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On May 8, Lee Reiners, a lecturer at the Duke University School of Law and a former examiner at the New York Federal Reserve Bank, said in a blog post that World Liberty Financial, a decentralized finance agreement closely connected to the Trump family, may have issued unregistered securities, and that the WLFI token should fall under scrutiny by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Reiners’ Core Analysis: The Howey Test and WLFI’s Legal Characterization According to Reiners’ blog

According to SoSoValue data, on May 8, U.S. Eastern Time, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $146 million, with Fidelity’s FBTC being the largest net outflow on the day at $97.6041 million; on the same day, Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a net inflow of $3.5747 million. Bitcoin Spot ETF Net Flows on May 8 (Source: SoSoValue) According to SoSoValue data, on May 8, 2026, the key indicators for Bitcoin spot ETFs are as follows: Total net outflow (single day): $146 million Largest n

According to a May 9 report by Bloomberg, the subscription orders for AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems’ initial public offering (IPO) have exceeded the number of shares being issued by 20 times; citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said the company plans to move the price range from the originally expected $115 to $125 per share up to $125 to $135 as early as May 11. IPO Pricing and Offering Details According to Cerebras’ prospectus released on May 4, 2026 and Bloomberg’s report, this

Bitcoin helped add $150 billion to the crypto market cap in just over a week as traders piled into profits. Michael Burry warned that today’s stock market resembles the final stage of the Dot-Com Bubble as Treasury yields hit 5%. Tom Lee says a monthly Bitcoin close above $76K would officially co

TeraWulf reported Q1 2026 total revenue of $34 million, with its high-performance computing business overtaking bitcoin mining for the first time, according to the company's earnings report. HPC lease revenue reached $21 million, surpassing digital asset revenue of just under $13 million as the comp

According to public on-chain data, on May 8, Zcash (ZEC) bridged supply on the Solana network reached 86,643 ZEC, setting a new all-time high; it was about seven months after Zolana Bridge officially went live on October 16, 2025. Zolana Bridge supports the circulation of ZEC on the Solana network in a form backed by real mainnet ZEC supply. Zolana Bridge Technical Architecture and Integration with the Zodl Wallet According to public information, Zolana Bridge adopts a combination of Near Intent

On May 9, the Estonian Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) issued an investor warning regarding BB Trade Estonia OÜ (which operates the Zondacrypto digital asset exchange), stating that Zondacrypto did not publish the whitepaper for the “TeamPL” crypto token on its website, in violation of Article 9(1) of the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework. MiCA Non-Compliance Details and Official FSA Warning from Estonia According to the FSA’s official warning, Zondacrypto did not pub

TeraWulf's high-performance computing business overtook its bitcoin mining segment for the first time in Q1 2026, with HPC lease revenue reaching $21 million compared to digital asset revenue of just under $13 million, according to the company's earnings report. The company reported total revenue of

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said regulators should study crypto’s role in retail trading before deciding whether new rules are needed. Her remarks tied crypto to ETFs, options, prediction markets, and perpetual futures. Key Takeaways: Peirce said regulators should understand evolving market

According to publicly available on-chain data, on May 8, Ethereum whale Garrett Jin transferred 78,077 ETH to Binance (about $178 million). The same day, iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) under BlackRock and FETH under Fidelity together sent a total of 35,394 ETH to exchanges (about $80.7 million). Garrett Jin On-Chain Transfer Details According to publicly available on-chain data, the address identified on-chain as #BitcoinOG1011 (former BitForex CEO Garrett Jin) transferred 78,077 ETH to Binance o

On May 8, the People’s Court of Haidian District, Beijing, disclosed a “doxxing” case involving virtual currency. Between 2023 and 2025, the defendants Lin and Wang illegally obtained citizens’ personal information data through online channels such as encrypted communication tools, and sold it for profit using virtual currency payment. According to the court’s judgment, the two defendants illegally obtained more than 900 million records of citizens’ personal information. Lin was sentenced to 7 y

Legal Challenge to World Liberty's Token Classification Lee Reiners, a lecturing fellow at Duke University and former Federal Reserve Bank of New York examiner, published a legal analysis on Friday arguing that World Liberty Financial's WLFI token may constitute an unregistered security, despite t

According to an official announcement published on May 8 on X by the XRP Ledger Foundation, the foundation has formally entered a more open collaborative phase within the XRP ecosystem, and introduced a core management team responsible for day-to-day operations, engineering coordination, and community engagement. The announcement includes role and background descriptions for the Executive Director, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Operations Director, and Community Lead. Introduction to Core Mana

U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott confirmed on May 8 that the CLARITY Act—aimed at providing regulatory transparency for the U.S. crypto industry—will be put to a vote by the Senate Banking Committee on May 14. Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad said on X that the confirmation of the review date is a major step forward, which is crucial for supporting U.S. innovation. Background of the Review Confirmation and the Bill’s Progress According to Tim Scott’s confirmation as c

According to a May 8 report by BeInCrypto, Telegram founder Pavel Durov confirmed that Telegram has officially replaced the TON Foundation and become the largest validator on The Open Network (TON) blockchain; to secure the largest validator slot, Telegram has staked approximately 2.2 million TON tokens. Telegram Takes Over as TON’s Largest Validator: Background and Technical Significance According to BeInCrypto, Durov said this move is the third phase of his plan to “make TON great again,” aimi

As the situation in the Strait of Hormuz continues to escalate, multiple market institutions and analysts on May 9 pointed out that Wall Street traders are using a “NACHO (Not A Chance Hormuz Opens)” trading logic to replace the previously popular “TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out)” trading model. High oil prices are no longer a one-off short-term shock, but a new market environment. Military escalation in the Strait of Hormuz According to media reports, on May 7, 2026 (Thursday), fighting once a

Cloudflare, in its 2026 Q1 earnings report released on May 7, 2026, said quarterly total revenue was $639.8 million, up 34% year over year, beating analysts’ expectation of $622 million, and setting a company record high for revenue in a single quarter. The same day, Cloudflare announced layoffs of about 1,100 people, roughly 20% of the company’s total workforce, marking the first large-scale layoffs in the company’s 16-year history. Q1 2026 Core Financial Highlights According to Cloudflare’s of

According to on-chain analyst “Ai Yi,” monitored on May 9, F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun withdrew 7,461 ETH from a centralized exchange (CEX), worth approximately $17.27 million, and then deposited it into the decentralized lending protocol Spark. Meanwhile, on May 7, the Stratum v2 working group announced that seven mining organizations, including F2Pool, had officially joined the working group. Wang Chun’s ETH On-Chain Movements (Source: Arkham) Based on on-chain monitoring by “Ai Yi” on May 9,

As of May 9, 2026, popular prediction events on the Polymarket platform regarding the COMEX gold futures price at the end of June have become one of the most closely watched macro trading benchmarks in the crypto prediction markets. The event’s cumulative trading volume has already surpassed $4.7 million, and participants have built a complete probability distribution curve across different price thresholds. Source: Polymarket Using the official settlement price of CME gold futures as the determ