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Bitcoin demand and ETF flows weaken as BTC struggles below $80,000, raising risks of prolonged consolidation or a drop toward $65,000. Demand for Bitcoin (BTC) has decreased sharply over the last few days as the price ran into overhead resistance above $80,000. Analysts say BTC’s inability to hold key support levels may be paving the way for a prolonged consolidation. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s apparent demand has dropped to its lowest level since mid-January, as traders and investors adopted a risk-off approach due to geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties. Read more

The bank said tokenized money market funds account for only about 5% of the broader stablecoin universe despite offering yield.

New allegations claim that Jane Street made use of a private backchannel with Terraform insiders before Terra's collapse.

The private Telegram backchannel allegedly allowed Jane Street to unwind hundreds of millions in potential exposure “mere hours before” the Terra ecosystem’s $40 billion collapse. A newly unsealed court filing in the Terraform Labs bankruptcy case alleges Jane Street used a private Telegram channel with former Terraform intern Bryce Pratt to obtain nonpublic information before the collapse of TerraUSD. Pratt is currently a systems developer at Jane Street.  The channel, called “Bryce’s Secret,” allegedly gave the quantitative trading firm a backchannel to Terraform insiders as Jane Street unwound exposure to TerraUSD (UST) shortly before the algorithmic stablecoin lost its dollar peg in May 2022, according to the filing. “Jane Street used Bryce’s Secret chat group and other backchannel sources of non-public information to front-run trading that hastened the collapse of Terraform,” the filing states. The claims renew scrutiny of who profited from Terra’s $40 billion collapse, one of the crypto industry’s large...

Hyperliquid vs. Solana: Who Wins the DeFi Liquidity War? The post Hyperliquid vs. Solana: The Battle for ‘Liquidity King’ in 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

A single block trade on Deribit just sold 1.5 million $XRP call and put contracts at the $1.40 strike, collecting $224,500 in premium and effectively declaring that Ripple goes nowhere through June 26. The post Ripple XRP Pinned as Massive Options Trade Bets Sideways Through June appeared first on Cryptonews.

Boerse Stuttgart’s Seturion has partnered with Societe Generale, SG-FORGE and flatexDEGIRO to build a pan-European blockchain securities settlement system. Boerse Stuttgart Group’s tokenized securities settlement platform Seturion has partnered with Societe Generale, its crypto subsidiary SG-Forge and online broker flatexDEGIRO to build out a blockchain-based securities settlement system across Europe. Under the plan, Societe Generale will issue tokenized structured securities, such as turbo warrants and investment certificates, on Seturion, according to a Thursday announcement. SG-Forge, which holds a Markets in Crypto-Assets authorization from French regulators, will settle transactions using its CoinVertible euro and dollar stablecoins, EURCV and USDCV. FlatexDEGIRO, which says it serves serve 3.5 million customers across 16 countries, will also connect its retail investor flow to the platform. Read more

SpaceX is up over 100% on its BTC holdings. Hyperliquid is decoupling from crypto majors. And Ethereum is leaning hard into privacy.

The US Federal Reserve proposed a limited “skinny” payment account framework for fintech and crypto firms and called for a temporary pause on Tier 3 applications. The US Federal Reserve proposed creating limited payment accounts that could give legally eligible fintech and crypto-linked banks narrower access to its payment rails without the backstops available to traditional banks. The proposal was released on Wednesday through a Federal Reserve Board request for comment and notice of proposed rulemaking, referring to “skinny master accounts” for nonbank financial institutions. The Fed also encouraged regional Reserve Banks to pause decisions on Tier 3 account-access requests while it finishes the rulemaking, a step staff said is expected to end by Dec. 31, 2026. Read more

Trading volumes for US-based Hyperliquid-linked ETFs jumped another 50% Wednesday.

Hyperliquid’s HYPE logged double-digit gains on the day, as ETF demand outpaced the token's supply reduction mechanism.

A breakdown of the major developments surrounding Ripple's ecosystem.

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Your day-ahead look for May 21, 2026

The tariff refund trade has moved from court hypothesis to Treasury accounting, and the macro picture looks more consequential than traders initially framed it, with traders increasingly watching whether the process can improve Bitcoin price's macro outlook. The US Customs and Border Protection had processed $35.46 billion in tariff refunds as of May 11, including […] The post Bitcoin price to get a macro boost as BofA says tariff refunds could cool inflation appeared first on CryptoSlate.

[PRESS RELEASE – Hong Kong, Hong Kong, May 21st, 2026] OSL Group (863.HK) (OSL), a global stablecoin payment and trading platform, today announced that its Hong Kong-licensed digital asset exchange OSL HK has officially listed USDKG, the gold-backed stablecoin issued by the Kyrgyz Republic. The listing marks a significant step in bringing a state-supervised, asset-backed […]

Sam Altman ChatGPT AI Predicts Incredible Dogecoin Price By End of 2026 The post Sam Altman ChatGPT AI Predicts Incredible Dogecoin Price By End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Deribit’s bitcoin open interest has overtaken BlackRock’s IBIT as traders brace for a showdown between $75K max pain and $80K call positioning.

Bitcoin and ether stabilized as derivatives activity rebounded, HYPE rose for a fifth straight day and options traders positioned for a breakout.

SEC Crypto Mom Hester Peirce to Leave in November 2026 The post SEC ‘Crypto Mom’ Hester Peirce to Depart: What Her November Exit Means appeared first on Cryptonews.