Securities, Rakuten Securities plan to offer crypto investment trusts Another 11 companies responded to a survey saying they would consider offering crypto funds once the regulatory environment becomes clear.

8:00 AM

Neutral

A Russian stablecoin built to dodge sanctions says it can survive even if they're lifted A7A5, the Russia-linked stablecoin built to move money around banking restrictions, says faster trade settlement, yield and regional crypto infrastructure could keep it relevant even if geopolitical tensions ease.

May 16

3:00 PMJump Crypto’s ‘Firedancer’ is taking a slow and steady approach to its long-awaited Solana infrastructure rollout In an interview with CoinDesk, the lead engineer at Firedancer gives an update on how the new client, also known as a software, is fairing in the Solana ecosystem.

2:00 PM

Negative

Crypto users are choosing juicy yields over protection, putting billions at risk of hacks DeFi insurance protocols debuted with huge ambitions during the 2020 crypto boom. But as hacks evolved and users chased yields over protection, most of the sector collapsed under the same risks it was built to cover.

1:00 PMThe $293 million KelpDAO hack shows why DeFi is finally being forced to grow up For protocol founders and security researchers, the incident reinforced a broader shift underway across crypto: DeFi is no longer primarily battling coding bugs. It’s battling complexity.

11:30 AMXRP beat bitcoin gains as Clarity Act advanced, but a real bullrun still needs Congress The token jumped 5% after a Senate committee moved the market-structure bill forward, reviving hopes that legal clarity can pull deeper institutional money into XRP products.

7:36 AM

Negative

BTC 0.00%

+1 Asset

Crypto longs lose $500 million as bitcoin slides to $78,000, SOL and XRP down 5% A long-skewed liquidation cascade flushed leverage across the major tokens overnight, with the move tracking a global bond selloff and the worst session for U.S. stocks since March.

2:30 AM[Bhutan ‘doesn’t recall’ selling any bitcoin, disputing widely tracked $1 billion BTC drawdown Arkham Intelligence data shows that over $1 billion in bitcoin has left wallets attributed to Bhutan in the past year, flowing to exchanges and trading firms. The country says it has not sold any.](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/05